House Projects

This just in: my house will be sold!

I think it's funny that we have to clean our home before hosting a large party or gathering. Sure, it makes sense to have it in tip top shape, but the funny part is that post party it will sure be in worse shape than it was before you began cleaning pre-party! All that work for one point in time. Very funny. In much the same way, when selling a home someone will put in much time and effort to make it perfect even though the entire time they lived in that home it wasn't worth the time and effort to keep it that way for themselves. It's hilarious when you think about it, but so true. That is the situation in which I find myself currently. We've decided to put our house on the market. What does that mean? It means that every project that I've been putting off is now a priority. It means that all the dirtiness or messiness that I've not liked but learned to ignore will now be worth actually cleaning up or straightening up. Clean it up so you can move out. Hilarious. Such is life!

On my agenda:
(1) Redoing the kitchen: new counter tops, fresh paint on the walls and cabinets, and new hardware!
(2) Tearing out at least one more heat registry from a main room. If you've been a reader for a long time, you know what a project the first two registers were. Here we go again!
(3) Re-latticing (is that even a word?) the underpinning of the deck and the privacy wall of my carport.
(4) Repainting a few rooms, which will include spackling and sanding in more than one of those rooms!
(5) actually doing massive cleaning and straightening both inside and out (crap, that means straightening the basement too!)
(6) oh, and eventually trying to figure out how to disassemble those loft beds that were built in the room with no intention of moving later!

There will be much fun to be had over the coming weeks... and by fun I mean physical and mental work in hopes for financial gain. Sounds like fun, doesn't it?!