Update on To-Do List

FALL ‘08

Things to Do Soon

• Put up Christmas lights around outside of house.
• Clean gutters.
  
• Install gutter guards.
  
• Clean out attic
• Clean out basement
• Clean out LR closet
• Change out light in my office.
• Change light cover in upstairs hallway (out dated)-$30, get high efficiency bulb $15.
• Repaint hallway and along stair to match living room (extra paint leftover)
• Re-stain deck (before/after winter?)
• Move patio furniture into basement for storage.
• Buy new dryer (ours is on it’s way out)
• Paint - columns, door step, shed, molding.
  

Living Room

• Staple molding around room and get corner molding.
• Sew drapes
• Tape South window (it’s sagging and drafty).
• Replace lights with hi-eff blubs.

Yard

• Patio with pavers under BBQ grill- (Spring ’09)
• Mulch around house throughout fall.
• Plant bulbs (Tulips and Peonies).
• Prune back lilac bushes
  
• Place weeds on curb to be picked up.
• Continue staining deck.
• Repot plants and bring inside for winter.
• Prune shrubs.
• Spray paint wicker furniture.
• Cut back plants that are done for the season.
• Plant new shrubs/flowers.
• Move Japanese maple tree.

WINTER ‘08
Kitchen

• Staple molding around window.
  
• Staple molding around doors.
  
• Install exhaust hood and above stove cabinet.
• Put in recessed lighting covers.
• Install cabinets on refrigerator side.
• Install dishwasher.
• Install cabinets on sink side.
• Cut existing counter top.
  
• Do floor tiles. (Thanksgiving '08)
• Give kitchen second coat of paint.
  

½ Bathroom

• Spackle, sand and paint. (Working on spackle now.)
  
• Staple molding
• Fix window (it’s stuck) One day, I lifted it without any effort!!!
  
• Toilet - Getting an estimate for installation soon.
  
• Sink, Shower
• Do floor tiles - $60
• Paint and Install door (in attic)
  
• Replace light and cover.