Friday, October 28, 2016

All the leaves are brown...

(leaves are brown) and the sky is grey...  Not sure that I wish to be in California, but someplace warm and sunny is always nice!  It is nice to see that I'm only about 3 weeks from my last post, not 3 months!  So this is what I got...

Old Business:

  • Still no new layouts ready to be made
  • Business-wise -- same, but good! Working on letters to area dentists.
  • Mowing not done for the year - LOL
  • Pictures still not filed
  • Reading Becoming Wise (have stopped due to nephew being here, and routine being different - more on that!)
  • Laundry room remodel - Trim hung, doors painted (1 more to go), shelves hung, rug laid, furniture and supplies moved in, wall fixed, doorknobs installed.  Wow, that part is awesome!  He was a big help!
  • Lawnmowers are in the midst of servicing.  Blades have been sharpened, Kevin is working on getting the deck leveled, and then on to greasing & oil changes before storing
  • Rock is moved, looks great!
  • Glider still needs stained
  • Door still needs stained/painted
  • Storm door needs installed
  • Oct cards done, need to do November
  • Bush has been removed
  • Grass seed has been planted
  • Ramp is done, and we made one to service the mower too!
  • Sweeps installed
  • Bookcase installed in living room and filled up (ha!)
  • Pictures still need hung
  • Weeds sprayed
  • Still working on church
  • Lamb's ears planted (lovely lady at church gave me some starts)
  • Lots of furniture moved out of the garage and into the house where it belongs.  Really starting to look like we actually live here!
New Business:
  • Garage sale today and Saturday.  Hopefully sell some of this stuff.
  • Fix wall and ceiling in bathroom, waiting to hear on roofing contractor
  • Get car back in garage (after sale should be easier!)
  • Maybe start on hall closet?  Want to add another shelf, and move hanging rod lower.  Would help get stuff off the floor to make a better storm closet.  Maybe paint it too?
  • Maybe paint the hall?



Friday, October 7, 2016

Everybody's Workin' for the Weekend!

It's Friday AM, and looking at my last status post, I realize it was the end of June.  That was like 3 months ago!  Crazy talk!  so hopefully a lot done... ;)

Old Business:

  • All Layouts done. Need to get more put on the desk, but that will require completion of the laundry room
  • Missed having the boys around the last part of summer to help get jobs done.  That became more apparent after they were gone!  I guess you don't know what you've got until it's gone.
  • Business-wise, Wabash has turned into just regulars, which is good, just need to figure out how to make more.  Marion has yet to turn any repeat clients.  But it is a wonderful place to work and I'm very thankful as it has been at least half my business every month.
  • Did a chair event at the Marion Housing Authority.  It was hard work, but very rewarding, and met some wonderful people!
  • Bathtub drain cleaned - again - still GROSS!
  • Doctor's visits done
  • eBay stuff sold
  • Lots of mowing done, may be done for the year, haven't decided
  • Desk drawers cleaned out
  • Pictures still need to be filed in LOM
  • Finished 3 of my fave books. Started a new one from a gal at church, Becoming Wise
  • Laundry room remodel - yup you heard that right, we started on it!  The end of August and still going strong!  LOL  Lots of electrical work, drywall, plumbing, gas line, etc to do.  But new washer and dryer are working great and I hope (soon) to start seeing a difference in the water & electric bills (it is a gas dryer).  Walls are painted (I need to go back and fix one, but will wait until the end-ish), trim needs hung, then furniture moved in.  My nephew is coming up to help me for a couple of weeks, so I'm really hoping I can get some stuff buttoned up. 015 laid the floor, mostly by himself, and it looks awesome!  It will be my new crafting studio, and trust me, the rest of the house is ready to get stuff moved in there! 
New Business:
  • More referral letters to send out - send out school & gym, now need to do doctors and dentists.  Had 1 call from gym for information.  We will see what comes of it.
  • Lawnmowers need serviced
  • Rock needs carried around front
  • Downspout fixed
  • Glider needs stained
  • Door needs sanded & stained
  • Other door needs painted
  • Storm door needs hung
  • October cards need sent out
  • Bush needs pulled out
  • Grass seed needs planted
  • Ramp needs work
  • Sweeps need installed
  • Short wall needs fixed
  • Move in scrapping supplies/purge as needed
  • Set up new bookcase in living room
  • Hang family pictures in Living Room
  • Spray weeds
  • Church - spray weeds
  • Church - clean
That's probably way more than what we will get done, but who knows?!??!