However, there are so many projects! I often feel like I rarely have time to do things I just want to change because so many things just come up that have to be done. (Not that I'm super good at either category)
We had to buy large appliances! And then put the children in the boxes!
Slightly unrelated, but our microwave has an awesome face inside of it.
So we have rocks all around our house (which will be mulch or gardens someday), but grass had grown into the rocks probably a good foot for nearly the entire perimeter of the house. So I have been doing a lot of weeding.
This for example, we had no idea about. Our first few mowings went right up to the pole and then one day I noticed the piping and investigated.
There used to be a big old juniper bush here. I removed it. Fortunately, too, because the next week our well needed maintenance. A few other bushes are on my hit list before the summer is over.
Ken fixed a burst pipe on this bit of our sprinkler system.
I planted some herbs. Some died. And then the rabbits got to the rest. But the mint is alive. Thank heavens for the weed-like properties of mint. I might have a breakdown over a black thumb if my mint gave out on me!
We mow our lawn. Every week. It takes forever.
We've got paint chips up all over the house. Ken and I agree on colors, but not on a timeline. But I am very persuasive!
Our maroon kitchen will be yellow (Citrus or flame yellow)
The craft room will be the middle one on the bottom.
Unpictured, but we are also working on colors for our front door and guest room (currently beige and lime green, respectively)
Seriously, my to do list is four pages long and I'm pretty lazy. So this should all get done around the time Jared is in high school, if I'm lucky.
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Don't do all of the projects without me. Also, we're going to make that lawn amazing. Well, more amazing.
You are hilarious! And although I'm sure it's a lot of work, it looks like you're enjoying your home! :)
Looks like fun! We just finished painting our upstairs bathroom. I thought we would paint before we moved in. That was 14 months ago! It was lime green and I changed it to light blue, and there have been sample paint patches up for a year.
My kitchen is ("sunburst") yellow, too! It is awesome.
So fun!! Totally know how you feel. It's ok to always have a running list of projects. If it were all done, what would we daydream about? ;) Also be careful about removing the rocks around your house... our house in WI HAD to have those- they were done against the sides of the house because of basement foundation/water issues. If they only go down a couple of inches deep & then turn into regular dirt you're fine (it was just cosmetic then), but if you start removing them & notice that they're like a foot or more deep (of course by that time a lot of soil will be around them, but you'll still notice it's mostly that rounded rock), then you'd better ask a professional, or the dude who inspected your property, before you remove them.
Enjoy your new house!!! We're loving ours, too. I just ran out of project money, or I'd love to keep up the projects. :) lol
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