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So...we took possession of the house last weekend. When we bought our first house, it was less than 3 years old. When we bought our second house, it was 1 year old and had never been lived in. So, the only work that we had to do on our previous houses was some minor painting or some landscaping and improvements (much of which we outsourced...). When we left the houses, they were in better condition than when we moved in (in my opinion - of course).

This house is 10-years old. It's starting to show the wear-n-tear of a 10-year old house. We're not used to that so, naturally, we want to get it back to like-new, which means we have our work cut out for us. So... Lisa's been going over in the mornings for a couple of hours to do what she can. I went over last night and will start going over a couple nights each week to do some work. We'll also spend as much time as we can on the weekends.

The Goal
We would like to move in by the end of March. This means that we have to paint the garage, the laundry room, the kids' rooms, the guest room, and the master bedroom. The garage, laundry room, and master bedroom need to be primed first, which adds time. We also need to hire a landscaper to redo the back yard and I have a few ourdoor projects to do. I'd like to get the garage and the yard stuff done by the end of next weekend (3/12) so I can help with the inside stuff. If I can stay on that schedule, we'll be fine. If I can get ahead of that schedule, I'll start moving boxes and shelves into the garage. I don't feel like building a workbench this time so I'll need to go out sometime and buy one and put it together....

That's our story... too busy for quotes of the day or songs I'm listening to....

posted by Sam @ 8:00 AM