The Year in Hoose Repairs
2006-01-02 5:37 p.m.

At my dear friend Thjora's suggestion, I am reflecting on our first year as homeowners. Here is a mostly-complete list of what we've done (or had done) to the hoose:

1. Caulked and painted interior (yes, all of it)
2. Replaced hoopty gang mailbox
3. Replaced all cheesy outside light fixtures
4. Replaced deadbolts (front and garage)
5. Painted front door
6. Replaced dryer vent
7. New kitchen counters
8. Painted kitchen cabinets
9. Re-plumbed kitchen and master bath sinks
10. Scraped, repaired, and painted master bath walls and ceiling
11. Replaced light fixture and medicine cabinet in master bath
12. Replaced dining room dimmer switch
13. Changed ceiling fan blades in kitchen
14. New switchplates and outlet covers, whole house
15. New doorknobs, whole house
16. New vanity, sink, faucet, light fixture, and medicine cabinet, hall bath
17. Removed wallpaper, skimcoated, repaired, and painted walls, hall bath
18. Replaced rotten fascia, porch exterior
19. Replaced rotten outside trim
20. Scraped, sanded, primed, and painted outside woodwork and gutters
21. Repaired leaking gutter, front of house
22. Removed plastic shutters, front of house
23. Cleaned large and small attics
24. Weeded and replanted front annual bed (twice!)
25. Removed Evil Tree in back yard
26. Pruned all shrubbery
27. Removed trash/junk, whole yard
28. Cleaned and refinished back deck
29. Installed threshold, rear sliding door
30. Replaced all windows
31. Replaced electrical breaker box
32. Replaced heat pump guts
33. New stove
34. New garbage disposal
35. New hall toilet innards
36. New closet racks/shelves, MBR
37. New globes, hall light fixtures
38. Repaired chain link fence
39. New towel racks, TP holders, etc. in both bathrooms
40. Replaced old miniblinds with new shades or blinds, all rooms
41. Planted Kwanzan cherry tree, front yard
42. Planted two Tom Knudsen camellias, front yard
43. Planted daffodil bulbs, front yard
44. Put new screen door on slider
45. Replaced doorbell

Okay. I feel better. I guess we HAVE been busy. I still have lots to do. We need a new front door, and I want tile everyplace that's vinyl now. I am planning the spring garden blitz, too. Ordered seed catalogs today!

This week, I'm going to go get the new dining room light fixture and more stuff for the hall bath, then start the last unpacking bits and attic storage project. I should install the programmable thermostat, too.

Hope you all had a happy New Year's weekend--ours was great! We got to see Beth, Chando, Elbone, and Bales, plus loads of dear, wonderful people at Corby and Thjora's house. Casey got girl dog kisses and bear love. I'm looking forward to less construction and more fun stuff this year!

Currently reading: The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde
New CD I must listen to ASAP: Aerial, Kate Bush

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