THE list

It's been over 2 months since the last list so it is definitely time for another update.

• tear out weeds in whole backyard and plant grass seed. hopefully grow grass. (we did tear out all the weeds, again, and they are slowly growing back, again, but we are rethinking doing grass. right now we are thinking of doing a fire pit area, mulch and plants...anyways that pretty much won't get started until next spring at this point)
• scrape and paint around windows and doors (all but the top two on the front)
• take out terrible broken chain link fence and replace with pretty wooden fence so we can't see into neighbor's yard (another next spring/summer/fall project)
• redo upstairs bathroom (can't wait to do this, but it's another big project)
• kitchen tile backsplash (also can't wait to do this. maybe a good winter project?)
• fix gutter in back so it slopes more 
• clean and organize basement (it's starting to look better, especially since we got the shed and moved all the tools out, but it definitely still needs a lot of work)
• clean and organize guest room (same as above)

• paint exposed brick wall inside white (still have that part of the wall at the top not painted...)
• tear out grass in between concrete strips of driveway and replace with gravel (still 2/3 done...but getting closer!)
• tear out grass strip to the left of driveway and replace with gravel/stepping stones (Jeff has this dug up we just have to put the stones in)
• make cute white flower boxes for windows
• paint back door white 
• make upstairs second bedroom closet into an office nook (can't wait to do this!!)
• replace bedroom closet doors with...something better than what's there (although i hung the curtains awhile ago, i finally hemmed them - also during sandy)
• replace baseboards and put in crown moulding in living room
• paint guest bedroom (i have the color all picked out but according to jeff, we are not allowed to start any new projects before we finish the other ones we have started...it's a good rule i guess) 
• make new house number sign for front
• paint shed (it has one coat now, but needs another)
• hang mailbox
• install carbon monoxide testers
• tear down terrible rotting shed and replace with new shed (we got a new shed!! and it survived superstorm sandy! post coming soon)
• curtains! mainly for the living room and bedroom. there is so much sunlight coming in this house, which is a good thing but also can make it kind of hot and hard to sit on the couch at times (blinds! jeff finished hanging the last ones while we were hunkered down waiting for sandy to blow through)
• paint kitchen
• install dimmer switches on kitchen lights (finally! my parents visited this weekend and my dad helped me install them. it wasn't as scary as i thought it was going to be, but i'm glad he was there just in case. thanks dad!)

that's pretty good! i mean, there are way more to do than are crossed off, but still makes us feel good to see some progress!