One Year

One year ago today, Greg and I walked out of a lawyers office with the keys to my very first home (his second). What a whirlwind year it has been! We could use a little more time like in the above photo.

In the past year we (mostly Greg to be honest!) have:

1. refinished the wood floors
2. replaced the bathroom fan
3. built a storage platform in the attic
4. added insulation to the attic and the eaves storage off our bedroom
5. revamped Greg’s closet to allow access to the attic by adding steps, and handles, and repositioning the clothes rods
6. replaced the faucet in the tub
7. re tiled around the tub faucet, and more of the wall, and the ceiling
8. assembled a storage cabinet in the bathroom
9. painted the living room
10. painted the dining room and the kitchen
11. added a window treatment to our enormous living room window
12. ripped down ridiculous amounts of soffit in the basement that was inhabited by mice
13. caught a lot of mice
14. trapped a squirrel in the basement
15. assembled a full wall of storage for all of our books in the basement
16. added pull out drawers to most of the cabinets in the kitchen
17. added a chimney cap
18. converted from oil hear to gas heat which involved bringing in a gas line from the street, getting a new gas boiler and water heater, removing the old oil tank, coring through our concrete foundation, and more
19. tried to tame the forsythia in our yard
20. dug up grass in the front corner to mulch it over
21. planted some violets from my mom, a bleeding heart from leah, and some other flowers
22. dug up grass around our patio to mulch over instead
23. dug up weeds around the patio pavers, and reset some
24. cleared away years worth of dead leaves and brush
25. filled about 4 dozen bags of yard waste
26. purchased a new washer and drier that actually fit in our laundry room
27. killed and removed a huge stretch of poison ivy
28. finally added lights to our bar and glass cabinet that we’ve had for four years
29. installed our new media component shelf on the living room wall
30. mounted the flat screen TV above the fire place
31. installed kitty doors in three doors to allow the cats full access to the house
32. bought an outdoor dining table, chairs, fire pit and hammock stand
33. and probably a heck of a lot more that I can’t even remember!

We still have a lot of items on our to do list, so we’ll be busy for quite awhile yet. I promise to try to post some more photos of this summer’s projects in the next few weeks. Unfortunately, my work project has taken priority for most of the summer. I’m also looking in to moving the location of his blog, due to some changes that apple is making to their services. I will keep you posted!

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VP

Your list is impressive. I hope you are congratulating yourselves. You two are amazing!

Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 11:13 PM