Remodeling

Well, you know me...it's been too long since I've had a project, so I decided to do three at once! (Actually, it's more like 5, now that I think about it.)

1. I asked my dad to help us finish the bathroom in the basement when he was here for Kydee's baptism (it had the drains in the floor, that's it). He got the walls up, did all the plumbing, and most of the sheetrock. We have to finish the mudding/taping, paint, and tile the shower.
2. I decided that I wanted to tile my bathroom floor while I was doing the shower surround downstairs. I also decided that I needed to paint and refinish the cabinets in my bathroom before I tiled. (I've got the painting and refinishing done, still need to do the tile.)
3. I figured while I was refinishing the bathroom cabinets, why not do the kitchen ones, too? Oh, and I might as well add a microhood. (I actually finished all that and I'm pretty darn proud of myself for wiring an outlet and cutting down some cabinets so the microwave would fit!) (I have more ideas for the kitchen, but they require ripping out the hardwood floor, moving around a few cabinets, laying new flooring, adding more cabinets, taking out a door, adding a window, tearing down a wall, etc...I think I'll wait on that.)
4. I'm in the process of redoing my storage room, since the bathroom addition changed the size and shape of it...I've gotten things organized, but I would like to build more shelves sometime.
5. After losing some storage space downstairs, I decided I needed more in the garage, which would mean rearranging everything out there to build the shelving unit I want. I have the lumber for that and started to move things. That's as far as we've got on that one.
6. Oh, yeah! One more...While shopping for trim to go around the door in the new bathroom, I found some crown molding for my bedroom at a screaming deal (I paid $12 for all of it at the Habitat for Humanity Restore!--it's a construction thrift store where they have new and used construction items that have been donated). I do not know how to do crown molding; I've never even done trim, but I am hoping I can figure it out! (So far, I just have the molding for this one; in fact, I don't even know if I have enough, as I haven't even measured the room yet!--I just got all the matching crown molding that they had. I hope it's enough; if not, I hope that Home Depot or Lowes has the same kind.)

Well, I think that's it for my projects...at least for now. I still have some in mind (expanding my bathroom and adding a window, putting in new windows because ours are like trailerhouse ones; pouring a walkway and patio in the backyard, adding a new laundry/craft room upstairs in the attic; yes, that would require ripping part of the roof off and building a new one...), but I haven't actually started those yet. I'm only counting ones that are in process.

OH...I remembered one more thing. My wonderful friends the Young's came and tilled up a little spot of earth (yes, that's from the Secret Garden) for our garden, so I've got to plant something. I better wait a week...wouldn't want it to freeze! (Remember last spring; it snowed in June!)

So, after that list, you're probably all wondering, "If she has that much to do, why is she writing such a long blog?" Well, I'm wondering the same thing, so I better go do something! (By the way, I'm still in my robe and it's almost...11:30!? Crap! I've got to take Dalan to school in 10 minutes and then I'm supposed to volunteer at the school for and hour and a half! I better get going! When am I ever going to get this list done?!