That's crazy.
Living in a college town, the beginning of the school year isn't only marked by yellow school buses being visible all day, but also the amount of young adults that are everywhere. The noise level also seems to increase a hundred fold and our quiet little town turns into a bustling metropolis.
OK. Maybe not quite a metropolis, more like a constant drunken party, but either way, you get the idea.
So, the real reason for this post is not to tell you all about the invasion of the body snatchers college students, it's to tell you how much I love lists and share with you the recent list that Jonathan and I made. Think: Goals for the End of the Summer. Basically, this list is our way of whipping our house into shape before we hibernate away for the winter.
Let's start outside.
Since moving in, we really haven't touched much outside. It has never been a priority and to be honest the amount of work we need to do out there is a bit daunting. We have at least three trees we want to take down, the entire perimeter of our house is surrounded by bushes we want to rip out, and there are four flower beds that we need to empty.
Since moving in, we really haven't touched much outside. It has never been a priority and to be honest the amount of work we need to do out there is a bit daunting. We have at least three trees we want to take down, the entire perimeter of our house is surrounded by bushes we want to rip out, and there are four flower beds that we need to empty.
We did take down one small tree, already, and Jonathan ripped out a few small bushes scattered around the property, but that has been it. Our goal, in the next two weeks, is to rip out all of the bushes around the house, empty all of the flower beds, and prepare things for next year in general. It would be nice to start off summer 2013 with an open property ready for some landscaping.
Another thing on our list, well my list more specifically, is to clean all of our windows. After the bushes are ripped out, it will be a lot easier to get to the windows and give them a good scrub. In preparation for winter, I would also like to get a good look at them and make sure all of the storm windows are set.
Another thing I would like to accomplish is cleaning out and organizing our shed. The space off the side of our garage is a bit, well, cluttered with all sorts of things. It would be nice to get everything out of there and then clean it and put things back in more organized. I have a feeling we would open a lot of space by doing so.
There are plenty of other things that we would like to accomplish before the lake effect snow drifts in, but this is a start. If we can accomplish these things by next Saturday, I will be happy. As it is already Wednesday and we haven't even started any of these, this seems like a stretch. Plus with the rest of the week being booked so I'm hoping we can accomplish some stuff next week.
Here's to hoping!
There are plenty of other things that we would like to accomplish before the lake effect snow drifts in, but this is a start. If we can accomplish these things by next Saturday, I will be happy. As it is already Wednesday and we haven't even started any of these, this seems like a stretch. Plus with the rest of the week being booked so I'm hoping we can accomplish some stuff next week.
Here's to hoping!
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