But, alas, summertime, when we are home on Whidbey Island, is project time. We try to scope out three or four projects each summer. Actually we enjoy doing them, and having them completed. We are still fixing up this home we live in. Within a couple of years we will be all caught up on deferred maintenance, and can then just shift into routine maintenance ourselves.
The project for our first summer was moving in together and repairing/fixing up our first camper.
For our second summer, the projects were fixing up and selling the Corvair, selling a lot of the vintage toys and collectibles through eBay, and cutting/splitting wood that we would be able to burn for heat for five or six years.
The projects for our next summer were replacing the roof on the pump house, replacing the gutters, and selling off more things we no longer need on eBay.
This summer's projects?
1. Installing new screens for all windows.
2. Cleaning out the antiques and collectibles in our grandchild bedroom and building a real closet in there.
3. Cleaning out and organizing the attic--throwing away tons of stuff we no longer needed, and taking what was usable to the thrift store
BEFORE:
AFTER:
4. Getting the house repainted:
A bunch of before and after photos of the house. Looks MUCH better.
All done!
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