Motivation Time!

Well it's a New Year, so that means a fresh start on some of those darn projects around the house.

As this year is our turn for Christmas (as we were informed on Christmas Day), I thought it might be just the motivation I need to get the house looking ship-shape and getting those projects that never seem to be finished, over and done with.

This is the last list I wrote of things that need doing...... The list was written back here in March last year.....

So what needs to be finished:
* Painting kids bathroom
* Painting kitchen and laundry (can't do this until the next project is completed)
* Put new benchtops on in kitchen
* Paint and put new handles on kitchen cupboards.
* Buy a new back flyscreen door - it was patched today, so that will do for the moment.
* Finish painting lattice work outside - I started that the other month..... did a bit but then again the enthusiasm wained....
* Finish putting shelf and drawer liners in (I've done the laundry, have to do the kitchen)
* Replace roof on back porch - the green stuff is loose, broken and flaps around.


Since then we have....
* Put the new benchtops in the kitchen
* Stained and put the new handles on the cupboard doors - well some of them.....
* Painted more of the lattice work outside.
* Done half the draw and shelf liners in the kitchen

and today I finished painting the kids bathroom!!! YAY!!!

But as always there are more things to ADD to the list.... I think the poor list is going to be bigger than what it started out as....

* Painting kitchen and laundry (can't do this until the next project is completed)
* Paint and put new handles on kitchen cupboards (finish the other half)
* Buy a new back flyscreen door - it was patched today, so that will do for the moment.
* Finish painting lattice work outside - I did more, but must FINISH!
* Finish putting shelf and drawer liners in (finish kitchen)
* Replace roof on back porch - the green stuff is loose, broken and flaps around. (so not essential, but nice to be done)
* Garden - do something with it!! Remove weeds from lawn, put plants in garden, buy water tanks, new compost bin, finish back garden/plastic on back fence.
* Finish loungeroom wall patching....
* Finish Olivia's bedroom wall patching (just a few spots from where we put the new window in)


Yep, darn list is longer than the one I started with.... But I've found that if I do a little bit before I head off to work each day, and a little bit more when I get home then things are actually getting done!

Tomorrow morning I'm going to finish varnishing the skirting boards for the kids bathroom and the cupboard doors that I have stained - so they can go on tomorrow night.

And tomorrow night, if the weather is not too freakishly hot then we might get stuck into the back garden and get the plastic down properly, so our fence doesn't rot, that I started about 2 weeks ago now.....

Maybe by Christmas our house will look like a house, not a renovation nightmare!!