April will be a busy month around here. We have a goal of putting the house up on the market by the end of May. So all the painting, repair and remodeling has to get finished in April and May.

This is the list yet to be finished:

  • Sand, Paint and finish tiling fireplace.
  • Put up and paint crown molding and trim throughout house.
  • Put up remainder of new doors on bedrooms.
  • New windows in Living room, dinning area, two bedrooms and bath.
  • New deck.
  • New front porch.
  • Foundation under closet.
  • Paint exterior.
  • Pack up all non-essentials.
  • Have huge garage sale.
  • Plant shrubs in landscaping.
  • Remodel master bath.
  • Paint and put in wood floor in master bedroom.

I think that is it...oh yeah...the basement: paint and new tile floor.

Damn, that looks impossible!! Especially since Rich only gets Sundays off and has to go to Iowa City every two weeks for 2 weeks! Since he is a carpenter he does all the work himself...but still....yikes!

My job is to do all the painting. And clean-up and yard work. And help him with the construction stuff. It is over whelming to say the least.

So today is the last day of March and April will be a blur...

My camera is not working right. It is an Olympus 3.2 mp that I bought right when digital cameras first came out some 4-5 years ago.  At the time it was almost $400.00!  Sometimes it will take a shot and sometimes it doesn't.  It is real slow and the yellow light is always flashing, so we bought a new battery but that is not the problem. Even with a new charged up battery it is still acting up.  Richie's camera (FinePix 4mp) is in need of batteries...and his takes better photos than mine.  So I will be taking more photos soon.

I made a lavender beaded cuff bracelet this weekend with hand crocheted white edging on it.  It turned out ok but I wasn't happy with the knots from the crochet string.  How to hide them was a problem.  So it is not sale worthy...I think one of my nieces might like it.

I go walking at 9:30...

I better go have some oatmeal.

cheers!