And let the projects begin!

Dear Diary, One of the MANY joys of moving, besides the piles of boxes, are the plethora of projects that sneak up. Some are super quick and easy, while others are time and budget consuming. Let's look at the projects we have discovered and/or worked on in the first week.

1. Create a walk-in closet. The bedroom we are using as the master bedroom, has this funky little room off of it. When I saw that, I said, "OOOOOO! Walk in closet!" PLUS, it has a closet in there and that will be come the shoe closet. Every girls dream? Right? We have a good enough start for now so that we can move on to other projects.

2. Insulate the attics. We are getting some MAJOR icicles around the edge of the house and since we have a metal roof, those can be deadly. This is something that is at the top of our to do list, but won't happen until after the holidays. So for now, lots of layers and keep heat turned down.

3. Furnace repair. On our snow day today, I noticed that the living room really wasn't keeping or getting heated like it normally does. So I played with the thermostat. I decided to call a furnace repairman. He's down there right now and is replacing a Zone 1 something or other... and doing some rewiring on the 'hodge podge work' that is down there. Hoping this isn't too pricey!

4. We have 1 3/4 bathrooms. The full bathroom is a little odd...Yes, it is as narrow as it looks. You hit your ass on the toilet paper holder when you sit down. There is no room here! When the guys helped us move, there were MANY jokes made on the cramped quarters. So I decided the least I could do was take off the toilet paper holder. Well... the screws on the one side came out with NO problems. However, on the other side I had some difficulty, so out came a hammer and screwdriver.Needless to say, I got the holder off. However, that just added a little drywall work to my list. LOL

We are truly LOVING the house, but we still have some boxes at the other house. We are staying very focused on our budget. We are making sure that we are not living outside our means and that purchases right now are satisfying wants, but are needs. Stay tuned for project and more life on the farm updates!