Things we really ought to do on our house, in no particular order: (Warning: Enrico should probably stop reading right here because this will just stress him out.)
- Tear down our leaning carport and have it rebuilt
- Figure out how to fix the dripping hot water tap in the bathroom
- Figure out why the cold water sporadically stops working in the kitchen
- Call a structural engineer to figure out why cracks are appearing, and cabinets not closing, in the kitchen
- Replace the bedroom light fixture which hasn't worked since the roof leaked three years ago
- Verify that the roof leak which appeared after the December storm really is fixed
- Replace the window in the living room that broke its seal in the December storm and filled with condensation
- Patch the drywall behind the washing machine from when we had the house re-plumbed four years ago
- Replace the thermostat on the furnace
- Replace the washing machine with a front-loader
- Replace the rotten siding by the dryer vent
- Have the house painted
- Clean and re-stain the fence and trellis
How did the list get so long???
2 comments:
OK, I will stop reading, but I glanced. Oh, the woe from just a glance.
What is it that Ferris Bueller said ? "Life moves pretty fast, and sometimes, you've just got to slow down and enjoy yourself." Lucretius said something similar.
Enrico
OMG I was just thinking of making such a list myself about our house. And believe me, it would make you list look short, very short. We painted the house last fall, are getting new windows installed soon, got custom furniture made, and now we are thinking of getting a new dishwasher, stove and refrigerator, and we have LOTS of painting to do. And I want to install a garden in our front yard, make new curtains for the living room and dining room, blah blah blah. The thing about these house lists is as soon as you cross something off, a new thing appears to be done.
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