I spent the better part of yesterday making a complete, task-by-task punch list for every single step that it will take to complete our newly revised Summer Goals.

It’s a solid 2 pages, single spaced with 1″ margins. Then – due to my complete freakazoid color-coding nature – I color coded everything in stages. Yellow for this weekend, Lime for August 1-2, & Cyan for August 22-23.

THEN I copy & pasted all the yellows onto one list and all the greens onto another list and all the cyan tasks onto yet a 3rd list. So that I have a Master Multi-Colored List & 3 separate Per Weekend Lists. {{This is even more pathetic when actually put into words.}}

Oh well. At least I’m being honest. I like color coding. And – while we’re being all honest & stuff – what’s not to like?! You use COLORS to Organize stuff. It goes together like milk & cookies, peanut butter & jelly, chocolate & peanut butter, peanut butter & a spoon. {{What?? I like peanut butter.}} You get my point.

So here’s what’s going on right.now.  Yellow Weekend: July 17 & 18 (aka: right now)

Upstairs

Overall

• Get rid of sawdust
• Vacuum & wipe down ALL the walls, trims, moldings, bathrooms, etc…
• Clean Kitchen (I’m pretty sure the freezer is growing a lovely green carpet inside.) {{and I just threw up a little in my mouth.}}

Master bedroom

• Re-secure plaster to wall
• Spackle, tape, etc.

Master bedroom walk-in closet

• Re-secure plaster to wall
• Spackle, tape, etc.

Parlor

• Re-secure plaster to walls
• Spackle, tape, etc.

Dining Room

• Re-secure plaster to walls
• Spackle, tape, etc.

YAY power tools!! Securing all that plaster back to the lathe will involve getting rather chummy with a screw gun and some plaster washers. WHEEE!!! I’ll find any excuse to use power tools.

Garden Apartment

Kitchen

• Wash ceiling & soffit of grossness
• Move electrical (?)
• Secure gas line
• Drywall back wall
• Putty, tape, sand, etc
• Trim base cabinet to size
• Paint cabinets white

Main Room

• Fix hole in big wall near outlet (drywall, spackle, sand, etc)
• Add another outlet for TV
• Run cable for TV
• Clean brick
• Drywall over frame
• Putty, tape, sand, repeat?
• Spackle divots

Bathroom

• Tile bathroom floor out to back door
• Paint inside of medicine cabinet

The garden apartment is actually going to involve a significant amount of work in the “construction” phase. Which I’m also cool with.

Coming Up

Lots & lots & lots (did I mention LOTS??) of priming will be happening during the Lime Work Weekend: Aug. 1-2.

The Cyan Work Weekend: August 22-23 will involve a ton of trim painting, as well finishing off the garden apartment kitchen. Just in case any of you are wondering how to plan (wink wink nudge nudge).

And simply because I prefer to include pictures in my posts (way more interesting than watching me yammer on), I leave you with this picture I took of my completely adorable grandparents. They just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary! Congrats!! We love you guys!

I can hear the collective “awww!” from here. I hope we’re as cute when we’re 90.