A Day In My Life

Since the end of June, when the contractors completed their work on the garage, the following has been a typical day in my life.

5:45 A.M.-1:30 P.M. : Work
2:00-6:30 P.M. : Work on garage, house, or shed
6:30-7:00 P.M. : Clean up and put away tools, materials, and ME.
7:00-9:30 P.M. : Cook dinner, clean kitchen, eat, go to bed.

We've accomplished a LOT!
So far we've:
Primed and put 2 coats of paint on the garage.
Put 2-3 coats of paint on the shed.
Cut, painted, hung, and caulked trim for the shed.
Built a new ramp for the shed.
Cut back brush and trees behind the garage and shed.
Laid 76 sidewalk blocks between our back door and the garage. Poured 2 Quikrete transition corners in the garage sidewalk.
Laid 7 sidewalk blocks for L's new grill and moved said monstrosity to it's new home.
Installed 2 garage door openers.
Doubled the ceiling joists in preparation for our garage attic. Installed a pull-down stairway in the garage ceiling, for our future attic.
Scraped up the dried mortar, that spilled when the contractor installed the block, off the garage floor.
Scabbed a stud into the garage wall, where the contractors missed the seam on 2 pieces of siding. (This is the only mistake we've found in their work.)
Installed front and back outside lights on the garage.
Installed locks, and knobs on the garage entrance door.
Installed windwash board and hurricane clips in the garage.
Caulked the entrance door, corners, and windows on the garage.
Caulked all the windows and trim on the house at least twice. (They changed the formula of the caulk I've always used, to make it more paintable. For some reason, this makes the caulk shrink when it cures, and I have to put a second coat on.)
Installed new siding, trim, insulation, and supports beneath 4 of our windows.
Put a fresh coat of deck stain on our house skirting.
Sanded, primed, washed, and painted the 2 long walls of our house.
Moved most of the tools from the sheds to the garage.
Built a CD-DVD storage unit for Z's room.
Rebuilt Z's closet to accomodate his newly rebuilt computer.
Replaced the toilet in Z's bathroom.
Leveled out the hump of dirt left by the electricians when they dug in the power to the garage.
Shoveled and raked out 6 yds of gravel.

So far we've used 8 gallons of primer, 20 gallons of paint, and 15 tubes of caulk.

In my spare time I do laundry, grocery shop, and pay the bills. We haven't cleaned the inside of the house since we started our projects (except for the bathrooms). The inside of our house looks like a war zone, but the outside is looking great!
Homeschooling has been suspended since September.

We still have to:
Caulk the big garage doors.
Build a new snow cover for our air conditioning unit.
Tarp the air conditioning unit and the camper for the winter.
Move L's small workbench and the scroll saw into the garage.
Winterize and put away the mowers and rototiller.
Prep the snow blower for winter.
Level the porches.
Shim the front porch door so it latches.
Paint the house trim, back porch, and 2 ends of the house.
Wash the outside of the windows.
Sew a curtain to serve as "doors" on Z's newly rebuilt closet.
Install a light in Z's closet.
Install the new kitchen faucet that's been taking up space on the counter all summer.
Install new ladder hangers on the shed.
Hang new house numbers.

It's supposed to snow on Wednesday.
Are we having fun yet?