I love a pressure washer + updated to-do list

It's true. I think for Christmas or my Birthday I want a presure washer. They are so awesome! Here is how I learned of my love for pressue washers.

If you have been to our house, you have seen that we have a carport thing right up to our house...

Here is a picture of our house the day we bought it. Definitely looking haggard but you can see the car port, right?

 

With the car port being up to the house, there is a 6 inch gap between the house and the carport which means when it rains, water get right in between there. We are going to get something to fix this but we just haven't got around to it. With that being said, the concrete right there gets all gross because water sits there. That is where this lovely pressure washer comes in. I asked my Pawpaw if we could borrow his to get rid of that stuff and that is when the magic happened. Literally, with one little swipe, all the dirt and groddy stuff was gone. Well, once we got going, it was hard to stop us. We did the part right by the house. We did the driveway. We did the carport. We did the front of the house. We did the front porch.

 

 

 

Everything looks so bright and clean and I love it! We didn't have time to do everything we wanted to do but I don't think there are enough hours in the day to pressure wash everything that we want to do.

 

Is it just me or are pressure washers not the greatest? Maybe I'm weird!

 

Anyways, in the process of pressure washing and all, we knocked two things off our to-do list and didn't realize it. Remember here, when I made the To-Do list and here when I updated it?

 

Below in RED is what we did this past Saturday! Yay, us! Getting it done!

 

Front Yard:

1. Plant shrubs all along the front of the house
2. Put mulch around the shrubs
3. Cut down the tree that is struggling and is just plain ugly
4. Spray weedkiller all over the driveway and side walk
5. Put white railing up on the front porch
6. Get two flower pots to go on either side of our church pew
7. Blow everything out from underneath the car port like the leaves and junk
8. Take the cabinet thing that was in our house when we bought it to the dump
9. Take the bench and put it in the shed or inside somewhere (Maybe the office) -- There shouldn't be anything underneath the carport but the garbage can and the grill

So here is our NEW To-Do List as of June 26th.

 

Den:

1. Buy curtain rod and curtains
2. Find a entry way table that can double as a storage unit
3. Organize coat closet (Bottom)
4. Move the couch and love seat
5. Hang pictures or more artwork
6. Make or buy a cute wreath or doorhanger for the front door
7. Sand and refinish rocking chair
8. Reupholstry rocking chair
9. Replace closet door
10. Paint front door. (Already have the paint!)

Living Room:

1. Get curtains or make curtains or buy material to make curtains.
2. Hang pictures
3. Possibly move China cabinet back into the den
4. Move end table by the couch
5. Get lamp to go on end table
6. Make pillows to go on the sectional- I love all of the different patterns and color. Our couch is brown so I want some bright colors!
7. Get a runner to go between the back of the sectional and utility room (The last one got bleach poured all over it by mistake.)
8. Get a cute roman shade type thing to cover the side door window. At the moment, it is covered with newspaper. How awful is that!? Ah!

Kitchen:

1. Put together the kitchen table... that we got for Christmas! (Yes, we are awful!)
2. Hang up blinds over the sink
3. Paint the trim over the sink
4. Get new countertops
5. Get new sink to go with our new countertops
6. Organize the pantry (the bottom of the pantry)
7. Organize the cabinets
8. Build a shelf for the microwave to sit on
9. Get new lighting fixtures
10. Get new trim for the bottom of the cabinets
11. Find another microwave that is a bit smaller than what we have now
12. Organize under the sink
13. Gather up all cleaning products around the house and put them all under sink

Utility Room:

1. Organize, organize, organize!
2. Find an alternative shelf for the one to the right of the washer
3. Clean up the shelves on the left
4. Put paint and paint supplies in the shed outside
5. Hang up the blinds over the washer/dryer
6. Find a neutral roman shade to go in the window
7. Fix the folding doors- might require getting new ones
8. Find a way to hang or hook all of the mops, brooms, Swifter things on the wall to the right

Master Bedroom:

• Find storage bins to put under our bed for our sheets and extra blankets and my purses/bags
• Hang up some wedding pictures or something!
• Find knobs to go on my closet door
• Find storage containers to use at the top of my closet for all my junk(i.e. basket for scarfs, basket for bathing suits, etc
• Clean out end tables and organize them

Bathroom:

1. Paint the walls an off white or cream color
2. Take off the closet door
3. Paint the inside of the closet with KILZ
4. Organize the closet
5. Organize under the sink
6. Hang curtain rod and pretty curtain where the door was.
7. Paint the trim in the windowsil and around where the bathroom closet is
8. Find curtain/roman shade for the bathroom window
9. Replace the knobs in the shower to something more modern

Guest Bedroom:

1. Hang up the group wedding picture above the bed
2. Find a place for the other table top
3. Take the scarfs into Master (Storage places above the closet)
4. Organize Jade's closet
5. Put the suitcases that are in the closet under a bed
6. Find the comforter and put it back on the bed (Mom took it to the cleaners and I'm not sure if she picked it up or they have it or I have it, who knows!)

Office:

1. Organize, Organize, Organize!
2. Sell the antique green chair- let me know if you like! I'm ready to get it gone! Come to my house right now and get it! :)
3. Make sure it is ok to sell the old rocker- gotta ask my Pawpaw about this one. He might want it!
4. Sort through the bookshelf and sell the books that are not wanted/needed
5. Empty the trunk, which at the moment is full of sheets and blankets-- put all the sheets that correspond with the beds in storage containers under the bed. So like put everything that goes with our bed, the queen, all in one place and same for the guest.
6. Put all pictures, photo albums, etc., in the trunk
7. Sell/get rid of the HUGE desk
8. Get a new/smaller desk... from the Bucksville Mercantile! It is white and has some chalkboard panels... it is ADORABLE!
9. Find a little table to double as storage and a printer stand
10. Clean out the closet
11. Hang up pictures
12. Get curtains for both windows
13. Get a TV to hang on the wall to the left as you walk in (Jade, don't freak out! I want a TV in there so I can work on my pictures and watch my shows at the same time. Love you!)
14. Get a baby gate to block this room off so the wild women (Polly and Pearl) will not go in there and use the bathroom. I know, way TMI but it's the truth. If they are going to have accidents, it is in there.

Outside

Front Yard:

1. Plant shrubs all along the front of the house
2. Put mulch around the shrubs
3. Cut down the tree that is struggling and is just plain ugly
4. Spray weedkiller all over the driveway and side walk
5. Put white railing up on the front porch
6. Get two flower pots to go on either side of our church pew
7. Blow everything out from underneath the car port like the leaves and junk
8. Take the cabinet thing that was in our house when we bought it to the dump
9. Take the bench and put it in the shed or inside somewhere (Maybe the office) -- There shouldn't be anything underneath the carport but the garbage can and the grill

Back Yard:

1. Fill in the holes that Roscoe dug up with dirt and cover with grass seed
2. Pull all the weeds away from the fence
3. Pick up the big stones and throw away
4. Pick up the wood planks on the far side of the fence and throw them away.
5. Dig around the door to Ace's house to that it can be opened and shut
6. Get some shavings to put in his dog house
7. Fix the latice (sp) work around the shed

Only 74 more things to do! Yay! (In the most sarcastic voice I have ever made!)