Plans

There are big plans for the spring.  There are a lot of things that need doing to this old house and I am tired of doing them bit by bit.  It needs new windows, a paint job, and the electrical wiring checked.  The only information that I can find for it’s age is that the lot was recorded in 1907.  That is probably when the house was built.

I need to remind myself of things that have been done:

insulation in the attic and walls

glass block windows in the basement and bathroom

new roof

city water instead of a well

new floor in the kitchen and bathroom,

bedroom and bathroom painted

removed a rough rock patio area beyond the back deck and replaced it with decorative concrete squares (seconds)

added a back storm door

added dead bolt locks

added an iron rail on the front porch

had the chimneys checked and capped

Reviewing that list makes me feel a little better but I get impatient.   

I doubt that the chimneys were truly capped as I meant them to be.  There is one fireplace still in existence and when I open it I find bird droppings.  There is also a draft going up that chimney.  I’m not inclined to get up on the roof to check the chimneys.

Now I want to put a ventless natural gas burner in that fireplace so I guess I will have it checked again. 

Plans are fun.  What is that saying?  Make plans, God loves a good laugh.

Later….