House update

Its been a while since I have given a house update, so here is the lowdown.

• We had studs put in over the fireplace so we are now in a position to hang the television. But before we do that we need to paint the section of the wall that was cutout. In order to do this we have to get some paint matched because we were left will no sample. I'm not sure when all of this will get done. Since its not a tough job it shouldn't be too long. We arent going to hang the tv until are couches get delivered
• New couches have been ordered. Finally! I cant wait to get these bad boys. They recline and should be super comfortable for watching many hours of football each weekend.
• The lawn is getting better but there are still some issues with weeds. The back section of the backyard doesnt get great sunlight, so the grass is somewhat sparse. This had led to considerable amounts of lawn weeds back there. I'm not sure of the best way to get rid of them, but Im thinking about getting the lawn treated in the early spring. Also, around the back edge where the garden starts, there is no grass, just hard dirt. This section needs to be reseeded. However, when I mow the lawn, it looks really great because you cant see the weeds as much, and the color is becoming a nice dark green.
• The house has been pressure washed. I'm not sure If I talked about that yet, but it now looks a whole lot better. There is no black crap on the siding.

Things to be done:

Outside

• I need to fix up the front garden by pulling all of the weeds and getting rid of the all of the large rocks. A bunch of rocks were dug up when we were fixing the drainage. Once I get that done I think we can plant some flowers and lay pine straw or whatever.
• Next we have some large bushes in the front and on the side that need to be trimmed. I think if I could get that done, the house would look a ton better. I need to borrow a hedge trimmer though.
• The garden in the backyard has serious weed problems that I need to tend to. I think I should try to pull out the big ones before the party then in the winter use some Roundup on them. There are so many, and we really just need to kill them. Plus if I do it in the winter, it wont be hot, and the mosquitos wont be out.
• Paint the back deck. I think we are putting this off until the fall when its cooler. This will be a pretty involved process, but I'd rather do it myself than shell out 600 bucks to have some dude come out and do a crappy job.

Inside

• We need to repaint our guest rooms. This is not as easy as it sounds. One of the rooms has tons of sticky velcro and tape all ove the walls and ceiling. I tried removing some of it one day, and it was a huge pain. I might invest in some acetone to help dissolve the adhesive. Would that screw up my carpet or the dry wall? Any chemists read my blog? We also need to pick out colors, but Laura is in charge of that and I'm pretty sure she has some good ideas
• Already mentioned this but we need to paint the new section of wall covering hte studs above the fire place, then hang the TV.

I think that pretty much covers everything. Im sure more things will pop up, but those will be for another post.