Aaahhh! Finally! We have a goal, a purpose, something to reach for which inspires us to get stuff done around here.

Guys have been working in the spare bathroom re-tiling the shower floor. It’s taking a little longer for the thinset to dry because the weather has been damp. Holes have been drilled into the decorative front porch blocks to allow for drainage of rain water which historically has sat there creating mats of dog fur in the corners. Hopefully this will help.

Other guys have been over to give us an estimate on fixing the sliding glass door screen in our bedroom that hasn’t worked right since the Centerline Corporation screwed up our order.

Michael has pulled out an old, dying citrus tree which gave awful fruit, and another dead fruit tree which didn’t survive this last dry season, even though I watered it. He has also replaced a faulty light fixture on the front porch.

New gutters will be coming next week. To prepare for that, we must remove the ones that are there and scrape, prime and paint the fascia boards on the north and south sides of the house. This we will do this week-end, by golly.

The kitchen has been painted. Next will be the massage room and the living room, then the bathrooms and office and laundry room. Then the rest of the exterior of the house. Well, the exterior might come between some of those other rooms depending on how we feel and the weather, of course.

And we have checked out what kind of tiles are available for 1100 square feet of porch plus two sets of steps. We’ll ask around for tile guys to get that going once the exterior is painted.

Shutters need to be installed on three window on the west side of the house.

I have also finally figured out what to do with the front yard east of the driveway, and south of the paving project we did last year. Decorative edging, weed eradication, planting some of the Hibiscus I have in pots (and maybe some of the crotons)and lots of mulch are in order. I need to also thoroughly weed the cat yard and re-mulch it.

Today, I went in to the SBA to check on a small business loan. I’ll find out more later in the week.

And, last but not least……it’s mango season. I’d better start processing!

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