I've been in "handyman" mode for a few months now, but we're starting to switch gears and get back into bookfair mode now. First event is coming up in a week and a half!
I've enjoyed the handyman work I've been doing, even if I haven't been getting paid for all of it. I've been able to wrap up a lot of small projects around the house that have been needed attended to since we've moved in. Some simple projects that I had no excuse not to get to are done (smoke alarms offer great peace of mind, and it only took 15 minutes to put up six of them). We now have a railing on the stairs from the living area to the bedrooms, three new doors (2 on bedrooms, 1 on bathroom, and a fourth door for the playroom still has to be hung). I spent 14 hours insulating the ceilings, which has cut the furnace operating time by about half (it used to be on for about 50 minutes out of every hour, now it's on for 20 - 30 minutes per hour). I finally broke down and bought new hardware for the futon so it could be assembled. I'll probably find the original hardware this week when I wrap up basement organization!
In the basement, seven bookcases have been filled and I'm in the process of trying to sort them by category. The kitchen cabinets that we bought in Maine have been assembled in the basement and provide wonderful, organized storage on the laundry side of the room. The desktop computer is set up on the other half with all of the bookshelves, and hopefully that can be organized into a place where we can keep the bills and paperwork so it doesn't clutter up the living area of the house anymore.
After 4 months, it's finally starting to feel settled! Still no car in the garage yet - got to organize my tools and build some shelves in the back to hold the typical garage stuff so there is room for the car to pull in. We're really close!
