My name is Owen…
Posted by: Owen in Keeping the wife happy, My name is Owen, Post 30 1,305 Comments »I was thinking the other day, that now that our house has finished being renovated that for me the work has just begun. I did a bit of walk around the house and started to put together a list of things that had to be done. Very overwhelming! As I put the list together, I kept thinking about the TV show (one of my favorites) ‘My Name is Earl’, and his karma list that he put together to right the wrongs that he had done in his life. Although my list doesn’t really go into the whole karma thing, I thought it might be a good way to present all of the things that I have to do around the house, and for each thing I do, I’ll blog about it…
Here is my list!
Please note, due to finances and time required to complete some of these items this list is in no particular order:
- Remove old shed
- Build new shed
- Connect all down pipes to storm water
- Wire in surround speakers in the ceiling
- Build the side fence (left side)
- Build the side fence (right side)
- Put in a new exposed aggregate driveway
- Walkway over heating unit
- Level the backyard
- Build new front fence
- Install ag drains (to extend around new part of house)
- Install new storm water drains (to extend to the new part of the house as required)
- Fill in pits to provide levels for storm water drainage
- Paint the roof
- Dig out the concrete in the back yard
- Install new letter box
- Build cot – flat pack I think
- Install new path in the front
- Pave the side of the house (narrow side)
- Create a new front garden
- Plant trees front and back
- Do something with the awful nature strip tree!
- Install a new clothes line
- Render and paint the boundary wall (the neighbours shed is on the boundary)
- Clean the gutters (ongoing)
- Plant new grass
- Extend height of back fence – sorry Flo
- Install new curtains in M’s room
- Build attic in the ceiling/roof space for storage
- Build furniture – very exciting
- Make a train table for model trains – its a boy thing!
- Fix L’s sunglasses
- Install floorboard pads on the bottom of the furniture
- Fix things that break… This could be anything, from hair straighteners to chairs and tables, to plumbing items and really anything ‘the wife’ tells me to.
So as you can see I have quite a bit on my plate, to my good friends it’s been nice knowing you, if you need me I will be in the garden or the shed and doing stuff around the house.