This has definitely been a long time coming and we have finally gotten to that point where we have officially admitted we have too much stuff lol. We have a 2 car garage but do you know how many cars we park in it? None! Yup we tend to keep everything thinking we’ll use it “some day”. From sporting equipment to a couch, lots of books and kitchen stuff and so on. We didn’t realize how much we had accumulated over the years. It probably didn’t help that once we bought our house the first thing my parents did (well, after they said congrats) was pack up one of those large storage containers of everything I still had at their house and shipped it down to us. So with no kids but boxes of leggos, matchbox cars and transformers we figured it was time to pass things on and let someone else enjoy these.

This is the start of things from the kitchen and it’s going to take some time to go through everything. At least Dusty is hanging around to keep me company. (He’s my little buddy)

It’s been a bit overwhelming as to where to begin so I’ve been busy making lists and trying to get things organized. I pulled out one of my To-do lists which you can find and print one for yourself here and have started to get to work. Anyone have some ideas for a first time garage sale?

Hi guys! Just checking in as I’ve been a bit MIA the past week. Things have been crazy around the house. It seems like one thing after another keeps breaking since it’s an older house (I miss having a landlord that you can call to fix things). Looking out in the backyard the other day we realized our grass was pretty much dead and yet our neighbors was nice and green. We haven’t been getting a lot of rain but that’s why we have sprinklers… or so we thought. I woke the next morning to the sound of the sprinkler pump but upon walking around the house realized that the pump was running dry… no water. oh no!

Being the stubborn person I am, I was determined to try and fix it myself instead of paying someone. After talking with a friend I was able to figure out where the sprinkler pump is and how to re-prime the pump. Hooray! Ran the cycle through and thought I was successful. Waited a couple days and decided to test the sprinklers and then put them back on the timer. wait… not working. Water was dumping out of the extra zone pipe that it’s supposed to bypass. After a few more phone calls and some old school banging (yes I literally took to banging on the pipes) I think we are good to go.

Finally can check one thing off the house project list!
Have you been working on any projects at home?