Ten Projects for 2008: A Review
It's that time of the year, when we look back on our work over the last twelve months and see how we did. Last year we decided to make a prioritized list of projects for the year: Ten Projects for 2008. That was pretty helpful, because it mostly kept us from getting distracted and working on random things instead of what we had planned. Of course, we didn't get much of it done; of ten projects, we completed five. On the other hand, the list was pretty optimistic, so five out of ten is better than we expected.
Project 1: Accordion Room
DONE!
Related posts:- December 5, 2007 : Another Epic Project
- December 14, 2007 : Panels Down
- December 14, 2007 : Some Weird Stuff and Progress
- December 16, 2007 : And Now for More Scraping
- December 17, 2007 : A Treatise on Wallpaper Removal
- January 8, 2008 : Washing Continues
- January 13, 2008 : All Washed Up
- January 18, 2008 : Plaster Stabilization: Now with Pictures
- January 27, 2008 : The End of Plaster Work
- January 28, 2008 : A New Kind of Scraping
- February 2, 2008 : Progress on the Paint
- February 24, 2008 : The Sands of the Accordion Room
- March 1, 2008 : Making it Stick
- March 2, 2008 : Just a Little Hole in the Wall
- March 9, 2008 : Lots of Bad Joke Potential
- March 12, 2008 : Whiteness
- March 18, 2008 : Whitening the Whiteness
- March 20, 2008 : Unwhitening, Part One
- March 21, 2008 : Fun with Carcinogens
- March 26, 2008 : Unwhitening, Part Two: Now! With Asbestos!
- April 5, 2008 : And Now the Floor
- April 7, 2008 : A Very Sticky Situation
- June 15, 2008 : Four Minor Burns and a Vibrational Injury Later
- June 16, 2008 : Half a Day of Work
- July 14, 2008 : The Dump
Project 2: Operation Bathroom Restoration
Postponed due to lack of time/energy/money. We want to get it done this year, though. Really.
Project 3: Major Remodel Drawings
DONE!
Well, the planning portion is done, which is the part we wanted to do this year; the construction set is still in progress.
Project 4: Chickens in the Garden
DONE!
Related posts:- March 29, 2008 : Chicken Day
- April 1, 2008 : The Life of a Chicken
- April 2, 2008 : More Chickens
- April 2, 2008 : Chicken Movies
- April 12, 2008 : And on to the Chicken Yard
- April 18, 2008 : If I Had a Stapler
- April 20, 2008 : Meeting Our Goals Halfway
- April 26, 2008 : A Dog, a Butterfly, and a Fence
- May 4, 2008 : Rest Week
- May 10, 2008 : Five Hours of Non-Stop Fun
- May 17, 2008 : Prefab Modern for the Barnyard Animal
- June 7, 2008 : Chicken House Framing
- June 8, 2008 : A Room for the Chickens
- June 15, 2008 : Scaling Factors
- June 16, 2008 : Half a Day of Work
- June 21, 2008 : Two Door Shed With Sunroof
- June 21, 2008 : Behind Door #1
- June 28, 2008 : Raising the Roof
- June 29, 2008 : Shingling
- July 6, 2008 : Moving Stuff
- July 23, 2008 : Accessories for the Modern Chicken
- July 26, 2008 : Long Day, Big Mess
- July 27, 2008 : Third Time's the Charm
- August 9, 2008 : Just Another Busy Weekend Day
- August 17, 2008 : Some Minor Improvements
- August 23, 2008 : A Day of Many Projects
- August 24, 2008 : A Day of Fewer Projects
- September 14, 2008 : In Which We Get Little Accomplished
- September 21, 2008 : Neat and Trim
- September 28, 2008 : Cast of Thousands
- November 2, 2008 : Windows and a Personal Gym
- November 23, 2008 : First Step to the Auto-Door
Project 5: Bees in the Garden
Postponed until we have a new roof, because nobody wants bees in the attic.
Project 6: New Roof
Postponed until the Big Renovation.
Project 7: Reopening the Pantry
DONE!
Related posts:- July 12, 2008 : Adding a Room
- July 13, 2008 : The Pantry Floor
- July 17, 2008 : Power in the Hole
- August 2, 2008 : Greetings from the Past
- August 3, 2008 : Wild and Wally Weekend
- August 9, 2008 : Just Another Busy Weekend Day
- August 24, 2008 : A Day of Fewer Projects
- November 29, 2008 : Pantry Paint
- November 30, 2008 : Pantry at Last!
- December 3, 2008 : And Now With Shelves
- December 21, 2008 : Threshold Floored
Project 8: Assorted Food Plans
DONE!
We planted four more apple trees, and obtained raspberries from a friend as planned. And a grape that we hadn't planned for. And we got four fig scions (three of which survived the summer) from the scion exchange. On order this year is an apricot.
Some related posts, but not all because that would be pretty much the whole Landscaping and Back Yard archive:- January 15, 2008 : Four More Apples
- January 26, 2008 : Figs and Chickens
- February 25, 2008 : On the Level
- March 14, 2008 : Let Me Show You My Figs
- May 5, 2008 : Garden Report: Fruit in the Trees
Project 9: A Deck
Postponed until spring.
Project 10: More Paneling
Postponed until this year, mainly due to holiday scheduling. The plan is to have a big work day and have friends come help us tear down the paneling, the dropped ceiling, and whatever else we find up there.
posted by ayse on 12/26/08