Around Our House: progress

We have been busy little beavers trying to get our house ready for a certain little girl's arrival this spring.  I haven't been blogging about our progress much because it has been incremental, and I feel like every "goal" we set ends up becoming 5 separate projects..  haha!  Such are the joys of owning an older home.  But the good news is that we can both see progress being made, and we have been staying under budget on most of these projects by doing some to all of the work ourselves.

One thing that has really helped us (especially me!) stay focused on the most important projects (as opposed to the fun or crafty ones that I'm so drawn to) was a little meeting we had around a month ago.  We sat down with a budget and a list of projects that we wanted to accomplish and worked through which should be given priority.  This made our decisions about what to tackle first so easy!  Some of our high priorities were necessities (thanks to our home owners' insurance requirements).  A few of our projects became priorities because of health-related reasons (for instance mold), and a few became priorities because of our family's goals (like having an international student live with us).

Anyway, now that we've had a month of concentrated efforts toward these priorities, I thought it was about time to begin posting about our progress.  We are certainly not professional DIYers, but I am so proud of how far we've come thus far!  Hugh has especially stepped up and learned a thing or two about the art of being a handyman, which has saved us many pretty pennies already.  Of course, I've been slightly limited in what I can do because of pregnancy, but even just organizing projects and gathering tools and supplies keeps me busy enough... not to mention cleaning up after said projects and keeping the house running.  ;)

I've been trying to take photos as we go (trying being the key word..), so I hope to start posting about the progress around our house soon... stay tuned!