I'm a little bit excited.  I just got home from small (Bible) group study tonight and bought myself some alcohol for the first time in a while (6 months?  a year?) and today is the first of 8 days off that I have in a row!  I'm looking forward to it

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It was a really nice day today with a high of 71.  I was pretty tired/sleepy, but I have decided to not take a nap today and to instead work around the house.  I only did minor things this time.  I put velcro underneath my mini-lamp upstairs by my bed.  I'm not optimistic that it will help much.  It might.  We'll see.

I replaced 6 light bulbs with warm light bulbs.  I really like how the lighting has improved downstairs, but I'm not so sure about my bedroom.  I may have to think on how I want to change that.  Still, I think that warm light is better everywhere in the house than cool light.

I used my chop saw to cut through a good portion of the wood in my backyard.  I suppose I could have hired someone to haul it all away for $200, but I think it is better to do it myself and discover the logistics of it all.

I also went to the Chiro, dabbled with the cement in the basement, tried to contact the people hired to work on my water heater (and failed), and have been listening to the audiobook Son of Hamas.  Ideally, I'd like to trim my beard, and take a shower tonight, but we'll see.

It may not feel like much, but these little chores add up and it is good to write these things down so that I can realize that I have indeed been productive.

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I just put down a bunch of hydraulic cement in the basement and sealed up the dryer outlet to the outside (since there is no dryer).  This is the second day of applying cement to the foundation.  There's one more small spot outside where I need to apply the hydraulic cement.  The rest of the cement work after that is mostly finishing touches and cleanup.

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1. Basement (big project)
   
   • wall
     
   • floor
     
   • Install door to basement (R)
     
   • Seal AC/Heating in basement
     
   • Fix foundation sections outdoors (how many?)
     
   • Insulate basement
     
   • Install Dryer (R)
     
   • Install Washer (R)
2. Seal porch (R)
   
3. Tune up deck
   
4. Roommate(?)
   
5. Extend Gas lines (2)
   
6. Get Lawnmower (R)
   
7. Get/Build Shed (R)
   
8. Unlisted item (R)
   
9. Remove two piles of branches
   
10. Tune up AC unit
    
11. Remove tree #2
    
12. ✔ (completed: 10/01/2025) Assemble two shelves
    
13. ✔ Fix bathroom Fans (1 ✔ (completed: 10/11/2025) and 2 (abandoned: 10/13/2025))
    
14. ✔ (completed: 10/14/2025) Remove tree 1
    
15. ✔ (completed: 10/03/25) Sewer
    
16. ✔ (completed: 10/10/25) Finish moving items from previous residence (✔ mats, ✔ clothes, and ✔ books from garage) completed: 10/10/25

I'd say those are all of the really important things.  I'd like to be able to get all, or at least most of it done, within 5 years.

TAGS: mini-review, home improvement