Sysadmin Field Notes

September 24, 2004

I thought it would be fun to list everything we've done to our house, inside and out, since we moved in. We've been here about 2 years, 9 months now. In no particular order we've:

• removed 600 sq. ft. of carpet and put down tile,
  
• replaced the kitchen countertop with stone tile,
  
• repainted/resurfaced the kitchen cabinets (contractor),
  
• had three 40-50 ft. trees in the backyard chopped down (contractor),
  
• Taken out 4-5 shrubs from the front and about 19 from the backyard,
  
• replanted the front side area,
  
• replanted the front area of the house,
  
• ground 4 stumps,
  
• replaced 130 ft. fencing,
  
• new kitchen sink & faucent,
  
• new door to garage in Kitchen,
  
• new baseboards for 75% of the house,
  
• painted the exterior (contractor),
  
• got a new composition roof (contractor),
  
• painted the entire interior,
  
• repainted hudson's room and added new baseboards and chair rail,
  
• new dual pane windows all around (contractor),
  
• new range hood,
  
• all new exterior lighting fixtures,
  
• removed dry rotted patio cover,
  
• removed cracked (from root) 20x15 concrete patio,
  
• cleared and planted grass in the dog run,
  
• diagnosed interior wiring problem and replaced interior outlets,
  
• ran network cable through the attic and walls,
  
• ran coax (for sat and antenna) through the attic and walls,
  
• installed recessed lighting in the kitchen,
  
• cleared and put gravel in the dog run, and
  
• installed new interior light fixtures.
  

I think that's everything. I had no idea how to do almost any of that stuff when we started. I now have lots of nifty tools and just enough knowledge to be dangerous.