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Todo list for weekend – Saturday

I’ve decided to post up my todo list for the weekend, to help motivate me to get it done:

  1. Mow and Edge Lawn
  2. Pull out more crabgrass weeds where needed
  3. Reset linoleum floor — Damn thing unset again, have to pull a baseboard now to fix it. Swiftlock flooring seems to have this problem, also problem with edges meeting and odd gaps forming on some boards.
  4. Cut&nail baseboards for behind fridge area
  5. Cut&nail quarter-molding around oven (two sets)
  6. Patch holes in drywall around sliding-glass-door
  7. Trim side door (remove old and install new)
  8. Baseboards behind Dishwasher area
  9. Baseboards around eating area
  10. Quarter-molding around cabinets + dishwasher area
  11. Cut door for bathroom
  12. Seal hole in subfloor in bathroom with something
  13. Remove shelves from wall in garage
  14. Wash Car
  15. Setup Gazeebo thing in backyard patio
  16. Lubricate the joints in the garage door so I don’t have to keep fighting it to get it to go down at night/morning

That list is pretty long, but I think its doable. I need to do some things beforehand though:

  1. Stain/Seal quarter-round molding
  2. Order windows for Innocence’s Room and Bathroom (Going with Jeld-Wen vinyl, they don’t look like crappy other vinyls and have held up well as demos in the Home Depot
  3. Get up early and start at 8am

Big projects left to do:

  1. Window, paint, carpet, redo door in Innocence’s room
  2. Change oil and lubricate chain on motorcycle
  3. Bathroom remodel (down to studs!)
  4. Floors for house, what to do…
  5. Do something nice with front walkway and xeriscaping (no water pipes!)
  6. Get rid of some of the trees in the backyard, plant shade trees, start gardening fruits, veggies, and herbs.

    7. Learn Chinese

  7. Replace windows in rest of house
  8. Replace side door and side garage door
2009
11/05
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Home Improvement
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Oh crap.

So I know that my kitchen floors contain asbestos, I’m calling to get those removed professionally. But what is really troublesome is that after tearing up my bathroom, I’ve found a lot of mold and some dry rot in some bad places. I’ve decided to stop and call in the experts on this problem too. I’m just watching my bank accounts get some use :( . I really wonder though, should I have left some cover on it to keep it somewhat contained? I covered the door with a plastic sheet, not taped off completely (dark, stale air causes mold to grow). Some air can get through where the toilet is supposed to be.. I’m definitely not sleeping here tonight. I wonder if there is something I can put on it to kill the surface mold. I’ve read bleach will work, but I don’t know how to use that on floors (the articles i’m reading seem to only think mold grows on hard non-porous surfaces.
Pictures:
mold01
mold02

2009
02/14
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Home Improvement
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