We’ve been in our little gem of a money pit on the busiest street in America for a little over a year now, so I think it’s time to post a list of things that we’ve done or had done to the house so that I can feel a sense of accomplishment (instead of my too-common feeling of will-we-ever-get-anything-done-on-this-house-before-we-send-Molly-off-to-college). These are just things that would stay with the house if we moved, not decor-type things. Here goes (and in no particular order):
- Driveway partially repaved
- Fence completed
- Sump pump installed
- Trim painted
- All rooms painted nicely (thanks AO), except the guest room and the sewing room
- Blinds installed (except in a few rooms)
- 4 garden boxes made (thanks AO)
- AC fixed
- One medicine cabinet added to the master bath
- Leaky bathroom fan fixed
Hmm. What else? I honestly thought there was more. Although many of those things — ahem, sump pump — were an awful lot of money. Here are the things we still want to do (because I apparently want to overwhelm myself this afternoon):
- Landscaping
- Tree removal
- Kitchen remodel
- Paint the fireplace, retile the floor around it and install a mantel
- Make the attic space an inviting play room
- Redo all of the top light fixtures (they’re total ew!)
- Expand the master bath
- Paint the sewing and guest rooms
- Clean out and prett-ify the porch
- Repave rest of driveway
- Rip out deck, put in slab and have screen porch built
- Possibly restain the floors
Not too bad, right?
life and puppies 
Sounds like a lot has been accomplished to me.