Git 'er Done

In my part of the world that is phrase that shows up on feed hats and T-shirts. It is, apparently, a good thing to do, to " git 'er done." As anyone who has been here for a while knows, my status change has engendered in me a need to purge and clean and claim and get all sorts of things done in my house. This has resulted in a ginormous project list that some days threatens to roll right over me. But today I realized that I actually have made some progress and have gotten some things done that have been sitting around here staring at me for a very long time. So I thought I'd make a list of all the things I can think of that I have gotten done since coming back from the BE and started living alone:

• Pulled everything off the shelves in the laundry/storage room, purged, tossed, cleaned and reorganized the space
• Took down the plastic on the front porch, swept it and got it ready for summer
• Took down the plastic on the back porch and gave it a good deep cleaning, including scrubbing the floor twice, and moved some furniture in.
• Rearranged the dining room so more light can get in, and scrubbed the carpet
• Created a library space in an empty room where some furniture "moved out."
• Painted the lawn furniture
• Scraped and painted the fire pit
• Touched up the paint in the kitchen
• Organized some clothes I want to advertise for sale
• Purged, cleaned and reorganized the bathroom cabinet
• Purged and reorganized the kitchen cabinets and pantry
• Pulled up the rug in the empty bedroom
• Tried (and failed) to hang bifold doors (the guy comes tomorrow)

Seeing it all in a list like this makes me realize that I am getting things done. It also helps me understand why I am tired! This seems to be kind of a lot to accomplish while working full time, serving my congregation, and being gone to the FoH for the better part of a week! And that's kind of good to know, because I tend to think I'm not really doing anything as I look at all there still is to do. I have whole rooms that I want to paint, closets that I haven't even thought about yet, and then there is the basement., also known as the pit of despair. So I guess I'll just keep chugging away at it, the big projects are yet to come, these are just the warm-ups! I want to sand floors and paint, change out light fixtures and do a whoel bunch of other stuff to make this place feel more mine. But for now, maybe I could just go over to the Fleet Farm and get me a shirt like the one I saw at the grocery store today. It said GOT 'er done!