I am LOVING those birdhouse water features. I'll probably have to have one! In fact, I'm going to gather up stuff to make one.......soon! Wish I'd bought that lavender chair at the yard sale,would have been great for one,but I wouldn't come off $10 for it,and she wouldn't take less,lol! Oh well,I'll find one in somebodys trash for free and paint it lavender! Love your site,always something new to see and drool over :)

daisy if I only knew lol! First I have to figure out how to deal with all of the mismatched moulding & baseboard transitioning from the office to the basement, & how to cover up the blocked doorway on one side of the bottom, & whether to do a niche on each side at the bottom & if so, how to make it happen, & I'm trying to figure out what I want to use for a stair rail, & how to execute the corner at the top of the stairs, & what color to paint the walls, & what kind of floor covering to put at the landing. & along the way, in the back of my mind, will be thoughts of what to do with the stairs themselves. Which, in all likelihood, will simply be sanded, patched & painted. Much as I would love new wood, I don't see that happening at this time. OK now I'm tired! I did start a thread some time ago with questions about the stairs, got a few good ideas & got started, but I got side tracked when I replaced the windows in the office & decided I needed to start there.

Happy Saturday everyone! This Week I did really good on my goals. 15 minutes a day in monster room:Yess! some days I did a bit more. Super fling boogie:15 walmart bags off to goodwill 1 load of laundry:I hit this about 85% I think. I got the wash and dry part done but not the fold and put away.But I am working on it. And the cell phone: I don't have a car charger and one of DH and my other non organizing goals is to save money so I have to use my regular charger for awhile:) But FI put it in my control journal and I have been faithful about taking my charger to work and charging it there.I really need it at work not so much in the car because we used to have an employee phone but not anymore so personal calls come to the direct office and if I take one in there the whole office hears my business. So I have been redirecting people to my cell.But the added benefit is I would have it charged if I needed it in a car emergency. Thanks for rooting me on organizing buddies! Everyone who participated has done very well. Kittie mom My daughter got Dance Dance revolution for Christmas for PS2 and it is aerobics!!! I tried it. It is very fun and would be a good routine for me if I could find time! Jamie good job on the "figuring out where to add your taking out the trash job" That is very resourceful of you to think about it and analyze the best times. I may have to incorporate that next week. I will post again tomorrow!

Just want to wish you the best of luck finding a good contractor and handyman. I've known of people importing their constructions crew from Sacramento and paying for lodging for length of the build due to frustration with poor work ethic Tahoe contractors. 25 year South Tahoe resident here. Been through several major renovations on original house and added several new rooms and a 2nd story to same house. All night mare experiences. I have yet to find a half way decent contractor and forget about a dependable handyman. I've been on the look out all these years...not been successful yet. We had to build up since our coverage had exceeded the 30% coverage allowance. Not able to pay the heavy fines in order to exceed coverage and also not able to buy other empty parcels to then give to the conservancy to stick into their "not-buildable" stock pile, up we went instead of out. We still had fines to pay but we settled on an agreeable amount in exchange for removing our deck to make our 30% coverage numbers crunch better. If the laws are still the same with TRPA, if there is a will and a well funded bank account, there is a way you could add onto to your cabin by building out, instead of up, but it will likely cost you. Sounds like building out is more feasible vs up. If you find a good contractor or handyman, please send me the name and #. : )