My To-Do List

Updated on 1/1/13
While I didn't actually finish 100% of the things on my to-do list I actually did pretty good on it!!

Little Man is in his new big boy room, though he still isn't GREAT about sleeping in his room. The room is not 100% done, I need to put stuff on the walls still, but it will be done soon, hopefully, and if its not done for a few months its still ok! Is any project really ever done?

The guest room / office still needs some organization and needs to be cuteified! But its getting there!

I finally figured out how to backup my millions of photos. AND I actually did it!!!

I still REALLY need to make a photo book of Little Man from March 2011 before the end of January. I am going to do this!!!!

I have a whole NEW to-do list that's not overly crafty that I need to complete by the end of the month. We are having a baby hopefully no later than the first week of February so I have a lot of laundry, bottle sterilizing, and baby gear cleaning to do!!!

My to-do list for the rest of 2012

Photos
1. Create a photo book for February 2011 for my son
2. Create a photo book for March 2011 for my son I HAVE HAVE HAVE to finish this by January!!!
3. Create a photo book for my son's first birthday
4. Create a photo book for rest of 2011 (maybe 2)
5. Create a photo book for little man's 2nd birthday
6. Figure out backup storage for photos DONE
7. Review / Delete extra photos (this could take years to go through my thousands of pictures....)

Kitchen / Dinning Room DONE
8. Add some color to the kitchen
9. New art work in the dinning room 
10. New curtains for dinning room 

Main Floor Bathroom DONE
11. Paint main floor bathroom Not happening in 2012!!
12. Hang new shelves in main floor bathroom Not happening in 2012!!

Living Room DONE
13. Paint living room
14. Paint living room accent wall Not happening in 2012!!
15. Furniture for living room This might happen in 2015!!! :) If I am lucky. Not going to happen in 2012!
16. New curtains for living room 

Master Bedroom DONE
17. Paint master bath vanity - I have decided this will MAYBE be added to 2013's to do list!
18. Add more style to master bedroom Adding the dresser has done it for me for now!!
19. Lampshades master bedroom I have decided for now to leave them as is.....
20. Dresser in master bedroom 
21. Organize master closet Thanks nesting!!! :)
21.5 Spray paint mirrors They are staying as is for now.....

Little Man's Big Boy Room DONE
22. Convert craft room into little man's big boy room
22.1 Organize craft room
22.1 Remove clutter from craft room
22.3 Empty craft room 
22.4 Sell, Sell, Sell, Sell.... lots of extra crap in the craft room!!!
22.5 Paint Little Man's New Room
22.6 Figure out furniture
22.7 Figure out bedding 
22.8 New closet organizational system
22.9 Curtains 
22.10 Sew lots and lots and lots and lots of pillows....

Guest Room / Craft Room
23. Convert guest bedroom into craft room / guest bedroom
23.1 Organize guest closet full of millions and millions of baby items
23.2 Move desk into craft room
23.3 Figure out creative storage, because I NEED IT!!!
23.4 New curtains - striped gray and white ones Never mind...
23.5 Finish craft room chair 
23.6 Refinish desk NOT DOING - WAY TOO MUCH WORK :)
23.7 Spray paint and hang some new shelves
23.8 Make some $10 ledge shelves HUNG!!
23.9 Patch up holes and touch up paint
23.10 Again figure out wall decor
24.11 Good Will donation trip from extra things in office / guest room

24. Install ceiling fan in little man's big boy room Bought, just need Grandpa to come and install it!! 

25. Paint little man's bathroom vanity - Again, MAYBE I will add this to 2013's to do list! 

Slow Progress

I am slowly making progress on my to-do list. The biggest item is Little Man's big boy room!!! To make Little Man's big boy room I need to empty out everything that is in the office / craft room and move it all into the guest bedroom to make a combined craft room / office / guest bedroom. AND to make matters even more fun I need to figure out what to do with all of the stuff thats already in the guest room closet to make room for the billions of craft supplies I have.

It's been a SLOW process but I am slowly clearing out the craft room. From the picture below you can see it's almost empty.... I still need to move the computer to the new room and a bunch of odds and ends things I need to figure out what to do with. I am also making a big St. Vinny's donation with this transition!!

That also leaves the new craft room / guest room looking like a huge mess!!!! But again there is so much extra baby stuff that I don't know where to put until I get Little Man moved out of the nursery so I can hide it all in there until we need it in February.


I can't wait until I get to the fun part of decorating Little Man's big boy room!!! Almost there but still a lot of organizing and holes in the wall to fix.... blah blah blah .... so much to do!!!!

Lot's to do!

Back on January 30, I posted my To Do list! And I have to say it was VERY ambitious!!

I had 9 things on my to-do list and currently have one officially crossed off. By my deadline of April 1 I should have 3.5 of the 9 done.

My little man turns 2 on April 1, so I am busy getting ready for his birthday!!!! Plus I under estimated how much time wedding invitations for my sister would take! (But they are DONE!!!!!! YEAH!!!!) and planning her wedding shower.... AND to top it all off we decided to add a surprise week long birthday trip for my dad's 60th birthday! (We told him last night, he is VERY excited!!!!)

So I have been VERY VERY VERY busy lately :) With birthday party details, wedding details and figuring out how to sanely travel with a 2 year old... (AND I AM A HORRIBLE FLYER!!! I HATE TO FLY!!) Plus I have been working on a few "fun" projects... though I am not sure a project were you take a chunk of your thumb out with a needle is fun....

So that's about how crazy things have been lately!!! But's all been fun :) and it's keeping us all busy!!

My Current TO-DO list

To try and keep myself honest and ACTUALLY get things DONE, I thought I would post my TO-DO LIST to be completed by April 1. And cross them off as I do them!!! Why April 1, well we have a big birthday in April so I figure that's a nice time frame. It also gives me time before my sister's wedding in May and then doesn't put the pressure on to have a million projects to do over the summer!

1. Finish Little Man's room - DONE - just need to blog it someday

This was done before, but I made some changes, so its no longer "done" I don't have too much left in this project. Just some new art work and things for the wall. Super EASY! I should be able to cross this off of my list in a week.... right??

2. Re-Do Wall of Guest Bedroom - DONE - sort of.... its a fix for now....  again need to blog it

I love my guest bedroom, but I don't love this wall of the room. It just doesn't quite cut it. So I have plans to re-do it. Not 100% sure yet what it will look like, but it will include the Red Envelope "You make me happy when skies are Grey" artwork.

3. Organize Craft Room - DONE

OMG this room is a disaster!! Trust me it's a mess and is in desperate need of organization! Some days it looks better than others... but most of the time its a stressful place to work on projects. I have started a gallery wall in this room, which I love, but need a few additions.

Update: This room is done!!! Check it out!

4. Add Some Style to the Master Bedroom - Working on it

I love our end tables, headboard, the lamps, the sconces above the bed... BUT this room just needs MORE. Besides what you can see in this picture, there is one photo on the wall, which is directly opposite of the bed. To the left is a big blank wall, to the right is a nice big wall of windows with white curtains. I love the start of this room, but it just needs MORE! Like another gallery wall, and maybe a stenciled wall behind the bed. We will see! Check out my Master Bedroom Pinterest Board...

5. The Living Room - Still a hot mess!!

We have lived in this house for six months and I still have not gotten around to this room. And of course it's the first room you see as you enter the house! When we moved in I put those black shelves up but I don't like them. The empty room has been a 4th playroom for my son... and worked out well for our Christmas tree... and currently holds Little Man's train table... but it's time for this room to at least have a place to sit! A while back I bought 2 chairs on Craig's List that need to be refinished, so I have to tackle that project! A while back I started pulling staples... I didn't get very far because it was hard work! ... and I have upholstered easy chairs before like these and this... but never a big chair... Then of course I want to paint and curtains, artwork... oh the possibilities.... check out my Pinterest living room board...

6. Paint Guest Bathroom Vanity - NOTHING.....

Just because I have the paint and I want too... and I think it would look fabulous with the Dr. Seuss decor of the bathroom!

7. Paint the Main Floor Bathroom - NOTHING

It's a pale green, and its fine, but I don't like fine in my house! I am thinking white and turquoise!

8. Finish Little Man's Photobooks - ONE DOWN.....

When Little Man was born I had the brilliant... crazy... something... idea that I should make one photobook PER month for him... Little man was born in April and I think I did the first month pretty quickly... and then things slowed down. As of 2 weeks ago I had only finished the first 6 months (which is PRETTY good considering my insane idea) then 2 weeks ago I completed 2 more books. So I am ONLY a year behind and need to complete January of 2011 until April 2011. THEN I need to figure out how I am going to do year 1... Obviously I should NOT keep doing this insane idea of one photobook per month for the rest of his life... too insane, plus any additional kids we have. I am debating either one for the entire year or maybe 2 for the year... we will deal with that when it happens... hopefully before his second birthday!!

9. Lose like 40 pounds - NOPE DIDN'T DO

I ordered my bridesmaid dress 2 sizes too small so I need to make sure it fits!! Even though my son is almost 2 years old, I still have not lost the baby weight... but that's a whole other story... so it's time to lose it and get on with my life!!!

So there we have 9 super easy projects that I can easily get done in 2 months... right?? Time to get off the computer and get doing... something...

Update: So as of April 1, I had 3 things done. I picked April 1 because I knew we were going to be on vacation for a week and it was Little Man's birthday.... and my sister's wedding... so yeah not all that great.... oh well, on to the next goal list...