So with Christmas festivities all complete and family gone back to their respective homes Alison and I sat down to write a To Do list. Well actually this list is only a master list of things to do with each heading requiring a further list of tasks. We have then allocated how many days that we think it will take me to complete each area so we can calculate the total work load and also to prioritise them. I say 'me' because we want Alison to concentrate on her Coaching course and setting up her Coaching business although she will also assist when required especially with tasks like sorting the office out which at present is a mess. I think it will take a miracle to restore order there but as it is in our chapel perhaps one will indeed come our way.
DAYS THE MASTER LIST OF LISTS
3 Catch up with all Laundry & re-organise linen room
8 Allotment
2 Cottage spring clean
1 Cottage Preparation
1 Cottage Maintenance and repairs (internal and external)
2 Garage clear-out and tidy
3 Garden (back, front, side and patio)
7 Weeks holiday
8 Snagging of recent renovations and paint windows in new guest room
7 Re-decorate our bedroom
1 Main house - maintenance and repairs, internal and external(including 1st B&B room)
5 Spring clean of main house (including kitchen and ovens) and ALL windows
2 Replace living room flooring
1 Update Website and other sites (AA e.t.c.) with info on new B&B room
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51 = Total Days to be ready for guests
Then there's the other stuff that can be done within the season....
- Boarding into the Attic
- Clearance of two rooms used to store stuff (better known as our 'Museum of my children's unwanted stuff but that doesn't mean you can throw it away Dad!')
- Construction of a substantial wood store. (That's not wood which is considered substantial but a substantial store in which I will be able to place my wood).
- Re-decorate the bedroom which was made smaller when we moved a wall to allow for our new shower.
- Cut up as much wood as possible from the wood salvaged when I knocked two rooms into one.
- And throughout... Allotment, Allotment, Allotment, Allotment, Allotment, Allotment and then more Allotment.
So you see our work is cut out for us before we even start the new season.
Of course the 51 days is only a rule of thumb because, as I have said, these are only list titles and as such they have yet to be coloured in with the detail which may be far more extensive than we have planned.
To make this all bearable we have decided to do our up most to take weekends off so it is not all work and no play.
SO YOU CAN ADD ON ANOTHER 14 DAYS OF WEEKENDS!!
This, then, will mean that at best the must do's won't be completed until about the 2nd week of March.
The linen was my first task (allowance - 3 days). I started last week on the Monday, washed, dried, ironed and sorted every sheet, duvet cover, pillow case, towel mattress protector and pillow protector that we have for each type of bed :- single, king size and super king size too.
Three days! I hear you exclaim in disbelief. Don't be silly I will answer, of course I didn't take 3 days, naaa.. it took me 4 days actually.
Why?
Because I ironed:-
108sqft of single sheets,
60sqft of King size sheets,
108sqft of King size duvets,
234sqft of Super King size sheets,
273sqft of Super King size duvets
270sqft of Pillows
140sqft of Table cloths
Making a grand total of 1,193sqft (not including the napkins!).
That's nearly one and a half badminton courts!!
So after that I chilled out and did a little colouring in....
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| This was originally an ink drawing that I did a couple of years ago with the intention of making it a water colour and as a way of chilling out I finally got around to it after finishing my marathon washing and ironing session. |
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