Just how is the master list of lists progressing?

Back in the depths of winter Mike wrote about the huge amount of work we needed to do before the start of the new season of guests. So how have we got on I hear you ask?

We seem to have been busy and finding plenty to fill our days without the distraction of paying guests. Below is our progress against the items on the Master List of Lists

DAYS  THE MASTER LIST OF LISTS

3        Catch up with all Laundry & re-organise linen room DONE
8        Allotment We've spent a big chunk of time down on the allotment (mostly Mike I confess) but still lots more to do of course
2        Cottage spring clean DONE
1        Cottage Preparation  DONE
1        Cottage Maintenance and repairs (internal and external) DONE
2        Garage clear-out and tidy DONE
3        Garden (back, front, side and patio) DONE, although now spring has sprung this is now ongoing
7        Weeks holiday HOW DID WE MISS THIS ONE? although we've had a couple of weekends away so maybe that counts?
8        Snagging of recent renovations and paint windows in new guest room NOT QUITE as the broken glass panes and old window furniture are being replaced tomorrow by a man who can - proved to tough a job for us and then we'll get painting
7        Re-decorate our bedroom NOT DONE but has to be a priority next week once our guests due this week have departed
1        Main house - maintenance and repairs, internal and external(including 1st B&B room) DONE
5        Spring clean of main house (including kitchen and ovens) and ALL windows ALMOST DONE - just the ovens to clean!
2        Replace living room flooring DONE
1        Update Website and other sites (AA  e.t.c.) with info on new B&B room DONE
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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 DONE

•  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!') ONE ROOM IS DONE  saving the other for a rainy day

• 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). NOT DONE, now a job for early Autumn

• Re-decorate the bedroom which was made smaller when we moved a wall to allow for our new shower. DONE

• Cut up as much wood as possible from the wood salvaged when I knocked two rooms into one. NOT DONE also now for early Autumn

• And throughout... Allotment, Allotment, Allotment, Allotment, Allotment, Allotment and then more Allotment. ON-GOING

Mike said in his blog in January that "this, then, will mean that at best the must do's won't be completed until about the 2nd week of March."

I think that if this was a school report we'd get 9/10 and a silver star for lots of effort! And we did get some other stuff done, marmalade making (note - it is not worth the effort....two hours a time chopping peel isn't cost or time effective), learning how to smoke (more on that in another blog) and I've done lots of sewing and finished a quilt.

 On Thursday the first of our B&B guests will arrive (a couple who've been twice before and this time are bringing their friends). In a couple of weeks the first of the holiday cottage families will arrive and then we'll really be back in the swing of things. Hopefully that will mean we can put the paint brushes away until the Autumn too.