and I'm not even the one who will have to DO all this work!!! (Mark won't need any gym membership anytime soon, that's for sure!)
Once Al evicted us from his barn as of July 25, Mark sat down and put down on paper all the things that still need done around here. Whew! This is definitely one of those "take one thing at a time" instances because if you think about the entire thing the effect is to send you off to bed since the big picture is absolutely exhausting! Check out this list.
THE MOTHER OF ALL LISTS
GET READY TO BRING HORSES HOME:
1) Purchase and install three more pasture gates
2) Turn Bug’s paddock gate around and install the gates into the other paddocks (3 more)
3) Install additional post braces at corners, then re-tighten fencing (it's loosened up since the temperatures went up so high)
4) Complete fencing around the paddocks
5) Rent a magnetic roller and clear paddocks and pastures of nails, staples, etc.
6) Reinstall water line to end of the front porch near barn (then run a hose to barn for now)
7) Clear all the building materials out of the stalls and rooms in the barn
8) Decide on wiring and plumbing plans (rough in so walls can be finished)
9) Finish bottom 8 feet of stall walls
10) Put in stall dividers
11) Install polyethylene on stall walls
12) Paint (plywood) stall walls above the polyethylene
13) Have RS bring dirt for the paddocks and low areas in front of the barn
Spread the dirt
Fill holes in paddocks and various places in back pasture
14) Install gutters on the barn to drain into a stock tank
15) Put up the rest of the siding after the windows are installed and the porch framed in
16) Put a window of some kind between Bug’s stall and the porch
17) Install 3 (or 4) exterior doors on tack room/porch
Front porch door
Door into stall hallway
Door out of tack room to side porch
Door from side porch into closed porch???
18) Install “something” (doors or chains or something) between center hall into stalls
19) Install exterior stall doors before we have a hurricane
THINGS TO BRING HOME FROM AL’S PLACE (besides the horses, of course):
20) the tent shelter - store for now, decide where to put it up later
21) Hay Hut - set up in back somewhere (no need for hay now)
22) Mats from wash rack and Al’s stock trailer
23) Feed containers and shelving
24) Wheeled cart
25) Check in his tack rooms for remaining items
26) Get Duke’s saddle and tack out of Torri’s trailer
27) Move the remaining feed etc.
LATER:
28) Finish the front yard so it’s usable as pasture
Install extra braces on the front fence and tighten fencing
Install latching mechanism on front gate (later electric gate opener)
Put up decorative fence to keep horses away from the front porch and landscaping
29) Finish barn wiring and plumbing
Trench for water and electrical lines
Put in stall waterers
Hook up tack room sink and water heater
Move under-counter refrigerator from house to tack room
Put drain line through Bug’s paddock
Install lighting in stalls, tack room, porch
Install mini A/C/heater in tack room
Install Ceiling fan over stalls
Install exhaust fans in eaves
30) Finish upper walls in stalls, complete insulation, and paint
31) Spray insulation in tack room and porch and install sheet rock
32) Finish outside trim on barn overhang and metal roof
33) Build wash/tack rack near barn
34) PAINT
Exterior siding
Inside of tack room
Upper portion of barn walls (prime before installing polyethylene??)
OUTSIDE LANDSCAPING AND PORCH REPAIRS:
35) Fix the pond overflow - put in pipe and fill ditch
36) Build raised beds in side yard
Plant Satsumas
37) Level yard using fill dirt
38) Repair siding on front porch overhang and ceiling
39) Fix porch posts - by ramp and next to driveway
40) Prime and paint front porch and front door
41) Paint remainder of house brick to match siding
42) Fix cottage roof and ceiling
43) Build round pen
44) Put in landscape lighting
45) Detail dog yard fences and gates
46) Put in steps out of back door of garage
47) Put in electrical outlets in cottage and on porches
48) Install ceiling fan on cat side of back porch
49) Update electrical panel
50) Install vents under the house
51) Remove ice maker and make receptacle above counter
52) Update can lights
53) Set up CD player and speakers upstairs
54) Run cable to office
55) Complete siding on back porch exterior
56) RE-DO MEC BATH
Toilet
Vanity
Floors
Paint
57) AND FINALLY - COMPLETE THE KITCHEN
Fix small water leak under the house
Replace double wall ovens
Put in new countertops and back splash
Remove ice maker and install receptacle above the dining room counter
Do any of you who wondered what the big delay was in bringing the horses home have any more questions???
I didn't think so.
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