One very expensive project for our rental condo. New sliding glass doors and hurricane proof (Cat 4) windows. Was supposed to be done this week, but they screwed up and brought the wrong style windows. So now we have renters coming next week until April. So April it is....

Next year, maybe kitchen and bathroom remodeling for our house. I haven't thought too hard on it, since we WERE going to use the company who is putting in the sliders and windows. Now re-thinking that.

We need warmer and dryer weather to continue our flood water retention plan around our house. We started it after the devastating floods of Hurricane Matthew in October when we received some relatively minor flooding damage compared to many in our community who are still today unable to occupy their homes.

Our goal is to build gardens around the entire perimeter of the house with decorative block retention walls two feet high. That height along with the slope of the yard will keep out a flooding of up to four feet of water. Matthew delivered us about three feet of flood waters and that was just enough to seep into the house which was helped by joy riders in large pickup trucks.

The biggest problem is trying to decide how to secure openings for doorways. We don't want sandbags because at our age lifting those are a pretty big problem. So more thought is going into that part of the project.

two-fold, continuation

Finishing the basement--just needs the kitchenette area done, maybe different furniture and of course, those little homey touches

Concurrently serious decluttering, reorganization and deep cleaning.