Dodge it yourself

"Let there be light" I proclaimed to the empty hallway, and low & behold, there was light. At least for a small period of time until the bulb went *POP* and I once again found myself standing in darkness. Bugger. Now, I guess it's just the way it is, but trying to climb a ladder and change a light bulb in the dark is not the easiest (or, admittedly, the safest) thing to do, but needs must. How else was I to find my stapler?

Now would you class changing a light bulb as DIY? Well, possibly not .. but I'm struggling here. In 2006 I am aiming to do one DIY task a month. Note that I did not say resolution, and it wasn't an oversight. It's just a plan, ok? So, we're approaching the end of January and nothing has been done yet. Not that I'm struggling for things to do, I'm just struggling to do them.

So ... excluding the light bulb (In the spirit of the game I'll not count that) I've currently got the following on the list for 2006:

• Fit new taps in bathroom (Already purchased)
• Paint round the new boiler (Fitted in Jan 2004)
• Fix new leak in roof (Kinda a priority this one)
• Repaint hall (Lighter colour)
• Redo walk-in cupboard (New floor, paint, shelves, etc)
• Redo entranceway (Paint, new coat hanging thing, box in gas meter)
• Redo kitchen (May replace #2 - if I can afford it)

So these are the things that I would like to get done this year, and I'm sure there's plenty more I could do. Whip the place into a bit better shape so it's more saleable. And for clarification ... although I technically called it DIY, calling in a tradesman to get it done counts as doing it yourself in my book, as long as your paying. Although, I will have a stab at most of the stuff (except taps and new kitchen) and probably just call in the professionals when if it all goes wrong.

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