Winter came early here in central Illinois by snowing on Halloween. Then again on Veteran’s day. We were glad to have finished the outdoor work (mostly) the first week of November. The only saving grace of an early winter is being able to start using our fireplace!

Moving inside for work means some great wrap up of projects that languished as finished outdoor work. Here’s what we got done in November:

• Finished exterior fascia, soffit and siding the gables
• Finished siding on the breezeway and by the back door
• Cleaned out the garage to make room for BOTH VEHICLES in the garage!!! (this was a big one for Jim and we really wanted it before it snowed, but that freak Halloween snow kept us from this goal)
• Installed closet flooring in the guest room and both kids rooms
• Hung 4 bedroom doors, one closet door, the bathroom door (again), and the laundry room door
• Finished flooring the living room and office (this has been the biggest single change in the house since the drywall went in, IMO)
• Installed finish panels for the kitchen cabinets (they were unfinished in error and they sent us the panels to glue into place)
• Installed the closet rod/shelf in front hall closet
• Installed mail slot cover (inside)
• Ordered and built new cabinet for loft (movie nights here we come!)
• Ordered new TV for movie nights (all that Minecraft really burned up our “old” TV)
• Finally unpacked our CDs

I’m not sure I even want to put into black and white what we’re hoping to accomplish for December. Obviously the holidays are a super busy time and we would love to have a certain threshold of projects done by that time. I am impressed how November shaped up. I do have some thoughts about what I’d like to tackle in early 2020.