So little time

I've owned my home for 23 days and it's been a challenge trying to spend every moment that I can working on the house. I get irritated at work for interfering with my personal life. I mean, how can they have the audacity to expect me to concentrate on the job they're paying me for- don't they know I have a ancient house to rehab? Try as I might, however, I've yet to find an employer who will pay me to do nothing so I'm afraid spending every waking second working on the house is not an option.

It's funny how much time it takes to get even small tasks completed. And considering how many projects the house involves, it's going to be years before I can even move in at this rate! My parents are helping me and in the past three weeks we've managed to:

• Fix a hole in a roof shingle
• Seal a hole in the soffit
• Fix the cracks in the chimney flashing
• Cut down four bushes that had grown about 10 feet tall
• Attack the weeds on 1/4 of the back yard
• Tear down the paneling in the kitchen
• Tear out two cabinets from the kitchen
  
• Get the furnaces working
• Clear out the junk from the previous owners
  
• Gut the bathroom down to the studs
• Tear out a rotten bathroom window, board up and cover w/ vinyl siding
• Clean the cobwebs & dust out of the entire house
• Clean out the storage building/garage
  
• Find a plumber and an electrician

There are hundreds of items on my 'to do' list and without the money to pay for professionals to do them, this house is going to be a lifetime project for me. I'll just be happy to have a working bathroom!