We are entering a crunch time now as we have a reception set for Friday Oct. 14. My goals in the next ten days are:

• Get the front of the house painted - DONE!
• Install gutters all the way around - Sept. 19
• Stain under the back porch - DONE Sept. 15
• Clean off the back patio surface - working
• Including washing the rugs - working
• Selectively place the items back on the patio - Sept. 24
• Get my edger fixed - Working ETA Sept. 24
• An initial cleanup of all the flower beds and shrubs - DONE Sept. 14
• Get the water valve box doors replaced - Ashley at Crandall says ok
• Don't let the yard get out of hand! - Sept. 15-17 and again Sept. 22-24
• I'm having a real dilemma deciding what color to paint the chimney. You can't see it at all from the front. Maybe only driving towards the house. We decided to go with the Dover White. It is the safe conservative choice and looks good.