No? Tough. Now that we’re all moved back to Brooklyn and have the finances to seek help from a pro, I’m making lists, baby! We’ve been living out of tote boxes for 7 months now, ignoring the mess until Gifted is over on Thursday.

Anyway, here’s the to do list:

1. Hallway Privacy! Yes, we still share a communal hallway with the upstairs tenants. We took over the parlor floor with intention of having garden/parlor duplex. It will get done (this week!) but in the meantime, we’ve been making sure the coast is clear before running upstairs in our jammies. It’s pretty pathetic.

2. Closets! Oops, maybe I have too many clothes. And all I ever wear is a single pair of Levi’s. We need to change the laundry room closet shelving into a hanging clothes closet. There aren’t even doors on it at the moment. But oh, how luxurious it’s going to be! The laundry room is right outside our bedroom. Bed. Laundry. Closet. Perfect for the lazy person.

3. Molding. Our 6 peeing cats are still locked in one room because the hallway isn’t ready. We need to make all cat areas pee proof. That means finishing up the baseboard that we haven’t bothered installing in the 5 years we’ve owned the house. Baseboard + caulk=less pee seepage into floor boards.

4. Light fixtures. For the past 16 years we’ve been renovating one house or another. And for the past 16 years we’ve been living with those light bulb pig tails until a house is ready to sell. Well, I’m determined to enjoy this house! Fabulous light fixtures and all.

5. Basement. We had a kitty hang out in our first house in Park Slope. We didn’t lock them down there, but we made it a comfy area so they would want to stay. The food and litter… basement. We had sealed concrete walls and floor with drains so we could just hose it down. It was a dream to clean. The plan is to recreate that here in Bed Stuy.