new year's resolutions

Okay, so maybe it's more like a to-do list...whatever.

• Install a trap door to the basement, so we don't have to go outside during a tornado warning just to get into the basement. It was hard enough when it was just us and the cat, but impossible when you add in two babies!
• Organize the basement--again!
• Plant grass in the front yard to replace the sod (installed--poorly--before we moved in) which has now converted entirely to weeds.
• Put up a gate across the driveway to keep the rugrats in (and scary dogs out).
• Figure out a way to keep said rugrats from crawling/rolling/walking/falling off the front porch.
• Finish installing the storm windows.
• Finish painting the exterior trim.
• Insulate under the back room. Brrr!
• Figure out where the small leak in the basement is coming from. It's under the kitchen, but the actual source has us baffled.
• Have the fireplace and chimney inspected.
• Replace the siding under the back room.
• Install a vent fan in the half bath.
• Move the girls' bedroom door to the hallway (where we think it was originally) so we can cook dinner without tip-toeing around!
• Many other things that I've forgotten and probably won't get done, anyway!