The New #20Resolutions for 2020 - Resolution Number One

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Hello friends, I'm back again after a rest. In my last post, I was finishing up the year and also closing the book on my "20 by 2020" resolutions. I was able to complete many of them, and at least I made decent headway on most of them. It was a big project, and sometimes it seemed like a burden, yet it also made me much more productive, especially because I made myself publicly accountable. I wanted to do something like it again, but not the same thing. Most of you agreed that it was good to do something again, but also to change it up. I thought about what I liked and what I didn't like about last year's project. The main thing I didn't like was that all the pressure to do these new things that I imposed upon myself left tons of unfinished projects and items languishing on my to-do list. In a huge "Aha!" moment, I realized that for 2020, I should resolve to complete the 20 items that have been on my to-do list the longest (and believe me, it's a long list, and some of these things have been kicking around for a few YEARS). I've taken photographs to illustrate each item, so instead of making posts that have a long list on each one, I will make a post for each item and then just do updates on whatever I have accomplished. I realize it's almost the end of February, but no worries; I started last year at the end of March, so I'm ahead of the game already! Item #1 on this year's list is to finish painting the bay-window triple, above. I have got the masking done and a lot of the first coat painted. I have to complete the first coat, do the caulking, sand it down, paint the second coat, and remove the masking tape and plastic, and then I will have a lovely view into my back yard again.