It won't stop. You must do these things. You must do them now. You will have no satisfaction until these projects are complete.

No no no... Compressive strength is what you're after in a foundation. You want something more along the lines of Honeycombs, I'd think.

The Honeycomb Hideout's foundation gave out?

Yes. I know. And, after I made that list I thought of about 10 things I could easily add. Maybe it would be cheaper just to move.

But then you'd just have to start a new list for the new house.

As Katiesue points out, moving solves nothing.

It isn't about what needs to be done, it's about the feeling of accomplishment that goes along with completing it. The only item on your list you probably couldn't do yourself is replacing the window. Although maybe you could. I've never tried to replace a window, so let me know how it goes.

Replacing a window isn't that hard. I did all the windows in our condo. The trick is to do a small one first and gain confidence.

Really? This is good news, because I have 5 windows I need to replace (dual pane windows that have gotten water between the panes that has left tons of mineral deposits). Perhaps I should look into how to do it. Thanks, DPR.

Okay, so how hard is tiling walls? We have about 2' of wall above the tub/shower unit, and right now it's just painted wall. I'd love to do a fancy tuscan-style tile dealie there.

If you have the right tools to cut the tile, tiling anywhere is easy...I've tile a wall around my fireplace to match the tile on the floor and it wasn't anything major. The only issue is patience, because you have to hold each tile a while until the cement sets a bit so that gravity doesn't pull it down the wall and out of place.