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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Innkeeper tasks


Winter overstayed its welcome this year, and that causes a lot more trouble for Innkeepers than it does for anyone else! Once spring comes, there is a huge push to have gardens and lawns looking perfect, and every bit of paint needs to be touched up. Items needs dusting and power washing, and we also have regular spring cleaning to do (see previous cleaning post). Anyway, my week began with a looooong task list. Yesterday, here is what Matt and I did...

Started at 8:00a.m. with some cleaning of the house and Inn office and checking emails with the owner.
Moved to the outdoor shed which needs to be primed and painted.
3 hours spent covering two sides of the shed before running out of primer.
Started to stain the fence in back, ran out of stain.
Helped Matt finish cleaning the garage which he had already been working o for 4 hours (he did a GREAT job!)
Around 2:00p.m., realized we were hungry.
Drove to Rushford to get more primer, a paintbrush, pads to fix a table, and pizza to go.
Matt went to a Kwik Trip meeting while I primed the rest of the shed.
We laid grass seed over almost the entire lawn, since burns from last year are still visible. This required the digging up of the lawn by hand in order to loosen the dirt.
Tried to fix a few burnt-out light, but ran out of light bulbs.
Cleaned out the shed.
Picked up the lawn and gardens area.
Put in patio umbrellas.
Touched up paint in 2 rooms.
Cleaned the Inn grill.

As you can see from the picture, I got really dirty working yesterday! The primer and fence stain won't come off... tips, anyone?

1 comment:

  1. To remove the paint & stain - get GoJo, try paint thinner, or Dad's standby - straight gasoline!

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