The 2020 pandemic has brought out a significant number of projects at my house. So, I thought I’d write a (satirical) post to give you 13 Fun Family Pandemic Projects.
1) Ration Snacks – In our house, we found that we can sit and eat a bag of chips or most snacks in one sitting. So, we rationed them.
2) Move the TV to the other side of the room – our TV used to be on the right, and we moved it to the left as you see below. Luckily, we didn’t have to move any cable!
3) Replace a broken sump pump – Definitely don’t want water overflowing.
Also had a little plumbing fix – see white PVC.
4) Tile an entryway – I have to give a shoutout to my friend Dan who helped tremendously with this (he basically did it – LOL!) While nobody will ever come in this door, this looks so much better!
5) Add new electrical outlets – All of our bedrooms have had at least one outlet added, often because the existing outlets were not in the best place.
Great plug design for a computer desk!
6) Dig and bury a sump drain – since we moved in the sump drain was an above ground tube that drained right out by the tree. This created a swamp by the tree. We could not even mow it and we were afraid about gators.
BMX pogo’s came in handy! 
Finished product! There is a little pop-up at the end.
7) Build a closet computer desk – because…why not. Right?
8) Replace the lights on your porch – Do you like wasps? I don’t. Our lights before had a gap between the light and the can. When we pulled out a bulb to replace it, there were three wasp nests inside. We have 6 lights like this that we needed to replace. All had nests in them! We replaced them with lights that do not have any slit for a wasp or bug to get into. Totally worth it!
Sorry I didn’t get a before pic of the wasp nests. Overall, we cleared out over 20 wasp nests across 6 lights and a small attic area. WOWZERS!
9) Sign your will – We have wanted to do this for almost 20 years. Last year we went through Financial Peace University (recommended) and we committed to getting our wills done. We were supposed to sign the week we were shut down due to COVID-19. Once Phase 1 opened we were finally able to sign our wills. Huge for us!
10) Build stairs to the bunk bed – my daughter has been asking for this since we moved in…finally got to it. It used to have a ladder like thing…but this is better.
11) Build tool hangers – Have tools…why not use them? This was actually a bit easier than I thought, and turned out pretty nice. I used most of my tools to build these. Good thing I had them. 🙂
12) Build a fire-pit – The family had a fire-pit night and noticed some rust in there. This started a conversation about alternatives. One thing led to another. New fire pit! Hope to have you over soon. 🙂
13) Paint a dresser – We have one child who reorganized and got rid of a dresser, and another who needed a dresser. Worked out great. But, it did need a paint job…primarily on the drawers.
I am hopeful that we will not have another quarantine. But, if we do, you now have 13 Fun Family Pandemic Projects! Don’t do them all in one day!
Love and blessin’s,
David