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Home Project Timing when you don’t have sweat in your eyes and spend the whole
time wishing you were in the pool, or on the boat, or better
by Michael Shipley yet, on someone else’s boat.
Winter or Summer Project? If you follow this method, when you are relegated to the house
this winter, it will be a clean and organized place to be. In
the spring, you'll walk out to a nicer, greener yard with the
here are projects everywhere around your home. scarring from landscaping gone.
Your ‘to-do’ list is probably growing with each
passing month. As you tackle the items on the
list, when should be as important as how. Th ere
Tare zillions of books, articles, and videos on how
to organize, clean, build, etc., so I won't delve into that. I Calvary Baptist Church

want to suggest times to do these projects. The old “I’ll wait
till (insert season here) to do that” may not be the season 1120 Market St., Denton • 410-924-6404
you think. www.calvarybaptistchurchofdenton.org
Don Reynolds, Pastor
Cleaning out the junk drawer, going through your clothes,
matching lids with their appropriate containers... all are what 10 AM Sunday Bible School – All ages
you may think of as winter projects. Trimming the trees and 11 AM Exciting Praise / Worship
hedges, and building a deck usually are relegated to summer. Also, great Junior Church (5-11 yrs.)
7 PM Sunday Evening Worship &
I'm suggesting summer is actually the best time to do some Children’s Class
of those indoor projects. Baby it's hot outside! Sitting in the 7 PM Wednesday Bible Studies
AC sorting through stuff is better than cleaning out the hedge Going Forward Together in 2023
row in 90-degree weather. The kids are home in summer and

it's a good time to go through their wardrobes and belong-
ings as well. Box things up for charity or for the fall yard sale
season. Even do interior painting, as you'll want to ventilate
the house some at first then let the AC complete the drying

faster by controlling the humidity.

The reverse can be said of your “summer” yard projects that
really should be done in the fall and winter. Mark those dead
limbs on your trees in the summer for removal in the fall or

winter. Then you can burn them in your fire pit in the cooler

weather. Clean out brush or trim hedges when the leaves are
off and there are less ticks, and wasps about! Build the deck

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