Karin, my house needed cosmetics inside and an overhaul outside. I have MS which has set pretty rigid limits on what can be done at any one time, especially in the hot months. So, seven years later, although the inside is mostly finished, I am still working on the front yard. The side and back are still in dire need of attention.
BUT, I learned a little patience when I might really want to do it all-right-this-very-dang-it-minute, and it all does come around and things do get done and there is beauty, too, in watching the garden *slowly* come to fruition.