Our basement....

The walls before the paint job. Cory did such a good mudding and sanding job though. Such good craftmanship he has.

I just wanted to let everyone know what we have been up to lately.....well...pretty much everything. Ever since school let out for the summer Cory and I have been trying to finish up our basement. It's a work still in progress. It's almost done though. Hopefully we'll have the carpet in by next week. Cory and my dad finished up the mudding and then textured and painted the walls. Cory then made a storage shelving unit in the back room for some of our boxes of crap we have down there. In the back room, he made a work area because he now works from home, in our basement. He has his little work computer down there and he takes calls from Direct TV customers. I can hear him sometimes when I am in the kitchen. So far, he likes it. But, it does have its advantages and disadvantages....for BOTH of us. For him, he's not around his little work buddies and so he can't exchange books or movies as easily and he can't hear the latest gossip as often as he would like. Another disadvantage for him is being stuck in an unfinished back room of the basement....it is cool down there though. For me, I don't do laundry in the mornings anymore. I'm afraid our washer and dryer will be loud. That's actually all for me. It is nice to see him on his break and see him when he comes upstairs for a snack. It's like a little bright spot for both Tyler and I. Cory likes just being able to wake up and walk just downstairs to go to work...he of course likes to see me every so often as well, but, what Cory likes most of all about working from home is that he gets to wear his male sarong to work. One of these days I'll get a picture of him wearing it. He looks quite handsome in it actually. His little buns are quite flattering in it to tell you the truth. Oh la la. Anyways, back to the basement. Last week we spent 3 hours....all in one day....at Home Depot, and hopefully we came home with everything we need to finish the basement. A door, baseboards, lights, ect., I'm hoping that on Monday we can get everything all organized and the baseboards and door painted and installed, so that on Saturday we can put carpet in and then we'll have a nice cool place to hang out in for the summer. I'll post more pictures later, when it looks a little more finished.