OK, OK I know it's Tuesday, but whatever. It's been raining and really cold around here these days and I'm having trouble getting motivated to do anything, much less report on the very very slow progress of our house. Which now will be habitable sometime in June (instead of the end-of-May that was recently promised) Of course, there are all sorts of good reasons for this, but still... it's ANNOYING to say the least. I was too depressed to take a photo of the back of our house this past Saturday, as it looks the same as the week before, but here's the door at my parents' place:

At least we're not the only ones making no visible progress.

OK hold on, I need to shut up. Lots has happened. First off, the basement has been painted with Drylok, a masonry sealer that both helps keep the moisture outside of the basement AND makes the room look a thousand times brighter and less scary. See?

I have all kinds of plans for what I want to do with this space. First off, we're going to need to hang some really bright curtains to make it seem less like a bunker whilst covering the boiler, air handler, hot water heater, etc. If anybody has any ideas on great places to go find amazing fabrics, let me know. I need to start looking now.

Other stuff has happened as well... I'll keep you all posted throughout the week. I can tell how excited you all are. For now, I'll leave you with this drawing of Mickey Mouse that we found nailed to the side of the house: