We've been pretty busy around here the past few
If you remember, this past summer during our annual monsoon season, the Bug and I were camped out in the basement waiting out a storm and playing "alive or dead?" with the myriad spiders and crickets on the basement floor when I realized we were taking on water.
So this happened.
About a month ago we had a new drain, vapor barrier and sump pump installed. We're currently on the "broke as a joke" home improvement plan, so this involved tearing the wall down ourselves (obviously by "ourselves" I mean Justin and his dad tore the wall down while Buggy and I munched on doughnuts and complained about all the dust), ripping out the weird brick trench my dad swears the original owners used to grow their own marijuana, and completely rebuilding the wall (This time my dad helped while the Bug and I camped out at my parents' house and watched Cars. It was all very trying).
During the "ripping out" stage in the process, we uncovered this little gem.
What's that? You can't tell exactly how long that gigantic, disgusting, utterly creepy horror show of a snakeskin is?
Allow me to clarify.
It's roughly THREE FEET long. That's right, friends. There's a 3+ foot snake living in the ceiling above our basement. Dis. Gust. Ing.
But I digress.
Because we also have jobs and lives outside the four walls of our basement, Justin just started putting the wall back up this past weekend.
(Here he is, admiring his work. Ah, such a beautiful wall frame!)
Unfortunately, we're on a bit of a time crunch. We've been talking about reclaiming our living room in the name of all things grown-up and turning this space into a playroom for Buggy for some time now, and we've decided to finally pull the trigger and make this our Christmas gift to him.
So, we have T minus 2 months to turn this...
(The leaning tower of junk)
...into something remotely usable and child-friendly.
Hopefully we can get rid of the snake before then. Otherwise, I guess we can always add a new pet to the list of Christmas gifts...
I'll keep you posted as things get rolling. Wish us luck!
