Basement Update!

So things may not be looking a whole lot different down in the basement, but a lot of progress has been made recently! It looks like all the electrical work will be finished by this evening. Joe's uncle is down there now working and Joe and I will be joining him when we are done at work. After the electrical work passes inspection, we are installing all the insulation ourselves and then the drywall people can come in and do their thing. That will make a big difference in the way things look. I don't think I realized how much time it would take to get all the electrical work done. Thanks to everybody who helped us out! I must say that Joe has spent the most time working hard on everything down there...he is such a stud! He has been working long hours in the basement on weekends and even in the evenings after coming home from a long day at work. It will be so exciting to see the finished project...one day soon! This first picture is Joe's awesome dryer vent installation! The last picture is my handiwork, rerunning and reconnecting all the alarm system wires. I am officially an electrician now ;)

Basement Project

I figured a good topic to start blogging about would be our current basement project. Joe and I are in the process of having a basement built. It has turned out to be a huge blessing that we bought a house that had an unfinished daylight basement. If the basement had been finished when the house was first built, there would have been no way we could have afforded the house. Now adding the basement should hopefully give us the equity we need to be able to keep the house and get into a good 30 year fixed loan. The complete basement will add an addition 1000 sq feet to our house, complete with 2 bedrooms, a laundry room, a bathroom and a large dedicated theater room! We are really excited to see the finished project! We are currently working on all the electrical work and after that comes the sheet rock. Most of the work has been done by our contractor and his crew, but along with the electrical we will be doing all the finished plumping, painting, trim work and tiling. It doesn't sound like a lot, but we will have our work cut out for us for the next couple months. Here are some pictures that we have taken along the way to track the progress.

Well, I figured it was time for me to start my own blog since I have a bunch of friend's blogs that I enjoy following. Now the question is, can I manage to post anything interesting enough to read on here...