We finished putting up the drywall on the outside basement wall today. What is left is:

1) Replace bi-fold laundry doors with real door, and reclaim 12 inches of wall space
2) Install new wall to complete the basement bedroom
3) Install pocket door in new wall
4) Tape, mud and sand new walls (hi Lazuli!)
5) Prime and paint new walls
6) Repaint floor a darker color Install laminate floors we got really, really cheap

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Today Buddy decided he needed a break from his diet of moles, so he brought us one of these:

I thought maybe it was a baby, but it seems there is a species called the ‘least weasel’, which is just a really tiny weasel. The good news is one less rodent! The bad news is it’s a rodent that eats other rodents.