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Well, I've officially started school. Fortunately, it looks like I'll be able to manage my schedule pretty well this semester, but I'm not so sure about May. Oh, May, May, my favorite month. It will be a rough May this year as I travel to Nebraska and draft my dissertation proposal. I'm VERY, Very nervous about that. I'm just starting my first classes in the program and I'll start working on my book in just a few months. Holy cow! Okay, enough rambling about me. I just wanted to get that off my chest.

Quick updates: Nickolas is sick (the tummy kind...gross). Nathan is well (for a monkey, that is). Basement is progressing (slowly). Traci's curtains are in the same state they were in last week, and I still haven't started our bedroom curtains.

Here is a quick one to make you smile:

Secret project

We've been working on a project in the basement. We're trying to do it by ourselves (except a couple of friends and pros when needed), but we've been keeping it low-key so as not to disrupt our lives TOO much. Ha. Ha. hahahahahaha.



We moved the fireplace from the center to the left. We added a storage closet (left) and a half bath (right).

Tore out closet next to stairs and built a fort under the stairs for the boys (check out the cool porch light for them).