The Daily Hailey

Brady finished his work day early, which meant we’d get to spend the afternoon together!! Unfortunately, he brought home some bummer news with him. We were both struggling with it, so we napped the kids and had a good sob-fest. Ok, I sobbed. He was just growly while being simultaneously supportive. We finally could breathe again, so we decided to let the kids nap a bit later than usual (since they had gone down a little later) and we hopped into the hot tub for a regroup session. Stress does bad things to us, beyond just being upset. I’ve started getting mouth sores, and I get really really cold, and Brady’s body cramps up really badly. The answer is obviously the hot tub. So we did that, and decided to make the best of the day. No more talk of stressful things for the day!

So we drove out to see our lot 🙂 I know, we’ve already done this too many times. But we’re excited, and we needed a pick me up. Plus, once again, my mom had gone to check on it for us, and said that there was a TON of progress! She sent some pictures even. I love her for knowing me so well, and knowing I’d want pictures.

By the time we got out there a couple of hours later, the machinery was gone and the job was DONE!!! Eeeeek!!!

Did you laugh? I know you’re all thinking it. Shallowest. Basement. Ever.

(Ugh. For the life of me I cannot get this last picture to load properly, so you can’t see just how shallow the basement is, but the ledge is literally at my waist. SO shallow!!!)

Its ok, we know its shallow. The goal is to have the house raised higher out of the ground to account for bigger, brighter windows, making the basement less basementy. You know what I mean. Its going to be SO BEAUTIFUL! I truly cannot wait to see this thing really start to take shape! I reiterate, if you are ever driving by and see something cool, please oh please take a picture and send it my way!

My question to you out there is this. If you were building a house, or even just looking for your next one, or loving your current one, WHATEVER!, what would you definitely include and what would you be unable to live without? Any “wish I had” or “wasn’t worth it” moments? We don’t want to miss anything, if at all possible! Any tips or ideas would be GREATLY appreciated 😀