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so kim and i finally got around to pricing and eventually buying a new couch and coffee table for the basement. when i say kim and i, i really mean me because i hate shopping and have been putting this off for quite some time. we bought that couch in the pic above, but without the lounge piece on the end(we opted for a regular end piece). this means that we'll finally be able to move the tv down there and have a nice area to entertain people(which kim loves to do). it's supposed to be delivered in the next few weeks, so hopefully they be able to get it into the basement without too much trouble. that's one more thing off the list of house stuff that we need to do. next up is landscaping for the backyard. good times....

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her water broke...

...and by her i mean my basement and not my wife thank God(i'm still a kid and having a kid as a kid would be messy). yup, it's true with all the melting snow and rain we've had over the past few weeks, the walls had all the moisture they could hold. it finally broke on through and starting soaking the finished and unfinished parts of our basement. i had to tear out the carpet already and bought a dehumidifier to keep down there. the major expense though is going to be the waterproofing we are going to do. the dudes will probably come out next week and take three days to dig up the entire interior perimeter of the basement to install weeping tile, drill out the footers and put in a sump pump. kim and i decided that we wanted to keep the finished room down there, so having all that done wasn't really a choice. it's going to cost us a few bucks, but in the long run i think it's the best thing to do. hopefully....