Basement Chronicles: Flashback Edition 🐭😂 I just realized I never told you all the full mouse story. One day we bought Reese’s Stix at the grocery store. When Jeff brought the groceries in, he noticed something had been nibbling on them. A little later, I looked outside and saw him shaking out the car mats. Our car had been sitting in a storage shed for months. Apparently some new tenants had taken up residence. 😂 The next day, we headed to Lowe’s to buy mouse traps…then realized we’d forgotten bait. No problem. Reese’s Cups from Lowe’s. Apparently we already knew our suspect had a type. On the way there, Jeff was driving when I felt something on my arm. I lifted my arm… …and there was a little brown mouse. ON. MY. ARM. Before I could fully process that information, it fell directly onto my thigh. There are moments in life when you learn who you really are. Apparently I am someone who can survive a mouse falling onto her lap in a moving vehicle. Barely. 😂 And somehow…that still wasn’t the end of the story. To be continued… 👀🐭😂 #BasementChronicles

Found one of those places where the decor says beer signs and zero nonsense… and then the pizza shows up and completely backs it up. 😂🍕 Cheesy, messy, perfect. This is exactly how pizza is supposed to look.

I’d love to post something witty and entertaining today, but apparently my personality has taken a personal day. 😂

Started to put on my favorite sweater today. Then I remembered it was the sweater I was wearing when a mouse climbed up my arm. Took it right back off. Apparently some trauma has a dress code. 😂🐭

Good morning ☀️ Some mornings call for motivation. Some call for gratitude. And some call for coffee strong enough to make you forget you’re still living in someone else’s basement. 😂 Happy Friday, friends. Let’s go find the good stuff. ❤️

Good night, friends. 🌙 Today’s highlights: A doctor told me my dog bite probably needed 50+ stitches. I got 16. I came home with a new treatment that has to stay refrigerated… and somehow the refrigerator door was left open. At this point, I’m going to bed before the basement comes up with another plot twist. 😂 Sleep well, y’all. Tomorrow we try again. ❤️

Dog bite update: I had a consult today with someone who looked at the injury and said that, at minimum, he would have put in 50+ stitches. I had 16. So…that was a little sobering. 😳 The good news is we’re on a new treatment plan now and focusing on getting this healed as well as possible from here. Still a long way from “normal,” but at least I feel like we have a better plan.

Today’s dog bite update: New doctor says he would have used at least 50 stitches. I got 16. Apparently we went with the economy package. 😳😂

Basement Chronicles: Before I put a new medication in the fridge, I specifically said, “This has to stay refrigerated.” We leave for almost 3 hours. Come home. Fridge door isn’t closed all the way. Coincidence? I’m just gonna stand over here with my eyebrow raised. 😑😂

Basement Chronicles update: Jeff overheard MIL saying something about “taking care of a cabin.” We have no idea if that means they added an extra night somewhere…or if the in-laws are planning to stay in a cabin with the family coming to visit. 👀 Are we asking questions? Absolutely not. We’re just quietly wondering if we’re making our escape too early. 😂 The walls have ears. And apparently, occasionally, travel updates.

Basement Chronicles update: Apparently our trip now has a new offense attached to it… We’re leaving before my SIL gets here. MIL is not pleased. I would like the record to show that this trip was planned as an escape, not a family summit. 😂 The walls have ears.

Basement Chronicles, Episode 438: Apparently every phone call upstairs is now a community meeting…because speakerphone is the default setting. I don’t know who we’re talking to, but I know their entire medical history, weekend plans, and what they had for lunch. The walls have ears. Unfortunately, so do I. 😭😂

Good morning, my friends. ☀️☕️ New day. Fresh coffee. Same circus. 😂 Here’s hoping today brings a little progress, a few good laughs, and at least one moment where we can say, “Well…that actually went better than expected.” Let’s see what kind of nonsense we can get into today. ❤️

Today was a mix of work, house decisions, restaurant chaos, app building, and the usual assortment of “how is this my actual life?” moments. 😂 But we made it through another one. Now I’m calling it a night, shutting down the brain, and hoping tomorrow comes with coffee, progress, and significantly less nonsense. Good night, my friends. ❤️🌙

That face you make when DoorDash says “Your order is on the way” and suddenly nothing else in life matters. 😂

Basement Chronicles: Dinner Edition We ordered pizza. Apparently MIL thought we’d be eating her leftover casserole… the same casserole we watched sitting on the stove for hours this morning. Not warming. Not cooking. Just… existing. She’s been doing this for a couple months now and I have questions. Mainly: how attached are we to refrigeration? 👀😂

Sitting at the restaurant working on the liquor inventory app I’ve been building… Jeff: “They don’t already have something like this in the app market?” Me: …………… Sir. Please don’t disrespect my software empire while I’m actively coding it. 😂

Apparently I slightly misunderstood the construction update. 😂 The roof will be started by the end of this week… and the framers think they’ll be completely finished in another 2–3 weeks. Still progress. Still exciting. Still staring at lumber like it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. 😂🏡

Good night, my friends. ❤️ We made it through another day in the basement, watched some movies, ignored a few responsibilities, and somehow kept the walls from completely closing in. 😂 Calling that a win. Sleep well, friends. Tomorrow we do it all again. 🌙

I am not sure how much more shared space I can take. The basement walls are officially closing in on me. 👀 At this point, movie day isn’t entertainment. It’s containment. 😂

We’ve officially made it a movie day. One stitch left. Leg still healing. Zero ambition. Honestly… I think this is called balance. 😂🎬