Basement Before and After Photos

Who doesn't love a good set of before and after photos? In our basement was all the junk I had accumulated before I married John five years ago, and all the junk he had accumulated before he married me five years ago, and stuff I didn't have the intestinal fortitude, literally, to sort through when we packed during our move to Mexico. I was two months pregnant with the twins, but thought there was only one, and had double nausea and fatigue.

Anyway, the first photo represents a depiction of what our basement looked like after the kids and I did a day's worth of work (9:30 to noon, then 2:30 to 4:00, and yes, these hours were strictly enforced each day)...

(Try to comprehend what it must have looked like before this day's work.)

And now, after giving away and throwing away four truckloads of stuff, two days later...

My kids totally rock for the way they helped me, and they only complained a little bit.

Our future plans for the basement? Game room!

Thanks for listening. :)


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