break on through to the other side

Well long story long, last weekend our TV died. We bought it 11 years ago, when we first started dating, and almost had it free because Nebraska ended up as National Champs in football that season (unfortunately, we were #1 in the wrong poll for the Nebraska Furniture Mart). Anyway, I digress - that TV finally bit the bullet, and we went to the Mart to buy a new TV - something we hadn't done in over 7 years! So welcome, Kellys, to the world of HD!

Well after we bought the TV and we were waiting for it to come in, my adorable husband brought up the fact that we'd been wanting to knock down the wall in our basement separating the two small rooms down there. He declared there was no time like the present - we wouldn't want to watch that super cool new TV down in that old small room, which was a good point - so on Thursday, he started demolition.

Here are a few pictures from the initial day or two of demolition:

This brief video clip is especially funny, as Sean does his "Hulk" impersonation:

Now here are a few from the end of the weekend - he, and his friend Doug, really got A LOT accomplished. I don't know if you can tell or not, but they really did:

Here's a brief video clip of the view all around:

It's all really exciting - though our house is a mess of a place right now - we're hoping to have it all done by the end of the month (by the VA Tech game to be exact). I think the extra 11 ft to the room (about 143 sq ft) will really make a big difference!