Stitch It!! Podcast

we have a basement. and right now? it’s a demilitarized cat zone. the litter boxes are down there, and for whatever reason, when the cats need to puke, they venture downstairs. there are half packed boxes scattered all over the place, dead bugs, and just gross.

now, i have been thinking today about how it’s such a wasted space. we COULD have a nice play room down there, even if the basement isn’t FINISHED finished..so i’m planning. this weekend, i’m going to have ryan go through his boxes of “stuff” downstairs in an effort to condense/remove them. he has boxes that he doesn’t even know what’s in them anymore, and as far as i’m concerned, we’ve been here 1.5 years. if you haven’t touched them by now, it’s time for them to go!  after we get those all condensed down, and get the christmas decorations all together in the crawl space (and maybe some of ryan’s boxes), it’s time to clean. i have to vacuum up all of the dead bugs (for some reason, the little rolly polly pill bugs like to venture into my basement and die). i have to scrub and bleach down the floor. needless to say, the cats don’t always make it into their boxes. maybe i should just powerwash the floor? but then i’d have to shopvac up all of the water…what a project that would be!

after i do all of that, i’m going to  designate part of the basement the “cat zone”. their liter boxes will be located here, and using either boxes or constructing some sort of barrier, they will be seperated from the “people zone”.  upon doing this, i will make a promise to the cats that we will clean their litter boxes daily, so they are happier, and so the room doesn’t smell.

my parents are talking about recarpeting their basement, so i’m going to see if i can get them to donate their old carpet to our basement. maybe i’ll get fancy and buy some padding to go under it, but i’ll just cut it to fit, and throw it down there. new curtains on the window, relocate a couch down there, buy some lights, relocate toys, maybe set up a tv, and PRESTO!!!! a play room for the little man!!!

if anyone has suggestions on what i can use to separate off the cat area from the people area, i’d be appreciative. ryan has boxes of records that i believe i can build a half wall with, and they will be sturdy enough that they won’t fall. maybe to help keep the smell on their side, i can buy some fabric and make a big curtain to act as  the rest of the wall between the areas? i’ll have to look into our options….cheap is key!! eventually the basement will be finished, just not anytime soon…

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