farewell to M's

We've been putting off doing anything to the basement. "It's a winter project, for sure," we told each other. Well, winter's here, so it's time to get started. It's *such* a big project, though, that it's hard to focus on any single step without despairing at ever finishing the whole. But today, we made some serious progress. Step 1: Scrape off all the decals, starting with the M&M's and then moving on to the forest decals all over the workshop area. So now every last M has been removed, and the basement looks like a chocolately crime scene. Behold:

Someday, friends, that basement will be an oasis. But sadly, that day is not today. On we go!