Not SO rotten!

Yes, it is still cold. And grey. And wet, if you consider snowflakes "wet" (they will be eventually).

BUT!

When I came home today, and saw -- brace yourselves! -- WALLS?!?!?!?

How could I resist?

Walls!  Here you can see (well, I can see) the family room [in the foreground], part of the kitchen [the nook, where that big opening will have a window], and the door leading to the mud room [or more accurately, the space for a door leading to the mud room].

Here's the mud room/pantry/loo/my desk area.  Where you see that small space for a window is going to be the 1/2 bath; the blue wall right next to that is the pantry.  That corner that juts out in the front will be my desk area.  The mud room will be just inside the door.

Here's a view of the breakfast nook, as you're looking from the family room.  Don't we have a lovely view of our neighbor's fence?  I will have to do some creative landscaping there...  And a bird feeder for sure.

Finally, this little section shows how the kitchen will bump out another three feet or so.  Right now it doesn't feel like we've gained any room -- but once the old walls come down, it's going to be huge!