The ceiling basically is done - basically, we boxed in most of the ceiling with drywall but left a rectangular opening in the middle. Then we stained it dark brown and hung some lights. Basically it makes the room feel taller.
~Before~ I found the spyware, we went to the Home and Garden Show yesterday. We like going just to look and dream about what we'd like to do.
It was kinda fun to say "we don't need appliances" "we don't need flooring"...
There's still a lot we do need, but it was encouraging to say "hey, we've already done that," at least a couple of times.