These days blended into each other, as very little happened on days 2, 3, and 4,  and then suddenly on days 5 & 6, the two walls were removed, wires and pipes relocated as needed, and drywall added.

We decided to take out the entire wall, including the supporting beams (ugly, uneven) and put in a separate beam.  A metal jack supports the beam for a little while.

The ceiling….

 

We were all a little surprised to find the pipes in what seemed like superfluous wall, rather than the regular wall.  It caused a little bit of head scratching, but our wonderful contractor measured everything to the smallest fraction of an inch, switched a few things around, and is making it work. Hopefully, that will be our biggest surprise and work around!

 

Can you spot Piper?  She is recovering from an Incident.  She had already cried into my shoulder and snuggled on my lap, but to achieve full recovery, she needed to Go Cat.

See her yet?

There she is!

The Kill!  Which may refer more to the number of dead mice found rather than the cabinets taken out.  Sigh.

Walls will start coming out tomorrow!

I planned, organized, and carefully packed up the kitchen over several days…and somehow still managed to have a ton to do at the last minute.

But here’s what it the kitchen looks like naked before the surgery.

Bye-Bye, Kitchen!

My friend went to Geek Girl Con and all I got was this lousy t-shirt…

‘…that I will never, ever take off again.

Thanks Diana!

We’re averaging about 1 dead rodent a day (about 1 live mouse every 3 days).  Um, in the house, if you were in doubt.

Should I thank the cats for killing all the mice?  No. They are the ones bringing them in to begin with.  Damn cats.

It was picture day at school!  Wesley comes home wearing his best clothes and sandals….

..before doing a superman change into his swimsuit.  He put the sprinkler under the trampoline and jumped his little heart out.  It is good to be a 7 year old boy on a beautiful autumn day with a “sure, go ahead” Mama.

This week’s weird was Wesley deciding he was Timmy Whitefoot’s daddy and cajoling the cat to be a baby. 

Do you like how Wesley is forcing Timmy to smile?

Pumpkin heads!