Another Day In Suburban Paradise

Renovation on the house started this Tuesday, and R is already making an incredible amount of progress. As a quick recap, I am having two small bedrooms on the first floor of my house combined into one larger bedroom that will have a closet that is larger than a refrigerator.

The first couple of days, the dust was HORRIBLE, what with a lot of plaster being knocked down. Fortunately, things have progressed to where the work area can actually be sealed off, so I am no longer thinking of relocating to my mom's place.

Oddly enough, the cat seems to be happy as a clam at high tide. The furniture that has been moved out of those rooms has given him all sorts of new perches, and he loves the contractors. Apparently, he sneaks into the room where they are working and 'supervises.' The noise and so on doesn't bother him, but given that the cat is more curious about the vacuum than frightened by it, it's not too big of a surprise.

Now, on to the pictures:

( Behind a cut so as not to inadvertently screw with people's bandwidth. )