Our Own "Chilean" Rescue

I was planning to get caught up much earlier this evening, but I got sidetracked with our very own "Chilean" rescue.  Ellie and Valerie were talking in the kitchen when they heard a faint "meow".  Yep, our big fat cat, Clara Belle, obviously got freaked out, ran up the new stairs, down into one of the holes cut out for the plumbing runs, and limboed underneath 2 of the floor joists to get herself stuck in the ceiling.  After searching for at least 30 minutes and finally determining she was in the ceiling, I was forced to cut a hole in the kitchen ceiling.  It was either the ceiling or the floor and I think a circular saw would have really freaked her out. It took quite a bit of coaxing to get her down as she is a fraidy cat.  It wasn't carried live on CNN, but we have a few pictures. 

On the house front, we did get the roof on late last week and place all of the metal posts that are a major part in holding all of this up on Monday.

Four metal posts in basement.

Metal posts main floor.

Also on Monday, the picture window was replaced with a new one to match the style of the house.

Don't worry, the black shutters are going to go.

We picked the carpet for the upstairs, a surprise for the runner for the stairs, and narrowed down our flooring selection for the foyer.  We had a very good experience with Bo-Bud's flooring contractor, Saeed, from Capital Commercial Flooring.