The west wall at Smoky Mountain Tower - the saga continues

It was a beautiful day in Gatlinburg - just perfect for working outside. But last night was anything but pretty - especially up in the north part of Sevier County. We had about a dozen tornado warnings and some areas got very large (baseball-sized) hail. So our contractor, Ray, had a bunch of emergencies today. That means we aren't going to get the whole job of fixing the west wall finished - probably until sometime in August or September.

However, Ray has promised me that he will have a couple of guys here tomorrow to "do what it takes" to stop the west Tower windows from leaking. Oh yeah, when the last storm hit last night about 12:30 am, the water was really pouring in. It didn't come in the new windows, but around the upper triangle-shaped windows. Remember this picture?

The rectangle windows are fine. It's those pesky ones above that are causing the problem. So, we'll try again tomorrow - which is the last day we can really do anything for several months! But that's okay - it will work out.

Meanwhile, I mentioned yesterday that we got some other things done. One you will really love is the new shower curtain rod in the main bath. It's one of those new curved ones that gives more room.


And Phyllis has worked her decorating magic in the Queen Bedroom. Take a look at the new bed covering!


That's not all. We spent a good part of the day at All Decked Out. Wait til you see the new curtains in the main room, and the bed covering in the the main bedroom. If you want to see what we've accomplished at All Decked Out in the past couple of days, check out our "What's New" list at our Web site. We'll get pictures loaded in the next couple of days.