Final Kitchen Floor Tile Is Placed

The remaining three days of the week were not as exciting as seeing the results of putting on the primer. We scraped, caulked and repaired the side of Zelda. It took two days and we still need to apply some more caulk next week. Brent was tired of putting on caulk, so Friday, we finished the tiling the kitchen floor.

We are close to installing the stackable washer and dryer in the downstairs laundry room. The only missing item is the clamp to attach the exhaust vent to the dryer. Next week we will be able to wash and dry clothes.

Cookie worked hard all week and was very tired. The picture of her is a break she took on top of the wood flooring. We have 27 boxes remaining to be picked up at Lowes. We headed back to Gatlinburg Friday evening and met the girls. Jennifer and Jessica are taking Brent to the Tennessee football game Saturday night. Go Vols.

Front of Zelda is Primed

We drove back to Zelda Monday evening with a short pit stop in Hendersonville, NC. We picked up the last remaining required mantel from a ad Brent saw in Craig's List. This mantel came from an old home in Charleston, SC and will make a great addition to Zelda.

The weather is cool so having a working heater for the house is great. We got the paint sprayer out and primed the complete front portion of Zelda. Wow what a difference. All the work last week of caulking, scraping and repair work makes even the prime coat look great. Brent was able to apply the coat in about two (2) hours. Not much wind but a lot of going up and down the ladder. Things are coming together.

Zelda Has Gas

This week we had a late start in heading over to Zelda, as Brent was on a day trip to Houston, TX on Tuesday. Brent's parents arrived in Tennessee on Monday and drove over to Zelda with us on Wednesday, so Brent put them to work.

We were able to accomplish a lot this week in a short period of time. Lynn and Brent worked mainly outside on the front of Zelda to get it ready for the paint primer. It took two (2) full days on Thursday and Friday to scrape, repair patches and to caulk the front of the house, but it is ready to be primed. Lynn also grouted the laundry room and walk in pantry and put a prime coat on the bottom section of the courtyard area of the house.

Paw Paw Neal, Brent's Dad, installed door knobs on all the upstairs doors, put in two (2) access doors for the fireplace

shut-off valves, fixed a split door and put up some cove molding. Grandmother, Brent's Mom, swept, cleaned and swept some more at Zelda. She also painted all the remaining baseboard and crown molding before it is installed.

On Thursday morning, the City of Kings Mountain approved the final mechanical inspection on Zelda and the gas was turned on. Shortly after lunch our HVAC contractor arrived and checked out the system and turned on the heat. Zelda now has gas and we have heat.

We headed back home on Saturday afternoon, but not without stopping first at the Jarrett House in Dillsboro, NC for supper. We ate well all week long and had a good time working and appreciated the extra hands.

Not sure if our "free" labor is up to another week. Today, November 1st is Paw Paw Neal's 78th Birthday. We spent the first part of his birthday in the emergency room in Sevierville, TN, because Grandmother had a swollen left leg and we feared a blood clot. After several hours and an ultra sound of her leg, thankfully there was no blood clot. The doctor did advise she should keep the leg elevated and cautioned about any additional work. It is amazing what lengths she will go to not to work at Zelda.