Well, as all of you know by now, we’re down to our last two weeks here. It is so hard to believe our 3 & ½ months here is almost over!! Believe me, there were times over the summer when we thought it would never end! But all’s well that end’s well as they say and on balance, we’re really glad we did this. We’ve learned a lot about ourselves and what’s important to us - plus, we’ve had some REALLY fun times!
Before our time here is over, I thought it would be nice to share some photos of some of the projects we’ve been working on lately. The big on-going one is the remodel of the Family Cabana and we’ve just been involved the demolition as you can see from the pictures. We hope to start bumping the wall out downstairs for the new bathroom in next day or so. Some of the other projects have included painting a new sign for the street and I think Jim did an amazing job with it! Much better than the older yellow one if I do say so myself. I took on painting the hot and cold water handles so folks would know which is which! We also replaced the old material that was around the desk and kitchen counter in the main guesthouse with bamboo screening which really adds to the tropical feel. The other thing we did recently was finish laying the concrete pavers between two of the buildings so you can now walk all the way from one to the other without walking on the grass. That one was pretty easy because we were actually using the same type of mold you use to pour the concrete into that we used for our patio in Texas a hundred years ago, so we’ve had some experience with that.
Other than that, things are pretty quiet here right now. No guests at present but I did receive a call from a woman in North Dakota who is coming down here next week for two days with her daughter to help her plan her wedding here next year. So, we’ll have a little company after having the whole place to ourselves for several weeks! I’m sure I’ll do another posting or two before we go, though.
Thanks to everyone for all the great comments! It really means a lot to know you’re enjoying the blog and sharing your thoughts…….
Our best to everyone!!
David and Jim
Before our time here is over, I thought it would be nice to share some photos of some of the projects we’ve been working on lately. The big on-going one is the remodel of the Family Cabana and we’ve just been involved the demolition as you can see from the pictures. We hope to start bumping the wall out downstairs for the new bathroom in next day or so. Some of the other projects have included painting a new sign for the street and I think Jim did an amazing job with it! Much better than the older yellow one if I do say so myself. I took on painting the hot and cold water handles so folks would know which is which! We also replaced the old material that was around the desk and kitchen counter in the main guesthouse with bamboo screening which really adds to the tropical feel. The other thing we did recently was finish laying the concrete pavers between two of the buildings so you can now walk all the way from one to the other without walking on the grass. That one was pretty easy because we were actually using the same type of mold you use to pour the concrete into that we used for our patio in Texas a hundred years ago, so we’ve had some experience with that.
Other than that, things are pretty quiet here right now. No guests at present but I did receive a call from a woman in North Dakota who is coming down here next week for two days with her daughter to help her plan her wedding here next year. So, we’ll have a little company after having the whole place to ourselves for several weeks! I’m sure I’ll do another posting or two before we go, though.
Thanks to everyone for all the great comments! It really means a lot to know you’re enjoying the blog and sharing your thoughts…….
Our best to everyone!!
David and Jim
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