We enjoyed a three day week end! Totally enjoyed it. We hardly left the house except to go out for dinner on Valentines Day. Along with getting our list of chores done we actually had time to relax. 

                                                     MY VALENTINE SWEET HEART

 Oh to live on a tropical island....Maybe we will win Publishers Clearing house.  
The very best thing to come out of this week end was to finally begin to prepare our house selling plan.  I am still not convinced we can get this accomplished by springtime but I know we can get-er-done before the summer is over anyway. Many repairs & rebuilds have been done over the 10 or so years I have lived in this little cottage. Roger has made many improvements, repairs and enhancements in the last couple of years Julie and Mark helped us out by cleaning up some detail and completely painting a couple of room including the dreaded trim work. The bedroom is delightfully light and airy now! I just can’t thank them enough!         

                We had so much FUN riding houses in Roatan,
                          we may have buy a ranch. LOL

 I finally got Chief and Princess Hana AKC registered. They have their microchips and vax so they should be good to go.  They are now 4 months old; 12.2 and 11.2 pounds. Very nice pups  with fun personalities and great conformation.   

 Another of the time consuming details which have been lingering for some time is entry into the Heart of America Scottish Terrier Specialty. Show is the week end of March 4th. I think we are all set now; we have our grooming space, hotel room, time off from work scheduled, banquet reservations, and show entries made. Now to get their coats in shape – fast! I will need to work their coats every single night in order to accomplish this in time.  They are roughly done, but need lots of tweaking!

                    This little towel art really makes my shades                                               look good. What fun!

                          Will the real Roger Collier please  stand up? 

                    Notice our zipline guide making a heart with his                              hands behind us. Isn't that sweet! 

                       There's the real Roger Collier 
              My Chickie-Chickie-Boom-Boom Island boy

This pic was taken in Belize by some passer-by tourist and it turned out to be one of the very best. 

Here’s our working plan of action for preparing the Bonhaven cottage for sell:

Set an appointment with our neighborhood Realtor. She has sold more of these little historic Craftsman houses than anyone around and she seems to really know her stuff.  A year ago she expressed a strong interest in seeing the inside of our house in the hopes of listing it so I think she will be delighted to work with us.   Below is our list of jobs we think are important to do prior to listing the house. The Realtor may have more suggestions for us.

Interior

Bathroom:

Remove wallpaper, replace faucet, replace towel rack (pewter), re-grout floor, replace heat/light/vent, paint walls a sand color, refinish original medicine cabinet.   

Upstairs guest bedroom:

Fix seams on ceiling, fix angled section east wall, paint light lemon yellow

Hallway:

Move light to center, replace cold air vent, paint light blue hue Grey paint (same as dining/bedroom/stairs/dog room)  

Kitchen:

Paint (color undecided), replace vent, Paint cabinets(undecided)

Dog room bedroom:

Paint ceiling, finish closet door-rehang mirror, find a door for room, touch up trim, paint inside of closet

Dining room:

Install new hanging light

Replace vent

Paint window trim

Hide electrical plugs to security

Patch hole in stair closet

Front entry room:

Paint window trim, touch up wall

Exterior

Front porch: replace boards, paint (highlight columns and horizontal beam with dark sand color)

Back Deck:  change out and level short boards, straighten rail on south side, add tops on posts

House: replace wooden siding as needed,   Paint (current pale yellow), support beams to be repaired and painted dark sand color