Weekend progress w/ pictures

Well it was just the two of us this weekend and we continued the momentum of gettin' stuff done!
Our weekend summary:

• met with a local lady who publishes a "Gallery Guide" for the Island to work on an ad for the inclusion of Yellowdog
• finished steaming and organizing clothes
• unpacked art and homegoods
• did a little decorating throughout the property
• primed 3 1/2 out of 5 book cases that we are painting white for use in the boutique and cottages
• primed and painted the two mirrors going in the Redfish
• picked out art (from our existing stash) to hang in the Redfish (not hung yet)
• cleaned up the Redfish for pics
• weeded and sprayed landscaping
• put together more outdoor furniture
• got rid of a truckful of boxes/trash/scrap metal
• bought a cash register
• got a business phone number
• met with the guy who will make our new signs
• ordered business cards
• drastically decluttered the gallery - put some stuff away for use and others in the overhead storage
• met some key people in the area - the owners of Bert's Bar and Grill and the owners of Island Visions Gallery.  Enjoyed talking with all.

I'm probably forgetting some stuff Chris did while I was doing other stuff but we both worked a good 10 hours on Saturday and another 4-5 on Sunday.

Some fun things we did - I did my first paddle board in the area early Saturday morning.  We also had dinner at the Tarpon Lodge and Micheli's.  Both meals were amazing!!  The restaurant manager at Tarpon Lodge is one of the friendliest ladies around - she absolutely could not be nicer.  There was a fantastic singer and acoustic guitar player at the Tarpon Lodge, I don't have her info here but I'll post it another time.  She should seriously be famous.  I hope we can afford to pay her to play at Yellowdog someday :)

Enjoy the progress pics!  Sorry for the mediocre quality, we forgot the camera so these are phone pics.

Stronger thighs....weaker liver

This weekend was major - tons of accomplishments and stronger thighs to boot.  My quads are killing me from all of the squatting down to paint, move things, climb up this, down that, etc.  I didn't really need the reminder of how much I haven't been exercising; but I guess I will be grateful for the good workout that comes along w/ moving and doing so much manual labor.

So - this weekend, along with Mark, Stacy, Rich and Lesa (and Two Men and a Truck) we:

1. moved most of our furniture down
2. painted the boutique
3. painted and set up the dressing rooms
4. set up the clothing stands and some of the displays
5. set up the inside bar
6. painted the inside of the smallest cottage
7. put together the 2,483 piece bed
8. finished some furniture painting projects
9. removed the old crank boat lift
10. cleaned up some debris from the outside bar
11. really got the smallest cottage about 95% ready to rent
12. did a huge amount of cleaning and decluttering (with lots more to go)
13. tested out the awesome commercial coffee pot
14. watched dogs play
15. did some paddle boarding and kayaking
16. had lots of mimosas 
17. laughed after some burly local guy at Bert's said to Mark "You look just like my sister!" (seriously, you can't make stuff like that up!!)
18. had a ton of fun

Here's some pics as proof :)

What'SUP? YOLO Paddleboards are purchased!

Yesterday Chris and I met with Brody Welte of http://www.standupfitnessinc.com/ to test out the 2 types of paddleboards we were considering.  One is more expensive and will last a lifetime, but more succeptible to day to day damange.  The other is more durable if it's knocked around and a bit less $$.  Since for our purposes we didn't feel a big difference between the two, and since we'll be renting them out, we went w/ the latter.  Also, he had a few demo models so we saved even more by buying them slightly used.  Win-win.  We bought two of this model.  Took them for a quick spin in our "backyard" and found that it wasn't too difficult to launch them from our dock.  The biggest challenge was trying to keep them away from the pilings which are covered in sharp foam-cutting barnacles.

By the way - YOLO stands for "you only live once", how great is that for a company name/motto?  Love.

Sorry no pics!  We were so excited to get them out on the water I didn't even think about it.  I'll do better next time.  To make up for it, here are 2 pics we took last night as it was getting dark and the full moon was coming up.

Yeah, I can't believe we're leaving this either....