The Weekend!

We've been working hard this week.

Mark has been repairing the cracked sea wall and painting everywhere. He also managed to finish Emily's little bathroom with the same laminate flooring in her bedroom and it looks great!



Lisa has been busy trying to meet the deadline for the new Emily Rose website. We are moving to a new host that has a ton of fabulous features and a slightly modified design. The amount of work required was quite unexpected and definitely underestimated. Basically Lisa is re-building a website that took her 14 months to build. Thanks to the fantastic assistance of her new virtual assistant, Aftab in Pakistan, there is a chance...we repeat...a chance that we will make the self-imposed deadline. Thank goodness for Deb and her amazing handling of the customers and the books - or the new business partners would really be over their heads.

We were glad of the weekend and took a drive last night to celebrate. We ended up having a drink at the bar of the new Marley Resort and Spa. This is Bob Marley's house on Cable Beach that the family (who have lived there since his passing) have been working on converting to a resort for the past few years. It officially opens on March 27th but they are unofficially open now. We were there pretty early in the evening and Bob Marley's daughter/grand-daughter (we weren't sure which) graciously allowed us to go and see some of the rooms and suites, all of which are named after Marley songs or family members. What a gorgeous resort it is. We didn't take photos in the rooms as that seemed rude and we only managed one outdoor photo before it got dark, so unfortunately you will have to take our word for it. At $1,800 a night we doubt that anyone we know will ever stay here. Some how the high prices and exclusively don't really resonate with the whole "common man" image of the Bob Marley legacy. The property is Cable Beach waterfront with an amazing beach. There is lush landscaping and rich dark wood everywhere - every bed is a custom hand-carved giant made specifically for that room. It has swimming pools and hot tubs all connected by these fountains that flow right through the cobblestone paths you walk along and cascade in to another pool or stream. They told us that it will eventually become a private social club but until they work out the details will keep it open to the public. We plan on trying to check out the restaurant before riff-raff like us are no longer allowed. Here's a dark shot of the restaurant area.



This morning we went for a lovely walk to the grocery store for eggs and on the way saw this huge bird. Any idea what he is?



The rest of today is reserved for football matches, cleaning and planting. We may even get to power-washing the patio if we are feeling particularly ambitious.