And now it looks like we are doing a dock remodel too.  Along with all the house remodeling that we are doing, it's really adding up. But it's really starting to look nice too. We are going to replace all the failing wooden hand railings with weather-proof metal pipe railing.  Like the picture below. All the existing wood will be power washed and stained.  Any aging or warped boards will be replaced. There will be new stairs and railing running down to the water.  3 new piers to brace up the existing structure.  And more secure stairs going up to the 2nd level. Eventually we would like to replace all of the aging wood with trex, add a double jet ski hoist and launch, and a closet to store lake toys and fishing poles in.  But you should have seen the price that they wanted to charge for all of that.  It was insane and will have to wait till next season. We might have to close off booking out the house for 1 possibly 2 weeks, in order for us to be there ...

 I am in the process of updating the website.  Be sure to check out all the new LINKS on the LINKS page.  Link. Get it? Haha. The STORE  is going thru updates also, And be sure to get those RESERVATIONS in before the summer ends and those kids have to go back to school.  Kidding! Feel free to book whenever the calander is open.

The free golf cart that one of our neighbors gave us (from www.nextdoor.com ) needed a new battery.  Well we finally got one! And we could not believe it, the beast actually runs!  It still needs a little body work, but after a bath it looks pretty good.  And boy, Little Mule is a rocket!!! Here are some pictures of the new upstairs curtains we put up.  The ones over the closets are temporary until I get a chance to cut down some doors that I was given off of Freecycle ( www.freecycle.org ). Here is one of our neighbors that came over to say "HI". And with the Little Mule, it's so much easier to trek down to the dock at night.  Here is a picture that I took Saturday night.

We had our little one's 5th birthday party out at the lake.  Had some of our good friends and their kids out to celebrate too for the weekend.  The place accommodated all 9 of us very easily.  The Chilcottage AIRBNB is an excellent place for birthdays, graduations, or just get togethers.  Sleeps up to 13.  Here are some pics of all the fun we had.   Blow out those candles! Here's some other great pictures we took also.

  I have added a calendar to the RESERVATIONS page.  You will still need to contact us by phone, email, or the comments box, but this will let you know of the dates that the Chilcottage on Lake Tawakoni is available.