At home.

Today we woke up, had a leisurely breakfast.  We played cards (still all in our jammies).  We changed into our swimsuits just before lunch.  Leisurely, indeed.  We then moved our lounge act to the pool.  We played a game of Marco Polo and then Sharks and Minnows.  We all read our respective books/magazines by the pool for another hour.  So, in all, our day has been like any other Saturday at home.  Completely unexceptional.  Except we are still here in paradise.  But there has clearly been a shift.  In all the past 14 days we never spent an entire day at the resort.  But now we are so perfectly comfortable and content in paradise that we can spend the entire day doing nothing much at all.  Perfectly at a home and perfectly sated by all our amazing experiences.

So, I suppose it is time to pack it up before I start acting like a local and complaining about the heat -- high of 83 is still not hot to me.  I have the distinct feeling, however, that the Texas heat will feel like home again much too soon!

Too lucky.

Well, today we broke new ground: day 12 of our vacation.  We have never been on day 12 of a vacation before.  And day 12 was amazing.  Of course, so were days 1 through 11.  

Only three days left.  So much and yet nothing left to do.  Life cannot possibly get better than this.

Cup 'o Joe.

I know, I know, I am in paradise and blogging about coffee. Well, the roosters woke me up again, albeit at the almost decent hour of 7am.  Kevin is out exercising and the kids are still asleep, so here I am -- stuck in a room and reading the 5 million emails I've ignored over the past 7 days.

And believe me, I am journaling about our trip and will share it with you at an appropriate time.  I simply haven't the time to put it into blog form yet. Truth be told, I still need to gather my thoughts, let them sit and marinate a bit, before I can share them. Paradise, as it turns out, is amazing and overwhelming. My senses are all on high alert.  I am simply exhausted by taking in every little facet of paradise.  So, instead of sharing all that with you, I give you a nice coffee reference chart. Just in case you wondered.

via design*sponge.

Perfection.

The end to our perfect day. Kids on lawn watching The Princess and the Frog. Kevin and I on the balcony watching the sun set (with a great bottle of wine). Ahhh.  Life is good.  

Actually, life is quite spectacular!

xoxoxo 

Ransom Note.

      



   



Love that!  Check out this site that allows you to create your own ransom note.  Clearly,
however, I do not condone using this for actual criminal behavior (nice disclaimer, right -- I just cannot seem to shake that little bit of lawyer left in me!