My Retirement Home

Let me just start by saying I am planning on retiring in Florida.  I really see no other option.  Florida is fantastic in my book. I loved the weather. I loved the humidity. I loved the beach. Lastly, I loved the place we stayed.  I want to retire, more specifically, in this exact spot...

Destin as a city was alright, not that I loved that city in particular.  We didn't eat out at all there, so I can't speak of the food.  We didn't shop, so I am not sure how the stores are.   All I know is that I liked it a lot.  I like the idea of an apartment near the beach. 

Here was the lobby that I wanted to steal out of...

These lights....

This place was so awesome and if anyone is ever going to be in the Destin area I would recommend this place to you.

The windows ran along the entire side of the bedroom and living room.

We had a kitchen that had everything we needed. We went to the grocery store the first day and were able to have every meal here. 

It was so awesome getting to be out of town, yet have food at "home".

Finn had his own little room.  He slept in it every night!!  It was fantastic!

I couldn't get enough of the bedroom. I wanted to live in it forever.

Finn napped in his little room so well.  While he napped I practically skipped around the house.

One day I laid in this bed grinning from ear to ear most of his nap because I just loved this room so much.

Anyone very close to me knows that Finn and I have been co sleepers to the max.  And those that know about his sleep dodging ways knows that him going to sleep easily, on his own, in a bedroom by himself means....POUR ME A GLASS OF WINE!!

  I was the happiest camper in the world and by golly I feel like I earned that four days of ease!! 

We had lemons (left over from our Sarasota time)so we made lemonade. Well really we just squeezed lemons in to water and then he tasted it, said yucky, and walked off.

Here is a shot of out by the pools...

We swam a lot.  Tosh worked the entire week.  He would take a mid day break to eat lunch and swim and then he would work till bedtime.  

This was his office.  

Even though he worked most day and night, it was so nice to have him in the house.  It was nice to have him take  a swim break with us in the afternoon.  For him, it was nice to work in his swim trunks. 

*A note to you about hotels vs. condos and beach rentals. If you plan on going to the beach, you can get a rental like this often times cheaper than a chain hotel on the beach.  For example, this place and all its awesomeness cost less than the Best Western on the beach a few miles away.   If you do a little research and look outside of the standard hotels, you can really find cool things. In some cases you may not "save" money but you can absolutely get more bang for your buck.  And having a kitchen is a huge money saver!