What Goes Around, Comes Around ~~. Condo On The Beach
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
Canada
January 26, 2016 11:12am CST
We Iike to get away in the winter for a few weeks. Our destination is always some place warm and sandy. We are retired.
We waited too long to find a warm place in Soith Florida but used Airbnb to find a place to relax. We wanted a month and while looking for an apartment or condo we saw everything from mansions for hundreds of thousands dollars to dumps that we wouldn't touch for next to nothing.
We decided on a condo on the beach with a view. It cost less for a month here than two weeks in a resort last year cost, and we have a beautiful place (small city with three State Parks) to explore.
The condo was smaller than we thought it would be but now it feels like home. One whole wall is mirrored in the living/dinning room which makes the place feel bigger, the bedroom is nothing to write home about but the bed is comfortable, the bathroom spacious. The kitchen is a joke. A joke with everything we need so we just don't go in there together. (Very small)
The wall to the deck is all glass. The view is outstanding looking over the Gulf of Mexico.
Almost 50 years ago, our first apartment as a married couple in Kansas was exactly like this place, compact, comfortable, and clean.
But without the breathtaking view.
Any cycles in your life come and go around ?
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
27 Jan 16
@PainsOnSlate Yes that is small, but you won't be spending too much time in it, will you?
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
27 Jan 16
@jaboUK nope, the hubby is still the cook. My job is doing the dishes.. We don't need to be in there together...
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
27 Jan 16
After the first hour or so we were used to it and comfortable here, with that view, it's hard to be unhappy
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
27 Jan 16
Where I live in Ontario, the only interesting sound was rushing water through the revine after a heavy rain.. The 24/7 rolling of the waves is joyful. But I know it is a temporary thing, I love Canada and would never leave it for a beach.. At least not yet...
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
26 Jan 16
I think most of us have gone full cycle at least once. It isn't true that you can't go home again....
FL is one place we've never considered living in. I'm on pins and needles enough in TN worrying about tornadoes, I don't want to have to worry about hurricanes and tornadoes! A few weeks on vacation is a different matter!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
26 Jan 16
@PainsOnSlate We own land all over east Tennessee and had wanted to build..now we're trying to sell., but it's not family land so we have no ties to it at all.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
26 Jan 16
My dad owned land ( no house) that I inherited, we've driven but it but have no interest in building here. We are happy in Canada.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
27 Jan 16
No worries. We are have homes in Connecticut and Florida and get hurricanes in both places. We are heavily insured. We have enough family and friends to live with if disaster ever strikes while we rebuild. We bought land in Naples, FL the first year we were married. Great investment, but sold it because we love the southeast of Florida.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
27 Jan 16
The view from your deck looks lovely.... and three different state parks to explore.....
Sounds great.... I hope you packed your camera. ? 
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
27 Jan 16
@PainsOnSlate I hope the sunshine comes back out for you soon...
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
27 Jan 16
I did bring my camera but the photos I show from here are done with the iPad, the real photos will have to wait until I get back to my computer...I'm looking forward to the parks...waiting for a sunny day.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
8 Feb 16
@PainsOnSlate That is how it should be at this time of life.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
28 Jan 16
@AnneEJ oh, I so agree, I wake up every morning knowing something beautiful is right in front of my windows....
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
27 Jan 16
Funny, I hadn't thought of that apartment in years. But this one has a better view.
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@AnneEJ (4917)
• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec
27 Jan 16
@PainsOnSlate A good view can make up for a lot of other things
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
26 Jan 16
Your condo is beautiful so beautiful with that view Paints. You are blessed, tho I know you worked all the years and deserve it.
Long way from Kansas for sure.
Cycles in my life are still scattered...moved a lot and no order to my life.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
26 Jan 16
@PainsOnSlate It does Paints, life keeps going and sometimes we end up somewhere really nice, as you have..
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
26 Jan 16
Life is interesting, I hadn't thought of that apartment in years until I started writing about this on, the cycles go on and on.
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@Marilynda1225 (91115)
• United States
26 Jan 16
I certainly could put up with small space for a view like that. I'd probably spend 99% of my time on the balcony, beach or at the pool
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
27 Jan 16
Me too. Once we settled in it became home.. We love the view and long walks on the beach too. Pools heated to so felt good.
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@Marilynda1225 (91115)
• United States
27 Jan 16
@PainsOnSlate I would love to be swimming right about now 
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@fawkes62 (1276)
• United States
26 Jan 16
Our first apartment had a tiny kitchen too. We could touch the counters on opposite walls at the same time. The fridge door almost touched the counter on the other side of it. At least you have a good view to go with the cozy condo. Enjoy your vacation.
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@fawkes62 (1276)
• United States
28 Jan 16
@PainsOnSlate Ours had a solid wall on the end, so you couldn't walk through it. Got a bit cozy if we were both in there together. Thankfully we only lived there about a year.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
27 Jan 16
Thank you, we are enjoying our vacation. This kitchen is the same, so small you could almost touch all the walls from the middle. Fortunately one walk is a pass through so it's not claustrophobic ...
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
31 Jan 16
We're used to it now and love it, that view is priceless.
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@TheHorse (238314)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Jan 16
@PainsOnSlate I agree. I spend as much time in nature as I can. I'm lucky to have a job that has me taking kids out hiking.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
27 Jan 16
I love the sound of a ranch, it must be heavenly. The photo is beautiful. I still camp every summer but just for two weeks but it feels so good to live with Mother Nature.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
27 Jan 16
The views are wonderful and the white beach is gorgeous too.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
26 Jan 16
It's warm here but not warm enough to go into the Gulf. We do have a heated pool we are heading that way now.
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
26 Jan 16
Enjoyed this post. Great choice of holiday house with a beautiful view.
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@williamjisir66 (594)
• Hangzhou, China
4 Sep 16
It is a wonderful location where your rented condo lies. I love it for its being next to the beach with such a beautiful view. Last summer I went to Auckland, NZ for more than twenty days and I stayed in my homestay's during the time I stayed there. My homestay took me to the beach nearby and I could not help loving it. Life near the beach is nice and quiet for people who love a peaceful life instead of a city life, nice and busy and noisy.
