{"id":5275,"date":"2011-04-12T11:24:22","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T16:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=5275"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:11:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:11:58","slug":"home-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/12\/home-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trying to settle in and weed through lots of pics and lots of laundry.<\/p>\n<p>I hate unpacking.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s cold, and rainy.  I guess that makes it a good day for laundry.<\/p>\n<p>And Target, note from Cole&#8217;s teacher says he needs more markers, pencils, and glue sticks.  Hmmmm.<\/p>\n<p>Hoping Eva takes a nap today.  The house is a pit.<\/p>\n<p>Never leave a vase of fresh flowers out on the counter when you are going to be gone for a week and half.  The stink was NASTY.<\/p>\n<p>Not much else to say for now- here are a few straight out of the camera shots as no post is good without a picture.<\/p>\n<p>Better ones soon&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5612652037\/img_9427.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_9427\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5184\/5612652037_0eb2b1c53f_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9427\" width=\"824\" height=\"583\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This room- loved it.  So much natural light.  Such great views<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5612655583\/img_9428.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_9428\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5302\/5612655583_c8f5922748_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9428\" width=\"824\" height=\"583\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5612658787\/img_9429.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_9429\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5022\/5612658787_ccf5d65081_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9429\" width=\"824\" height=\"583\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t use my big camera very much on the trip.  I always regret that, but this time I just accepted it.  Sometimes I am not in the mood to hold a heavy camera.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5612661525\/img_9430.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_9430\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5062\/5612661525_a23359b7e5.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9430\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was Eva&#8217;s &#8220;spot&#8221;.  She loved that the window sills were the perfect height for her, they made a nice little seat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5613243940\/img_9432.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_9432\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5222\/5613243940_c4c6144c36_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9432\" width=\"824\" height=\"583\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watersound has 5 pools that I know of, big ones and small ones, our condo overlooked one of the small ones.  It was a pretty infinity style pool but it was colder than the other one we liked.  And it offers no food service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5612668221\/img_9439.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_9439\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5309\/5612668221_da3e04c913.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9439\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I really liked the decor of this place- perfect beachy feel without being over the top beachy.  If that makes any sense.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5612671229\/img_9443.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_9443\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5184\/5612671229_32783c0ce0.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9443\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t take long for the boys to discover how comfortable this couch was<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5612674191\/img_9444.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_9444\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5103\/5612674191_58812b0550_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9444\" width=\"824\" height=\"583\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I miss the bike rides.  It was a game time decision about whether or not we should take them.  So glad we did.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5613256134\/img_9453.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_9453\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5226\/5613256134_0521ab261b_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9453\" width=\"824\" height=\"583\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is &#8220;mom!! come on.  Stop taking pics and let&#8217;s go!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5612679915\/img_9454.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_9454\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5028\/5612679915_8366d6e47e_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9454\" width=\"824\" height=\"583\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Holding up the sun-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5613267796\/img_9460.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_9460\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5302\/5613267796_3aa335ee69_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9460\" width=\"824\" height=\"583\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the rest of these are just from one of our evening rides around the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5613271422\/img_9462.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_9462\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5304\/5613271422_5de378c4ce_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9462\" width=\"824\" height=\"583\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Checking for gogobots or something like that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5613275150\/img_9464.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_9464\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5270\/5613275150_cf52c00c0a.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9464\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5612700403\/img_9467.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_9467\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5061\/5612700403_e78e819f5c_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9467\" width=\"824\" height=\"583\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5613284098\/img_9468.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_9468\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5310\/5613284098_15bd14b406.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9468\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5613287790\/img_9469.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_9469\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5264\/5613287790_2a3c942fef.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9469\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5613292884\/img_9470.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_9470\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5063\/5613292884_36036076ac_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9470\" width=\"824\" height=\"583\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5613298806\/img_9474.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_9474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5030\/5613298806_2f27dfca43_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9474\" width=\"824\" height=\"583\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trying to settle in and weed through lots of pics and lots of laundry. I hate unpacking. And it&#8217;s cold, and rainy. I guess that makes it a good day for laundry. And Target, note from Cole&#8217;s teacher says he needs more markers, pencils, and glue sticks. Hmmmm. Hoping Eva takes a nap today. The house is a pit. Never leave a vase of fresh flowers out on the counter when you are going to be gone for a week and half. The stink was NASTY. Not much else to say for now- here are a few straight out of the camera shots as no post is good without a picture. Better ones soon&#8230;. This room- loved it. So much natural light. Such great views I didn&#8217;t use my big camera very much on the trip. I always regret that, but this time I just accepted it. Sometimes I am not in the mood to hold a heavy camera. This was Eva&#8217;s &#8220;spot&#8221;. She loved that the window sills were the perfect height for her, they made a nice little seat. Watersound has 5 pools that I know of, big ones and small ones, our condo overlooked one of the small ones. It was a pretty infinity style pool but it was colder than the other one we liked. And it offers no food service. I really liked the decor of this place- perfect beachy feel without being over the top beachy. If that makes any sense. It didn&#8217;t take long for the boys to discover how comfortable this couch was I miss the bike rides. It was a game time decision about whether or not we should take them. So glad we did. This is &#8220;mom!! come on. Stop taking pics and let&#8217;s go!!&#8221; Holding up the sun- And the rest of these are just from one of our evening rides around the neighborhood. Checking for gogobots or something like that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,8,20],"tags":[93,277,692],"class_list":["post-5275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach","category-family","category-travel","tag-beaches-of-south-walton","tag-florida","tag-watersound"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9474-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5275"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19042,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275\/revisions\/19042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}