Fun in the Sun Tales of the Traveling Totes

Welcome to a special edition of

Tales of the Traveling Totes

Fun in the Sun.

I am a sun girl!  I always say I was dropped by 

the stork in the wrong state - I was meant to go 

to Hawaii, or someplace tropical, not Wisconsin! 

Sun is in my blood and I am happiest when I 

am somewhere sunny.

As many of you know, we had a home in 

Cabo, which we tore down two years ago, 

and it has been under construction since then. 

There is nothing fast about building in a 

foreign country, but we have tried to make it 

fun by staying in a lovely place when we go 

down to check on construction.

Miss Madi K is always invited along for 

the plane ride.  She quite enjoys the sun too.  

We lucked out by choosing Villa La Estancia on 

Medano Beach in Cabo.

 It is 

beach front, which is easy to find in Cabo, but it 

looks out at the famous arch and is convenient to 

our construction site.  What we really love about it 

though is that it is a fractional ownership resort, 

so it isn't overrun by timeshare owners.  It never 

seems crowded, and they keep the pool at a wonderful 

90 degrees! Nobody does that.  I love it.  

There are three properties right next to each other 

that make up The Villa Group, and we have checked 

out all of their pools - the other two are much colder, 

and they are much more crowded.  They are both 

timeshare properties.  

Hubby beware - because I have gotten used to 

someone else taking care of me, rather than me 

taking care of a houseful of people, and I really, 

really, really like it.  There is something magical 

about swimming up to the bar, or motioning over 

a waiter and having delicious shrimp nachos 

served to you.  There is no making the pico or 

guacamole, grilling the shrimp, shredding the 

cheese, or blending the smoothies!!! 

I could get used to this kind of life down in Cabo!!! 

Every room has a view of the ocean, which we love.

I just couldn't resist creating a tablescape

with a view like this!

I just grabbed the tableware and table decor

 in the condo

to create this fun summer table. 

Of course Miss Madi K wanted in on the party!

Notice the checked ball on the table; that looks 

a lot like Courtly Check.

Imagine my surprise to find this cute ball 

in the condo that coordinated beautifully with 

my traveling tote.  

Even the plates coordinated perfectly with 

Miss Madi K.

This is the view from our lot!  It still takes my 

breath away, and I am sure 

it will end up being worth it.  

Here are a couple more sneak peaks - 

this is the garage.

This is part of the slide.  It is being covered 

with rocks and steps are being added to

reach the top.

Although the construction has been painfully slow, 

we have had fun along the way, and 

Villa La Estancia has made it a great journey. 

Of course, several full weeks of our summers are spent 

in the sun down at Lake Powell, and Miss Madi K 

always gets invited along.  She really loves to 

carry so much for me!!!

But we are getting ready for a backpacking trip 

to Havasupai in Arizona, and she just doesn't 

qualify weight wise for backpacking, but I 

might be able to sneak along a MacKenzie-Childs 

mug, even though it weighs a lot more than my 

backpacking cup - we will see.  

My pack is getting heavier by the day.  

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, as it has 

become almost impossible to secure a permit 

to hike Havasupai, but we were lucky enough to 

get permits, but I won't be back in time to 

include it in this post.  Stay tuned for more 

Fun in the Sun!  I hope you are having lots of 

fun in the sun!  Summer always passes too quickly.

Visit the rest of our fabulous

Traveling Tote Group 

to see what fun they have been having in the sun.

Debbie with Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths 

Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch

 Patti with Miss Kenzie @ Pandora's Box

Jenna with Miss Coquille @The Painted Apron

Katie with Miss Daisy @ Preppy Empty Nester

Linda P with Miss Lola @ Life and Linda

Linda with Miss Rosie @ More Fun Less Laundry

Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul

Rita with Miss Luna C @ Panoply 
Ricki Jill and Countess De Monet @ The Sketchy Reader

Cherry Kay and Carrie Ann Hall @ Entertaining Women  

Come back again on September 1st 
for our next adventure of 
Tales of the Traveling Tote
and a fun MacKenzie-Childs giveaway.