Merry Christmas! Ken woke me up before sun rise and we had our Coffee listening to the ocean....I cut up some fruit and thought about how blessed we are to be in this time of our life with no obligations to anything or anyone and how simple and sweet life would be here...and how grateful we were to be here and have our love and our health....it's all good....waited for my my massage lady to arrive...today I ordered a two hour massage, one hour Thai style and the next just an oil soothing massage....life is good!!! tonight we have a party to go to that is being held by friends of Jeff's, so new people to meet that have made Thailand their home so I can't wait to see this home, I hear it is just beautiful, as they are well off and can afford to live at that level .....until later signing off for now it's all good and I'm truly grateful THANK YOU GOD!!!
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Christmas day
Jeff's friend Franklin picked us up to go to this party on the top of a hill....going there was winding up a dirt road, and I was silently praying and it was still light out, thinking in my mind what will it be like when it gets dark and we have to leave for home.....it's all good...arrived to this beautiful modern home like at home with a spectacular view of the ocean....the house was just stunning as were the host Marko and his lovely wife Nicole....she had been up all through the night cooking a wonderful Christmas dinner, a baked turkey and honey baked ham, along with all the trimmings of mashed potato's and gravy and all the different assortments of dishes the different guest brought...
There was a bartender making drinks and all the sangria you could drink, which I had my share....their house was on a mountain top which they had designed with two guest rooms over looking the infinite pool that also over looked the ocean way way below...Nicole's kitchen had all the creature comforts of home, granite counters, double refrigerator, wall to wall cabinets...their bedroom was on the second floor over looking the ocean, just amazingly beautiful! but with that beauty comes mortgage payments bills and no freedom from work....I'll take the trade and be care free in this stage in my life....We met wonderful people there from all over the world who had given up their homes and prior lives to come to Thailand to chill and live within their means and live very well!!!
I mention this because traditional Thai casita's are very small and have just the bare essentials...Marko and Nichole are in their 40's and have a grown daughter Britney away at college...they also spend much time in Bejing, because he works as a project developer for major shopping malls and much more....As I looked at their home and all their wonderful creature comforts, I saw myself and Ken ten years ago and our focus was our home and all the renovations we did and how lovely our pool turned out and our huge Tiki bar and the best view you could ask for along with a dock and our boat.....Now we're in a stage in our lives where all that was wonderful and I love my home but now I look at it with new eyes, and those new eye's tell me that this little casita we're staying in is all we really need and the pay off is no more looking for work for Ken and we could live on a fixed income with all the pressure off of us and we could enjoy life and get off the USA hamster wheel and live life simply with no worry's or debt....So this is a great way to see if we like it enough to make the move to be free to live our lives without the pressures of a huge mortgage and be care free...
The hard part is leaving all the collection of all my beautiful things and furnishings, yes I know it's all sold here, its just my attachment to it...My friend Phil and Paula from Maui Hawaii whom I speak about it in my Story Of Hope said to me that if he feels attached to anything he has, he gives it away...I must master this...he is one of my teachers, as when I met them I wanted to live care free like them in a little casita just like them, and bingo the universe heard the desires of my heart and granted me this place...now the choice is ours...Phil and Paula live simply and enjoy their lives together making jewelry and selling it to pay their bills...I so admired their life style and wanted to stay in Hana when we were there five years ago...but at the time Ken was still working and the timing was not right....but now the doors have been opened for us thanks to ken's brother and the connections he has made here in Thailand.....Jeffery it's all good!!! and we thank you!!!
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