Resort Day

The theme for Tuesday was "Resort Day."  The focus was on spending the day in a relaxing environment and eating food that would be typically found at a beach resort.  

We tried our best to make our house feel like a tropical resort.  Our inspiration was the resort we stayed at last year in Jamaica.

This is a picture of the grotto at the resort in Jamaica...

As a surprise, Lee tried to recreate that grotto at our house!

I have to say, it may not have turned out quite as beautiful, but it had a charm of its own.  When Lee does anything, he does it 100%.  He spent a significant amount of his own money buying the largest inflatable pool on the market, faux fish, and even bought a bucket heater from a farm supply company that is designed to heat a bucket of water to 110°F in 20 minutes.  (He knew there was no chance of me getting in the water if it was cold.)

The pool was completely engineered out, including cost calculations for power and water, test run with modifications while I was in Florida, and a safety analysis with safety procedures to prevent electrocution or short circuits.  He even tried draining our entire hot water heater into the pool during the test run, at which time he decided he needed to invest in an actual water heater for the pool.  The entire "grotto" project is just crazy, but turned out to be insanely fun!  The boys will be thrilled to find the pool when they come home.

For lunch we ate at "The Beach Grill."  Lee made the most amazing fries!  He found a procedure on the internet to recreate McDonald's fries.  It takes two days to complete the procedure (fry-freeze-fry) and they turned out delicious!

For dinner, we picked up three pounds of snow crab legs from the local fish market and Lee made grilled red pepper bruschetta.

It was a wonderful relaxing day, and with enough imagination, felt like a day in Jamaica!