I adore a room with a view. Looking out my master bedroom daily and seeing the peek view from my balcony warms my heart. Even with the next door neighbor's dish in the way and the dozens of rooftops blocking an otherwise perfect view. Cheesy? Perhaps. But truly, it is candy for my eyes and my soul and brings a smile to my face every morning. (I'm easy to please).
Likewise, driving home and coming up and over that Twin Oaks Valley Hill, as I drop down into San Elijo Hills...day or night, without fail, lifts my spirit and brings my heart great joy. Crazy, I know. But this is a portion of the panoramic view:
You see, I dreamed of returning to So Cal one day...living so close to the coast is just a big time *bonus*. Three years ago it was the sign that 'we have arrived.' This is the place we were certain we'd plant our roots deep and wide and settle with our gaggle of children. Truth be told, I could live in a shack and feel the same way... as long as I could partake of that view! Lucky for me, six kids and a shack don't mix:) UNlucky for me, So. California real estate and the rising cost of six kids don't mix very well. Sure, I find the 'happy' in every place we've lived (with the exception of Tucson-it's just a lesser kingdom in my opinion-oh, but Brayden was born there and that's where our first home was--that was OURS --so there's my 'happy'). But where we are now in San Elijo Hills is almost the Rolls Royce of 'happy' in my book. Not that I'm in love with our home, but I do appreciate the security, the constant, the possibilities, and the 'community' that a home yields. And especially one with a view.
For some people it's the mountains, for others it's the desert. The warmth and joy the ocean and everything around it brings... it's like it renews me, it fills part of my 'cup' every time I look in the distance and behold the glorious ocean with the wispy clouds as they fall into the horizon with the occasional vessel moving about. Perhaps it's symbolic of my desires, our future, adventure, endless possibilities. Some people need to take happy pills; this part of God's splendiferous creation IS my happy pills. Please don't take that dream come true away from me! I don't want to have to find another form of happy pills. I'm more than content with the one I have now, thank you very much, WAMU.
click this and then 'views from around San Elijo Hills' and woila, it's a picture pre-Viviana of my kids with me in the background that I'm seeing for the first time at our little water park on the SEH website --see? Maybe we ARE supposed to be here forever!
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I'm pretty sure my flavor of happy pills is the same as yours. Colorado is beautiful, but there is a shocking lack of beach. I'll email you a note when things settle down here...(Calvin broke his arm on Tuesday night and I haven't even blogged about it yet. That's proof right there that things are getting out of hand in my little world!)
So cool you guys made the "san Elijo views" page! How fun! It IS a sign! you are meant to be here!
yep, you've got some gorgeous views there!!!
Well, we hope your dreams come true and that you get to be here forever too! It is gorgeous here. I went walking on the beach on Tuesday and it was fabulous. It filled me up - just like you were saying.
You and your family will find peace soon. I just hope we get to still see those cute faces on the corner when everything settles with WAMU.
Love your neighbor!
PS. I don't get a view like yours in my bedroom.....oh well that was a $90,000 addition to the house back in the day when houses were worth something. Hang in there and have a good day.
I think you have to stay there - I hope you get too!
I am having so much fun catching up on your last 3 or 4 posts! I love the way you write...it cracks me up! I am right there with you on the messes. It is soooo exhausting to spend all day cleaning and then it be totally destroyed by my 3 children...no 4 children :) I have been going through closets and drawers making piles for DI. I just want stuff gone so I can have a clean and clutter free house. It just makes me feel sooo much better and then I don't turn in to "Scarey Mommie" I think you are great!!
You wrote just how I feel about my Mt. Olympus. Could not have said it better. Even just driving down the streets where I grew up brings me joy and peace. I hope you get what you wish for.
There IS something about being near the ocean and looking at its panoramic grandeur from afar. I grew up with that in Hawaii (which I totally took for granted). Even though I may not be able to see the ocean as often as I am used to, the fact that I KNOW it is there has helped me feel at home here in SoCal.
Oh, and you can never move away. Part of my happy fill involves friends like you in my life.
So beautiful!
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