New Possibility

This is another home at Huntington By the Sea. I haven't been in it YET but it is in our price range. It is also bigger than the other house I wanted. It has three bedrooms and two baths. Maybe God is trying to tell me something. Like be patient and wait for the right thing. I feel like such a fool. Maybe this isn't for us either but atleast I should have some faith that something will work out.

It has a front porch (like the other one). White fence around it. Like that alot!

Fireplace. There was no fireplace in the other house.

Bigger bathroom with nice tub.

Skylight. I like a lot of light in my house.

Another bathroom. No black paint. I wasn't sold on the black paint. I see possibilities for this place.

Bigger Kitchen. No black paint here either.

Breakfast bar (if we want to use it for that).

More picket fences. My kind of thing! I know I should curb my enthusiasm but.....you know me!

I have to go check this out. I hope my Real Estate agent isn't sick of me.

Hugs, Susan

It's been nagging at me that I wasn't showing much faith about the beach house. I didn't handle things well this weekend. I got very upset (understatement)! I realized that Fear was the problem.

I have wanted to move to the beach all my life. When I was a child we camped at the beach during the summer. We were either at Doheny or San Clemente or we went to Washington State to visit my relatives. The beach holds lots of good memories for me. I just love to be by the ocean. It calms me down and makes me feel better. It never fails to make me feel happy.

I got scared because I felt that Don was putting up roadblocks to my happiness. That fear is what is wrong. I think the biggest "sin" we can have is fear. It causes so much heartbreak. People hurt each other because they are afraid they won't have enough or someone will take what they have away. Isn't that why people kill and steal? I try to have faith that there is "enough" for everybody. And if we have "more" we should share. But I was afraid my dream was going to be taken away. I wasn't having faith that things would work out for the best.

Anyway that's my confession. I know a lot of people have worse problems then I do. I hope everyone has a blessed day!

Hugs, Susan

I bought this bedspread and sheets from Vermont Country Store. I thought they'd be pretty in either house.

The latest is we still might still buy the beach house. The hold-up is with some tax questions that still have to be ironed out. Anyway I'm keeping my hopes up. I do not like uncertainty. It makes me a little crazy. My plan for now is to get the Riverside house ready to rent. That means yard sales, new paint, pergo floors and new carpet.

Have a great Monday! Hugs, Susan

I am heartbroken. Don decided not to buy the beach house. So much for my dreams.

Just thought I'd show you a picture of Huntington Beach pier. Just 'cause I love HB!

I bought four of these placemats for the new house. I have dishes with seashell around the borders which I thought would look cute with these.

There are curtains to match. Which I might get later.

Also shower curtains.

This is a different pattern with light houses.

Also comes as a showere curtain.

And window curtains. I like the fish net valance, too. The view ain't bad either. We're going Saturday to look at the house. So I'll get more pictures.

Hugs, Susan

I'm so excited about moving to the beach! I've been collecting things for about three years. The lamp above is Verdegris is the one I bought for the living room. My sofa and loveseat are in an aqua color. I like the style of the lamp because it reminds me of a ship's lantern.

I bought a pair of these shell lamps for the master bedroom to sit on the night stands. I thought they were really cute. My furniture is cottage style in white.

Today we spent all afternoon throwing junk away from the garage. Caren came over and helped us. I was missing her so much. She must have gotten the "vibe" because about five minutes later she showed up. We didn't even ask her over.

Our biggest problem is what to do about our cats. Max and Meekie are moving for sure but we will already be over our pet limit with them and Jake. Chloe is actually the best behaved of all of them. She's very sweet tempered and never claws anything but an old piece of rug. Pepper is just like her name: full of spice but very loving. She's still at the kittenish, playful stage. She's good about not clawing things, too. What to do? Hopefully something will work out. We didn't think we'd be able to move for two or three years at least.

Got to get back to work!

Hugs, Susan

I'm so excited because we're going to buy the little beach mobile home. I'm going to have my little beach cottage! We plan on keeping our other house and renting it for a few years until the housing market improves. Then we can sell our Riverside home and buy a larger place in Huntington.

Now we have to downsize alot of our things. I'm going to store a few pieces of furniture and antiques but mostly we're getting rid of what we don't need. I have everything for the beach house already. I've been collecting for several years. I am thrilled!