My place is a 3B/3Ba condo. Of course, I nicely furnished it. And of course, I live in almost every room of the condo!!! For the longest time, I didn’t properly decorate my previous homes until this current residence. There were couple main reasons. I always thought I would meet Mr. Right and get married anytime soon now, Oh, so just in case, I didn’t want to get anything permanent. A few years back before I moved to California, when Mr. Right-at-the-time turned out to be Mr. Mommy-Boy broke my heart really bad, I finally decided I wasn’t going to put my life on hold for anyone anymore. When my life in California started to settle down a bit, I began to set up the house to be a home for me. Slowly, in the last few years, I acquired things I love here and there. Now, the place is very comfortable, warm, and very me. Of course, that is when life has to change again. Mr. Right finally decided to show up. Now, I am a Mrs. Right. I think a part of me is having a difficult time dealing with the upcoming move even though I now have a great partner to build a new life together. Perhaps, it is the thought of giving up part of me??? However, I also know, once this entire process is finished; I would be enjoying the new home just as much or more. The thought of “packing, unpacking” doesn’t help me either!
Tom’s current residence in RB is a one-bedroom apartment. Its location is perfect, it is oceanfront. When you walk into the apartment, you see the ocean from the living room and the kitchen area. The down side is the size of the place. There is no way both of us can live in the apartment comfortably, even if I were to get rid half of my belonging!!! Besides, it doesn’t make IRS sense. His is a rental. We do not get any kind of tax deduction.
When I first met Tom, being near the ocean isn’t really a big deal for me. But I know he is very much attached to water all his life. A year later, I have enjoyed the view and the tranquility of the ocean as much as he does. We both know that we will miss it terribly when we move into our new place. Look at this view, can you blame us? (The sunsets are from 3 different occasions)
We have resumed our search for a new place. The location will still be the South Bay area (due to our work locations). The housing price in the area Tom loves hasn’t come down much. Unfortunately, our portfolio has tanked along with the rest of the stock market. This makes it more financially difficult for us. On the other hand, the Feds is supposed to be working on some kind of plan for a lower mortgage rate for new buyers. Anyway, it is a very turbulent situation. We agree that, regardless what happened or will happen; we are purchasing a home because of life changing event. We are building a life together. We are not buying a house to flip or for investment purpose only. We should think about what we want and need rather than timing the market or the Fed’s financial plan.
So for now, we maintain our two households. We take turn staying at one place or another. I call one the Irvine Home, and the other one is the Beach House.
Immediately, we have a challenge. Where do we spend Christmas? It is worse than competing between the in-laws. Since I will be cooking Christmas Eve dinner, Christmas Eve will be at the Irvine Home. His kitchen is just about as bare as Brenda’s! And Christmas Day will be up at the Beach House. A fresh Christmas tree with all my past ornaments is up in the Irvine Home. And at the Beach House, a forever green (…artificial…) tropical palm tree has been converted to our Christmas tree by the beach, along with seashells, berries, and other sea creature trimmings etc.
I always want a beach house, didn’t imagine being this way. For now, we enjoy both of our residences.
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