Crashing California

So this blog may be a bit of a surprise for some, but the time is now to share. Jay and I had decided a while back (actually, officially after we finished our taxes and lamented paying the govt. thousands, again) that we wanted to start our elusive house hunt again.  It had been almost 2 years (!) since we last had tried and gotten burnt and given up. But I felt it in my bones that I really wanted to try again. (sounds a bit like trying for a baby, lol) So we started again, using a different realtor this time. Looking through many, many houses online, in our price range, left quite a bit to be desired.  We decided after viewing a house in Oceanside (which in my mind, I had thought was perfect, till we found out that less than 75 days ago the neighborhood had experienced a homicide, multiple assaults and theft,) that maybe trying to find a Condo in Carlsbad, closer to work and what we know, would be better. We went out on Sunday looking with our realtor at 4 different pro...

And so closes the Easter Weekend for us.  It's been a crazy busy one really. And it's strange because here in the states, Easter really isn't that big of a deal. It's recognized as a "religious holiday" and nothing more. There are no extra days' off. No big deal about family or meals really ... lots of talk of chocolate, bunnies and the like, but it's def. different.  Sometimes it's hard to feel and remember the meaning that it holds for me, since everything really feels very "the same". @ the Doll Hut, setting up, John snapped this pic. On Good Friday I worked, and then sang at an "all church' worship night for our church plant. (So, parent church, our church and another, inner city church from Oceanside gathered, worshiped, had communion and that was Friday).  It was cool for me, I got to play piano for one song (scary!!) but I did it, and Jay came. Usually he is right up there with me, but this I did w/ one of the other...