ideal home

again, on the laptop so no photo...i've been putting off this post although it has been writing itself in my head for some time now...commitment issues both to get these ideas on paper and to commit to this house...home...and there is a difference...so i wanted to do a pro/con list for this home versus the others we have looked at or the future others we will idealize or miss out on by committing to this home...but that seems too sterile and my ideas aren't very linear...more like a free association without any priority so here goes...

we have been looking seriously to buy a home since moving to san diego almost 3 years ago...the market was pretty high then and we could only afford about 1000 sq feet in not the best areas...2 bedroom 1 bath with a small yard...since then we all know the market has turned in our favor...now the listings we are being sent are at least 1400 sq feet with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths and much larger yards...for the same price. what i didn't account for is that in the time we have been looking we have actually broadened our search, included more variables, and gotten cold feet more often than if we had just committed three years ago...which leads to this free association about what variables really matter in a home...

so, where to start...first of all, it must have a yard...one that we can play in, grow a garden in, maybe have a pond...entertain, throw parties, eat dinners outside...you get the idea. these are all things lacking in our apartment which i otherwise love...it is a 1920's style spanish building with all hardwood floors, tons of windows and natural light flooding the entire apartment all day long and then our days end with the sunset over the bay...amazing views of the water, cruise ships, and sailboats which remind me of my dad...sea is waking up so more later...d