How did I get here... Pt 2

After the water meter reading, I began working for a telecommunications company.  My wife happened to be working for the same company, and we enjoyed working together.   We had our first child in January 2008, and were renting in San Diego.  She also grew up in San Diego, and had all of her family there.  When the time came, in early 2009, for us to expand our family and add 1 more, we decided it was also time to look at buying our first home...YIKES!

We looked and looked in San Diego.  Some places we liked, but were either in "unsavory" neighborhoods or way out of our price range (as is the case for a lot of people trying to buy in San Diego).  Some places in better neighborhoods, but were nothing too much to be desired, living wise.  It was a very difficult and frustrating search.

A close friend of our family happens to live in La Cresta, which is a very beautiful community in Murrieta, just north of Temecula, that sits in the hills west of the I-15 with INCREDIBLE views.  She had recommended that we look in Temecula, or Murrieta for a home.  We appreciated the sentiment, but didn't give it any real thought until a few months later.  It didn't take long, however, once we made the choice to "just look, and see," for me to remember the thought that I had years before while reading water meters:
"I will live here someday."

Apparently it didn't take long for my wife to share that thought.  While looking at, and looking for, properties, we both fell in love with the area.  We ended up buying a condo (using my good friend David Kurniadi with the Kurniadi Group from San Diego... plug plug plug) in Central Temecula.  Temecula was now home.

I was still working with the same telecommunications company in Del Mar, so, 2 days after moving in... the commute began...

...To Be Continued

How did I get here??

I've lived most of my life in San Diego, CA and always heard of a friendly little place just north called, Temecula. Beginning around the year 2000, I began to have some experiences with Temecula, driving north from San Diego to play in Golf Tournaments at different venues such as the Temecula Creek Inn, Redhawk Golf Club, as well others.  The surrounding ares always struck me as a very nice, and friendly community.

In 2003, I moved to Las Vegas to further pursue a career in golf.  For a long time, the only experiences I had of Temecula, was driving through, between San Diego and Las Vegas.  There were still times I would stop in and check out some of the local establishments and enjoy a round of golf or two.  I even got to meet one of Riverside County's finest.... as he pulled me over for speeding on I-15 around 11:30 pm en route to San Diego.  I had the privilege of spending my 20th birthday in a local courtroom explaining to the judge, that my speedometer must have been broken; he didn't seem to buy it.  Thankfully, that was my first, and last (to this point) ticket.

It wasn't until 2007, when I had some experience in the neighborhoods of Temecula.   At the time I was reading water meters for a job, and it sent me again north to Temecula and also Murrieta.  After walking through the neighborhoods, seeing all of the families, I had a moment of clarity and said to myself, "I will live here someday..."

...To Be Continued