Hi Leslee,
Thanks so much for your greeting. One of our daughters and her family live in Laverne, CA. We also have grandson and gr. granddaughter living in Ventura! Sure is beautiful up there. Have very good friend living in Lompoc, too.
We lived in CA for about 3 yrs., '91-'94, first in San Barnardino, then up the mountains to Lake Arrowhead. I just couldn't take the smog that is so prevalent there. Had to come down the mt. to work in Highland, but was always glad to drive back up!
We moved from CA to Denver, where we lived until 12/98, then moved to VA, which we like very much. My husband and I worked for awhile, then I retired but husband kept working. We moved from Leesburg to Edinburg, and husband retired after about 2 yrs. The commute into DC area where he was consulting was just too much. Now we are both retired and I quilt and he oil paints! We have a great life here although we have house for sale in hopes to move to Marietta, OH, for our final retirement spot. We are both from Ohio and will be closer to family. Housing market here is awful but hope for better next year. Write whenever you have a chance.