Valencia- not where my roots are but where I am learning to grow

Well...this is going to be a post to introduce you to my new town.

"Valencia is an affluent planned community located in the City of Santa Clarita, California and Los Angeles County, California, U.S."

So here are some fun facts:

In 2008 population-48,456

Santa Clarita is ranked one of the top 100 places to live by money magazine

Valencia also has an extensive system of paved pathways with grade separations over and under the boulevards. The pathways are called paseos. These paseos connect the entire community together making it possible to travel around Valencia without having to cross streets at grade.

Valencia is very cool in that the residential areas are separated into villages and they each contain their own feel..their own personality. The villages include things like shopping, schools, churches (much like how the squares in my beloved savannah was designed). So maybe can we say Valencia is the savannah of the west??

Also located within running distance for me...is the hot tourist spot..Magic Mountain.

I have actually been here - we went for TC's birthday in Nov. with some friends...and oh my gosh.

It was freezing..yes it does get cold here in CA...we were riding roller coasters with winter jackets and gloves on...far cry from Kentucky Kingdom or Kings Island on a hott summer day.

So this is just a little bit of info on my new city..but Southwest Spirit Magazine in October of 2010 did a wonderful article on Santa Clarita...I am attaching the link. Please check it out!

http://www.spiritmag.com/city_profiles/article/meet_santa_clarita/

Okay now for some pics. The picture above is the entrance into our "village"- Westridge

There is also another picture of our area and then...a picture of my new pad!!

And as many of you know the newlyweds first big decisions were decorating....

So you can see above what we ended up going with for the first room...after many many "what do you think about this bedspread?"...."yes tc I totally think those flowers look manly.."

We ended up with a black bedspread- baby blue and zebra print pillows. Which my mom made for us before I left...yes...you read that right..she made all of them and they look awesome. My mom made my curtains in my last house so it was nice to bring a little something of her with me to CA. Everytime I look at our cool pillows- brings a smile to my face, because she put alot of hard work into these pillows for me!!

So TC and I decided since we live in CA..we are going with the Trendy LA decorating so stay tuned as we begin working on the other rooms in the house.

Well peace out..I need to go to bed since I basically have to get up at 3am so I can beat all these crazy people on the freeways out here!

Miss you all