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Next is our latest news. We are presently flying back from Florida as we are going to be moving there in late August!!! Yhep. I just accepted an offer with Lockheed Martin and it’s an offer not to be refused. While the position is a nice career move, who can resist the opportunity to tell their friends and family “We’re having a baby and moving to Disney World!”? Tam’s just started telling people at work. Looks like they’ll be able to work a simple transfer for her (gotta update our blog link so that we’re both using hers…). If she doesn’t need to start working right away they’ll put her on a leave of absence and she can start in FL when the time is right. I haven’t told many at my work yet. It’s just a tad bit more awkward since we aren’t due to leave for a couple of months yet.
Like I said earlier we are presently flying back from FL – meaning we have already started house hunting. We’ve found the coolest neighborhoods with the help of our new agent, Claudia Miller (highly recommended if you’re ever in the neighborhood!). Even put a bid in on a beautiful home, though we quickly got outbid and had to let it go. We are still looking though. Looks like we are headed for the Doctor Phillips area in SW Orlando. You might ask what kind of house we’re looking for… Our next home is going to be in an older neighborhood (lots of big trees), definitely have a swimming pool, and a forth bedroom for our welcome guests. We saw lots of grand homes, but we’ve found that we prefer charming, heart-warming ones.
Even though we didn’t get a contract formalized this trip, it was still very productive. First is the adjustment to the new setting. Yhep, the summers are a bit warm and humid, but really not that bad (from the 5 day experience we shared). It’s soooooo green!!!! That’s the big adjustment. There are trees of all kinds (palm trees galore) and grass everywhere. There’s tons to do and lots of funny people to watch – people watching being one of our favorite, guilty pleasures. We did managed to find two really comfortable neighborhoods and visited some local parks and overall just got a feel for the local area. Check out the gator pic we got in one of our local ponds. ;)
We even got out to the east-side coast for a day. Cocoa Beach and Daytona Beach are not more than an hour’s drive from where we’ll be calling ‘home’. Looks like Tampa is just a little longer drive on the west-side too (next trip).
Headed back to Colorado now. I’m taking the next couple of weeks off from work to get things in order for the sale of our beloved home. It will be sorely missed. Finished the deck (just a couple of paint touchups left) and getting ready to put lots of tile in – accelerating the original plan. Carpet is going into the rooms originally planned for hardwood – oh well. The nursery was enough to whet my whistle for the next time. Should look real sharp for prospective buyers. Unfortunately we’ll be showing the house when Grandma’s and Grandpa are due to visit for Tilden’s arrival. The good news is that the house will look nice for visiting family – the bad news is that we’ll have to keep it that way…
Lots to do for the next few months. LOTS!!! (there’s that requested explanation mark again…) But we’re happy to call it an adventure. I was a bit worried that I’d gotten the family in a bit deep, but Tam and Tommy seem pretty pleased. Tam loves the idea of getting back into SCUBA – this time Tommy will be old enough to join us. And all Tommy’s friends are jealous that he’s moving to FL – saying he’s “spoiled”. The timing is about right if we’re going to do it. Tommy will be starting his sophomore year – any later and it would probably have been a bit tougher on him. Tam is looking forward to the changes to fresh work and rebalancing work/life – part-time work for her possibly. She’s okay with the heat and says she’ll take the heat of the beach over the freezing wind of the winter any day. Me, I’m just feeling lucky to have a family that indulges me with moving every so often. That’s a pretty amazing gift.
Cheers for now!
Ty & Tam
