Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Fall 2013 Update from the Opre Camp!

Here I am - 9 months deep in married life, and up late on a week night paying bills, scanning receipts, and returning emails.  My honey is in bed and all packed for a work trip tomorrow.  Earlier today we discussed our planning of moving out of our townhouse in Villa Medici and into a 4 bedroom house in Coral Springs.  The short-sale process is still pending, but if it works out we might be into this new home by year's end.  It will be a sad moment to leave a townhouse I loved and lived in since 2008, but also exciting to turn a new page and build a home for the two of us together.  Hopefully one day, kids will be joining us in that house.

Speaking of kids, my brother Brian and wife Carmen announced recently they are going to have a baby girl in March/April 2014.  We are excited for that to go down!  And Christine's sister Colleen is having child #2 around that same time frame... who needs to make kids when they are popping up all around us?!  LOL.

What else is happening these days?  I just ran another Prom Board meeting last night.  I still play softball on Wednesday's at Mills Pond - we just won the league championship last season.  We are half way through watching the Breaking Bad episodes - what a great show that we never knew existed!  We recorded the entire series and are making our way thru them.  I might be selling the Utah condo - it's up for sale now.  Not that I will stop taking ski trips out there, but I will focus on spending my money on family things - like our new house that is soon to come.

The dogs are doing OK, well Lilly is a champ (so active and so cute) and Barkley is having his struggles (weak legs, skin flaking). She is about 5 years old now, he is 11 going on 91.  We take them on their walks daily and Lilly gets a few "ball sessions" in the back alley way as well.  It's so funny to see how happy they are when there is a ball around!  Sometimes Barks helps me disassemble the cardboard boxes that we get in the mail.

Healthwise - Christine just got the flu, which was the first time I have seen her sick in the 4 years I have known her.  Poor kid!  My back has been giving me problems, typical low back pain... trying various things to get it loosened up.  The knee - some days better than others.  I try to take advantage of the good days by running around.  Time still seems to be the one thing I wish I had more of.  I am getting approx. 7 hours sleep a night, which seems to be a good amount for me.  But, life goes on...and on.  Just trying to make it a GREAT life and fun and fulfilling.  That's all for now.

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