Things are looking up on the housing/school/neighborhood front.  We put a deposit down and filled out an application to rent a three bedroom townhouse.  If things go well, we'll sign a lease Wednesday or Thursday and move enough furniture to live on next weekend.  It's in a much safer, nicer neighborhood with schools that look excellent on paper ( Read more... )

We met with a real estate agent nearly a week ago.  This was the very first step in what will probably be a long process.  After nearly fifteen years in this house, we have an incredible amount of stuff to sort through--all the debris of years and children and pets and hobbies.  There are many less visible things to sort through too.  This real ( Read more... )