Just a brief followup note on the house hunting saga as I've had a few curiosity comments from people who follow our little adventures here.

Vista del Lago really is a nice place and is where I'll be searching full time starting next Spring when this lease is up, but we'll stay here until then. The house is very nice and if I weren't so spoiled I'd have jumped on it. I guess also the thought of moving still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Probably that's "post TX moving stress syndrome" as that was not only traumatic, but just darn hard work. There were so many things to consider and so much to do that moving from here wouldn't even be a pale comparison, but after 4 years I'm finally getting to know where I've put things, tools etc. and maybe this old dog can't learn new tricks?

At any rate, the house yesterday had a fantastic view of the lake, was on a nice quiet paved (not muddy) street and so all that was great. It had covered parking which I'd love and was a more formal house than this one, maybe a bit too fancy for Max & me, I'd feel out of place if I didn't have on a new pair of shorts and a spiffy tee shirt - ha.

The exercise was good for several reasons, it made me appreciate even more this place for another year, warts and all and showed me what could be possible when the time comes.

So, another adventure down and more to come I'm sure.