Wow. Wow. Wow. Things are just as hectic as can be.

Things here are progressing along in preparation for the move. Utilities have been ordered. Time off for me has been scheduled. I am just itching to start taking apart rooms and bring beds, dressers, etc. downstairs so that loading the moving truck is nice and easy.

I'm getting a little frustrated with the property manager. I was hoping to hear by now a date when the current tennant is moving out. I asked him about it last week, and he just told me that the tenant hadn't informed him. When we looked at the house, it appeared he was going to be gone in a day or two. Everything was half packed and he sure looked like he was ready to go. I'll be calling the property manager again tomorrow to see if there is an updated status. If we can get in before 11/1, we could start moving things up next week!

I found some cool satellite photos of the house and yard on http://maps.bing.com/
As much as I really don't like MicroSoft, and despise their Bing product, their birdseye view of a map area is pretty sweet. It looks like the photos are from low flying aircraft and seem to be relatively recent. You can usually rotate around to see views of the same location.

Here's the house. From these angles, you can see the odd shape of the back yard. That's ok, the dogs will love it!
Viewing North

Viewing East

Viewing South

Viewing West