This is IT! The week I've been waiting for, for years now.

Jennifer starts her new (new) job on Monday 11/2 (long story, yes it's a 2nd new job) and we are moving this week.

We got the call from the property manager on yesterday that we could be in the rental as soon as we wanted. It's clean and ready to go, he just needed to get the locks re-keyed which he was going to get done today.

The truck gets picked up Thursday morning and then the loading begins. We're going to load all day Thursday, rest up overnight, and then head out Friday mid morning. Jenn's mom and Ed are going up as well. Mom will drive up Jenn's car, Ed will drive up one of their vehicles. We're coordinating with the Barnett's, one of them will likely drive up my car later on Friday.

Still have quite a bit of packing to get done, and this afternoon we're heading down to my office to get what I need out of there. Gonna hit up Florio's one last time for lunch as well.

Jenn got a job!!

We got approved for the lease on a house in Providence Village!!

It's been an interesting time since my last post. Jenn had some interviews in Dallas. After spending a few days up there, she finally got the call. The job offer was long overdue. So, now with the job looming in the future, it was time to hunker down and get serious about finding the new place to live.

As usual, it started with scouring realtor.com for a good lease. A new listing showed up, so I called to get some more information. We planned a quick trip up to Dallas so we could look around a little. On our second day up here, we got to see the house we wanted.

The layout is great. It's got lots of tile, almost the entire house, except for two bedrooms that have carpet. One of the best things is the backyard. It's at the outside corner of a street, which means the back yard is nice and wide and deep. The dogs will LOVE it!!

We thought about it for a few hours, drove around and looked at a couple other homes, then decided that this was the house we really wanted to see if we could get. After filling out the lease application and paying the application fees, the waiting game began. The wait didn't last too long. It's official, we are approved for the lease at the house we really like!

LOTS of stuff coming up for me in the next few weeks.

WOW! What a great game!

Detroit pulls out an overtime win against the Chicago Blackhawks in a game that can only be described as 'intense'!

Now, onto Pittsburgh and the battle for the Stanley Cup!

A replay of last year's matchup. Let's not forget Detroit Red Wings have home ice advantage!!

Game 1 is Saturday, May 30th.