Thanks for the kind thoughts! ^^ Re: losing weight. Yesterday I wore my new pedometer during my 36 minute jog and around the house for the rest of the day. We're supposed to do 10k steps a day, right? My total was 2,033. INCLUDING the exercise. W/o it, the total would have been around 1,200. Geez! No wonder I've been gaining weight in my tiny apartment!

I will happily take all the advice and tips on home-buying you can give me. I am completely overwhelmed an intimidated by the entire process. GAH.