Lut - We're kind of far from Lindbergh - not too bad, but we're quite a bit west of Lindbergh in our new house, whereas where we're renting right now, we're right near it. I will miss Lindbergh as far as a way to get around quickly.

Christa - We have been talking about it and looking online since January. We didn't start looking for real (with our realtor - going into houses and seeing open houses on our own) until late February - we wanted to find something probably in March or so, so we could do closing in late April or early May, and not break our lease by too much. Our realtor was recommended to us through a friend, and she was just fantastic! She made the ups and downs of the process that much better. She never tried to sway us on anything - always told us what she REALLY thought about a house or about something we asked about, etc. In fact, St. Charles County and Northwest St. Louis County weren't even her areas of expertise, but now that we've had her driving all around up there, she's really happy b/c now she can help more people looking up in that area. She is sweet - she gave us hugs when it was all signed, etc. Good luck with your house hunt!

Yes, we've got to think about that cat door idea for our screened in porch - we loved the pictures of your cats - Debbie - looking outside from your screened in back porch. We definitely will need another tall cat tree to put out there. Ah, more furniture that we have to buy...oh well - that's a fun purchase - if possible, my husband can probably make a simple tall one if he gets any spare time during the move and the arranging of our house, etc.

Jen - I'll have to think about the more cats stuff - my husband is more a cat person, but he has always liked my family's dogs - I am a cat person, but would possibly like a dog at some point. We'll see. They are super high maintenance, compared to cats, although I wouldn't say cats are low maintenance either. I wouldn't mind more cats, but more $ in vet bills is not part of the plan right now.

Thanks everybody for your kind wishes!