We are all enjoying our new house! Simon and I have moved as we are both starting our first teaching jobs (at the same school!) in a few weeks. He's teaching sixth grade and I'm doing k-12 vocal music. The dogs love our new place. This rental has all wood flooring all through the house and tile in the kitchen which is sooooo great for our dogs. I'm loving not having to vaccuum. It will ultimately be much cleaner because I can now see where the dog hair is and sweep it up. We also have a fenced in back yard. At our previous house the dogs had to use tieouts. It is so nice to let them run free in the backyard. Dog parks are much closer now too :) Life is good for Howie and Nellie!