Thanks. and thanks.

Thanks to M and 'anonymous' for your advice on househunting! Believe me, I need all the help I can get. And believe me, I'm listening and learning.

And thanks to "Kev" for point out that 'Sometimes we have to make fun of the world around us to retain our sanity'. What a succinctly accurate description of my life. I think I'm going to have to add that in my profile.

Sorry it's taken so long to read the comments. For a while there I lived in fear that if I clicked onto the comments, some of the spam would automatically download onto my computer in the form of spyware.
Don't ask.
Some people have arachnophobia or claustrophobia. I suffer from spammophobia. But, you know. Potato, pot-ah-to.