So, this whole moving thing has happened pretty quickly.  We started looking at houses before we really had decided whether we were going to move or remodel, and we hadn't really decided where we wanted to live (although it was a toss up between staying in the city or moving to one of two nearby suburbs that are quite city-like; Oak Park or Evanston).

As luck would have it, the house we liked the best was the first one we saw and it was right around the corner.  We decided to move fast on it, so we started the purchase before we had even really thought about getting our house on the market.  Conventional wisdom suggests that one takes care of the sale first before jumping in on the purchase, lest one end up with two mortgages and a world of trouble heading into the winter.  Given the current state of the supposed housing market meltdown, this was a real fear.

However, we did manage to get through the listing process quickly, did a bunch of stuff on the house to make it more presentable and just went for it.  We sold the house in 8 days and arranged a same day closing (no bridge/home equity loan), so basically it all just worked out perfectly.  I think good pricing advice and a great work ethic from our agent was the key here.  Thanks, Lee!  Lee and I know each other from our punk rock drumming days (he is still rocking, while my rocking behavior is much reduced).

One must reasonable conclude that I must lead some sort of a charmed existence. :)

Of course, now I have to pack and move, which is less charming. 

I think more tech blog postings may be a while in coming.  I'm doing a bunch of work with build automation again though, this time with a lot of SQL stuff that I haven't done before, so maybe I'll talk about that some.  I haven't had much time at work for new ADFS, LDAP or Windows security work, so I have nothing new to say there, unfortunately.