In the top photo- I'd say squirrel. The 4 feet are all group together so that it appears to be hopping rather than walking. I believe rabbits have larger prints for their hind feet.

I saw these tracks in NE Texas in Cass County TX in a timber property looking for our dog. The rain was 2 days prior and a clear print the size of my hand like in earlier pictures here. The track was strolling down the road through the property. The stride isn't wide, say compared to a human or deer. The impression was from a larger animal with a defined claw. We've seen a lot of animals out here but nothing like this. I read one article that they saw it looking back at them but couldn't define what it was they were looking at. Keep posting maybe we will get a thermal imaging of this critter/animal/unknown species.

No the kitchen does not HAVE to be situated in any particular location and certainly not so that it has a view into the backyard. Think about how you want your kitchen to work and use that to guide your floorplan. Getting groceries into the kitchen is usually a good reason for making the kitchen (or a large pantry) easily accessible from the garage. If you have a formal dining room, you'll probably want it to be reasonably near the kitchen so that you're not carrying dishes over long distances. Do you want a family room or den nearby so that whoever is handling kitchen chores is still close to the "family action"? If so, you may want an "open plan" kitchen or one that is connected by a wide doorway to the family room or great room. If you do lots of backyard barbeques then you might want your kitchen to open to the back yard. Likewise, if you have small children that you expect to be playing in the backyard and you want to keep an eye on them while you cook then you probably should try to locate the kitchen so there is at least a window to the backyard. For me, over the past 20 years we've been living in a house with a very tiny kitchen...too small for more than one person to work in comfortably! But, it has a pass-thru over the sink into what was probably planned to be a breakfast room. About 10 or 12 years ago we turned the breakfast room space into our computer room and DH and I quickly developed the habit of talking over our days via that pass-thru while one of us cooked or did dishes and the other caught up on email or websurfed. I didn't want to lose that "talk time" so, when I was designing our new home, I made sure that the new kitchen and office are connected via the same kind of pass thru. Our pass-thru and having the kitchen and office next to each other is probably not something very many other people would necessarily want but building a custom home is all about getting what works for you and your family!

"At the center of Microsoft Word's help features is the animated office assistant. If you're getting a bit tired of Clippit, but prefer it to the other Microsoft Word help features, there is a whole gallery of for you to choose from. To access the assistant gallery, follow these simple steps: 1. Right click on the assistant 2. From the pop-up list, select Choose Assistant 3. On the Gallery tab, use the back and next buttons to scroll through the assistants 4. When you find one you like, click OK; to stick with Clippit, choose Cancel Please note that the available choices may vary depending on options you specified at the time you installed Word. Changing the assistant will not affect any other Microsoft Word help features." As far as downloading an Assistant not sure. Here is a link that might be useful: Change Assistant