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Darn – we might have to share our tiny driveway after all

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I was starting to think that we probably wouldn’t have to split our driveway time with our new neighbors (the renters next store that replaced the previous redneck renters!), as I haven’t seen them driving a car since they moved in three weeks ago.

This is odd in itself, because when they were looking at the house next door prior to moving in they were driving a BMW and they told the owners of the house that they used the car in the summer and a truck or van in the winter …. but so far there’s been no sign that they are using a vehicle. Strange huh?

Anyway .. now I’m wondering if they were just storing a truck somewhere else as I saw the new neighbor carrying a box with all kinds of truck accessories or at least that’s what I think they were, into the house earlier today.

Well … if they have a truck lets hope it’s too big for our tiny driveway! I mean, it’s supposed to be a shared driveway but it’s so narrow that you can really only park a medium to small sized car in it … and at that, if the car is long it’s butt end sticks out over the sidewalk. Hey .. that’s what you get when you live in a house that was built in 1927 I guess. I suppose we’re lucky we even have a driveway.

Do you have a shared driveway at your house? How do you and your neighbor work out driveway time? With our last neighbors we switched every month and that worked out pretty good until they bought a mamoth of a car (a Lincoln) that really didn’t fit in the driveway … I mean I couldn’t even pass my garden hose around the car when I needed to water!





Yard sale browsing

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The weather was so nice this past weekend that my husband and I decided to spend some time walking around our neighborhood on Saturday morning peeking at yard sales.

We don’t have ANY extra money so we weren’t out to buy anything … even though I did see a few things that we could have used! One of the things that I saw, that I only wished I could have bought, were wrought iron candle sconces. They would have looked so nice in my dining room!

Do you ever go out and take a look at yard or garage sales in your neighborhood or perhaps local flee markets? It’s kind of fun. It always amazes me though at the things people try to sell .. like broken appliances. Why? Just throw them out if they really aren’t all that fixable.

Our neighborhood is changing!

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Well our new neighbors have moved in. So far so good … they seem to be quiet. Not bad considering they have three kids!


I do hope that they are better than our last – Redneck – neighbors! I’m still getting over them and I’m so happy that they moved!

Sadly I do think we’ll have another set of new neighbors in the house a few doors away from us – maybe by early next year. One of our neighbors was recently diagnosed with cancer and he was only given three months to live. He’s getting treatments for Mesothelioma but it really doesn’t look good.

Our neighborhood’s changing. When we moved in most of our closest neighbors were older … like in their ’80s! and they’d lived in the area for 40 years or so. In the last year or two we’ve had a few neighbors pass away and others move either to nursing homes or went to live with their children … My guess is that five years from now we’ll have a whole new set of neighbors and we’ll be the ones who’ve been here the longest. LOL

Is your neighborhood going through a change?

Our neighbors getting engaged!

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I know a secret! I was just talking with my neighbors grandson and he told me that this weekend, on Saturday evening, he’s going to propose to his girlfriend!

He was so sweet about it. I’ve known him since he was a teenager and he’s always seemed to really like me and value my opinion so he was anxious to tell me his upcoming engagement.

He hasn’t purchased an engagement ring yet though. He doesn’t know if his girlfriend will want to pick out her own ring or not. Since I used to work in the jewelry trade I was able to give him the name of a couple of very trust worthy jewelers for him to contact about getting an engagement ring made (for wholesale prices). These guys specialize in certified diamonds and can make custom settings so I think he’ll be in good hands. In fact, if he contacts them today he could possibly have a ring by the weekend if he decides to get a ring before asking his girlfriend to marry him.

Whatever he decides to do I’m happy for him! I just hope that she says yes!

My neighbors are so dumb …

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Oh my God! My Redneck neighbors are sooooo dumb!

How dumb are they? Well, they’re half moved out of the house next door, but they’ve only been back once since last Saturday when they spent the day moving at least half their stuff out of the house. Not the best move when you consider that they left stuff on their front porch!

My husband was talking with their next door neighbor earlier today and while he was standing on her porch he got a good look at the Redneck neighbors porch and low and behold there was a small TV, several car accessories, some tools and a bike!

We live in a pretty good neighborhood, but they’re just asking to have their stuff stolen!

Dumb Rednecks!

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