I like most of my neighbors. The only ones I don’t really know yet are the ones are the right side. They have 3 dogs which are let out at about the same time everyday and I’ve only had an opportunity to say hello once in the month or so that we’ve been here (after vacation). They have a privacy fence built, but I think it was more because of their dogs and not because of people. The dogs like me though. They bark at anyone near their yard, but when I sing to them, they congregate at the fence, looking through the slats, and just listen quietly. It’s sweet. I found this out one day when I decided to go practice my guitar outside. They came out and started barking at Amie who was out with me. I thought about waiting until they went back in, but decided to just go ahead and play. Not long after I started, all three of them stopped barking. After the song was done, I went over to the fence and talked to them. They looked happy to listen. They also have stopped barking at me if I’m out there without the kids.
On the other side live an older couple. The man says hi when he is outside, but isn’t a talker. The lady sits outside having drinks and talking with the woman who lives on the other side of her almost every evening. I’ve gone and talked with them a little too. The kids like to go over and say hi to them and talk a little. They have enjoyed watching the kids play in the yard and said they like having kids that aren’t afraid to talk to them.
Behind us, we haven’t actually met the lady who lives there because she is unable to get out and about. She has sent over the lady who comes to help her clean to tell us that she enjoys watching the kids playing outside. I’ve also talked to a friend of hers who comes to help her with her flowers. One of these days, we need to go over to meet her.
I’ve introduced myself to a few of the other people I’ve seen walk by the house fairly often and they are all friendly. One of them is a young mom who lives in the apartment complex a block away. She has one little boy, about 2 years old, who is so cute. Once we get the playset up here, I hope she will come up and let him play. It would make my kids happy to have him to play with since they love “babies” and it would be just a small walk to take him somewhere to play.
We have a lot of good neighbors too. It’s such a blessing! The people who live next door have three boys that Jenna plays with all the time, and the people across the road have two boys that also play with Jenna. The lady that lives in the house at the end of our road has become like an extra Grandma to Jenna. We had all of the neighbors over on the 4th of July and shot off fireworks together. It was a lot of fun. Everybody looks out for each other’s kids and visits back and forth at each other’s houses. It’s really like having a big extended family.