We had such a wonderful time watching your house being built behind ours. We walked through it a couple of times before they locked the doors. I still remember your floor plan, and it is lovely. I'm sure you decorated in style (since I noticed that you picked the same top-down-bottom-up honeycomb blinds that we have in our great room . . . thanks for the compliment!).
As I was fixing dinner tonight (which smells quite yummy as it is baking in the oven), I was inspired to write you this letter. See, I can tell that you were enjoying your glass of wine on your back patio, as you do on most sunny evenings, and then my sons sort of "killed the mood", didn't they? They are noisy little dudes, although so incredibly handsome that they light up your whole shady back yard, huh? Especially when the sun glints off of their bare-naked chests, which you kindly commented on. (Where's your shirt, young man?)
Anyway, I've always prided myself on having children that others enjoy being around. Let's face it: There are children in this world that make socializing with their parents painful, to say the least. My children ARE exceptionally well-behaved, wouldn't you agree? Sure, they caused your dog to yap profusely, but that's what dogs do when two curious little faces peek into the dog's backyard from the top of their little play structure. I mean, it's a natural reaction, right? I'm sure the dog loved reciprocating. Thanks for returning the favor by lifting your yippy over the 6 ft. fence to peer into our backyard. The boys loved it!
As I sit here and think about all of the years ahead of us as neighbors; yours in happy retirement, ours in crazy child-rearing, I am thankful that I have neighbors like you. The sound of shouts and squeals (some happy and some spitting mad) emanating from our backyard might embarrass me (since our neighborhood is so dog-gone quiet), but I know that you enjoy them as reminders of years gone by. Thank you for taking pleasure in the sounds of my children. Oh, and thank you for throwing countless balls, frisbees and swords back over the fence for us.
We appreciate you Scotty and Arlene! Until the next time your see two sets of big brown eyes peering over the top of the fence . . .
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Magical Wizard Gnomies
4 hours ago
Sounds like you have some great neighbors! We do too, we already told them that if we ever move they are required to move with us :)
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