Neighborly Love

Things have been rather uneventful here in Casa de Goodfriend. Perhaps the set up of the television and couch  was a bad idea. It makes it too easy to slack. This week I had something to do every day after work, and this week was also our anniversary and Derek's birthday, so nothing happened during the week. We did; however discover a common area that Lucy enjoyed playing in...

Saturday:

 

Over the past few weeks, we've come to know some of our neighbors. Next door on one side is a super friendly couple, who have grown children and take excellent care of their lawn. On the other side is another great couple, with 2 children--one in middle school, and one in high school. The wife in their family is super friendly and knows everyone on the planet. She was very excited when we moved in, and she promptly began informing everyone who drove by. Down the street is a state trooper who always parks his car in the driveway, and works nights. He's friendly and loves our dog. Across from him is a couple who bought their home in a similar condition to ours about 6 months ago. We enjoy sharing renovation stories with them. Across the street from us is an elderly couple who spends a majority of their time caring for their lawn. The husband is like a free security system. He can tell you when someone stopped by your house, and what they did. Then, there was the garage sale.....

Saturday was our community's semi-annual garage sale. We were going to go to the beach with the Dennis' for Derek's birthday, but I had some time before to explore the sales. The first house I went to was a few doors down at the end of our cul-de-sac. I looked down and saw a dog bumble bee costume. "Hmm," I thought to myself, "What a coincidence. Lucy had one of those that I recently donated to Goodwill." Next to it I noticed a TV Video poker game, "Odd, I just donated that exact same thing too." Then I noticed a stack of books, all of which I had also donated to Goodwill. What are the odds that someone bought all of my stuff? Low. What are the odds that this person stole the bag that I dropped off outside of the Oviedo Goodwill after hours and then put a for sale sticker on it at their garage sale? High. Now I know there are thieves in the neighborhood.

Sunday:
Today Derek was bound and determined to fix our garage springs. He ordered them on Amazon a while ago, only to discover that the sizing instructions in the packaging were not as through as those in the online description. So, we returned those, and got new ones. He was hard at work for much of the day...

But unfortunately these springs aren't the right size either. It's a good thing amazon has easy returns. Later on in the day, the Rose's stopped by to check out the house and loan us some plumbing tools (like how I say us there as if I am going to be involved in the plumbing?)...

 Mike gave us some tips on pulling the permit, and hopefully, my next post will include a plumbing success story. Until then, If you need me, I'll be keeping an eye on the neighbor.