When I got home I put out some of our Halloween decorations and forced Nic to finally make the rounds and meet our neighbors. I read in my Better Homes and Gardens magazine that Good Neighbor Day was September 26th. Since we just celebrated one year living in our house (We closed escrow on Sept. 22, 2009 and spent our first night in the house on Sept. 27th, 2009) we thought it was about time we met the neighbors. I figured this was a perfect excuse so I made little bags of candy for all the houses on our street. Even though I was a bit under the weather and Nic was exhausted we ventured out with our goodies. We were already a week late (last weekend Nic had his basketball tournament and got home really late) and the cards said "Happy Neighbor Day" on them so we couldn't procrastinate any longer.
At first it was a bit awkward, especially when we would ask a spouses names only to find out the couple is divorced or getting divorced! :/ It got better and better though. One couple invited us in and we sat and talked with them for a while, which was really nice. They offered us wine, but we knew we had a bunch of houses to get to so we declined the offer and continued on our way. The next neighbors invited us in and after chatting for a while just started opening drinks leaving us no choice but to have some. We toasted to good neighbors and really hit it off with them. :) They moved in about a month before us, they have young kids, and there house is the same layout as ours, which led to many question like, "What did you do with that annoying media niche?" and "How did you set up your furniture in this strangely shaped room?" It was really a lot of fun and Nic and I are so glad we did it. We still have a few houses left so we will have to finish up next weekend, but it feels really nice to be making some friends in our neighborhood. :)
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