Friday, November 19, 2010

A beautiful day in the neighborhood

Today I'm thankful for good neighbors.  When we chose to buy a home for our retirement years, we had two goals:  everything on one floor and a nice neighborhood ... with nice neighbors.  When our real estate agent showed us this house - in a town we had never even considered moving to, my first thought was while it was a nice size, a nice layout with everything all on one floor, there were only 3 other houses in this subdivision ... and they were all empty.  We prayed and decided to trust God and bought this house.  In the last two years, 18 other families have moved in, and we've become very good friends with two of our neighbors.  We're so happy here ... God answered our prayers ... not in the way that I had planned or even hoped, but isn't that usually the way He does? ;-) 

I believe that I'm even more tired today than I was yesterday (after the midnight run to the grocery store and only 4 hours of sleep) ... I've noticed that as I've gotten older, I can usually get through the first day after a night of not enough sleep ... it's the second day after that really has me dragging.  Thankfully, we don't have a lot on the agenda for today ... we'll be going to the Gun Club for Captain Hog's BBQ and will be taking one of the couples I mentioned above.

I got a good bit of quilting done yesterday and would like to get some more done today.  Of course, in order to do that, I'll need to get up and away from this computer.  ha!

7 comments:

  1. Hi there, Wow I'm impressed that you got quilting done yesterday! I wish you were in my neighborhood as I know we'd be fast friends. I clearly see the hand of God in having us in our neighborhood-I was able to walk through a journey with one neighbor who had cancer and be there with her until the end and now I have a new friend who is a sister in the Lord several houses down. Blessings to you, enjoy quilting today and maybe get a little nap.
    Hugs, Noreen

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  2. Very little gets done here because of this computer but I do love blogging. We really don't know our neighbors. Other than a hello here and there that's it! Your very lucky to have neighbors who are friends. Have a nice weekend.

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  3. Strange isn't how the computer seems to lure us away from what needs to be done.
    Have a blessed weekend!!!

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  4. I so enjoy dropping by your blog and reading your posts. I was just saying to my late husband's relative the other day, "when I grow up I want a house just like this", because they too are retired and live in a area where they are comfortable and happy with their environment.

    God bless your day,

    Viola over at www.alongawidowedroad.blogspot.com

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  5. I so enjoy dropping by your blog and reading your posts. I was just saying to my late husband's relative the other day, "when I grow up I want a house just like this", because they too are retired and live in a area where they are comfortable and happy with their environment.

    God bless your day,

    Viola over at www.alongawidowedroad.blogspot.com

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  6. Very little gets done here because of this computer but I do love blogging. We really don't know our neighbors. Other than a hello here and there that's it! Your very lucky to have neighbors who are friends. Have a nice weekend.

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  7. Hi there, Wow I'm impressed that you got quilting done yesterday! I wish you were in my neighborhood as I know we'd be fast friends. I clearly see the hand of God in having us in our neighborhood-I was able to walk through a journey with one neighbor who had cancer and be there with her until the end and now I have a new friend who is a sister in the Lord several houses down. Blessings to you, enjoy quilting today and maybe get a little nap.
    Hugs, Noreen

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I am SO glad you stopped by! No proving that you're a robot here ... I want to hear what you have to say! ;-)