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Friday, December 09, 2005
Our Neighbors Are Abandoning Us
Today, Matt told me that they “maybe might be moving.” After further discussion, the “maybe” is estimated to be April. I don’t believe I’ll ever speak to them again. It’s been 4.5 years since we drove up to our new house being built and saw a cute blonde guy crouched in our driveway and looking into our garage. Matt introduced himself and said he was comparing some such thing in our garage with their garage. Now that we’ve gotten used to Matt & Amy, and broken them in to be perfect neighbors, they’re leaving us. Who will help us carry heavy things, dig holes for trees or go into our attic to change a fuse? Who will let the exterminator in for them, keep an eye on their house (one flooded yard, and a sprinklerhead that was broken & was shooting streams of water at our bedroom wall), or check on their beagles? Who will put up our Ginger Girls?
I don’t want to break in anyone new. I like these neighbors. Leigh-Ann and I had a little conversation earlier and said that they could sell…if they followed our specifications for any buyers. We’ve come up with several descriptions of neighbors we’d accept: 1. A gay male couple. They breed Schnauzers, but only one litter a year. They need help socializing the puppies. 2. A older lesbian couple. No drama issues. Own set of hand tools. 3. A bitter, good looking, rich (isn’t sinking all of her money into the house - we live in a nice neighborhood, but no million dollar homes), and nice divorcée, who can occasionally date my older brother. 4. Someone really craftsy, but indoor craftsy. 5. A couple with one infant. One tiny baby we could get used to. ...we’re still working on the list.
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Me! ME! I wanna’ move next-door! ME!
*ahem*
Add “People with NO SHAME” to the list and I’m THERE!
Dana on 12/10 at 01:40 PM -
Flippy forgot one ideal neighbour for our list:
Severely elderly, overwhelmingly rich old man, no health problems, no weird quirks, no family, who somehow takes a liking to us despite rarely seeing us, and who dies and leaves us his fortune. And his house, so we don’t have to worry about any more neighbours.
Leigh-Ann on 12/11 at 01:11 AM -
Oh, I remember when my neighbor, who had become my really good friend/drinking late at night buddy, was moving. I HATED HER. HOw could she do that to me?
Man, I wish I had given her a list like yours because the people who moved in are psychotic freaks who stab each other and throw furniture onto the driveway at 3 in the morning.
Y on 12/11 at 08:48 AM
