The snow piling up outside today made me realize that if you have a neighbor with a snowplow on a truck, you've done something right along the way.
I don't know if I've done anything right or it's just that I've gotten lucky, but I've had some great neighbors through the years. I had a neighbor Al who was retired and had a lot of time on his hands. He had two of every tool imaginable, worked part time in a hardware store, and knew what he was talking about. Al liked things precise and orderly. I was a young home owner with little kids running around. Keeping the yard up to his standards was possible. But according to Al, we were a big step up from the people who lived in the house before, so even though I knew he didn't like how my tree hung over into his yard, he didn't say anything about it. Al edged my lawn, let me borrow his tools, gave great advice (whether I asked for it or not), and was just a good guy.
Craig lived nearby and was a genius at just about everything. There pretty much wasn't anything you couldn't ask Craig about and he couldn't either fix it or know who could. Craig was matter of fact, did thing right, wasn't satisfied until everything was, and worked hard.
Same with Steve. He built his own house, built the cabinets and everything else in it, and knows how to fix anything. Steve has helped me put in a wood floor, fix a broken water pipe, put in counter tops, and a hell of lot more.
Today, my neighbor Andy plowed my driveway. Didn't ask him to. He just did it, along with the driveway of everyone else in the circle. He helped fix my daughter's care not too long ago, as well.
Pays to have good neighbors when it snows.
I don't know if I've done anything right or it's just that I've gotten lucky, but I've had some great neighbors through the years. I had a neighbor Al who was retired and had a lot of time on his hands. He had two of every tool imaginable, worked part time in a hardware store, and knew what he was talking about. Al liked things precise and orderly. I was a young home owner with little kids running around. Keeping the yard up to his standards was possible. But according to Al, we were a big step up from the people who lived in the house before, so even though I knew he didn't like how my tree hung over into his yard, he didn't say anything about it. Al edged my lawn, let me borrow his tools, gave great advice (whether I asked for it or not), and was just a good guy.
Craig lived nearby and was a genius at just about everything. There pretty much wasn't anything you couldn't ask Craig about and he couldn't either fix it or know who could. Craig was matter of fact, did thing right, wasn't satisfied until everything was, and worked hard.
Same with Steve. He built his own house, built the cabinets and everything else in it, and knows how to fix anything. Steve has helped me put in a wood floor, fix a broken water pipe, put in counter tops, and a hell of lot more.
Today, my neighbor Andy plowed my driveway. Didn't ask him to. He just did it, along with the driveway of everyone else in the circle. He helped fix my daughter's care not too long ago, as well.
Pays to have good neighbors when it snows.
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