Monday night we drove up into our driveway and saw a Labor Day party occurring in the driveway of a house down the street. 5 minutes later we got a knock on the door and were accosted by more than half the ladies that live on our new street (or rather dead end court). We were being welcomed officially en mass and invited to the party, which as it turns out, was most of our neighborhood.
I'm already impressed. At our old house we literally only knew the neighbors on either side of us and certainly didn't do anything social in the hood. But the new street appears to be a lot of fun as they were quickly trying to tell us and we had a good time hanging out for an hour or so in the evening as the party wound down. The new street comes complete with Halloween parties, progressive dinner Christmas parties, and other parties and get-togethers to be discovered. At one point I jokingly told one of our neighbors she could stop selling it as we had already bought the house and were committed. Seems like there are a lot of interesting folks on the new street and it was a great introduction to the neighbors.
p.s. If we ever get mostly unpacked, I will take some pictures and post them of the new digs. But right now if generally looks like rooms with boxes, no artwork on the walls, and a kitchen with no oven. I think the only "complete" room minus artwork is the formal dining room seeing how that mostly just involved putting the chairs around the table.
12 years ago
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That's awesome! Our neighborhood is somewhere in between. I wish we knew all our neighbors. In the 7 years we've lived there, we've managed to rack up about 6 houses worth of distance acquaintances on our street.
sounds like a fun neighborhood! we just moved a couple months ago and like our new neighbors too. if you want to get your house put together in a hurry, throw a big party! that did it for us ;)
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