This is why I love small towns...

We decided to rent before buying just to make sure we know where we want to buy, get a feel for the neighborhoods, etc... so we are renting a what could be a really cute house in an established neighborhood - the landlord, however; had no concept of keeping up the house, so cute house = everything breaks and we have lots of bugs!


Small town reality number 1- people actually talk to you at the Park - we found the house because Rabbit befriended our next door neighbor's granddaughter at the park. I started talking to the neighbor and told her we were moving and needed a rental - a few days later - said cute, buggy, breaking down house is ours! :)

Small town reality number 2 - they let you borrow things without question - the day we arrived we had no toys for Rabbit and Hippo, as the movers hadn't arrived yet, so the friendly neighbor had us come over and pick out toys from her grandkids collection so that they could have something to play with

Small town reality number 3 - they offer to do things and actually mean it - when dropping off the toys at the friendly neighbor's house this evening, we were invited in to "visit" in the living room. The friendly neighbor's husband played ball with Rabbit and Hippo while the neighbor and I chatted (me having no clue they still hadn't eaten dinner yet). While talking they asked about the cute/buggy house - and I mentioned the garage door had broken. Well, immediately - friendly neighbor's husband is offering to fix the garage. I of course say - oh don't bother, to which he replies - well let's go over now! He then proceeded to spend the next 20 minutes (again missing DINNER) fixing my garage! And it WORKS PERFECTLY now - holy cow!

Moral - I think I am going to love living in a small town....