Yard Work and Busybody Neighbors

Okay, we have officially met our busybody neighbor. Here's a brief synopsis: Finally got to mow the yard yesterday afternoon. It was getting tall b/c we have both had meetings on nights when the weather was good and were free on the days it was raining or too wet to mow. Due to the excessive length, there was quite a bit of grass clippings. Before we had the chance to go to Lowes and buy a rake, here comes the neighbor across the street, who is elderly, with a lawn bag. I went in to shower and change to go buy a rake and a weed eater and before I could get finished, she's back wanting to help us rake, looking in our windows and talking about how she hopes we're more friendly than the last people who lived here, who apparently didn't socialize much. I guess I now know why they let the hedges grow so large. She might be one of those neighbors who watch EVERYTHING that's going on in the neighborhood with binoculars. I guess everybody has one of these neighbors in their neighborhood. To be more charitable, I think she lives alone and is probably lonely, but it's a fine line between friendly and letting them invade your life. We'll keep you posted.

On a funnier note, I think the kids who live next to us fit one of the following descriptions: 1)brave 2)very talented on a skateboard or 3) not too bright. These boys are always on their skateboards. The other day as I was coming home from work, I saw one of them skating down the hill between two houses, jump off a retaining wall, and go flying over three of his friends who were sitting in a line below the retaining wall. They are always doing stuff like that, so I guess I've found my entertainment in the neighborhood! I really have no room to talk. When my brother and I were kids, we managed to flip my dad's riding lawnmower. But I can still laugh and prepare to dial 911 if they get hurt!