Only Eight Months?

We were in the backyard with our neighbors the other day and she mentioned that they were working with their builder to address something from their original construction.  She mentioned that it had been eight months that they'd been in their house and how time has gone by quickly.  My reaction was somewhat of the opposite though; I thought, "eight months?  Can it possibly be that these friends of ours have only been our neighbors for eight months?"

These neighbors were the second house occupied on our street of eleven lots.  We have only one house left that's not finished, although we've known that family for a while as they're taking a deliberate and careful path with their construction.  So our street is full, complete and finished as far as neighbors go, which is a long step forward from the empty streets and sparsely occupied neighborhood we moved into at the start during the economic drop.

So back to the eight months...that means that the neighbors on the other side of us moved in even less than eight months ago.  And yet I feel a strong kinship with these nice friends we've made.  We have a fun time together as neighbors and honestly, I'm not looking forward to the cold months, because the spontaneous gatherings out on the street aren't going to happen very often until spring arrives again. 

Perhaps we'll get snow and all meet outside with sleds and mittens?

The Big Boy Update:  Ham-ma-ker.  He doesn't like hamburgers like his father, but he likes to talk about them.  Today he made a "hammaker"out of thin slices of apple.  Oh, and the head of school's name to him is "Dom-ma-keek," not Dominique.  He was fairly certain this afternoon that he was pronouncing her name correctly when I asked him.

The Tiny Girl Chronicles:  "I want more kale."  Yes, she said this and she said it more than once.  We try so hard to feed them well, but we fall prey to the easy and tasty meals that aren't as healthy.   So I was happy to hear that she liked my Kale Yeah dried kale treat.  She ate more of it today.  I'm going to have to look up how to season and dry it.  My cousin says it's pretty easy.

Fitness Update:  Ahhh...better.  Four miles today without a problem breathing.  I am utterly relieved it was the antibiotic and nothing more.