The new neighborhood........

Yes, this is the midwest and people are still very social and welcoming. We received our first neighborhood gift the other day. A lady down the street brought us some bread (we think it's pumpkin bread). It was very nice of her to do that and Mrs. Lime ate a lot of it, so it must have been good as well.

Another lady noticed Casanova and I standing on the master bedroom balcony and took time out of her walk to say hi to us. She commented that we had a really nice home and that they were glad to have another home that was being lived in. Most of the neighbors have seen our home already, because it was an open house before we moved into it.

I met two more neighbors last Friday when I went out for a quick round of golf on the course in our neighborhood. I originally started playing by myself and then eventually joined up with them. It was a father and son. The son was a builder and had built his own home in our neighborhood. The son also built a home next door where his parents now live. They're very nice looking homes just off the 8th green on the golf course. The father is an owner of a major flower sales chain in the area. Evidently, the son has a golf training room in his basement. I've been invited over to see this training room, so I'll have to take him up on that offer.

As a sidenote, the golf course in our neighborhood was rated the 2nd best golf course for 2006 in Missouri, trailing only a Fazio-designed golf course in Branson, Missouri. This has resulted in raised prices, but I still was able to play the course with a cart the other day for only $40, which isn't bad at all. There is also another course about a mile from our home that can be played for about $25 with a cart in the afternoons. It's a fun course as well and a great price for what you get.