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Good Neighbors!

Reba got home with the kids last night, and Rebecca came into the kitchen while I was upstairs. Thinking I was outside, she peeked out the curtain and saw a most marvelous sight. I came down the stairs and as she continued to peek out of the curtains on the back door she said, "Dad? Are the neighbors getting a fence?"

"WHAT?" Boy, I sure hoped so.

And sure enough! A row of wood fence posts neatly marching across the back property line. HOORAY! I like my back neighbors a whole lot--they're great folks. But see, I'm cheap. I have wanted a fence since we moved in so the kids could have a dog or cat, but fences cost many dollars that could better be wasted on used Volvo parts and food. I've just been biding my time until now, hoping and praying my back and side neighbors would get tired of my kids running over into their yard or the constant stream of neighborhood kids using our yards as short cuts to the street behind, and decide to go ahead and put up their own fences. Thus saving me a large part of the cost of putting up my own fence.

So, the first piece begins to fall into place--at this rate, I figure we will be completely fenced off by our neighbors around the year 2019, at which time I will purchase a dog.