New neighbors

Today I relinquished to the fact that the futon was never going to fit in this new house. We placed a free sign on it and just a few hours later our neighbors two doors down were singing our praises. They are having 10 extra people sleeping at their home this weekend and it was just what they needed. Yeah! Then they invited us down to see their miniature Christmas village that is set up all year round! We learned all kinds of interesting things about the surrounding neighbors which was very enlightening. We also learned that our address is wrong. It was supposed to be 426 but got listed as 416 which screws up everyone coming to our street. Yes, we had to chose the odd ball property. This probably explains why the 416 is in three different places and is very prominent.
Last night Lydia and I tried to get out some Christmas decorations and then Thayne broke several light globes and with glass everywhere, we gave up. So as of right now the extent of holiday spirit that Lydia and I could muster is in the form of a foil snowflake hanging above the entrance to the porch.
Our new neighbors Art and Joann assure us that our neighbor Rich, right next door, puts out enough holiday to accommodate the whole neighborhood.