There were a couple of fun moments this weekend that made me really thankful (again) for moving to our particular block. Honestly, when we were looking at houses, if you walked into this house with all the junk the previous occupants had in there, you'd think we were crazy for buying it. But the neighbourhood is what really sold us on the place. For instance, I was working in the front yard on Sat afternoon when I heard an ice cream truck in the distance. Maybe it's because I haven't lived in suburbia for a long time, but I thought ice cream trucks were a thing of the past, like analog TV and rotary phones. I think the last time I saw an ice cream truck in my parent's neighbourhood, we had both those things (but that's not saying much since they probably still do). It turned out that the ice cream truck driver was a super nice Indian uncle who gave me my ice cream for free and offered to help us with the repair work! Those annoying Saturday morning language classes finally paid off in life. While getting the ice cream I met our neighbour from two houses down who Jai and I hung out with for 6 hours on Sat night.
On Sunday, Mike and Thu stopped by to check out the action and see the house. Our neighbour's kids pulled up with a wagon, selling lemonade by the glass for 25 cents. It was incredibly cute! I love how those kids spend the weekends doing things outside instead of watching TV.
The neighbours we hung out with the night before also came by to check out the crazy demolition going on inside our house. I got the job of dog sitting for a couple of minutes while they were inside. The dog with the blue collar is actually a "puppy"! The big one weighs almost 160lbs. I'm glad the dogs were well-behaved because I can't afford to pull a shoulder out of its socket until after the house is renovated. :)
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