Drop in traffic.....

Drop in traffic is wonderful for Jack!

When we first came just over 9 months ago, Jack sat here for days before he saw anyone except my mother and I.  He would comment that he didn't know anyone here but us.  Now we have quite a bit of drop in traffic.  This is good!

A new neighbor who was managing the country store, dropped in one day last week to announce we were the first to know that he was no longer associated with the country store.  He made the comment that one should never work for friends.  This little store has changed owners about three times since we moved here.   But........

He made a comment that he had only found one other small town like this, in that no one liked each other????  Well, we knew that this town had a personality of its own! lol  But where he was in the store, people would come in for coffee or something to eat and sit and TALK!  He said he often felt like a priest taking confessions because people poured out their hearts to him.    He said he knew when families were having domestic problems, which had outstanding warrents, and lots of simular problems.  He also said we must be"FLYING UNDER THE RADAR", because we were the only people that someone had talked about not liking!  Well, we are new in town!

Small towns means you don't lose yourself in the masses.  Everyone sees you and what you do.  People often comment on me mowing the yard, that it looks good,etc. 

 They ask about Mother because she  would walk to the postoffice.  This stopped in the winter and then it was too hot in the summer and the mosquitoes were very bad.  So that bit of exercise is gone, but she has fallen some and she doesn't walk far anymore and when she does she does hold on to me for support.  Heaven forbid that she would use a cane.  She uses the broom when she goes after the newspaper. LOL  Of course she does this about 2 or 3 in the morning and I am usually asleep.  I have tried to talk her out of this but she is determined.  The newspaper is in a container at the road and is a bit of a walk.

Well, today is going to be warm, and we have a funeral to go to.  We have done lots of funerals since we have been here.  Peace...............

In country town USA.