Welcome to the Neighborhood...
We officially live in Skokie. We're living in a super jewish neighborhood that is primarily much much older. :) Let me take you on a tour. Next door we have a wonderful German couple who immigrated about 45 years ago and have lived in Skokie ever since. Their garden is gorgeous. On the other side we have a lovely couple who are Holocaust survivors and speak five languages, but don't speak to the German couple for the very reasons you're thinking. They both go for evening walks together every night with their canes. Adorable. Across the street we have an older couple, who's son went to high school with Yan. The woman is a visiting nurse and told me to call her if I ever needed her at night. Next door to them is a wonderful 79 year old woman and her husband who have 3 kids aged 51 and younger. Next door to them is a lovely gentleman who does some mean yard work and has an impeccable lawn. All of them are our parents age or older. This is going to be an incredible experience for my little lady.
All of them have come over within the past day or two and introduced themselves, invited us over for anything, offered babysitting services, and a few have even given me their phone numbers just in case. This is what neighborhoods used to be. I'm pretty thrilled that Lilah gets to have such surroundings in her formative years.
We live literally across the street from the pool. The park is also there, as well as the elementary school. This is what childhoods are made of.
Our house is a disaster. We're dealing with all sorts of contractor issues, and I've decided that dealing with people who build for a living is like dating. There's like one or two out there for you... and the rest is just crap you have to dredge through in order to find those diamonds in the rough. We've found a bunch of cubic zirconia, but no diamonds yet. We have a new project starting on Sunday... so we'll see. We're doing tile work, evening a cement subfloor, installing radiant heat, redoing our deck, and then putting down hardwood. I also go back to work full time on Monday. This little girl isn't going to be with me anymore and I haven't even really had time to sit, breathe, and enjoy the final few moments. It's almost heartbreaking if I think about it... but luckily there's no time for that.
All of them have come over within the past day or two and introduced themselves, invited us over for anything, offered babysitting services, and a few have even given me their phone numbers just in case. This is what neighborhoods used to be. I'm pretty thrilled that Lilah gets to have such surroundings in her formative years.
We live literally across the street from the pool. The park is also there, as well as the elementary school. This is what childhoods are made of.
Our house is a disaster. We're dealing with all sorts of contractor issues, and I've decided that dealing with people who build for a living is like dating. There's like one or two out there for you... and the rest is just crap you have to dredge through in order to find those diamonds in the rough. We've found a bunch of cubic zirconia, but no diamonds yet. We have a new project starting on Sunday... so we'll see. We're doing tile work, evening a cement subfloor, installing radiant heat, redoing our deck, and then putting down hardwood. I also go back to work full time on Monday. This little girl isn't going to be with me anymore and I haven't even really had time to sit, breathe, and enjoy the final few moments. It's almost heartbreaking if I think about it... but luckily there's no time for that.
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