Hello, Pinnacle Court!

We are finally here!!! August sure was a LONG month for us, but all the hurdles we had to jump over were worth it. The house is wonderful, has tons more room, and the nice neighborhood that I wanted.

The boys are adjusting very well to the new house. Dane often asks about our old house, but he understands that some other people are living there now.

We have met some of the people on our street, and apparently we didn't move to Pinnacle Court, we moved to Old Fart's Lane (that's what they named it, not us!). Right next door is Roxanne (a.k.a. Rocky) - a middle aged single woman who works at the hospital as a child life specialist (social work). She is very friendly, but wanted to know right away if we got a water softener yet, because she had to get treatments for her hair because it turned orange from the bad water. We'll get right on that Rocky - thanks! Hopefully you won't see me with orange hair. If you do, remind me that we need to get a water softener ASAP.

Across the street are Paul and Elaine. Elaine works as an aide in the before/after school program for the Plainwell School District. Paul is retired, and spends most of the days working on his lawn -which is very nice. Eric has met him, but I have just waved to him while he was mowing his lawn - shirtless. I don't think I've ever seen him with a shirt on. I guess that's what you do when you live by a lake and are retired. Ride shirtless all you want, Paul - we don't mind!!

I had my first gossip session with Rocky and Elaine last night in the driveway. I was putting toys away, and two fawns were wandering through the yards. They have apparently been around all summer. That started the conversation, and then it took off from there. They were trying to tell me who lives where, who's got kids, etc. Even who the "trouble people" are. Only one house all the way around the block that the cops have visited a few times. I think I'm in with Rocky and Elaine, so I may get more information. Elaine and her neighbor have a great view of the beach, so they make sure that no one is down there that shouldn't be, or no one docks their boat there if they aren't supposed to. It sounds like there are a lot of kids in the neighborhood, so that will be good. We met another neighbor down at the lake the other night, who seemed really cool. I think we are really going to like it here.