We received a package from Florida this week. From our neighbors. Our next door neighbors in Florida. Doesn't matter if we haven't lived there in 6 years. They are still our neighbors.Our Dallas gated community was stuffy with rear entry garages. People came home, drove in the garage, and that was the end of it. In VT when the leaves are gone, we can see a house, but we never see people. So, Barbara and Ed are still our neighbors, even if they are almost 2000 miles away. We've kept them through two moves.
The package was this mug with my name in PINK! I just love it. How incredibly thoughtful. Thank you!
Ed and I spent many Friday mornings racing from estate sale to garage sale, one after another, which can only be done with such success in Winter Park. The Pines was my favorite. I don't know, but if this did come from a garage sale, it is even more special to me.
Okay, gotta go finish up some painting on the house here. 'Cuz when we finish our staging, the FOR SALE sign goes up in Vermont. When it sells, we are moving back south where there are neighbors.
(Be sure to visit Beverly at Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for more Pink Saturday posts. You will find the best of PINK!)
46 comments:
Oh how sweet is your mug you can be loved upon every time you have a cuppa. You are very blessed to have such wonderful neighbors as I'm sure they are also blessed to have you :)
Happy Pink Saturday and happy painting :)
Melly:)
Love your pink mug!!!! Good luck with your move! (are you coming back to Texas?) We're right neighborly in my neck of the woods, not like those Dallasites!!! LOL!!!!
Happy Pink Saturday!
♥ Teresa
Hi Nancy,
You have such wonderful neighbors! Happy Pink Day and have a lovely weekend.
Blessings,
Sandi
Very cool pink mug.
Let's get that home staged asap. Get down south and could a move to TN be in the future? We could be neighbors!!
Have a happy day
Kris
Ohmygoodness, you really outdid yourself today. I ♥ coming by each week to see what you're sharing with us on Pink Saturday. Your blog is a delight.
Hi Sweet friend, I started with you today and just want to say how sad but true about no one wanting to take the time anymore to know their neighbors. On a good note, now you will have neigbors that care, and care they do, what a thoughtful and wonderful thing to do for you, great post, Happy Pink Saturday, Char (maybe not a neighbor, but a friend indeed)
How cool! I hope your painting goes well! Want to see pics when you are done!
Happy Pink Saturday!
Hugs, Lisa
How nice of them! Hope the house sells quickly!!
Nan.....I loved reading about your neighbors. That is just SO nice!! I like your Nancy mug and hope it came from a sale where you all used to go junking!
Good luck with your staging and sale. Home sales are slowing going up and maybe that will be a good thing to both of us!
You want neighbors and I need mountains...Western mountains.
HAPPY PINK SATURDAY!
Hugs,
Jil
Good for you! Happy Pink Saturday. Check out my book giveaways!
Come for Blue Monday.
I love it that you still consider them neighbors even though they moved. What a sweet gift.
~Abby
ARRRGHH! this new windows stinks,so much for tech!!
anyway!
Check out bridal blog giveaway! Happy Pink Saturday! Have to check out those roses!!
don't forget me!!
Beautiful mug! What lucky neighbors you are to keep in touch through all this time! I still keep in touch with a few of my old neighbors back in AZ!
I'm so glad you still have your wonderful old neighbors to rely on - and how sweet of them to send you that perfect mug. We made a move almost 9 years ago and our neighbors were friend-ly (waving and saying "hi") but so busy with their own lives that nobody were friends. After three years we got out of there and came home to our friends. I wish you all the success in the world selling your house from someone who has been there!
Happy Pink Saturday!
Robin@Miscellaneous Thoughts
Hello Nancy; Happy Pink Saturday;
What a pretty coffee mug. How sweet of her to send you that... Thank you for taking the time to visit me and the sweet comment.. I hope you have a great weekend.
Hugs;
Alaura
What a nice gift. It is always nice to have special neighbors.Happy Pink Saturday.
~Sue~
What a great mug! Happy pink day!
Cathy
Isn't it ironic how you can live near people for years and never get to know them?
Love your post, and Happy Pink Saturday!
~Arleen
Happy Pink Saturday! Love your cup. How sweet to have such lovely neighbors.
Hugs :)
Irma
Thank you for visiting my blog earlier. Lovely pink mug, with your name on it. Happy Pink Saturday. Chloe Patricia
Hi Nancy! I got my beautiful book! Thank you so much! My husband and I were like kids at Christmas. He took pictures of me opening the package. I'll post it later today when I get home from work.
Your cup is adorable..I've always searched for a cup with my name but it's hard to find one.
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Deanna :D
That is so sweet. Happy Pink Saturday.
Hi Nancy, What a darling mug! And pink too. I hope you had a super Pink Saturday. Thanks for dropping by my blog. It's nice to meet you. ♥
That is so cool! I think it is sad how people don't try to get to know their neibours anymore and really don't get to know anyone in their community. We moved almost a year ago from a small town in VA and I am so sad becasue the store owners Knew me by name!
Thank You for sharing your Pink!
Happy Belated Pink Saturday!
Jennifer
Nancy, love your pink mug. How thoughtful of your neighbor.
Barb
I live in California on a culdesac. We rarely see our neighbors. They drive right in their garage and don't come out until they go to work the next day. I need some neighbors like your friends.
Happy Pink weekend!
Hi Nancy,
Thanks for the visit today and for following my blog.
I love your mug and the story about it. Sounds like a wonderful friend.
I notice you mentioned garage sales...I'm a big garage sale fan too.
Visit on Tuesday for 2nd Time Around!
:) Diane
Everything will be sweeter when you drink it from that mug!
amy@maisonbelle
Nancy, what sweet neighbors you had/have. Warm, kind, friendly neighbors should be cherished like family!
Mermaid Debbie
C'est moi, a la parisienne! Of course, you put a button on your blog for French Lesson Fridays. You may use my "French Lesson Fridays" image if you would like.
Have a blessed day!
Happy Pink Saturday, Nancy! That mug is such a sweet gift from your neighbor. Are you moving back to Florida? Or someplace else in the South? Good luck with everything!
Well now, Where will you be moving back too????? How in the world did you survive those Vermont winters???? I've had my share of frigid, snowy winters in Wisconsin, and Northwest Indiana near Chicago (1 hour to downtown Chicago) but I know for a fact it had to be much, much colder where you were.
Our neighbors down the road were from New Hampshire and they were ready for the warm weather.
I didn't participate in "Pink Saturday" due to getting things ready for an Open House....yep, we are moving too....where??? Maybe Dallas or Houston then again who knows?
Kris
Hi Nancy, Come on back to Texas. This area is as neighborly as you can get..but we're sure not gated. That would be too stuffy. Happy belated Pink Saturday and have a lovely week.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for a quick sale...nothing better than fun neighbors.
happy pink Sunday?
Heidi
what a sweet and thoughtful gift! Good neighbors are hard to find! Love the story! Happy be-lated Pink Saturday!
Gina
That is so nice that you still keep in touch. We moved almost 2 years ago and I still miss my neighbors. Neighbors are more than just people you live next to.. they become real friends that you can depend on and they can depend on you in times of fun and need.
Great mug & Pink to boot!
What a sweet and thoughtful gift Nancy!
Nancy, my best friend in grad school was a Nancy and she was a giggler. Are you? Our house situation is such that we have only 1 real neighbor and streets with trees where folks look out and see one another, visit easily, are so inviting.
I love your mug and the color is perfect.
Hope you have a wonderful week.
Jennifer
I obviously meant to say grade school...
Ben and Barbara sound like wonderful friends -- I suppose a cup of tea in your pretty pink mug will be (almost) like having them to tea as well!
We're aching for spring in Michigan, too! Thanks for visiting The Marmelade Gypsy and belated Pink Saturday greetings!
Hi Nancy!Thanks so much for stopping by!
What a great mug and what great neighbors! I know what you're saying about your neighbor experiences...we've had similar experiences!
Happy April!
;-D
late on visiting my pink ladies....the mug is so cute and friends are so wonderful..
God Bless
Kandy
Nancy, Come and join us here in Nashville, Tn. The people are friendly, the climate is moderate, and one is never at a loss for entertainment. Thank you for visiting my blog and for your kind comments.
Best Wishes,
Kay
Thanks for sharing!
Happy (belated) Pink Saturday...on Tuesday! X Es X
Love the mug.
Charlotte
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