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our street did the Neighbourhood Night Out, which was awesome! We probably had about 75% turn out. It was so wonderful to meet our neighbours (altho I'm happy to report that I did know a few already!).
The evening was a great success, we blocked off the street, kids played, we had hot dogs and hamburgers, everyone contributed, we had hustle lessons (!) several people talked, and our councilwoman came by.
I really hope we can do something similar before next year's night out, we're thinking maybe something at Xmas. We're also going to have a neighbourhood roster (which will note the elderly people so we can keep an eye out for them), and maybe a list of what people do (sharing neighbourhood skills etc), and I'd love to have some kind of emergency plan/preparedness meeting.
Hopefully Chris and I will get back into the NCPC meetings and/or our Park advisory meeting (I mean really, our street does dead end into the park and all. I really gotta try and make an effort to visit the park more often - how bout a SnB in the park!)
Alas, on the down side, I'm suffering from a somewhat nasty chest cold. I have a vendor coming into meet me tomorrow so I really can't miss that, but if I feel worse tomorrow, maybe I'll see if I can leave early.
I don't know what's up with how sick I've been this year. This is like my third cold, when normally I would maybe get one (if that!) Making me feel old, and making me realise I need to get in better shape. Well, once the cold goes away, I can head back to the gym again! Stress of the new job (good stress, but still stress) and some other stresses prolly not helping.
Good thing I'm just driving up for this scooter rally, and just doing one night ;)
The evening was a great success, we blocked off the street, kids played, we had hot dogs and hamburgers, everyone contributed, we had hustle lessons (!) several people talked, and our councilwoman came by.
I really hope we can do something similar before next year's night out, we're thinking maybe something at Xmas. We're also going to have a neighbourhood roster (which will note the elderly people so we can keep an eye out for them), and maybe a list of what people do (sharing neighbourhood skills etc), and I'd love to have some kind of emergency plan/preparedness meeting.
Hopefully Chris and I will get back into the NCPC meetings and/or our Park advisory meeting (I mean really, our street does dead end into the park and all. I really gotta try and make an effort to visit the park more often - how bout a SnB in the park!)
Alas, on the down side, I'm suffering from a somewhat nasty chest cold. I have a vendor coming into meet me tomorrow so I really can't miss that, but if I feel worse tomorrow, maybe I'll see if I can leave early.
I don't know what's up with how sick I've been this year. This is like my third cold, when normally I would maybe get one (if that!) Making me feel old, and making me realise I need to get in better shape. Well, once the cold goes away, I can head back to the gym again! Stress of the new job (good stress, but still stress) and some other stresses prolly not helping.
Good thing I'm just driving up for this scooter rally, and just doing one night ;)