Life's little surprises!

Meet my friend Jewels- she is wearing a white top and wearing fun boots! This is her bday photo pic.
Here is a photo of the house across the street at 7 am this morning.

Why is it that some of the best things in life are so NOT planned??? I used to be so into the Law of Attraction and how you can control your daily life and what not. And it is true, you can to a certain extent. But good hell. There is so much that you can't control too. Case in point- my neighbor leaves for 5 months out of every year to go to her second house in Montana. Fun life huh! And she normally has a family from her church (not a mormon church) stay in her house for free and be caretakers of the home. They have to do yardwork, housework and so forth. So this year, Norma (my neighbor) said to me that she didn't have anyone lined up yet. I was so surprised because who wouldn't be biting at the bit to get that deal. The next day, I thought of one of my best friends Jewels/Jules who lives in Orem which is about 45 min away. BTW I like to spell her name the first way but I think everyone else spells it the second way. In any event.... I called her up and asked her if she was interested in being my neighbor. She was so I emailed Norma in a very non-assertive way. I didn't want to put pressure on my neighbor to consider my friend. The whole time I was thinking that this was a long shot because she always has someone from her church. So Jewels got an interview scheduled and long story short.... Jewels and her son Dustin are my new neighbor for the next 5 months!! Yea!! Party on Country Avenue over the summer!! Chris and I are so excited. Sunday brunches, weekly barbeque's, lots of girl time, and the boys will have "man time". Dustin and Chris get along fabulously. So it will be such a great thing and we are so looking forward to it!! But seriously the entire time, I never thought it would actually happen (and I didn't want to get my hopes up either). Weird. I am grateful for life's little surprises!! So friends, Jewels is moving into the neighborhood and SL on May 8th- get ready!!