Neighborhood barbeque
I live in a small town where everybody knows everybody.
Everybody is good friends here and because it is summer we all take turns to have a cookout at somebody’s house on the weekend.
This weekend it was my turn and I couldn’t be more excited to host it. I was one of the newer residents to the neighborhood but when I moved here I made friends quickly. By being able to take my place in the neighborhood barbeque I was officially accepted as one of the community. It was a hot summer day, and the cookout was due to start at 5:00 PM. As always, there were the early birds that showed up around 4:30 PM. We shared good food with friends while we all chatted around the grill. The neighborhood children played in the grass, and danced and sang songs. Everyone was having a wonderful time. A neighbor of mine then brought up the subject of his heating and cooling system. He said he had a gas heater that just wasn’t cutting it for his heating needs so he ended up purchasing an electric fireplace. We ended up chit chatting about the pros and cons of gas, electric, and oil furnaces. I argued that electricity was better but he stood by oil furnaces. In the end we agreed to disagree. In fact he recommended me to a wonderful HVAC company when I told him that my air conditioner was in need of a tune-up. I called the heating and cooling specialist that he recommended and he was great. The event has brought me and my neighbor even closer together.