November 9, 2009

Nice people live in Silver City, NM

I feel compelled to write about the people in Silver City. They're nice. I come from New Jersey and I wasn't used to it. But you know what? You get used to it - -fast. I remember when I first moved here I was on line at the grocery store. I was third in line. The clerk at the check-out was talking to the first customer. I was irritated that I was waiting and they were chatting. Then I began to listen. The clerk was asking about the health of the customer's mother. Hoping she was okay and feeling better. I felt like a heel for being impatient. This is the reason we moved here! The people are nice. I took a deep breath and enjoyed the fact.

My husband and I laugh when we have strangers in cars waive to us in our car. We laugh because they use their whole hand.... Not just one finger like in NJ. Lol. Now we waive to people and wonder if they're laughing.

During Christmas time, we received a lot of UPS deliveries to the house. So Frank wrote up a card and put some money in it to thank the delivery man. One day he gave the card to the UPS man but suddenly realized he gave to a man that wasn't our normal delivery guy. Darn, he wanted the regular guy to get it since he worked so hard. Don't you know that a week later, our normal delivery guy comes to the house and thanks us for the card and gift. The man who had received it, gave it to the regular guy! That would not have happened back in NJ!

I remember a while back, my Broker telling us about a restaurant in town having trouble making ends meet. She asked us to patronize the restaurant to help them out. And we did. And she's still in business.

That's what living in a small town is about - - nice.

Today's Saying: Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.