Talkin’ Smack About the Neighbors

Here in the land of suburbia, the sport of choice is competitive acquisition. The toy of year is the pergola–one of those trellisy wood things that go over the deck to look cool and kind of, sort of, block some sun. My husband has wanted to build one for years, but alas, he was beaten to the pergola by our next door neighbor. This turned out to be an advantage because, although he has suffered the Copy Cat stigma, he was able to construct his masterpiece just that much better than the neighbor’s.

We talked smack all evening about the superior nature of our decorative cross beams. Take that, Joneses.

Even the kids woke up this morning and declared, “Our pergola is WAY better than Mr. Joneses’.”

Their formal training has begun.