Making New Friends

My Aunt thought we still had time to socialize with the neighbors. One of their good friends (who is of German descent) wanted to meet P in particular, so we decided to drop by his house one afternoon.

Or should I say it looked more like Iowa's version of the White House.

The house's interior was stately and grandiose, complete with an indoor heart-shaped swimming pool, a red heart-shaped jacuzzi, and a grand staircase covered in - pink carpet. If I hadn't known that an elderly couple lived there, I could have sworn I walked in on one of the houses featured in MTV's "Cribs". S must have found the couch in the main living room comfortable - she promptly dozed off a few minutes after taking a seat!

The couple was very gracious and accomodating, and had a lot of interesting stories and funny anecdotes to tell. We found out soon enough that they were also very generous. They made the news a couple of years ago when they gave all of the town's residents a special Christmas gift - they shouldered the entire town's $25,000.00 December electricity bill!

For more on this news:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-12-21-iowa-electric_x.htm