There is no doubt that our decision to buy a new house in July was a very good one. There are a million reasons why it has been fantabulous, but the neighbor upgrade is a pretty significant one. We have gone from having a neighbor complain to the home owners' association about the swing we had tucked under our deck to having a free swingset walk its way into our yard.

Definitely a neighbor upgrade.

Another clear indication that we are in a good place is that there are Halloween decorations in probably half of the yards in our neighborhood. In fact, despite my love of all things tacky and holiday, we don't have the most yard decorations around. Next year, it's game on. This year, however, here's what we have on display: