Perks of living in a senior's town...

• the only available apartments in town are in a seniors complex and are wheelchair accessable (this is a good thing as each room is HUGE!)

• you get to slow down and smell the roses...whether you choose to or not

• seeing all the old men emerge from their laziboys in spring to go for a walk and get the mail

• the group of men having "coffee" just inside the mall doors on the bench...no coffee to be seen, but alot of people-watching!

• the pleasure of so much green faux fur on jackets this time of year

• getting cultured by overhearing conversations in foreign languages throughout the day

• stories about the "good ol' days"...everyday

• you don't lose tradition (no matter how hard you try)

• lots of smiling, appreciative faces

• lovely smells of homecooked food in the streets

• flowers, flowers, everywhere

• old gentlemen (their cuteness/funniness/gentleman-ness)
  

• daily reminders of what's truly important in life (and believe it or not, it's not 50" flatscreens)

• plowed streets and sidewalks and sanded streets the morning after a fresh snow

• seeing people older than 50 holding hands...enough said.