Living in a Small Town
You may remember the John Mellencamp song “Small Town.” Or not. It was popular in the eighties. Mike and I live in a small town. And we love it.
The traffic is manageable. The people are friendly. The atmosphere is relaxed. Laid back. We have great restaurants and everything we need in our little town.
Everything.
When Mike and I first renovated our kitchen, we had a minor issue with the faucet. We called a plumber. One of the men from the company happened to be in the neighborhood so he came over. He fixed the issue, which proved to be minor for a plumber. It took him ten or fifteen minutes. He didn’t charge us. NOT A DIME. We were amazed. He simply welcomed us to Inverness and left.
Recently, following a storm, we needed someone to come in and do a cleanup for us as well as cut some limbs from a tree. We called a local company. They arrived on time, did everything we needed done and in two hours they left, leaving our yard looking great. Their fee was more than reasonable. (If you want to read about the wind that brought those limbs down, CLICK HERE.)
Mike and I were impressed with their work as well as their work ethic, so we had them return to trim limbs from our hickory tree before another storm decides the hickory tree would look better on top of Mike’s shop. We also had a dead palm tree near the lake and a huge oak stump by the she-shed we wanted removed. Same thing…they came, they conquered, they cleaned up.
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| Our Tree Trimmer Did Some Acrobatics on the Rope. I ran to Get My Camera...and I Missed some of the Fun Stuff, So He Did a Little Flip at the End. |
By the way...the she-shed is currently used to store a variety of items, but Mike is in the process of fixing it up for me to use for my arts and crafts. Getting rid of the tall stump of a tree…so tall it blocked the window in the she-shed…was a huge step forward. I digress.
A local plumber moved my mother’s old refrigerator out and fixed the waterline under her sink. He said he could use the old refrigerator so Mom let him have it. It turned out to be a great deal. He traded his work for the old refrigerator.
When her air conditioner wasn’t cooling, a big name company from a big city nearby suggested she buy an entire new unit and replace everything. It was thousands of dollars. We called our small town air repair group. They came to her house, looked it over, and said the unit should still be under warranty. The warranty hadn’t been transferred to mom, but thanks to our youngest daughter getting on the phone with the company, by the end of the day, the warranty was transferred and the unit was repaired as soon as the part arrived. The charge? Quite reasonable.
We live in a small town. We shop here. We dine here. We have everything we need. Right here. I guess Mellencamp was right.
“Yeah, I can be myself here in this small town,
And people let me be just what I want to be.”
Note: If you are interested in the Citrus County businesses I mentioned, message me. I'll be happy to share their info with you.
