I just read your blog with tears in my eyes. You are truly blessed for the neighborhood you have found and the the neighbors that have found you!
Thoughts have run through my mind like having your handy mailbox building neighbor build you another one for a flowerbed away from the road. You could use it to stash gardening gloves and hand tools for that impulse chore.
Another thought was that I would have to clean that $20 bill by laundering it through a good cause. A much needed donation somewhere in your community will put the good karma back into it.
Thanks again for sharing... Kristi