Welcome to The Girl Next Door. I'm Kelsey.

And I'm Erica. In every episode, we bring our different perspectives to candid conversations that feel like chatting with good friends.

We started this show years ago when we were next door neighbors and still haven't run out of things to talk and laugh about yet.

Friends, as a nod to Thanksgiving and the season of thankfulness, we are talking about how

thankful we are for each other and for our friendship.

We're thankful for us.

We're thankful for us.

Yes.

We will revisit the serendipity that brought us together in the first place, talk about how our friendship

has changed, and share what we've learned from each other. For friends of the show on

Patreon, we'll each share what's surprised us the most about our friendship or each other.

Okay, let's start with the story of how we met and found our way to recording a podcast together. It's actually quite unlikely, maybe. I think we've told this story before, but it is part of our lore, so we need to retell it here. Yeah. Okay. So we'll tag team this. Yes. We met as next door neighbors. Yes. At which inspired the name of the podcast. If you didn't know, it's in our intro. We did live next door to each other for several years. So we've lived in our house since July of 2009. When did you guys move in? And we bought our house next to you in November of 2009. So we moved in like Thanksgiving weekend. Okay. That close. Okay. I didn't realize. Okay. I remember that you guys did some work on your house before you moved in. Did you know that Chip Kidd and I went and walked through your house? Took a little, took a little mozy. Good for you. Chip Chip kid was like, oh yeah, we'll just go walk in.

While they were working on things. I love it. That's just what he does. Just lets himself in. He's like, I'm a realtor. Don't worry about it. He's got a badge just like shows it. I love it. Just walk into a house with confidence. I love it. Yeah, it was a foreclosure. I think yours was too when you bought it, right?

It had been a recent flip.

Oh, okay.

Foreclosure to flip.

Someone had already kind of. I love it. Yeah, it was a foreclosure. I think yours was too when you bought it, right? It had been a

recent flip. So, like, foreclosure to flip. Someone had already kind of fixed it up. That was a season for that. Not in the fixed up state yet. It needed some updating. So we did that before we moved in. So I'm glad it got the stamp of approval before we were even there. Yeah. Yeah. So, okay, do you remember meeting for the first time?

I don't think I did. Did we stop by? Did we just see each other at the mailbox?

One of the first things I remember is, yeah, I think it was just more like in passing, oh, hi,

introducing, because you're so friendly. I mean, it probably got to gone a year without us meeting if you

wouldn't be the friendlier one who introduces yourself. And then I do remember like the first time

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