Monday, June 8, 2009

Love Thy Neighbor..........seriously?!

Apparently when the Lord said to Love thy neighbor, He hadn't met mine yet. To our right we have the world's most ornery Chinese man. He is out in his yard EVERY DAY and he actually called Ogden City and complained that we hadn't mowed the lawn in a week!! In my defense, let me say this: a) We had just moved in and didn't own a lawnmower, so when we bought one, Shane DID mow the lawn, but apparently it wasn't on the shortest setting and this lawn hasn't been taken care of in over a year and a half, so yes, it was on the longer side (but not nearly as bad as when we first moved in).....and b) the city people came and checked on a Thursday morning (we got the notice on a Monday)-how do I know it was in the morning that they checked? Because if they had waited until later in the day, the stupid lawn would have been mowed!! Shane got home at 2:00 that day and mowed right away because he knew how long the lawn was! ALSO, when the city people were looking at our luscious yard, they noticed that we didn't have the house numbers on the actual house (the previous owners put up this weird, totally random, very short wood fence thing in front of the steps to the front door-and that is where the #'s are). So, we received a notice saying that we have 9 days to fix all of this (and the numbers have to be ON the house and you have to be able to see them from 150 feet away!) or else we get like a $500 fine PER DAY until we comply. Seriously?! They lectured us about taking pride in our yard and also in Ogden (again-seriously?! take PRIDE in OGDEN??!!). So, that is only one neighbor. The ones to our left (besides having three of the loudest, most yippy dogs in the history of the world--and they don't do anything to stop them), have decided that 11:00 PM is the best time to work in their shed/garage (which is right next to Kaden's bedroom) with a machine that sounds like metal cutting metal-like the wicked witch of the west screeching as she dies. VERY loud and VERY late. They did this ALL weekend! I know I should go say something to them about it, but I don't enjoy being eaten by dogs, so I will stay away....for now. And to finish up with our wonderful neighbors, the ones across the street from us made this totally redneck, extremely loud scooter that their teenager HAS to drive up and down the street ALL day, over and over! They must think it is going to die at any second so he has to stay within walking distance of the house or something. AHHH!!! I know we are supposed to love "everyone", but couldn't "everyone" make it easier to love them?!

5 comments:

Erin said...

that would suwwwwwwck really bad. my loudest neighbor is a train and I am used to that now.

Blake and Rachele Burtenshaw said...

wow what a pain in the butt! Don't we all wish we knew our neighbors better before we move in next to them. I hope that things can get better with them. Good luck with everything.

The Frosts said...

Wow that is terrible. I'm so sorry you have to go through that with your neighbors. One of our neighbors has three kids who she lets do anything at anytime no matter how loud or rude it is. Plus the mom is practically never home. So I can't compare at all with what your dealing with becuse that just plain sucks but i know what it is like to have at least one annoying neighbor

Pearce Family said...

I am so sorry about your neighbors. That really sucks. I hate people like that. We have some neighbors that play their music in their cars really loud with the stupid base thumping down the street. And then one neighbor drives his 4-wheelers on our grass all the time. So I know how you feel about neighbors. Good luck.

Suzanna said...

yeah, you all should see the numbers on the fence...it is pretty funny because they are more visible than the ones on the house, if you are coming from the south (passing her neighbors on the right), the direction I come from. So as long as they are visible from 150 ft away, who freaking cares where they are located? (As long as they are on your property.) And the grass, yes, that is totally silly!

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