tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post3165085693587626639..comments2023-09-13T07:49:41.738-07:00Comments on Musings from Mâvarin: Bad NeighborsKaren Funk Blocherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860091802901743222noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-7296440440522848292005-10-13T02:38:00.000-07:002005-10-13T02:38:00.000-07:00Karen...What a complete nightmare? It sounds like ...Karen...<br><br>What a complete nightmare? It sounds like an unfriendly neighborhood, just a couple streets over from "Wisteria Lane." (From Desperate Housewives). I am so sorry you had to go through this, when we owned a home, we had some run ins with a neighbor over what else? a fense. Uggggg. Makes me quite thrilled to be living in a nice little cottage, someone else owns and has to worry about. Hugs to you and your hubby! Hang in there dear ones.<br><br>Always, Carly :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-65512005690134749652005-10-13T04:40:00.000-07:002005-10-13T04:40:00.000-07:00Neighbors are great if they live far away and are ...Neighbors are great if they live far away and are not burdened with lots of free time so as to be able to help you correct all the mistakes you make every day, at least in their opinion. Just keep on living. Let the neighbor keep on fretting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-22089037334837456852005-10-13T06:21:00.000-07:002005-10-13T06:21:00.000-07:00Sounds like our neighborhood - except we don't hav...Sounds like our neighborhood - except we don't have a formal association. We live on a main thoroughfare through our end of town, and the city is big on sending letters for tall grass. I even got one when the folks next door had tall grass! Then there was the guy who reamed out my husband because I mowed the lawn and strayed a couple of inches onto his grass. It was obviously HIS fault because he let an incompetent woman get behind the lawn mower. How DARE he go out of town on an extended business trip! The lawn is more important than a mere job! (His wife was a really sweet lady, however.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-6610210466400459302005-10-13T07:32:00.000-07:002005-10-13T07:32:00.000-07:00LOVELOVELOVE Robert Frost. He was the first poet ...LOVELOVELOVE Robert Frost. He was the first poet that spoke to me. This "Fences" poem (that's how I've always though tof it) made an impression on my life...still can't stand the damned things. Sounds like you and I share similar "nobbers" (Mr.'s mixing of the neighbor and not). ;) C. http://journalsaol.com/gdireneoe/thedailiesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-14071105724371324612005-10-13T10:07:00.000-07:002005-10-13T10:07:00.000-07:00People are assholes. Period. From working with the...People are assholes. Period. From working with the public all those years with first my school and then as a realtor I've realized how petty and horrible people can be. Yeah, I'd put up a big ugly fence if I were you. Then plant pretty shrubs on your side of it. <br>Maryanne<br>http://journals.aol.com/globetrotter2u/Myfeelingsarereal/<br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-23784575714181807452005-10-13T11:29:00.000-07:002005-10-13T11:29:00.000-07:00I'm like you. I barely know my neighbors. I wo...I'm like you. I barely know my neighbors. I worked full time until Tyler arrived and by then I guess it was too late to make nice with the other Moms around here. So far they just leave us alone (except for the people who live behind us who filed a complaint when our house was being built forcing our builder to "re-grade" our property and raise the level of our lot by 5 feet for "drainage". @@ (eye rolls). So now it's going to cost $13,000 to "fix" that regrading and make the rest of our back yard usable. (Thanks neighbor.) That's just part of our landscaping estimate. I about had a coronary when I got the contract from the landscaper. Now I have to figure out a way to break the news to our next door neighbor about the project. They are VERY picky about their yard. What will they think about the loss of lawn? The wall? The ground cover and edging going in at the edge of their property? Ugh. I hope they are reasonable and see it as a good thing. I sure hope you set the water people right about the leak. If they keep a record of those things, yours should be expunged.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-67564279618628115752005-10-13T18:30:00.000-07:002005-10-13T18:30:00.000-07:00I live in a neighborhood like yours. I had the sa...I live in a neighborhood like yours. I had the same sort of problem in reverse. After weeks of suspicion, I finally caught the woman who lets her three dogs run loose (a violation) and poop in the commons area without cleaning up after them (another violation and rather stinky). I confronted her nonviolently, only to suffer one of her dogs jumping on me as I stood on my porch in my bathrobe. Then I reported her to the association office. A few days later, I saw the woman standing in the alley behind my car. The next day I found a dent and small woman-size boot print on the car door. Nice, huh? You follow the rules yourself and pay the consequences. My commiserations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-11336852209266378762005-10-17T00:43:00.000-07:002005-10-17T00:43:00.000-07:00one of my dreamsis to live in a house with some la...one of my dreams<br>is to live in a house with some land around it<br>so there are no neighbors that are too close :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com