I guess this is the place to vent. Well I havent received the status of overly read blog yet and it doesnt look like I may achieve that but any how I carry on. But I can say that a Genius of a Man has read one of my posts and I am honored, it did brighten my day. For some reason my posts take several days to apply, dont know why but who cares. Its a holiday weekend again, well sort of, I do work monday and off again tuesday. I should have taken a vacation day. What can I say, I am a workaholic. I am dedicated to my job. I know, sick me. This may be a long post and if you make it to the end, you are bored as I am. One of these months or years I will post everything exciting.
You know I dont have a problem with dogs, I use to have two adorable Ladies. The younger one passed away last november, a day after my birthday. Goldie was a cocker spaniel mix, 14 years old. Yentl, passed away last january, was a german shepherd chow mix, a beautiful dog, was 18 years old. They are both sitting on a shelf because I couldnt bare them being buried or dumped in a land fill. I bought this house because it was partially landscaped and at my age I couldnt wait to see plants grow. I have fescue sod that was installed, a 11 x 14 foot pond with a 4 foot waterfall that pumps 4500 gph. I have numerous plants around the pond which takes up most of the front yard. I mow when the grass gets half inch taller than it should be. I am the only one on the block that has installed water sprinklers so my grass IS the greenist. When I mow I sweep the driveway and curb to get rid of the debris. Ok, I am a little anal with the yard. I have bird and squirrel feeders in the front and back yard. I love animals and the way the birds sing. Usually all the chatter is coming from my yard. I love it... Because of the yard lites, pump in the pond, and watering continuously, my utility bill is up there. What can I say the utility company loves me. And that isnt including the time I put into it, planting, weeding, mowing, weed eating, winterizing and other numerous things I do. I LOVE doing this plus people like looking at it. This is where the problem comes in. You know I have never really noticed things when I was renting but since I am buying I see alot. All the houses around me are rentals or leases except the one next to me, the east side. She is the sweetest. But the rest, let me tell ya... When I moved in I had a problem with kids playing in my yard and pond. What was the deal...they had a yard too and it was bigger. I couldnt never figure out for the longest time why I had so many toads in my pond. You know toads breed in ponds but then they move on to moist vegetation, not water. Well I found out the neighbor on the other side with the 4 kids was putting toads in my pond when they found one. Well they would get caught in the skimmer and pump and die, the toads, not the kids. Well the people across the street would throw trash and cig butts in my yard from their car. And the neighbor behind me wouldnt never mow their yard. Well...All these people have moved. Now I have a new bunch of problems... The neighbor on the west side had a cat, lets say I ended up with the cat. And they have two kids, very annoying. They will not stay out of my fountain and driving their bikes in the yard. Now they have a dog, a pitbull. It jumps my fence to chase the squirrels and birds and dump in my yard. They have to chase this dog all over the neighborhood. The neighbor behind them have three dogs, bark all the time. And the neighbor two houses down behind me have a black german shepherd that barks all the time, it knows when I open my back door. The neighbor across the street from me has two dogs, barks all the time at the squirrels and people passing by. And also he walks his dogs in MY yard to take a dump. The neighbor next to them have two dogs. And would you believe those dogs come to my yard and to take a dump. One nite I was sitting on my porch listening to the dogs bark when he let his dogs out and of course here they come, he was standing in the middle of street waiting for them when I coughed, and then he hollered at his dogs to get back in his yard. I was mowing my yard friday when she let her dogs out and I turned around with the mower when her dog was pissing on my flowers, not 4 feet in front of the mower. She was bouncing over there to get her dog. I just stood there in shock. And of course we cant forget when the neighbor down the street great dane came and swam in my pond. The dog died two days later. I found this out from the neighbor who has the pitbull. The neighbor, that has the pitbull, behind them has relatives that bring 10 pitbulls to visit on weekends. That is a grand party of barking. And today, two houses east of me, had relatives come in with 3 dogs. And of course they are running up and down the street stopping to piss on my plants. AND would you believe all of these people have fenced in backyards. What is the deal...why my frickin yard. I work so hard in my yard to make it look nice. They usually pay someone to mow their yards because they are too lazy to do it themselves. I am living in the wrong neighborhood. I was born to live next to the golf course. I drive over there and see how beautful their yards are and the curbs are even clean. Man I wish I lived there...
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