Happy Birthday Markus ! @PapaThiele
From Jennifer at the Koffee Kup Kafe

 

@NoRegerts

Stan is 1 for 1.

 

Stan is also a lot less creepy and gives off those young-grandpa vibes with his flowing locks. Whereas, Russ set me up to fail and turned that little bitch into a Louie. But, I am happy for you Stan.

 

Not sure which is funnier - saying you're creepy or saying Stan is creepy, but less so.

 

Jesus Bob! I'd... I really... I don't know what I'd do, but I swear to God I'd be the bane of that entire neighborhood and likely be forced out and have to move. You're handling this better than I feel I am capable.

 

Yeah... But not on purpose.

 

Mornin Y’All. Done rearranging the 5-6 inches of snow thatI we got overnight. Heavy wet variety. Did very little with the shovel. Used the battery powered snow blower and the 4-wheeler with the plow.

 

Good morning Tick. What you described is terrifying. Snow? Wet and heavy? No thank you.

 

With age comes wisdom Chris. And wisdom defined is having learned lessons the hard way. Which I have done in spades.

And if I'm being honest, I signed up for this. I knew the houses were closer together than I prefer. But that's the way it is here if you want a newer home. Unless you have 1.5 million to spend, which I didn't. I also knew the playset was there. I tried hard to (literally) look the other way, but it is like a guard tower along my fence. And the kids are not shy about hanging out and eyeballing us not only on the back patio, but even in our living room through the windows. They also taunt Casper when he's out ack. Nothing malicious but we hear "Caspah! Come here Caspah!" all the time and then when he's out front, the kid runs away screaming because she's afraid of dogs. until now I just took the "Let kids be kids" stance. Right until their parents messed with us on St Paddy's at 10:05 PM.

Here's the guard tower -



The grandparents own a home on the other side of the yard. Why the hell didn't they put it over there??


As far as the trailer, I knew it wasn't allowed. Frankly I didn't think anyone could see it so I figured I was ok temporarily. Which I was. It gave me incentive to get off my *** and sell it. Which I did for $1000 more than I paid for it brand new. So my feelings weren't all that hurt about it. But I figure someone narc'd me out. Again, that's to be expected and I am willing to die by the sword. (abide by HOA rules). Our last HOA was pretty loose and a couple neighbors had yards filled with old lawnmowers and cars. Their homes were also in a state of disrepair. I don't get into other people's business, but when it affects my property values I get cranky. That said, they never messed with me, so I left them alone.

 

In other words you can't help being creepy? :>)