Robyn
Completely Boxer Crazy
Okay guys, I just want to vent...
As I have said before, we moved from 2 1/4 acres to a 1/4 acre when the kids were babies so that our finances would be easier and I could stay home with them. Unfortunately, we can not become accustomed to having neighbors sooooo close. Let me give you an example. On Sunday, I leave for work at 3:15. My wonderful husband thought he would use his time wisely, he took the kids and Cooper into the back yard. The kids and Coop started playing and he began to stain the wooden steps and railing that lead to the patio from the kitchen. He just started to put the stain on when two sets of neighbors with their kids let them selves into the gate the kids run and play and then the parents ask if it's okay if they are there. Then the kids realize that Cooper is out and they sort of freak and the parents ask if Matt can put him away! Matt explains that the steps are wet with stain and that no, he can not put Cooper away. So the parents say maybe it's not a good time to play...Duh! They leave. Of course all of the children are upset at this point because they all enjoy playing in our backyard because my Mr. Handyman husband has made it playland. We have a neat playhouse that matches our house (with a kitchen and workbench) and a wooden swingset and the garden pond with fish and frogs. Unfortunately, my husband looks like the bad guy. I've gone off on a tangent as usual...
About the bank. We have a row of tall pine trees across our back and the neighbors directly next to us. These are the only lots in the development that have any trees and that is why we both picked these lots. In the mean time, the property behind our homes was re-zoned and a bank from Baltimore city purchased it. We went to all of the meetings about it but as usual in our county everything is a done deal before you even hear about it (sorry I'm cynical about this). So the bank agreed to leave the trees as a landscape buffer, thank goodness, or so I thought. Over the past week, they have cut the lower brances up about 15 feet on their side and then cut away at the soil down 4-5 feet and with in 3 feet of the trunk on the bank side. I really see no way these trees are going to make it. They only have a root system now on our side. I feel so defeated. I have tried to keep the lines of communication open with the bank and I've always been pleasant. I feel you usually get more done when your nice but it's not working. I'm not only worried about the trees dying but about them falling into our yard during a storm and also the 24 hour lights in the parking lot. I know all of this is going to severly hurt our resale value. I REALLY want to move now! Okay, thanks for letting me get that off my chest...I feel better! :D
Robyn
As I have said before, we moved from 2 1/4 acres to a 1/4 acre when the kids were babies so that our finances would be easier and I could stay home with them. Unfortunately, we can not become accustomed to having neighbors sooooo close. Let me give you an example. On Sunday, I leave for work at 3:15. My wonderful husband thought he would use his time wisely, he took the kids and Cooper into the back yard. The kids and Coop started playing and he began to stain the wooden steps and railing that lead to the patio from the kitchen. He just started to put the stain on when two sets of neighbors with their kids let them selves into the gate the kids run and play and then the parents ask if it's okay if they are there. Then the kids realize that Cooper is out and they sort of freak and the parents ask if Matt can put him away! Matt explains that the steps are wet with stain and that no, he can not put Cooper away. So the parents say maybe it's not a good time to play...Duh! They leave. Of course all of the children are upset at this point because they all enjoy playing in our backyard because my Mr. Handyman husband has made it playland. We have a neat playhouse that matches our house (with a kitchen and workbench) and a wooden swingset and the garden pond with fish and frogs. Unfortunately, my husband looks like the bad guy. I've gone off on a tangent as usual...
About the bank. We have a row of tall pine trees across our back and the neighbors directly next to us. These are the only lots in the development that have any trees and that is why we both picked these lots. In the mean time, the property behind our homes was re-zoned and a bank from Baltimore city purchased it. We went to all of the meetings about it but as usual in our county everything is a done deal before you even hear about it (sorry I'm cynical about this). So the bank agreed to leave the trees as a landscape buffer, thank goodness, or so I thought. Over the past week, they have cut the lower brances up about 15 feet on their side and then cut away at the soil down 4-5 feet and with in 3 feet of the trunk on the bank side. I really see no way these trees are going to make it. They only have a root system now on our side. I feel so defeated. I have tried to keep the lines of communication open with the bank and I've always been pleasant. I feel you usually get more done when your nice but it's not working. I'm not only worried about the trees dying but about them falling into our yard during a storm and also the 24 hour lights in the parking lot. I know all of this is going to severly hurt our resale value. I REALLY want to move now! Okay, thanks for letting me get that off my chest...I feel better! :D
Robyn
. It would have been fine with Matt if they played although he could not put Cooper away (unless he stopped what he was doing and walked around front with him, but once he's on a roll...)and he would have not been able to chit chat because he was busy. I hope I did not come across as an anti-social pyscho! :D I'm really not! 