May has SUCKED for me.
I’ll be glad when this month is over! In a couple of weeks I will go into the whole story of how truly bad his month sucked, but for now…trust me. SUCKED.
This morning a cop came knocking at my door because ‘The Pricks’ (the neighbors from hell) called because my dog barked at 9 in the morning and woke them up. They are the chronic cop callers on everyone in the neighborhood. I’ve had them called on me because my hedge in the front yard was too high, there were weeds in the backyard that were too high, because I had a boat parked in front of my house for 3 days, because I didn’t have my trash taken for 2 weeks in a row and because they said I left my dog in the house over the weekend and no one was home. They called it on the new neighbors because they parked their car on the street and again for having a trailer parked in the driveway while they were moving in. They called the cops because they had a basketball hoop in the street. The neighbor down the street got a visit from the cops because they were having a pool put in and the workers were making the road dirty.
So in a very unlikely move, I confronted the neighbor after the cops left. I think the fact that the cop was grumpy that he had to come out because the caller was ‘very agitated’ and insisted that my dog was non stop barking all night and into the morning.
I told the cop that my dog is crate trained and sleeps in the crate at night and is let out twice in the morning for 10 to 20 minutes to go pee and run around. The cop said he was tired of the neighbor calling and said something like, ‘I’m sorry you have to live next to a ‘prick’.’ This bolstered my need to finally confront The Prick.
It’s strange how some people can be just total self righteous pricks to other people.
Needless to say, he insisted that my dog was left out all night and barked all night and into the morning and I told him he was wrong.
I left shaking angry.
Then after the icky day, I called a few friends and bitched. I then went on my Flickr site and read all the comments people left. I read some great posts that made me smile.
I read some posts from people needing help. My world got bigger and the stupid things in life didn’t seem so huge anymore.
Something totally cool and UNHEARD of happened. I came up with SPF for next week a WHOLE week before. Did you hear that? A WHOLE WEEK!
It’s about being inspired and how two people see things totally different.
For example, when Shaun takes a picture he sees what he’s already going to do with it. When I take a picture I am trying to capture that moment so when I look at it again I can feel that moment as if it was happening all over again. Not to remember it, but to LIVE it.
Other people take the picture to caputure a moment to remember it.
Then there are people that see things out of this world in things we pass by every single day and might think it was trash. Some people can make something ugly into something so beautiful.
I am inspired by Wave of Modulation. She takes my breath away. Not only with her pictures, but her words that are so real, raw and soul squeezing. This week…it’s about WoM.
1. Something Discarded
2. Lay down on the ground and find something ugly and make it beautiful.
3. Take a picture in the style of the person that inspires you.
#3 is wide open – meaning if you took a picture that you wouldn’t have normally taken, but you thought, ‘hey so-in-so would love this’. Share with us your inspirations!!
Today sucked, but I just spent 2 hours rereading an old friend’s blog and giggling at his pink guitars and it’s hard to not laugh when you read his blog. He’s my internet secret lover…shhhh, don’t tell Shaun.
27 responses to “Unheard of!”
‘The Pricks’ really SUCK and always think they are right when they usually are not. I giggled at the cops comment though, sorry.
I had a neighbor once who called the cops on the Mr. Softee Ice Cream truck because he was playing his music at 10:00 p.m. on a Saturday.
Glad your day ended on a better note.
OK, neighbors like that need to never procreate because they will just have little pricks…..so to speak.
I am glad that your day ended up better than it started. And look at you with SPF a week ahead of time. You go, sista.
I am sooo sorry to hear you’ve had a really bad month.
It sucks when things just keep happening, but take heart; all bad things must come to an end too! :)
You’ve got a beautiful family, a wonderful man, a wedding that is gonna happen SOON, and a new business!
Keep smilin; it makes people wonder what you’ve been up to. *wink*
Oops, I forgot to wish you a happy Mother’s Day.
Have a wonderful day.
Ohhhhhhhh….you need big guys…to go up and without threatening firmly say “stop calling the cops.” Firm and no discussion. Let inuendo do its work.
He keeps calling shit starts happening to car, to his lawn, to lots of things. It just starts happenning out of the blue but never provable.
Sometimes its a war of attrition. He calls caps…you leave big scratch mark down the side of his car.
He calls cops His tires get popped…just one…it will look like an regular flat tire…but the same tire every week?
Poison his flowers.
Find out where he grocery shops and bang the hell out of that car with a shopping cart.
Freedom of speech…if you see him on the sidwalk call him every dirty name in the book. Calmy but firmly..
Every time you go by flip him off..have your whole family kids, extedned family etc…whenever they go by flip ‘im the bird..
In the end he will get sick of dealing with you…he’ll wish it was just an occasional barking dog again.
Be subtle, be calm…do not get eyewitnessed…
It works…
Dr H.O. Potamus
I’ve had a crummy month too. Not really bad… but it seems like as soon as I turned the calendar to May, the shit hit the fan.
Direct Deposit lost a paycheck? Yep
Fossil lost my watch order? You bet
My car got sick? Oh yeah
A host of personal problems no one wants to hear about? Uh huh.
Here’s to a good June! Sounds like a fun SPF.
I am so sorry your May has been such a stinker but I am more than pissed that you have to live next door to cop calling losers! I think you need to find a reason to call the cops on THEM. (yes starting a pissing match – real mature I know!).
I know there are bigger problems in the world but it still doesn’t stop you from wanting to kick him right in the nut sack.
Just sayin’.
If I woulda been there I woulda kicked him in the nuts for you.
:)
I am in a nut kicking mood.
omg. i just about pissed myself when i read the word nut sack!!!
Wow, I’m humbled. And honored.
But most of all I hope May looks up for you very soon, like smiles granted from the sun.
GOod lord. Don’t they have worse shit to worry about?
Asshats.
Happy Mom’s Day one day early.
Hey, that neighbor of yours sounds like he is an attention seeker, if he makes you mad, that’s what he wants.
(who wouldn’t get mad at a guy like that!)
If you really want to make him mad, be nice to him, genuinely nice. Hey, make it blog-worthy, have fun with it.
But pick one day a week to make him/her cookies, homemade doggie treats, flowers, whatever. Maybe only smile and say hi, but be nice.
Trust me, it will piss him off!
You’ll feel better too cause you won’t be mad, when you want to rant, do something nice for the guy.
Hey, not saying I could do it….just an idea, cause no one would call the cops like that unless they truly and completely enjoyed watching everyone get pissed off.
Deny him, think of it as like being witholding sex….withold the anger! ha!
Anyway, love the idea for next Friday, I’m inspired already!
Shhh!!! I’m pretty sure Shaun reads your site. Our secret might be out.
Shaun, dude, if you could only turn her on, she might not need me.
(I’ve taken several pictures because I saw something and thought that WoM would have taken them. They turned out to be the best pics I’ve done.)
*hug*
Good on ya for making an “unlikely move”, Kristine. Neighbor needs a little more of that, I think.
And hang in there, my love. May goes fast. Just look hard at the blooming things.
Sounds like your neighbors seriously suck! I totally hate that “I’m so angry that I’m shaking feeling”.
I hope you have a great Mother’s Day Kristine!
Sorry you’ve had such a craptastic month so far. Here’s hoping the rest of it gets better and here’s to hoping your neighbor gets his.
Thanks for giving us plenty of advance notice for that SPF because…ha! LOL It’s going to take me a while to come up with those. But, I like it. It’s going to be cool.
Hope you have a great Mother’s Day!!
Thanks for the heartfelt blogging today… I was feeling really crappy until I read about Chester and showed his photo to my twin sons. The kids often want to know what I am doing on the computer…Now, they know.
Kristine,
I hope you are enjoying Mother’s Day today.
I said this in other places today – but I want to give you the same message:
I’m content in my life, but – my goodness, how different my life would have been to have a mom like you.
Your girls (and boy) are fortunate to have you as their mom.
Love, She.
In the middle of all caos, there´s always a moment to stop by and wish a Happy Mother´s Day! May everything work better for you, Kristie!
Peace and light!!
Happy Mother’s Day, you milf.
Happy Mother’s Day Kristine. You deserve it. June will be fantastic, no doubt.
Remember, you can’t cure stupid, so just kill ’em with kindness.
I’m up for the SPF challenge next week. I need it.
Happy Mother’s Day!!
Happy Mother’s Day!
Crappy neighbours are the worst. They seriously suck.
I’d love to see you guys battle this out on Judge Judy…
Happy Mother’s Day!
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