Paranoid Neighbor Ruins Weekend...read all about it.

I don't usually yell at my neighbors....But when my "neighbor" came running around the corner as my friend and I were putting the dogs in the car (Po was NEAR her bushes) and started yelling, "DON'T LET YOUR DOGS PEE ON MY BUSHES"...I had it. My hair bristled and I wasn't taking it anymore.

Let me back up.

This woman lives across the street, and her house is on the corner of 2 busy streets. she has no fence, no front yard, but has a few bushes alongside her house, about 1 foot from the sidewalk. Of course dogs are going to sniff, and *gasp* maybe even PEE on these bushes. That's what dogs do. Now, I know that this woman is a freak about dogs peeing on these bushes, so I make sure to keep their leashes tight as we walk by, but yesterday Christina had Po'and before I could tell her about the CRAZY BUSH LADY, the woman started the yelling.

Let me back up a little bit more.

I noticed the video cameras months back. At first I thought it was a toy, and then I realized that there were 3, and they were all aimed at the bushes around her house. I was creeped out instantly. The cameras also can see the sidewalk, and this became apparent when one day, about a month or so ago, we were walking the dogs and I had stopped to tie my shoe. All of a sudden, I heard banging from the window of the house. I looked up and saw her face, the angry neighbor, and she was yelling and motioning for me to not let the dogs near her bushes. The dogs were not near her bushes, and I was bent over, tying my shoe. I looked at her like, "what??" and then her mean face disappeared. I was so angry by this...especially because I knew she had seen me through her camera. I was minding my own business on a public sidewalk and she had the gaul to yell at me?


Also, side note: my GTI was parked in front of their house for a week one time, while I was trying to sell it. This is where/when my car was keyed. I instantly suspected her...because her husband/manfriend usually parked in that spot. I still think it was her. And now...another neighbor's car has been keyed ...in front of her house. coincidence?? Hmm.


So, fast forward to yesterday.

When she came around the corner and yelled at me, my buttons were instantly PUSHED. Red alert. Do not yell at me as I'm getting in my car to go the peaceful, happy place called the dog park. Do not yell at me, period.

this is what transpired:

her, yelling: DON'T LET YOUR DOGS PEE ON THE BUSHES!!!!! (for the record, Po did NOT pee on the bushes!!)

me: You live on a street corner!

her: This is private property (pointing to the bushes) she starts to walk away.

me, yelling: THANKS FOR BEING SO NEIGHBORLY!!!

her: (turns around) what did you say!????

me: THANKS FOR BEING SO NEIGHBORLY (and I meant it, this is exactly why our neighborhood sucks, because nobody is friendly, nobody says hi. this woman has talked to me 3 times in 3 years...1 time asking if I had seen anyone hit her car, and the other 2 yelling at me about her bushes)

her: Plant some bushes in front of your house and see how you feel.

me: I rent, I won't be planting any bushes.

her: (in a really mean, pointed voice) SEE, YOU DON'T OWN ANYTHING!!!!! (walks away)

me: (yelling) YOU ARE SO NICE!!! OH MY GOD, YOU ARE SOOOOO NICE!!!!


I was furious. And since then, I have thought of a million different things I could have said or done. But, it is over. I need to move on, and hope she doesn't get even crazier on me. I am scared of crazy people.

And that is how my Sunday was ruined. Thanks for listening.

i want to spit

i need help. it's my neighbor. let's ignore for a minute the fact that he: wears a bluetooth but doesn't have a job, watches his wife mow the law because he is too lazy to do it himself, drives 2 large vehicles that match the color of his house, goes outside in his wifebeater (all wrong), and spends most of his time making sure his vehicles are parked in front of his house. Those things are bad enough, but here's the kicker.
Because someone lives in his garage, he doesn't park either large vehicle inside..both are in the street, like most everyone's car (because most of our neighbors have their garages as illegal inlaws). So, here is what he does:
He parks one of his vehicles parallel, across his own driveway. Which is fine, right? However, because his vehicles are long, they go beyond the space of his driveway, and into both the street parking spot to the left, and to the right of his garage. IE, he takes up two spaces. Now, this is not by accident. He does this to SAVE a parking spot for the other car, when his wife has it out. He saves a spot ON THE STREET.







So, while other people are cruising around, trying to get a parking spot somewhere near their house, this good-for-nuttin is taking up two spaces. This bothers me so much, because often I can't park near my house, and it burns me up that he's inside, in his wifebeater, pretending to be talking on his bluetooth (he never is talking on his bluetooth, it is just on his ear), while I (and others) are parking up the damn hill or down the block.
Sometimes, just to piss him off, I will wedge the Ribbit right behind or in front of him, barely fitting in. I can't really do it in the space right behind him because there is a crosswalk. Also, i don't like my car too close to his. it will get cooties.

QUESTION: does anyone know if this is illegal (taking up two spots)?

I really hate to waste my blood pressure medication on this guy and his pig-headedness, so I'm asking...does anyone have any advice? I've already left a polite note. It was totally disregarded. And once I asked him verbally to move his car up. Oh, and one time I did spit on his car. I'd had a few drinks. But, he does this shite all the time, and I'm kinda fed up.

Reason #4 to move out of city = my dumb neighbor and his ridiculous vehicles.