Oh I don't know.... we had an armadillo stroll past us on his way to???
One of the first things we did when we bought our first home loooooong ago was to tear down the chain link fence that enclosed the property on the street side. We have a wooden one with a gap in it against the woods in back, but we just don't like fences.
They need a damn fence, not us. Our dog is not loose and unsupervised. H was right next to her when that dog came barreling across the yard--- wth good would it have done had she been on a leash or her tie out? I haven't seen either of their dogs since the incident.
I've been researching a bit, there is a story right now of two dogs on "death row" for killing a neighbors cat at NOLA.com. I'm going to write up some papers with copies of the statutes I've found, the vet bills (we still have to take her in on Monday for the stitches) and a legal form explaining that if we don't get reimbursed for the vet bills we will sue for bills, loss of work time for court and vet. visits, pain & suffering, and court costs. I have a funny feeling (they hid their cars when the police came over) that they don't want to go to court. If their dog(s) have prior reports they can be classified as vicious from what I understand. We'll have to pay a fine for our dog being unleashed, but in principle it may be worth it. A kid may be in their way next-- it could've been my H's arm had he seen it coming a few seconds earlier.
Oh well.
Another weekend! Yay. I love weekends.
Something I didn't say: When he made corn fritters for breakfast and I wanted grits and eggs I kept my mouth shut and went on and on about the great corn fritters.
He's growing a "playoff beard" in honor of our team in the SCF and I've restrained myself from teasing him about the "touches of grey" poking through this time.
::eyeroll:: I know, this is getting really boring. I should probably join a Neighbor-Busting website as if it weren't for the senile old lady next door breaking the limbs on our tree, pulling up a bush and turning our flag upside down and getting a stash of our things in her home, there wouldn't be much drama around here at all.
Oh, we did "DB" the lady who owned the mercedes with the bumper that S16 hit last week. The kids all said that it merely had a scuff on it and didn't file an accident report. Which is really, really good for S16 because he only has that intermediate license and can't have any accidents...but... lady called up a few hours later with that one-too-many-martini voice and you'd have thunk it was totalled. We did NOT minimize, trivialize, in any way insinuate that her daughter stopped really fast with no warning on wet pavement in front of S16 because she almost missed the turn into Times Grill parking lot... nope, we just validated (the horrible damage to her bumper) and reassured her that he was responsible for following too close for the road conditions and inexperience (locked up the brakes instead of tapping them) and that of course we'd pay for the new bumper. S16 spoke with her later and is working on a plan to pay off the cost himself with payments. We think. Sooo, no insurance rate hike or problems getting full license for S16 when he turns 17 this summer!
We've had no further tm's from xow since the message back to her telling her not to send messages to our phone again. No hang ups or mysterious "private caller" incidents. I no longer do a search on every single number on H's cell that I don't recognize, if I even happen to notice them (I don't actively snoop any longer but all three of us use all the phones).
