I'm so not an Alice Cooper fan.
Never was. Never will be.
I just remember hearing the song School's Out For Summer from time to time over the years.
Most recently when
For some reason, it's been rattling around in my head ever since.
I'm pretty sure that's because I
I don't want to sound, you know, braggy or anything...but I didn't see anyone else making it to the encore! And I wasn't getting booed off the stage, either.
(Sorry, but I have to glory in the moment. It's not every day that I am able to beat both my husband and our
I must admit I'm hoping Jericho changes his mind about what he wants for his birthday so that we can get that game and
Anyway, about the whole School's Out thing? If finally happened for us!
It all began Monday when Jericho had a field day. Literally.
Little brother got to participate since mama was helping to supervise the event at the park.
He thought he was one of the big kids.
Big brother kindly took Judah through the sprinklers.
The Park & Rec people were so nice, they waited to water the lawns until the kids were sweltering hot from playing games in the sun, and then let them play in them for about a half hour to cool off.
It was great last hurrah for Jericho with his buddies.
And thus began the official countdown to the last day of school...which was today!
Summer has FINALLY begun! Whoop-whoop!
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Yep, they're baaaaaack.
I guess it's the Year of the Dog in our neighborhood.
Which somehow correlates directly with the tenants that have cycled through the rental next door.
The family that lived there back when I started this blog less than a year ago had 5 grown pit bulls in their backyard.
Five.
Large.
Vicious.
Dogs.
That would all jump up against the fence en masse to snarl and bark at our poor dog Raisin.
It was downright frightening.
I didn't even want the boys to play back there in case that was the time the fence would finally fall down, and they'd maul our children to death.
Hey, it happens! This wasn't a case of me being an overprotective mom. It was that bad!
We know this because there used to be a beagle that lived in their yard with them, but the dogs ganged up on the hound, and that was the end of that poor beagle. And if they'd turn on one of their own...well, it makes me shudder even thinking about what could have happened.
It was a relief to see those dogs vacate the 'hood.
The next family had a pit bull puppy and a yappy pomeranian that would dig under our fence and eat up all of our dog's food.
Daily.
And those two dogs kept digging new holes when I'd fill in the last ones.
The proverbial icing on the cake was when they moved out a few months later sans their Pomeranian.
As in leaving their dog locked up in the backyard of that house without any food or water. A virtual death sentence.
At Christmas time, no less.
In the dead of winter.
But we noticed just in time, rescued it, and that Pomeranian now happily reigns as doggy princess at my brother-in-law's house, living side-by-side in peaceful co-existence with their pet rabbit.
And just when we thought anything would be better than what we'd suffered with those two families pets invading our serenity, the latest family moved in.
With the noisiest dogs on the block. Perhaps even our entire city.
Perhaps that's because there are NINE dogs in their little postage stamp of a backyard all competing for attention and food.
Nine.
Dogs.
Digging.
Seven.
Puppies.
Yapping and scrapping.
All hours of the day and night.
It's enough to make a person go insane.
Those seven naughty little puppies dig under the fence too fast for me to keep up with filling in their holes. It's really a wonder there is any compacted dirt left to hold up the wooden fence.
And so they romp all day in our yard.
Eating poor Raisin's food.
Drinking her water.
Rousing her from her sleep.
Running her ragged trying to defend her territory.
Leaving behind...evidence of their visits.
Did I mention that there were nine dogs over there?
Yapping at all hours of the night?
Interrupting our sleep?
It's bad, I tell you. Bad.
But darned if they aren't some of the cutest, most playful little pups I've ever seen.
Pure white little furballs.
And when they hear me coming, they dive through the hole under the fence.
Canine skydivers making a hasty exit, ending up in perfect formation on their side of the fence like they'd been there all along. Slick professionals that they are.
And they're so fast I hadn't ever actually caught them in the act.
They almost got away with it, leaving me to think it was just my imagination that I saw several little white balls of fluff floating past my glass sliding door.
But see the little guy on the left, his tail in the air? He was a tad bit too slow.
Maybe held up by one of his brothers in line ahead of him, I'm not sure.
All I know was that his sister looked downright embarrassed to have been caught in the act.
So here we find ourselves faced with what to do about the neighbor's dogs.
Again.
It would help if I wasn't such a
Children who would weep and wail and cry buckets of tears if they were to suddenly be parted from their precious puppies.
What's a nice neighbor to do?
11 comments:
It's probably against the law to own more than 3 or 4 dogs in your area, and it's CERTAINLY against the law to have dogs that disturb the peace. But maybe the puppies are going to be sold or given out to other homes? Wow, I would be so irritated with dogs barking all night.
HEY!! I know this is devious, but you know what I would do? I'd set up some kind of trigger noise that goes off (that only the dogs can hear) and DELIBERATELY gets those dogs barking. Do this every 15 minutes for one whole night (Jericho would probably take this job now that school is out) and you'll have the whole neighborhood on their case! (You will probably have to get some anesthetic for poor Raisin so she can sleep peacefully in the garage all night). So you lose one night's sleep. Sounds like you'll lose a lot more sleep than that if it keeps going as is! I know, I'm a genius!
I totally want my kids to get the High School Musical game for the Wii- pretty sure I would win!!!
BTW, your neighbor needs a kennel license to have that many dogs....
The first part of your post makes me want to try to better myself at guitar hero. After all, for many years I was the QUEEN of all things video game-ish. Maybe that's because I didn't have my two teenage kids laughing at me every time I tried...
As for the rental next door, we have one of those too. I don't think they allow dogs (although I know from personal experience that doesn't always mean renters won't bring 'em in anyway).
We did however have an 18 yr. old girl and her two year old son show up from said rental at our door after her "husband" pushed her through their bedroom window. She was bleeding, but thank God, not seriously hurt...
So if I were to tell you that one of my very first albums was that Alice Cooper piece of vinyl, would it change your opinion of me??
I love that P&R ran the sprinklers during the day for the kids!
Oh, Becky. I have no idea what I would do about NINE dogs living next door. You don't suppose they're breeding the dogs and will be selling the puppies??
OH! Forgot to add that I rock pretty well at Guitar Hero, too! I beat Todd unmercifully and gloat whenever I get a chance. Sadly, Taylor is a real guitar hero and he's wicked insane on the game.
I am not good at guitar hero.
The white ball of fluff are pretty cute, but that is a whole lot of dogs to have next door.
First off the pictures of your kids were great! I love the second one of the boys:)
I agree that there is probably a law against one person owning that many pets. I know there is here. That is just insane. it sounds like my old neighborhood. I ABSOLUTELY hate it when people don't take care of their animals. We had this neighbor that would leave is dog chained up ALL DAY LONG. I never saw him fed or watered. He would bark ALL NIGHT LONG and wake Buddy up when he was a new born. We called the cops SEVERAL times and animal control. They did nothing. It made me so mad. I would have tried to free the dog from the chain, but I was afraid he would bite me. This was the same neighbor that threw his puppy up against the side of his house in front of his toddler. I was horrified!
Oh and I totally SUCKED at guitar hero. I was BEYOND awful. lol
You should challenge Alison to Guitar Hero. She beats everybody. Her boyfriend gets razzed by his family when they watch him play against her online. He doesn't mind her beating him, but he can't stand the razzing from his sisters!
What would this nice neighbor do? Call Animal Control. LOL! Yeah, I'm so nice... but I detest dogs. Did I mention I have a dog? Anyone want her??? She drives me insane. Just not a dog person!
Whoa! Way too many dogs... FIVE Pit Bulls would have scared me to no end. I grew up with a Pit bull living behind our house. He eventually broke in and attacked our dog, big dog.
And who would up and leave a dog, chained up in the dead of Winter? Seriously!
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