What's everyone up to right now?

[Losty]

Who is Mike? Are you Mike?

[Ravenshire]

Grumbling to myself about my HOA's double standards about landscaping.

Am planning on talking to a neighbor who did extensive planting and how she got away with it (seriously, she put in roses, hydrangeas, and relandscaped everything around her unit) when all I want to do is plant, like, 3 low maintenance shrubs that require watering (done by the sprinkler system) and pruning ONCE A YEAR to block the straight shot view into my living room.

HOAs are absolutely fucking evil incarnate!

That being said, I have not once sought HOA approval for any home/property improvement I've done so far. I got forced into filling out a form for the new roof because they spotted the permit the county taped up (on the garage door? really?). Cutting shit down (ornamental plum tree), tearing shit out (devil bush aka juniper bush), planting new trees (one apple, one cherry), planting new fruit bearing bushes and shrubs (three gooseberry plants, two blackberries, a dozen strawberries [now a hundred strawberries], various assorted pepper plants (potted so I can keep them alive over the winter), etc...

Fuck 'em. The only valid purposes for a HOA is to protect your property values from being damaged by your neighbor's junked out '91 Dodge up on blocks in their yard or their bright idea to paint their house acid green with neon pink trim and to maintain common areas (pools, clubhouses, golf courses and the like. If HOAs limited their own power to those two things, I wouldn't have a problem with them. Human nature though tends to grab as much power over others as possible. I'm honestly surprised I don't have to seek HOA approval to mow my lawn even though I'm required to keep it trimmed. After all, they try to dictate what I can drink on my own fucking deck (no beer unless it's been poured into a glass).

Back on topic...
Going to bed. The last week+ has been absolutely fucking emotionally draining. Today was no improvement. Things do look like they're going to get better long term though.

A bit of advice. If you or anyone you know need prescription strength allergy medications, stay away from Singulair and all it's generics! One of the known side effects of it's active ingredient is depression. Suicidal type depression. Very, very bad shit! Class action suit bad! Race home from work thinking a family member may be a corpse before you can get there bad!

I've gone from thinking I could never be as frightened as I was by a charging cougar to understanding that cougars ain't shit compared to fear for the life of a family member. Been there twice in the last year and please no fucking more!!!

[SteelCurtain]

Who is Mike? Are you Mike?

One and the same.

[Jackalope]

Grumbling to myself about my HOA's double standards about landscaping.

Am planning on talking to a neighbor who did extensive planting and how she got away with it (seriously, she put in roses, hydrangeas, and relandscaped everything around her unit) when all I want to do is plant, like, 3 low maintenance shrubs that require watering (done by the sprinkler system) and pruning ONCE A YEAR to block the straight shot view into my living room.

Dealing with HOAs is a bit like being in prison. Pick the biggest, baddest motherfucker on your HOAs board and give him a good prison yard beat down. The rest will fall in line.

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Joking, of course. I have about as much experiences with HOAs as I do with prison life.

:p

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[Jackalope]

Me, I'm enjoying a little downtime basking in the air-fucking-conditioned goodness of my new pad after a delicious meal of salad, pasta with garlic and olive oil, and lamb chops. Life is good.

[*Deidre*]

Laying in bed, reading the forums.

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Lamb chops sound good :-) ^^

[The Valkyrie]

Getting ready to go to work.

*sigh*

[*Deidre*]

Getting ready to go to work.

*sigh*

we are on opposite time tables. ::hugs::

I'm also laying here wondering what happened to some posters that I don't see anymore and haven't for a while. I miss summer queen, to name one. :/

[The Valkyrie]

Getting ready to go to work.

*sigh*

we are on opposite time tables. ::hugs::

I'm also laying here wondering what happened to some posters that I don't see anymore and haven't for a while. I miss summer queen, to name one. :/

I work nights in an A&E (ER) though that will be changing when I go home.

I miss quite a few posters, too.

Hope everything's okay with them.

[naimless]

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