Henriettakittycat Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Once upon a time there was a neighbor who proclaimed herself the head of the cul de sac. She owned 1/2 of a duplex and wanted to sell her half for way more than the house was worth and more than the single family homes would ever sell for. Of course the fact that the 1/2 duplex was overpriced wasn't the reason it wasn't selling. It was all of us. We were conspiring to keep her hostage on our street by having trashy yards, barking dogs, unruly children, junky vans, and cats. So our neighbor took it upon herself to change all that. One day we came outside and saw her hands and knees, scraping out the grass growing in the cracks in the street with a butter knife. A quick spray of Round-Up or boiling water even would do just as good of a job and probably be faster, but no, she was out there with her trusty butter knife. Sometimes other neighbors would come home to find that she was pulling weeds in their yard. When asked to please stop and told that the owner of the house would get to it, she would yell at them. Other times she would pull up just planted grass that wasn't coming up fast enough to suit her. Not in her own yard of course. An unsuspecting neighbor held a garage sale. He let the sign stay up five minutes past the end of the sale. Wacky couldn't have that now. She picked up the sign, walked to the house that had the sale, and body slammed it into his yard. She held her annual garage sale. The night before the blessed event she walked over to a neighbors house and informed them that she had posted their vans in her sale ad so they needed to make a sign with all the details on the van and put them in the windows of the vans. When the neighbors told her that they were not selling the vans she told them that she already listed them in her ad so they were selling whether they liked it or not. Now these vans were not junky, the family had recently bought a new van and were not sure what to do with the other two yet. She has gone down in Cul De Sac history as the Wacky Van Seller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirstenH Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 More crazy! I feel so sane! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflections Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 :lol::lol: I have been laughing myself silly over these posts!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 More crazy! I feel so sane! :lol: :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henriettakittycat Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 She also blamed everyone elses dogs for teaching her dog to bark and howl when sirens went by. I told her that my dogs never howled until we moved here and reminded her that my dogs stay in our house or yard, that we bring them in when they bark, and they sleep inside so any nightime barking was not from them. I didn't say it was from her dog. When her dog got into my yard and smashed my zuch. plants she said he didn't do it. I suggested she call a friend who was leaving my house when said dog was found on the plants and she said it never happened so she wasn't going to call. Guess we were seeing things? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfiend Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 So who moved away first her or you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 She listed the neighbor's van in an ad? I would be printing that off and calling the police posthaste! Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henriettakittycat Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 So who moved away first her or you? That's a whole 'nuther story. :) She did. But she got a very young couple to "rent to own" the house, charged way too much for it, demanded that nothing have an "offensive" odor including their trash, refused to fix anything that needed fixing even though the disabled mom was alone while her husband was deployed to Iraq, and demanded that she keep her yard up but took away the lawn mower she said they could have. We helped her as much as we could. But then our son's crash happened, the mom had another baby (dad got back from Iraq) and well, a week after my son died she came over with her brand new baby boy and wanted me to see him. I told her it was too soon because the funeral was the day before, she got mad, left in a huff, and hasn't spoken to us since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henriettakittycat Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 She listed the neighbor's van in an ad? I would be printing that off and calling the police posthaste! Dawn Yeah. Me too. The vans didn't sell but she bragged about what she did to everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-mex Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 We helped her as much as we could. But then our son's crash happened, the mom had another baby (dad got back from Iraq) and well, a week after my son died she came over with her brand new baby boy and wanted me to see him. I told her it was too soon because the funeral was the day before, she got mad, left in a huff, and hasn't spoken to us since. The new renter/soldier's wife did that? Or the nutty van lady? I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 We have a neighbor trying to sell her house on our cul de sac. She keeps saying the neighbors (meaning us) have older mailboxes and don't keep up our yards and that is why it isn't selling. :glare::glare::glare: She has the house overpriced, hasn't fixed some issues in the house, and a host of other things. But it is OUR faults it isn't selling. Thankfully we all have at least a few acres so we aren't really close to each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 There are advantages to being a hermit. I never run into all these crazy people that are apparently run amuck in our society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 She also blamed everyone elses dogs for teaching her dog to bark and howl when sirens went by. This may be my favorite part of the story (though the van-selling is pretty fabulous, too). And what a shame your new neighbor turned out to be such an insensitive lout. I'm terribly sorry for your loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WistfulRidge Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 More crazy! I feel so sane! :lol: :iagree: I don't think I've ever felt sane before... it is a weird feeling :lol::D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 That's a whole lotta crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhomemaker25 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I'm just bored with my neighborhood now. The people to one side bring us fresh veggies from their garden and the guy on the other side lets my kids play with his dog and tells them about all the upcoming video games. He's a real, genuine video game tester! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henriettakittycat Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 We have a neighbor trying to sell her house on our cul de sac. She keeps saying the neighbors (meaning us) have older mailboxes and don't keep up our yards and that is why it isn't selling. :glare::glare::glare: She has the house overpriced, hasn't fixed some issues in the house, and a host of other things. But it is OUR faults it isn't selling. Thankfully we all have at least a few acres so we aren't really close to each other. Sounds like Wacky moved across the country. Sorry. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henriettakittycat Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 This may be my favorite part of the story (though the van-selling is pretty fabulous, too). And what a shame your new neighbor turned out to be such an insensitive lout. I'm terribly sorry for your loss. It's sad really. We tried to reach out to them but it hasn't worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxmum Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I am so sorry for your loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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