According to the post card, "We are sure it's just an oversight, but on 5/4/2011, we noticed - tree branches should be 6-8 feet above walkways." They then thanked me for my cooperation in addressing this matter.
*And cue the Rocky theme song music*
I automatically started feeling VERY defensive. I feel as though someone just told me I was a bad mother. (I don't know what else to compare this feeling to.)
Note: This photo was taken two weeks ago and I think our trees look fine! Certainly not worth being called out.
If you know me at all, you'll KNOW why this bothers me. I'm a rule-follower. I sit in the front of the class and ask good questions. I do NOT get in trouble.
So, on one hand, I think it's really nice that the HOA exists so we don't have neighbors with 3 foot tall grass and out-of-control yards. On the other hand, I have a VERY strong urge to find out the address of "Cindy" the "HOA Compliance Coordinator" and
I mean, come on. We've got Pretty Woman living next door with God knows who visiting at all hours. She also has different shades of mulch. (No that's not a naughty phrase. If it is, I don't know what it means.) She literally has two shades of mulch in her yard. She had a light, normal shade of mulch and then it looks like she started to lay BLACK mulch down but then stopped. So she literally has part black, part light brown. It looks terrible. Yet we're being called out for our tree limbs?
Cindy, you've messed with the wrong gal. I need a tan and I'm pissed (said, of course, while snapping fingers in a Z formation).
Ugh, whatever! Your trees look totally fine!! And I'll be happy to help you TP cindy's house, to the rocky theme song of course.
ReplyDeleteThanks Courtney, I knew I could count on you! :-)
ReplyDeleteGet em Boug. I too have borrowed your sister's Z snap. Okay, most of the time it is in my mind but I probably think of that story at the very least once a week. "Do NOT make me snap MY fingers in a Z-for-ma-tion!!"
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