by The Growth Masters

Created on: February 28, 2008

When we bought our home we fell in love with it even you know it was a sort of a fixer. There was nothing special about the house except for the fact it was private. We bought a home on a pan handle lot which means like it sounds you drive in on the handle to the pan of the lot. What we didn't realize was that our neighbors who sit in front of us don't have any curtains on their windows. As luck would also have it, they were definitely also a little odd.

One morning I was leaving for work around 5:45 a.m. and I was walking out to my truck in a fog of drowsy. Just as I get into my truck I see something out of my peripherals. I turned my head to look into my neighbors all glass door to see them both butt naked getting ready for work. I would love to tell you they are pretty people but they are not. This was a Thursday and by Sunday I had built a six foot tall fence by myself that was not the prettiest of fences. I did not care as I was still traumatized by what I had witnessed. This is just the tip of the weirdness I have to live with.

I was curious why they have no window coverings because I have to see everything they do. I see them eat, wash dishes, and everything else that goes on in there. I am not a snooper but we face their house. Every window is wide open as if it is saying look in here. So I will get back to why no window coverings are in their house. I guess they all have asthma and it cuts down on dust that can cause a reaction.

They do not believe in anything that will kill weeds, remove moss or runs on gas. They get up on their roof twice a year with a hoolahoe. You know those square metal pieces on the end of a broomstick. I offered once to let them use my pressure washer but they refused. It is a comedy of mounting proportions. They hand wacked down the weeds and brush and let them fall back into the earth. It looks like a jungle in the back yard.

Whenever I do any work on my own house they come out on camping chairs to watch me as if I am free entertainment for them. I always feel like there are eyes on me and their usually is. Do not get me wrong, my property is private and nice except for them. One summer I had a gathering and he started yelling at my guests. I asked him what is issue was and he said he was trying to sleep. I asked him to close his window then and he said his house was too hot. Why is this my issue? It was 11:00 p.m. on a Friday night and we were not loud.

I guess my neighbors are just weird period and we will never be friends. They do not bother us for the most part with the exception of course feeling like we live in their dining room. Maybe I should video them and put it on utube. They would make for hours of interesting conversation as they look the part and play the part of weird neighbor's stories.

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