[KEVIN & JOSIE]

Originally Posted by Patty55

Harsh? I'm thinking more like "realistic" based on my own experience. I don't put my heart and soul into "things" anymore, been to way too many estate sales to do that one.

Grant it, some people thrive on aggravation, I'm not one of them. I'm also not a control freak, I think there is only one thing you can control, your own attitude, not your neighbor, not even fate.

In the past ten or so years I have had my home totally destroyed by lightning (great view still), I lost 5 house pets (4 burned alive in the fire), 3 horses, my 56 year-old sister died last Christmas after spending 5 years in a nursing home from a stroke induced coma. Let's put the shrubs in perspective.

You know what I've learned from all this-Enjoy today, you don't know what tomorrow will bring or what it will take away.

Ever see a moving van folowing a hearse?

100% Correct! Life is too short and can be taken away in an instant. Do we really want to waste our last days worried about what the neighbor wants to do? All this over shrubs? That's why there are restrictions and rules, to keep all on an even playing field. If rules are broken, corrections are made. Wake up in the morning, be thankful for another day of life in a community where your dreams can come true. Enjoy every moment of the day....and let your neighbors do the same. Enjoy your neighbors!