Thursday, October 8, 2009

Letters of Intent

Letters of Intent

Have something you're itchin' to tell someone? Are you irritated beyond belief? In love head over heels? Have a soapbox you need to stand on? Know a business you're ready to put out of business? Well here's your chance!

Write a letter to a person, place, thing, or idea. Tell the who, what, when, where , and why. (Sorry- I've subbed in English classes twice this week.) Make sure to grab my button from my left sidebar and link up below. It's fun and you'll be so glad you did!

Dear Our Nice, Friendly, Better Homes and Gardens Worthy Neighbors,

I am so sorry we are too lazy busy to actually fix our mailbox. I am sorry that every other day we must push it back upright and push the huge stone closer to the post so it will stand up straight. I know it is a really easy fix and it is ridiculous that we have done nothing to fix the problem except to throw a huge stone on the ground in the hopes that it will hold the weight of our mailbox a little bit longer. Despite the mailbox and my grass removal method- we are not white trash. Thankyouverymuch.


Sincerely,

Your very tired, very busy, and very *ahem* lazy neighbors.
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Dear Neighborhood Hoodlums,

What was the point in stealing the cover to our water cut-off valve? Are you turning it into a TX-size belt buckle? Are you selling it on the black market? I wasn't aware of any shortage of plastic covers for holes in the ground. Will it somehow become a bong? You have just proven what worthless, sordid, trashy, pieces of crap you really are. Have you nothing better to steal? Antihistamines maybe?

From,

The homeowner who wants nothing more then to go one week without having to replace, repair, or call a service man to fix something on the "American Dream."

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Dear Owners of the Vacant House Next Door,

I hate varmints. You are causing varmints to enter in my place of residence because of your failure to maintain your domain. This is unacceptable to me. Do you see the landing strip on the right side of your yard? Yeah...I created that work of art. It is my only defense against the critters that have taken up residence in your yard and home. You deserve every single ounce of dog poop I have dropped over the side of the fence into your back yard.

Hatefully,

The homeowners who are desperately trying to take control of the very large, very scary, very ugly animals whom we chose not to name and call pets but instead would blow their brains out with a bazooka if the shrapnel would not cause major damage to our home.




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Texan Mama @ Who Put Me In Charge said...

Whoa, that grass is scary. I would offer to drive over there and cut it for you, if I didn't think it would cause my mower to break.

Maybe they've got a plan. Maybe they're trying to reseed early for next year???

Sounds like you have some very... choice... neighbors!

A Musing Mom (Taylorclan6) said...

Those were AWESOME! You are amazingly funny, my friend.

Dana-from chaos to Grace said...

Oh yes....I sat and watched the small quarter sized wet spot in MY American Dream grow the size of a dessert plate today. Nice. Will a large stone fix that? LOL I'll give it a shot. ;)

And....did you know....that you can call the MAYORS office for your town and report said, dead-beat neighbors for failure to mow the lawn? That they will have a certain amount of days to comply OR the city will come out and mow it and charge an UNBELIEVABLE amount of money ($300 for our town) to whoever owns that particular piece of land? ;) Oh I'm there for you....

It actually is a hazard and you can anonymously report them. Oh yes. I am SO there for you....

Elaine at Matters of the Heart) said...

Too funny, and what a great idea. Hopefully when things slow down I can play along.

Kimberly@PrettyPinkMomma said...

I love your letters they are so honest and funny! I plan to play along as soon as things calm down on my blog. Way too many giveaways and not enough time!

As for my premium sponsor, I say go for it! Drew is really great to work with and you can get some fun stuff to review in the process...lol! I do think that he asks a lot of bloggers to help spread the word, but only the special ones, right? Either way, I think that they are a very unsleazy company considering what they sell. They really are trying to reach out to the general public, moms like us.

Let me know how it goes!

HeatherOz said...

Holy Hate-mail Batman!

Rachel said...

I think I would be scared to be your neighbor. I mean... measuring my grass and all. :)

I have the best neighbors ever - and that's saying a lot because they are my in-laws.

On the other hand... my nephew did get out and try to shoot fish from a boat in the front yard when the flooding happened in January...

I digress. Yes, Dana steered ya right. Report it if it's gonna be a hazard.

And you even got me playing along this week. Don't say I never gave ya nuthin :)

When are we having that coffee?!?!

Stone Fox said...

see, shooting disgusting germy infectious varmint is actually very fun. all you need is a bb gun. you have boys. i bet you have all kinds of guns.

(oh my, can you tell how tired i am?)

word verification: terow

my dog's actual name: tero.

coincidence? i think so.

Farmers Wife said...

Whoa that's some big ass grass! I sent you an award, I think you already have it, but you were on the top of my list so take it again!!

He & Me + 3 said...

Oh you just opened a whole can of worms for me with the next door neighbor vacant house letter. Only mine would be titled...Dear Sanford & Son Wanna Be. I am so gonna start working on it.
Loved these letters.

{Kimber} said...

who needs therapy when you have Letters of Intent!!!

Kameron said...

Looks like you are in Homeowner hell! I popped over from Rachel's blog. She encouraged me to link up with something that happened this weekend! Thanks for the venting session!

Jennifer W. said...

Lol...you are one funny chick. And a bit...um...vindictive... ;)
Report 'em before their mess takes over!
Jen

McVal said...

Ok - you've inspired me. If I remember over the weekend, I WILL post a letter to our town garbage man. I'll penned one for the City hall and just need to send it to them... I'll vent here first and see if I'm out of line.

TheRixonFive said...

oh my ... can I get you to write a letter to MY neighbors??? The ones with a truckload of plywood in their driveway? =) We homeowners need to stick together!!

Brandi said...

Oh man, I hate neighbors that don't take care of their property! BTW,love the mailbox. ;)

natalee said...

As usual I loved your postThe grass killed me

The Blonde Duck said...

Popped in to say hi! Your blog is hilarious!

Emily said...

omg...are those people for real? Maybe you could get that house demolish...it looks like a risky structure! And the mailbox thing is just funny...our neighbors had that for a while and I always wanted to just totally knock it over so they would actually have to replace it to get their mail! ;)

pixiedreams8 said...

Oh My! You poor thing. Those weeds are awful! I have a drunk living next door who is pretty tough to take but creatures trying to live with me might just break me.

Nicole said...

I dont have my own blog...
Dear Boss,
Thank you so much for giving me crap when I have a cold, am 20 weeks pregnant, and watching you saunter off to a "meeting", otherwise known as "gee, the phones are busy, I better get the CRAP out of here before I have to actually do work".
Love ya!
Sincerely
Disgrunted worker who works harder and knows WAY more than you.

Dan said...

Heck, your neighbor's weeds haven't even reached the 15 inch weed ordinance yet. Give them some time.

Jewelz said...

Hi Everyone...New to Letters of Intent and pleased that the universe lead me to your place Julie :0)
:0) I sympathize with you...now however, after months and months and months of nagging my LANDSCAPER husband ~ahem...I said Landscaper NOT gardener!!!~
Guess what....I have the BEST lawn in the street.
I L♡VE my artificial turf LMAO!!!!

Cheers
Jewe;z

Lisa said...

LOVE it. SO glad you started this. Feels good. And I haven't even got to the "good" stuff to write about yet! Throw some kind of poison over fence. That is what I would do. Just saying.

Jane Anne said...

This was so fun to read. Except that after I read the letter to the Owners of the vacant house, I can't remember anything else. That's just terrible. I would be so irritated.

Eliza said...

Here in New York I have TONS of neighbors I could write angry letters too...not the most thoughtful people over here!

Life with Kaishon said...

This is so fun! I love it! I want to do it next week! I hope I remember! I am going to really try! I am making myself a sticky note about it right now, but of course there are eleventy eleventy million sticky notes on my desk right this second...

Candance said...

Okay, those letters totally cracked me up!! You're too funny. Writing these letters seems fun. I might play next week.

I noticed someone mentioned calling the city on the homeowners next door. Girl, it works. My ex and I had to do it about the vacant lot that led to something large enough to chew through a golf ball living in our garage. The dude was pissed because he got fined, but the old hubbers was none to pleased about the loss of his fancy golf ball.

Nocona said...

You really measured the grass and took a picture! LOL. I want a picture of you doing that!

Jennifer Haas said...

That is funny. I love the one about the mailbox falling over. We have that same issue but with our fence. Actually our dogs knock it over, all the time. We even got a homeowner letter about it. Whoops!

Thank you for your sweet comment on my blog.

T. Anne said...

Visiting from sits! I'm a Christian mom with four kids and an aspiring author. Love your blog! You sound a lot like me =)

Lucky Girl said...

Happy SITS Saturday Sharefest
I am a newbie, please forgive my lateness. I've got four boys also! It's a scream isn't it? (And I do mean SCREAM!)

Anyway, could you write a letter for me? I have a neighbor that built a dog kennel next door. When I complained to the township officer, her reply was "it's zoned agriculture, they could have 50 hogs per acre if they wanted, kwit yer whining". I LOVE the country life!

Love your blog!

WhisperingWriter said...

Love these!

I enjoy writing dear letters too.

Happy SITs Saturday Sharefest!

Midday Escapades said...

Happy SITS Saturday Sharefest! Your bait worked. I'm a new follower.
Swing by my place if you would. :0)

mummyof5monsters said...

first- I am laughing at the image of you taking the neighbors grass measurement photo.(2nd, at the image of you throwing dog crap over the fence) Our neighbors ran over their mailbox in a drunken haze one night about 2 months ago. Its still there, in a squashed heap. The mailman just jams it in the slot anyway:)

Rootietoot said...

Dear Foursons, I also have 4 sons (21,19,18,10) and I've added you to my blogroll because I think I'm a little in love with you. I'll keep it quiet because the husband can be jealous sometimes. Tho he will wonder why I'm laughing like that.

Sara @ Domestically Challenged said...

Sheesh, they need to step it up around your joint! That was pretty hilarious though!

golden girl said...

great letters. i think your neighbors and my neighbors should get together for lunch. ha! abandoned houses are the worst. we have been lucky enough to not have anything stolen, but it's still early. we get to enjoy late night "Fast and the Furious" races, and booming car stereos. i hope to move in a few years. take care.

Semi-Slacker Mom said...

Okay. I love this! You know I've got some letters to write & businesses to close down.

Kelli @ RTSM said...

SUPER funny! I love the second one the best! Will it somehow become a bong?!?!? HILARIOUS! And man is that grass tall!

brian said...

Wow! Three letters?! Funny stuff, Ms. Julie. Love the mailbox solution.

And don't let the neighbors pressure you--next thing you know, they'll want want you to remove the old cars from your front yard :)

I've been thinking about trying to do one of these "letters of intent" postings some week...

Summer said...

OMG!!! That yard!!! What the?!?

Girl....you have some serious patience!

Kari @ p.s. love.love. said...

Do you not have an HOA or something to knock those neighbors upside the head? And the whole stolen plastic cover. Um. Really????
Your mailbox is just a modern, American leaning tower of Pizza :o)

Stacy said...

Oh, that was lovely! What is it about neighbors that there just has to be someone that drives you batty??? Our next door neighbor has a bathtub sitting in his yard. Yeah. I'm itchy to call the city on that one. With all their useless codes they have to have ONE we can use to get him to remove it!

SupahMommy said...

um.. i think that's a DIFFERENT kinda grass growin there.


just pointin' it out
and my mailbox does the same thing


xoxo