Monday August 18, 2014 Today after our regular morning routine we are going over to Bruce & Cathy's to visit for awhile. Otis likes going over there because they have a nice size yard & he can roam free! Come on Otis....let's go potty so we can go visiting!!!
When we first arrived at their house, Bruce was finishing up mowing the grass, then some guys pulled up in the side yard & started talking to Bruce. If anyone starts a conversation with Bruce.....it's going to take awhile, so we just walked around the yard waiting......
Otis took off running wild, he loves it there! He ran down the deck steps .....
to the Lake below, his little nose just trying to sniff EVERYTHING!!!!
Course as soon as he saw Lennie at the top of the deck.....he ran back up leaving me behind!
Eventually Bruce does get done with his conversation! Cathy came out, we were sitting at the patio table enjoying the day....Otis too!
We were catching up on the latest chapter of their "NEIGHBOR FROM HELL" & the property line dispute!
This is Bruce & Cathy's neighbor's house, not the one you see.....the new foundation! Because.....this "Neighbor from Hell",Jim, accidentally (or maybe not) burnt his house down last winter!?!Since Jim is rebuilding, he needed a current property survey, which resulted in discovering, part of Bruce's cyclone fence is slightly on Jim's property & some of Jim's fencing is slightly on Bruce's property! This is just the fuel Jim needed as he has been fighting Bruce & Cathy non stop for 5 years. They've lodged complaints against one another, gone back & forth to court, put up with his rude behavior, (especially when company is present) profanity of the lowest level just flows from his mouth.Since his house was totaled, he's renting a house just down the road. He makes daily visits to his property & soon enough, he graced us with his presence. It was just Lennie, Cathy & I sitting at the table when Jim started walking up & down his property line & started kicking Bruce's phone cable (placed by the phone company.....another story!)over onto tBruce's yard. I'm talking maybe an inch or two!!!! We watched the guy acting like an idiot behind our sunglasses.....when Lennie said to him..."Hope you feel better now" Oh Boy.......the guy came unglued!!!! The most disgusting profanity just started flowing from his mouth! Cathy went in to tell Bruce what was going on, Jim thought Cathy was getting her camera, or calling the police so he just started getting louder & louder, his mouth more & more filthy.He got in his car & just sat there LOUDLY talking on the phone! Turns out HE decided to call the police!!!!Soon enough they showed up, we could hear Jim telling "HIS" side of the confrontation!
Then the police came over to Bruce & Cathy's yard. At first the male officer came on kind of gruff, but after hearing so much more information on this neighbor & the on going dispute, they soon started joking around with us, even posing for a picture!
2 of Michigan's finest!
That neighbor is such an idiot, he told us & the police officers that if Bruce's phone cable was on his property again that he (Jim) would cut it.....
We decided to go out for dinner. We took both cars, we didn't feel it was safe to leave our car unattended in Bruce's driveway! We went to the Open Hearth Grille & Bar Restaurant right there in Mears.
Guess who owns the Open Hearth Restaurant!?! Bruce & Cathy's old neighbor, Kevin. Kevin is the guy who sold his property to their now "NEIGHBOR FROM HELL"!!!! I'm not sure I would eat there after that transaction! It is a good restaurant & Kevin didn't know what kind of neighbor Jim was going to turn out to be!!!!
After dinner we headed back to the RV Park, Bruce & Cathy drove on home. The RV Park is walking distance to their house! We made plans to visit again tomorrow!
Tuesday August 19, 2014 This morning after the "usual" I do a load of laundry. We plan to go back to Bruce & Cathy's, but not till after lunch. Monday & Tuesday is their day off, we don't want to go over too early in case they have some things to do.....Cathy's fixing dinner tonight so after lunch, Lennie & I are going to the local farm stand & picking up a pie for dessert!
Laundry's done, so is lunch & my cell phone rings. It's Cathy, but calling from HER CELL PHONE???? She never uses her cell phone? Why did she call me from her cell phone???? Because their idiot neighbor true to his word, but went one step further, he didn't just cut the phone line, he yanked it out from the box & threw all the cable out in the street! Cathy had already called the police & was waiting for their arrival!
When I told Lennie....he said,"Forget the pie, I want to go see the confrontation!" Too bad for Lennie....no repeat performance today, the police decided it wasn't worth their effort to drive back out to take another complaint report so.....the just added a "PS" to yesterday's report......I guess that's how they do things in Mears, Michigan? Bruce & Cathy didn't let the latest act of stupidity from Jim ruin the day. Cathy made a nice dinner, PORK CHOPS that simmered all day in the crock pot, yummmm Pork chops are my favorite!
After dinner.....we went to the County Fair in Hart, a short drive away! Tonight the Fair was FREE for Opening night!
The Fair Midway. but we already had a good dinner so that "Fair food" didn't even tempt us!
Instead we went to the grandstand show where they were having Talent Night! First Ladies, then men, & then groups.To me it didn't matter if one performer was better than another...I gave them all credit for having the courage to get up on stage & sing in front of everyone!
Each participant was good,
of course some were better 
than others......
But when this little family got up to perform.....they really stole the show!
This little cutie, is part of the family group but right away she separated herself from the group singing the same song with them but separately!
She is only 2 years old!
That was a cute ending to our night at the fair. Bruce & Cathy are going to drive us back to the RV Park. We're leaving in the morning for Indiana!
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