Montana's catch up thread

Hi everybody :-D
All of you that know me know how busy I've been, which is why I haven't been around here much.
I thought I'd start a thread to fill you all in on what's happening in my world these days.
Some of you already know that I'm applying for another job in April and I hope that I can get into the company my son is working for.
It's only a factory job, but it's close to home, has great benefits, pays more, and the work week is only 4 days a week 10 hours a day.
They have all shifts available, which is perfect because I am a night owl and I'd love to go back to work at night.
Those 3 day weekends would be a breath of fresh air for this girl as well.

My mom and I have decided that after fixing up the house, we're going to sell and look for another house. This won't happen for another 2 years because it'll take me that long to get the house ready.
There are several things that made us decide to move and here they are.

#1. Remember the neighbors with the dogs that we had a problem with in the past? Well, they still let their dogs out without leashes and we still can't walk down our own lane to get the mail without having some fear of their dogs. They have also been told not to drive their skidoo and 4 wheeler on our property, but continue to do so.

#2. We own the lane that we live on, but it's shared with one other couple that lives on the lane. This couple is my mothers cousin and his wife and they are one royal pain in our ass! I'll call them John and jane.
It started when we first moved here when Jane kept coming over to chat.
Now, we didn't know this woman from a hole in the wall and my mother was never close with her cousin John, so we thought it was kinda odd for her to keep coming around, but we chalked it up to her just being neighborly.
After a while we realized that Jane was just plain being nosey, but it wasn't a big enough deal for me to get upset about.
Then when we started feeding some stray cats that were around, Jane made it known to both me and my mother that she wasn't happy about it.
Another thing we let roll off our backs.
Jane and John are the most active couple I know and they're in their 70's, so they have all kinds of company over and parties, especially in the summer and everytime I'm out working in the yard there are cars coming up and down the lane while these people stare at me.
I don't know what the hell it is with people around here staring, but I don't like it and it makes uncomfortable.
Also, everytime I'm in my garden, Jane is always yelling over to me as if we could have a conversation this way.
I avoid her with everything I have because she's so damn nosey, but I can't do any yard work without her pestering me.
Jane and John have a dog, which I think is very sweet and adorable, but one day Jane came over to "chat" and she mentioned to my mother that her dog likes to eat crap and he keeps coming over on our property to eat animal crap (we live in the wilderness).
My mom then told her that since we live in the wilderness, we would have a hard time convincing all the animals to keep take their crap in the woods.
Mom laughed, but Jane didn't think it was funny at all. After mom got finished laughing, Jane said to her "well, don't you have a shovel?"
Mom thought she was asking her if she could use a shovel, so she told her we had plenty of shovels in the shed and to help herself, lol!
I think Jane better think twice about saying something like that to me because I'm nothing like my mother and I'll tell her off.
The thing that really makes my blood boil about it the most is that I see their dog taking dumps in our yard all the time. I think I had a thread about that as well.
One of our other neighbors who was also feeding the stray cats called the SPCA to have them picked up. I was happy because I felt so bad for those poor cats.
We also feed the birds and we had a small group of morning doves that came every day to feed, but they made the mistake of going to feed at Jane's feeders because Jane and John didn't like them, so John shot them all. Of course Jane came over the next day to tell me that she knows how I feel about animals and said she shouldn't even tell me, but John shot and killed all the doves.
My face turned all shades of red and I went back in the house. I felt so responsible for the death of those poor birds because if I wasn't feeding them, they would still be alive.
Apparently he injured, but didn't kill one of the doves because it made it's way back here the next morning. The dove trusted me, but not enough to let me get to close. It didn't take me long to figure out that it couldn't fly, but I couldn't capture it and the next morning when I went outside I found feathers and blood from the poor bird all over the front porch.
I knew the poor thing didn't stand a chance, but I was hoping.
I was enraged after that and I lost all respect for both Jane and John for being so heartless.
Over time I recovered from that, but never regained my respect for them.
Then John calls one day to ask if he can tear up part of our lawn to help the drainage in a small part of our lane and since it was just a small patch we told him to go ahead.
Then he calls about a pole we had on our land. He asked if he could have it, so we told him to go ahead and take it.
Then, not long ago while he was plowing snow on the lane, he backed into my car causing over $1,000 damage. I had just finished working my season at the shop and was looking forward to getting some needed rest, so I need this like I needed a hole in the head!
He comes to the door, blames it on the lane being to narrow, tells me to get it fixed and he'd pay for it. He didn't offer to give me a ride anywhere or anything at all.
John was in luck because I happened to know a guy who does body work on his free time, does a good job and is very reasonably priced (cash job).
Anyway, I take my car to him and the bill was $250.
I assumed John would be very pleased with the price, but I was so very wrong. I had to listen to him bitch about it for 20 minutes before he finally gave me the money.
On my way out I told him that if he hits my car again we will deal with the insurance companies. That shut him up!
Then, if that wasn't enough, he calls recently and asked if we could widen the lane by 6 feet, so it would be easier for him to plow. That means we would lose 6 feet of lawn and it would look like we have a highway in front of our house.


So, those are the reasons why we want to get the hell out of here. It's a real shame because it's so beautiful here

I'll write more later on what's been going on in Montanaville :-D

Cheers