We've had a busy summer so far. Steve and I have both been busy with work (blah!) but more importantly we've been trying to enjoy the nice weather as a family (which is tough when you have different work schedules).
At the end of May, beginning of June we took a trip to Cape Cod. Thanks to my awesome family we were able to stay at their house (and thanks to my friend, April, and family for watching the critters while we were gone). In memory of my dad (who wanted to do a "Duck Ride" years ago in Philadelphia years ago but was denied by Steve) we went on a Duck Ride.
We went to the Cape Cod Chip factory, ate lots of seafood. I guess you can say...
My cousins, aunt, and their cute but crazy dog Emme joined us. We took a trip to P-Town and the highlight of the trip was when Andrew took the name of the town seriously. He peed all over one of my cousins, lol. Here's Andrew wearing his new pants he got after our visit to "Pee-Town":
Last thing about the Cape... most people who know me know I have an obsession with ice cream. My cousins brought us to our name sake ice cream shop.
Update on our house:
We've been working hard to improve on our house. We just had our 5 year anniversary of living here. I can't believe how much work we've done to it in just 5 years. To list a few we got a new sub-floor and wood floor in two rooms, a remodeled family room, some new windows & roofing, new garage doors & openers, the chicken mc-mansion, and many improvements to the yard. Our soil is pretty much all sandy so it's taken us a long time to grow in grass (the last owners had ATV paths all over the lawn). I'm pretty bummed because CL&P came out to remove some trees from our new lot (behind our current lot). I offered for them to go a little off of their right-of-way for safety reason. The first two days of tree removal were fine. I came home on the third day and most of my grass was killed and my lawn looked like a sand pit! Not to mention, they cut down trees and raspberry bushes on MY property (NOT on the right of way). They also broke my Invisible Fence we had installed for the dogs. I've left a couple of messages asking them to re-seed my lawn and haven't heard back yet. Does anyone out there own a property that has a utility right of way? If so, have you had similar problems? Anyone have suggestions as to how I can get them to fix what they've destroyed?
(it's worse in the back behind their machine)
Before I finish my blog, I wanted to share a video. Please excuse me talking and Steve goofing around with Andrew in the background. This is one of the two chicks that we raised in the house.
Sue them.
ReplyDeleteThey only understand litigation.
I'm sure the limitation on small claims court would cover the costs, but you'll have to get repair estimates for the invisible fence, bushes, tress and grass. Your insurance company should be able to help with this.
If you're in an incorporated area, you can also contact your presentative on the city council or if your city has one, an ombudsman.