Apologies for taking the week off. Mr. Fix It was away at training and I was holding things together here by the skin of my teeth. Ok, it's never that bad when he is away for short trainings. But I tend not to blog about his away time when he is away. Defaulting to OpSec on that one.
I had a big list of things to do while he was away. Some were small around the house type jobs and others were big... like removing an entire palm tree solo. You have my permission to laugh. Needless to say, the tree removal didn't happen. Partly because we had an insane heat wave for 10 of the 14 days he was gone and partly because removing trees is not for the faint of heart. I didn't realize this when I added it to my To Do List.
Which leads me to the newest revelation for us. I asked my husband to turn off the sprinklers while he was away. In case one of those sprinkler heads broke off again. I did not want to mess with replacing one. I promised in vain to water the lawn daily. I think. Mr. Fix It says I said daily. Well, I may have skipped a few days. And then the heat wave came. Then some grass started to die.
It happens.
Most people understand... Just not the HOA. That's right. I got us in trouble. We received our notice in the mail stating we were breaking Section IV and something with an 8.4 and some other number. Failure to keep our lot attractive. Opps. Now we need to maintain the small section of grass that has turned brown with fertilizer. And return our intent to correct in writing within 10 days.
And never ever break the rules again. Yikes!
Wow-things get pretty serious when you let the grass die, huh?! We've never owned, so I didn't realize that HOA's get that intense! I almost never get my list finished while the man is away!
ReplyDeleteWOW!! Our GA HOA didn't care about ANYTHING. I had a love/hate relationship with them. I can't believe that they came after your for dead grass though! Luckily, it should be an easy fix.
ReplyDeleteHey, you were just trying to conserve water, right?? ;-)
ReplyDeleteWow! This is the exact reason I will never live in a neighborhood with an HOA haha. That was my first question when we bought our house.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly why I never want to buy when there's an HOA. Of the 2 houses I have owned, neither had HOA's. I may be upset if my grass dies, but if someone else gets on to me for it, I'd be livid!!!
ReplyDeleteThose HOA dictators can be a pain for homeowners here in Arizona too. Tell hubby "Semper Fi" for me.
ReplyDeleteThank you for inviting me to the super sunday sync blog hop #54.
As Agent 54 I feel this is apropos.
Tomorrow (Sunday) I will publish a fish tale sure to make any Pirate or Housewife and most Children laugh.
I have followed the 5 blog hosts by way of Google. I appreciate the opportunity to expand my audience. Thank you.
I'm with Jen -- I will fight tooth and nail against my husband if the house we decide to buy is part of an HOA.
ReplyDeleteYikes is right! I'm sorry to hear about your issue!
ReplyDeleteDang HOA. I don't think I'd want to be apart of one :/ We'd constantly get yelled at for the yard.
ReplyDeleteHOAs are such a pain! We have a house in WA that we rent out and got a letter in the mail saying that we needed to bring our trashcans in. It was dated 12 hours after trash day. Seriously, people?! We just e-mailed our property manager to let her know, but told her to tell the tenants not to worry about it. Ridiculous.
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Loved the pictures! The one of the children peering in at their baby brother is so cute!
ReplyDeleteOh wow! So glad we don't have an HOA. We would always be in trouble!!
ReplyDeleteGreen spray paint? =) Kidding, we got in trouble with the HOA for not edging our lawn. If it would stop raining every 5 minutes, we may have been able to do that!
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