Just when things are starting to settle down, the handyman for the management company put up a sign in our park. That's not the issue: he was supposed to put up a sign. He put up the wrong sign; with wrong park hours.
Some people in the community believe that the board can't do anything right. Last thing I needed was this. I found out about the sign last night (after some of the angry ones saw the sign and posted about it on Facebook); I drove to the park and took it down. No, that isn't in my job description. Something had to be done. Now. People love to point out a mistake; some consider it deliberate.
For the record, I am serving in good faith. The board actions are voted on in open business meetings. And still, there will be someone who will get on the Homeowners' Portal, copy something on the financials, post it on Facebook, and write "That is transparency!"
So, posting something that every homeowner has access to is transparency? These financials are presented at every board meeting. This is transparency. I wish I had some way to make the homeowners care enough to participate. I wish people wouldn't get on Facebook, posting half-truths and outright lies, with the sole intention of stirring things up and not offering a solution.
Yes, I understand that this is the world today: that some people have miserable lives and their only way to make themselves feel better is to try to tear others down.
That doesn't mean I won't try my best for the community. For as long as I can take it.
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With rain in the forecast for the next several days (it rained this morning), Joan covered our patio furniture. The good thing: it protects the cushions on the furniture and keeps them dry. The bad thing: Murphy runs under the cover, and it is like playing Whack a Mole trying to get him to come out.
The solution: he has to be in his catio or on a leash until the covers come off the furniture. I took him out for a while this morning, in the catio. He is fine with the catio. This afternoon, I put his harness on him, clipped on the leash, and... he walked like a champ...
I wondered how he would do, since the last time he had his leash on was when we were in California last month, and he didn't really want to get too far away from the van (lots of activity there - people walking and riding bikes). As you can see on the video above, he did fine - walking with his tail up, not pulling on the leash, and staying right with me as we walked.
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What a long and extremely fluffy tail. Half cat, half tail. I like the sultry background music too - it fits. We've had light rain here this afternoon too. I got my bike ride in from around 3 pm and beat it, but things have been soggy since. Lucy is NOT amused.
Sorry about the misadventures of the HOA. You are trying really hard to do the right thing for the whole community. Too bad some people just have to be buttheads and rain on your parade. While I was still in Alaska and planning the move down, Alice once got excited about a rather nice house here, btu it had an especially strict HOA. I told her that I hoped she would enjoy living in it by herself, but count me out. If I need to change the oil in the bikes and it was 110°, the garage door WILL be open, HOA be damned. This is still a part of the world where you can find neighborhoods without them and we did.
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