... unneighborly behavior ...

This past weekend was certainly trying ... down below is one of the reasons.

Earlier this season, I had planted two types of pepper plants in my backyard, habaneros and poblanos -- two staple items in my diet. I wasn't anticipating having much luck with having an edible product but with a lot of care, I had six plants growing like weeds! It was awesome watching them grow from seedlings to full-fledged pepper producing plants. I was actually contemplating on which cheese I would use to stuff the poblanos. (By the way, Havarti is a good substitute for Oaxaca and Quesadilla cheese.) However, my poblano stuffing days were cut short ... thanks to my neighbor.

My neighbor decided (upon her own judgement) that she was going to have one of her hired people to come and do me the "favor" of cutting around the sides of MY house with a trim blade. Mind you, there are no weeds growing there. When I first saw him, I didn't think much of it because he was on her property. So I decided to go for a short walk. By the time I returned, he was still there. This time though, he was on my property. I surveyed what he did. As I moved towards the back of the house, I saw my plants on the ground. To say I lost it, is putting mildly. I went ballistic!!!

That's when I walked on over to this lady's house and knocked on her door and asked her what had happened and why. Her response was, "I thought I was doing you a favor ... I can buy you new pepper plants". It seemed like such a typical answer, which only helped to fuel my anger towards this woman. Sure, let's throw money at it and hopefully it will go away. Nevermind, the fact that she had paid someone to trespass into another person's property and disrespect their space.

Even though it's now mid-week, it still makes me somewhat upset to think back to what happened this past weekend. I'm still baffled at the whole notion that someone could be so intrusive, destructive towards another person.

Thanks to everyone I called this past weekend and simmered me down. You definitely got an earful! You know how I get when upset!