Hello Everyone.."Happy New Years"!
Well, we had a wonderful first Christmas, filled with lots of family and friends. Unfortunately though our neighbors who are active Jws..(who are approx. in their 30's) didn't care much for our Christmas spirit.
We decided that for us, our conscience saw nothing wrong with celebrating Christmas. So we wrapped twinkle lights on our potted trees on our porch, put a colorful wreath on the door as well as the grill of my car, and put a delightful twinkling 5 foot "frosty" in the yard. It wasn't much in the way of lights compared to most, but it sent a message to all JWs that we are through, and that the organization has no more holds on us!
Our JW neighbors quit waving hello to us, and would completely turn around if they saw us come out of the driveway. That was just fine with us. However, they took it all to the next level on New Years Eve.
A day or so before New Years, my daughter, then I , then my husband all came down with really bad head colds. We were invited to a couple different parties for New Years Eve, but felt too sick to go. So we turned in early. All the lights were out, and it would have appeared to anyone from the outside, that we were not home.
I had turned off the TV in my bedroom around 11:40 or so. As I was laying there trying to fall asleep, I suddenly heard a few popping noises. It was kind of muffled, and I couldn't place where or what it was. My little dog heard it too, as she started to bark. I went down stairs, and didn't see anything in the house, so I went back up stairs. I looked out the office window which faces the city to see if maybe I could see some fireworks going off. Nothing.
So as I was getting back in bed I hear a bunch of laughing. I peeked through the blinds, and saw my JW neighbor, his brother and another guy laughing at the front of our house. (My window faces the neighbors driveway). I watched them for a couple of minutes..they were talking and laughing at something at the front of our house. Also, they had what appeared to be beer bottles in their hands. Yes.. they were having their own New Years celebration!!
Well my little dog started barking again, so I pulled away from the window to quiet her up. Then I went back to the window. I apparently wasa little careless, and the wood blinds knocked against the windowsill. All at once, the three of them turned around and looked directly up at me. I held real still, then they said something to each other, then kept watching for me to move. Even though it was dark, they acted like they saw me, because they said something else, then all three quickly walked up their drive and went into the house. (I figure they saw the lifted blind inthe moonlight).
I went to bed and layed there wondering why they were laughing at the house. I regret not waking my snoring husband, but he was so sick, I didn't.
So the next morning, my husband was opening the livingroom blinds and discovered that our "frosty" was yanked out of the ground during the night. "WHAT!!??" I thought?? Then it all came together in my mind what those creeps next door were laughing at. I went outside to see the damage. After the last windstorm, my husband put another piece of 3 foot rebar into the ground to secure him. You couldn't move that thing even a inch when he was done. Well, they must have come up the entry steps (we live on a hill) and yanked frostys top hat (the whole thing is wire), and pulled that sucker clear out of the ground on one side. The rebar that was still in the ground was totally bent up. Now any of you that have ever tried to bend rebar know how hard that would be. One whole piece of rebar was pulled out of the ground. (By the way there was no wind that night)!
His hat obviously came apart due to the torking, and the wires came out, and part of it didn't light up anymore. All of which, my husband was able to fix though!! However, that was not the only thing they did.
They egged our house!!! And they egged my sisters car..thank goodness it only hit the windsheild. It was obvious, that the eggs came from where they were standing, as the car was parked in our driveway facing them. We were FURIOUS to say the least! This is the second time we have been egged! I am now quite sure they were the ones who did it before.
So, at the encouragement of my parents, I called the Sheriff, and gave a report. I could press charges, but unfortunately, it would go before a judge, and would come down to me not actually seeing the act. So we opted for the Sherif to visit or call the neighbor and tell them what we saw, what the damages were done, and if ever there is any vandalism to our home or property, the Sheriff said they would be the first people they would suspect.
So..that is what happened..We spent New Years day cleaning off egg all over the concrete as well as fixing "frosty". Funny how they think we are such apostates to leave the Borg, and celebrate Christmas that they feel the need to pull down our "frosty". Yet they are inside that very night having their own New Years party!!!
What hypocrites!!
Sincerely,
Lady Liberty