Villagio Wall of Shame!

This is the view from my Stamping Studio window. Can you figure out what's wrong in this photo? (Besides the fact that this guy's volleyball net is going across the PUBLIC sidewalk, and one side is staked on my yard!!! Don't worry, it got moved!)

How about now?

No, this isn't the local dump. This is supposedly a backyard. And believe it or not, this is actually more picked up than usual!!! Normally you can't see ANY grass, with toys and bikes littering the entire area. But the Italian grounds-keeping crew had come by that day, and mowed the strip of grass on either side of the sidewalk, but first had to stop and move all their crapola out of the way.

Our annual Spring Cleanup is next Monday and Tuesday (except for Thomas, he has to go to work as usual!!), so maybe (?), just maybe (???), this trash heap with get cleaned up. I won't hold my breath though!

Villagio Wall of Shame!

Well, sadly, that didn't take long! Thomas had an early meeting this morning, so I had to walk Bella to school. Going there I didn't encounter any problems. However, walking back I did! This guy DELIBERATELY drove through the crosswalk even though he saw me about to cross! AND the next car nearly did too, but I quickly got in the middle of the walk in order to snap this shot! It was rather amusing to me that he hit the brakes when he looked through his rear view mirror and saw me taking his photo!!! TOO LATE! And when I was finished, I turned around and warned the car behind me that they were next if they thought they were going to continue driving through crosswalks!

Exhibit B:

8:05 AM - Driving through marked crosswalk, endangering pedestrian.

I'm armed people, and you've been warned. Next?

Villagio Wall of Shame!

I have threatened to do this for over a year now. And today is the day I start!!! I have HAD IT with nearly getting run over by "busy Moms" on clearly marked crosswalks! I'm tired of the speeding in SCHOOL ZONES and around our HOUSING COMMUNITY! I'm sick of people going down the wrong way on one way streets because they're lazy.

I've.Had.Enough!!!!!

I present you with Exhibit A:

Mouthy B!tch Supreme. She thought it was funny that she nearly hit Bella and me while crossing in a clearly marked crosswalk. I know this because when I yelled, "This is a CROSSWALK!!!", she rolled her window down and laughed at me. LAUGHED.AT.ME!!!!!

Tell me Ms. Dumbass, how would you feel about someone nearly running over YOUR CHILD(REN)???

I got home in record time, grabbed my camera, and walked across the street where Ms. Dumbass had parked. I had no intention of confronting her, because quite frankly I was so mad I was shaking. And shaking hands could quite easily become shaking this woman's throat. You don't take my child's safety as a joke and expect to get away with it! But I'm not going to jail over you either. (Tempted, but no.)

I called Thomas, who called the MP Desk. Thomas called me right back, and said they were on their way. I frantically tried to find the photo printer cords (which naturally I did wind up finding, after they left), and within 5 minutes two MP cars were here. As luck would have it, one of the MPs was the guy I had talked to at length just last week about the speeding and cars not stopping at crosswalks!!! So when I told him what happened, and that I had a photograph, he was on it!

Ms. Dumbass isn't feeling so joyful right now. Ms. Dumbass just got her butt chewed - hard! Ms. Dumbass is getting a written complaint filed against her by me tomorrow morning. Ms. Dumbass is one citation from losing her license. And when you lose your license over here, you don't get it back. Like ever! Done!!! Do not pass GO, do not collect $200. Finito!

I will have my camera on me daily now. This Momma isn't playing nice anymore. Who's next????