Justice

The neighbor's trial was today. Mom's brother consulted with the State Attorney and the results were almost everything we hoped for. He was fined for the assault, ordered to attend six months (twice weekly) of anger management training (at his own expense) and is subject to periodic unscheduled reviews for up to one year to ensure that he is taking his medications and seeing his therapist. The No Contact order was also extended as an added protection against him bothering us again. Mom is relieved and hopes that we can begin to get back to normal. The stress of this situation has added a few more gray hairs to mom's head. We are going to take this weekend to unwind, maybe watch a little football, and let our hair down. We want to thank everyone for checking on us and for your prayers. We are very greatful for all the support and caring and hope to get back to regular blogging and commenting.

United Front

A lot has happened since we abandoned the search for our Christmas presents. The neighbor was released from jail and was given a "no contact" order from the State Attorney. He continues his obsession with our cable and telephone lines - the day after he was released from jail he called in a electrician to check them out. Mom yelled at them and the electrician made a quick exit. He has a plea negotiation conference on January 22nd as a result of the assault on mom's brother. Mom thinks he is just laying low until that is over and then will be right back to his old ways. He has some major issues which really need professional attention - but no one in his family seems willing or able to do anything about it. There is so much more going on even we have trouble believing some of the things he has done. Last week as an addition to our security system mom had a video surveillance system installed. Mom thinks it's only a matter of time before he does something and she hopes this time to catch him in the act (smile you're on MomCam). We want to take this opportunity to say a big "THANKS" to everyone who has kept us in their prayers and thoughts. Special thank you to Pearl, Bert & Jake of PB&J Is My Favorite for the Extraordinary Gold Star Special Award. We are honored and appreciate so much the care and concern of everyone. To our dear sweet NOMSSF, PerfectTosca, please don't bite your foot. We miss not being able to post everyday or to visit our friends but we will weather this storm and be back. We stand united - can you believe mom got us both in the same picture.

Cat's Out of the Bag

It's time to let the cat out of the bag - so to speak. We've been under the radar for a while because of a "crazy" situation with our next door neighbor. He managed to disrupt our internet and telephone service. He wants to fight with our mom and she just tries to ignore his threats and verbal abuse. Mom has talked a variety of officials (Sheriff, State Attorney) but there is not much that can be done. She will continue to try to avoid contact with him and hope that he will leave us alone but she knows she can't control what he might do. In the mean time - we're going to try to get things back to normal for us. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to check on us and for your kind comments.