Friday, March 28, 2008

Who needs cable?

So since moving to the fabulous psuedo ghetto of Spokane Valley we have discovered a fascinating new past time. And its free! We call it the trashy neighbor show. Our extremely disfuntional upstairs neighbors are going through a divorce. They have two little girls and have decided the best way to deal with things is to drag them through the muck along with them. So every night around 11 the mom and her new boy toy show up to pick up the younger girl, (these poor sisters don't even get to live together any more), and take her home. This usually provokes a screaming match that eventually moves into the parking lot. All of the adults swear and scream and the kids shriek and run and hide from their parents. This is when the free programming begins. We sneakily peak through the slats in our blinds and watch them battle it out. Usually one of us is holding the phone in case we need to call the police and one of us has shoes on in case we have to go get those poor girls (this has happened before.) Sometimes its sad, sometimes quite funny (when the kids aren't involved) Then for the encore the dad goes inside and swears to himself for a while then gets in a good half hour of emotional vacuuming. He must have the cleanest apartment in the complex. Then for a closer when we take out the trash before bed, we get to watch the mom downstairs sit outside and smoke with her teenage sons. One big happy family. So if your thinking your cable bill is a bit too high, just move to a trashier area and bingo free entertainment.

6 comments:

Mandy said...

Oh the joys of apartment living and concentrated poverty! Sounds like you lucked out in the neighbor department! I'm so happy you have a blog. Apparently, as per usual these days, we are the last to know about it. I'm glad to find it finally. Looking forward to more posts!

Shaila Lou said...

So sad...and funny all at the same time. I feel so bad for those kids. That's when you just want to take them into your house and not let them leave! The dad vacuuming after it all...hilarious. I would love to see his house, that's for sure! Glad you have some form of entertainment in a crappy apt!

chuck and april said...

awesome, i love it. this tops the crazy lady and her upstairs drug boyfriend any day!! poor kids though. sad that people do things like that to their kids for their benefit. well, at least it's free.

Porter Family said...

I guess it is a good thing he's vacuuming rather than doing other stuff, right? Look at the other bright side, now you have lots of interesting stuff to blog about!

Campbells said...

Nice entertainment! I guess you can cut out the cable than. I do feel bad for those kids though.

Heather said...

Great to see you have a blog! I am glad you have a positive outlook on the current neighbor situation.
Hopefully, for the kids sake, their parents grow up a bit and try to act civil around the girls.
Look forward to seeing more!
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