12-27-2009, 11:54 AM
It was awkward, but I took your advice and talked to my neighbor. The woman wasn't home so I talked to her boyfriend. He was very nice, not anything like I'd expected. He apologized and said they'd be more careful. I asked if my cats caused trouble and he said he'd never seen them. So we talked about the cats a few minutes, and I mentioned that we bring indoors in the late afternoon around the time they start shooting the firecrackers. They've actually been staring earlier and earlier each day, but I didn't say anything about that - just mentioned that's it's been working out since we bring them indoors in the afternoon before they start up, and he looked a little sheepish. Nice guy. I don't understand firecrackers at Christmas, but nice family anyway. I feel better now. So does my son. Thanks.
Oh, I did swing by the firestation to see if they had a fireworks safety handout. They didn't. One had said he'd made a firecracker gun when he was a kid. All very nice though and gave me ideas of things to bring up with the neighbor.
Thank you again for all your help!
Anyway, I guess I was just lucky before to never have lived so close to anyone who did the firecrackers several hours a day for over a week before Christmas.
Party on Puna...
Cindy
Oh, I did swing by the firestation to see if they had a fireworks safety handout. They didn't. One had said he'd made a firecracker gun when he was a kid. All very nice though and gave me ideas of things to bring up with the neighbor.
Thank you again for all your help!
Anyway, I guess I was just lucky before to never have lived so close to anyone who did the firecrackers several hours a day for over a week before Christmas.
Party on Puna...
Cindy