I have a big 'ol knot in my stomach right now, because I'm afraid that I missed some little something that he can jump on and have my chickens taken away.
My gut is telling me to march my husband right over there and tell him that if he starts trying to make trouble for us, then he has no idea what trashy looks like. However, my heart is telling me to just ignore him and quit worrying about the "what if's" and do what I want to do. (Which is let my chickens out of their pen for an hour a day.)
I've ceased all communication with him and I am pretty sure he knows that. I hope FB will notify him that I have blocked him (if anyone knows if it will, please let me know!) so there is no way for him to cower behind a screen now.
After spending two nights with out any sleep I've come to the conclusion that I don't care if he thinks I'm "trashy". I've done the best job I know how to keep things up. My husband works out of town a lot and I'm here to deal with the house, the kids, the yard, the laundry... etc, etc, etc... by myself. If it's not good enough then that's just too bad.
I've put this in the Lord's hands. We prayed so much about the decision to get chickens. Any money that I've gotten from the sale of chickens or eggs has been given back to the Lord - so these are His chickens.... If He wants me to keep them, then I will. If not... I won't. Either way, there is no way I'm going to do anything ugly to my neighbor - unless ignoring him (or his ridiculous wishes) is ugly.
Now, that's not to say that I won't do a little "devaluing" of my property if he does cause trouble for me. LOL...
Everyone's concern is overwhelming and I'm blessed to be part of a community like this.
You guys are great... and hilarious... I needed the laughs I've gotten off of this thread. (Even the not so *nice* ideas I thought were pretty funny!) Thanks.
