Let's Talk About the Garage...

It's been a little while since I last posted and a lot has happened on the garage front.  We've poured the concrete...

During

After

And built the garage...

But now our new neighbors are being super mean and I feel like doing this:

As if we've committed some personal injustice towards them.

When in fact we've added nice doors

And fancy strapping's...

And ultimately plan to do something like this if it matches our overall color scheme...

Oh, and did you see all that brick up there in front of the garage?  We're bricking the building too.

Most of you who know me know that I'm a very positive person and Chris and I incredibly nice people.  We're great friends with our current neighbors and are actually very sad to be leaving them.  I was hopeful to come into this new neighborhood and have more great relationships but instead, we've been welcomed with a Cease and Desist (which has since been dropped because they realized we were bricking it) and neighbors (one in particular) telling other neighbors what trash we are and how they cannot believe we've built a beer barn next to our house (beer barn?  not a bad idea, maybe we'll add a keg :)  ).  We made certain that we followed our city's code exactly and have the permits to prove it, we've done nothing wrong but are being treated as if we've personally offended several neighbors.  It's very frustrating!

My only solace is the fact that Chris and I are building our dream home and he's getting his dream garage where he can work on Betty, learn woodworking, and just have a man cave for his own personal space.

Who wouldn't want THIS for their husband?

I mean yea, it's a little over the top but pretty cool too.

I've decided not to stoop to my neighbors level and retaliate, instead I've just been trying to be as nice as can be and hope that eventually they'll see that we've done all we can to make it look like an extension of our home.

Positive attitude positive attitude positive attitude...