It's been a very BUSY day!
First, we got some good news after Garner's Town Planning Commission Meeting last night. Bryan Rd Elementary School, which will be our adjoining neighbor, is going to have a 35 foot landscape barrier between the two properties. (That's 12 yards, for all us southerners). Included in the barrier will be Japanese Maples, Dogwoods, evergreen shrubs, and peonies. The only gap will be where the public sewer line stops before it gets to our property, and I can fill that in with some type of tree or sculpture or something. Work is supposed to begin in May, and the school plans to open fall of '09. Bryan Rd Middle School (further down the road) is scheduled to open fall of '11, and the new High School off of New Bethel Church Rd (which will be across from Bobby's sister Pat and near his brother Tim) is slated to open fall of '12. The Timber Drive Connection between the current Timber Dr and the White Oak Shopping Center is also slated to begin construction in '09 with a target completion date of '11.
The bad news...there's now a big possibility we'll be annexed by the town of Garner within the next few years. Which means if Bobby plans to get any farm type animals he'll have to get them now so they can be grandfathered in, if that's possible.
Second, we finally have garbage service! Whohoo! We actually got a bill in the mail yesterday, so Bobby called them today since they haven't delivered the container nor picked up anything.
Third, the dog fence people are coming tomorrow!
And last, but certainly not least: we only have one more ABRO fundraiser for this ABRO year. We've actually skipped several this year (thought not quite as many as I would have liked).
As always, the political situation is still up in the air there. The US issued sanctions last fall because their president also owns the only energy company in Belarus. With all the election controversies from the last election (one presidential candidate mysteriously disappeared, another thrown in prison, and the third was barred from campaigning in many places), the US claims Lushanko is nothing more than a dictator. Regardless, Lushanko has now responded to the new sanctions by removing the Belarussian ambassador from the US. He is also recommending our American ambassador leave Minsk (to which the US refuses because a recommendation is not an ultimatum.) But as things stand now, our three not so little munchkins will be arriving the middle of June and departing the end of July. I'm already tired!
First, we got some good news after Garner's Town Planning Commission Meeting last night. Bryan Rd Elementary School, which will be our adjoining neighbor, is going to have a 35 foot landscape barrier between the two properties. (That's 12 yards, for all us southerners). Included in the barrier will be Japanese Maples, Dogwoods, evergreen shrubs, and peonies. The only gap will be where the public sewer line stops before it gets to our property, and I can fill that in with some type of tree or sculpture or something. Work is supposed to begin in May, and the school plans to open fall of '09. Bryan Rd Middle School (further down the road) is scheduled to open fall of '11, and the new High School off of New Bethel Church Rd (which will be across from Bobby's sister Pat and near his brother Tim) is slated to open fall of '12. The Timber Drive Connection between the current Timber Dr and the White Oak Shopping Center is also slated to begin construction in '09 with a target completion date of '11.
The bad news...there's now a big possibility we'll be annexed by the town of Garner within the next few years. Which means if Bobby plans to get any farm type animals he'll have to get them now so they can be grandfathered in, if that's possible.
Second, we finally have garbage service! Whohoo! We actually got a bill in the mail yesterday, so Bobby called them today since they haven't delivered the container nor picked up anything.
Third, the dog fence people are coming tomorrow!
And last, but certainly not least: we only have one more ABRO fundraiser for this ABRO year. We've actually skipped several this year (thought not quite as many as I would have liked).
As always, the political situation is still up in the air there. The US issued sanctions last fall because their president also owns the only energy company in Belarus. With all the election controversies from the last election (one presidential candidate mysteriously disappeared, another thrown in prison, and the third was barred from campaigning in many places), the US claims Lushanko is nothing more than a dictator. Regardless, Lushanko has now responded to the new sanctions by removing the Belarussian ambassador from the US. He is also recommending our American ambassador leave Minsk (to which the US refuses because a recommendation is not an ultimatum.) But as things stand now, our three not so little munchkins will be arriving the middle of June and departing the end of July. I'm already tired!
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