When you live in small pockets of homes out in the country, it's good to have rules. We have a homeowners association and covenants that cover things that most people do, anyway. However, there are always a few folks who don't think it's necessary to mow - ever - or they tend to hoard. Hoarders seem to be more abundant in remote areas. Just drive down any road and you'll see massive collections of stuff piled on porches, in the yards and spilling out of carports or garages.

We have trash pickup once a week and our single container is pretty roomy, although we panicked at first about going a whole week. They're big plastic things on wheels. Sometimes, though, these containers don't seem to be enough, especially if someone has trash they don't particularly want to dump. So, when the porch is full and the back yard is packed, there's only one last frontier - the golf cart. Yes, stack 'em high and wait for the Covenants Police to smack you down (more on that to come).

If you don't have one or two of those neighbors in the area, you just ain't living.