[KimberlySRN]

So, I just bought a house last year... It is my first house. It is located on a back lot, kinda like a flag lot but the neighbors in the front own the drive way. I went out of town and my sister is watching the pups and the house.
I get a call from my neighbor talking about a hedge of bushes between our lots and the fact that my trash can was still on the street.
Just some details, I have had a leak in my house so I have turned off all the water to my plants until it is fixed. I've been watering them all by hand. Well the bushes in-between our lots I am only water everyother day, my neighbor and I talked about it and he said he would hook up his water until the leak got fixed. So... While I was gone he went and hook it up to a side facet on my house... One of the main ones that they are going to fix... The main one that is leaking. Which means it is probably leaking into my house. Plus he went in my yard and started trimming my hedges.
When I first moved in my dad told me they seemed pushy which I got also.They basically told me they like to keep it quite around here and they don't like to cut the edges cause it's a barrier. I think I'm a pretty quite person especially for my age, I dont have any wild partys and make sure to be respectful of everyone. It just feels like they are being so pushy. I work 12 hour shifts so I put my trash cans out the night before and then take them back in when I get a chance. They knocked on my door and ask my Sis if she was going to put them in ( they just got picked up this morning) , and called me and once even blocked my drive way.
I feel like they do things just enough to get under your skin and then smile at you.
Here is the thing, I want to respectfully set a boundary, I don't want to start a fight, but these are the types of people that get away with this stuff cause everyone wants to be polite. They are leaving in three weeks for the summer so I am stuck. They are so intrusive and have gone as far as calling me while at home when anyone comes over. I feel like they watch everything, and I try to think they are just looking out for me, but it is getting old. I just don't want it to get worse, but if I don't set a limit it might, and if I do they may get worse.
I know tomorrow they also want to talk about their cat. They took up feeding strays, it started with one that they tried to pawn off on me to take in, but I don't have time for a cat. So thy kept it and feed it but leave the poor cat in the desert while they are gone. It gets to 120 degrees out here during the summer. Now they took in 3 more cats they said they would catch and send to the shelter, now they are keeping them and wanting me to take care of them for 3 months. I helped once for a week and it was hard for me to feed one twice a day let alone 4.
Sorry everyone, I am just very frustrated and not wanting to deal with this today :/