3.06.2008

Pet Peeves


  1. When people who have (very obviously) poor taste & then they proceed to (attempt to) poke fun at your style or preference at different 'things' - like the love of the color orange, or orange + brown. (I'd give examples but those persons could be readers).

  2. When: iTunes is set at random, the kids aren't home, I have the speakers blasting AND I call the dr's office to ask the dr a question & right as the nurse is jotting down my info, BABY GOT BACK by SIR MIX A LOT comes blasting down the hall. Small house = not being able to get far enough from the lyrics, "With a round thing in. your. face."

  3. When that same call turns into you sitting there on hold, while the said nurse s l o w l y jots down your exactly what she plans to tell the dr (can't she do this after you hang up?).

  4. "The neighbors" 's Christmas lights still on their house.

  5. Mud.

  6. Baby weight, when the 'baby' is 2.

  7. Bills.

  8. Living 20 minutes away from everything.

  9. Crumbs.

  10. Windows that aren't self-cleaning.

  11. People who aren't helpful but want to tell you how they think it should be done.

  12. Whining. (just for clarification, lists of pet peeves aren't whining).

  13. When the iTunes is rocking out, then a stupid song from Spamalot (hubby's) pops up. Killjoy.

  14. Waits at restaurants.

  15. Small closets.

  16. Stinky trashcans.

  17. Little pieces of toys that get separated from the rest of the "group."
  18. People who play 'devil's advocate' when all you want to do is vent.
  19. Auto-formatting.
  20. When someone almost hits you, it's totally their fault, then they flip YOU off.
  21. When the kids accidentally lock themselves in their rooms (or maybe I don't mind it so much).
  22. Cheating.
  23. Procrastination.
  24. Sneakiness.
  25. Buying 'bad' produce.
  26. When the kids argue.
  27. Dirty Public restrooms.
  28. Jealousy.
  29. satan.
  30. Butters. (not margarine; line jumpers)
  31. People who pull up & honk, instead of getting their lazy behind out of the car & ringing the bell.

I think 31 is enough. Kinda like Baskin Robbin's flavors. Except my 31 aren't sweet, nor are they fattening.

If my list has made you crabby, watch this and you'll cheer up instantly. Thank God for light sabres....they aren't on my pet peeves list.

7 comments:

Jenn said...

The Star Wars Kid totally made my day! I needed a good laugh!

I'm totally with ya on the "living 20 minutes from everything."

4under3 said...

What a funny picture I have painted in my head of you rollin' the "junk in your trunk" while you're on the phone.

And an even funnier picture of you making a midnight trip across the street to pick off your "neighbor's" Christmas decorations.

But OHHH OHHHH I'm with you on #20. It's about enough to just send me through my sunroof. Don't you just want to chase them down and explain to them what the real deal was??!?!?!

Anonymous said...

Oh, this was fun. It's not annoying to read about things that annoy OTHER people. I can totally relate to some, though:

#7, #12, #17, #23, #29, and #30.


I can't relate to:

#4. I AM that neighbor. I just took the lights off the tree and the tree off the stand and the tree, lights, and stand off our (back, so no one could actually really see it) deck YESTERDAY.

#18. I do this to my husband too often. Sorry, Honey.

Kim said...

Amy...... You.Crack.Me.Up.
I can relate to too many of those and agree with you full heartidly (is that a word?)

I watched the video and busted out laughing. I have a video I want you to watch too but am still trying to find it on youtube, I got it in an email and thought it was so funny!

Kim said...

ok I found it and posted it on my blog...

Amanda said...

I love reading lists like that! It really helps to get to know a person. I think I can relate to at least 1/2 of those! I did appreciate the video at the end. It certainly was good for a laugh!

Kristi said...

You are hilarious! Great post!

I have "lurked" on your blog here a few times...and I always enjoy what you have to say!

You have cute kiddos too!!! :-)