Okay, let's just say that you were working long hours outside the house all week. And your significant other is also working long hours outside the house. So you decide, in your infinite wisdom, that since you still have a lot of computer work to do that evening, not to mention laundry and picking up, and all those other things that just, try as you might, won't do themselves, that you will just pick up a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store along with a few sides.
So you rush home and throw the store bought mac and cheese in the microwave, set the table and paw through the fridge for leftovers that you can add to dinner. You everything done and your significant other walks through the door minutes later and tells you that someone brought him a really late lunch around 3 so he isn't really hungry.
Even though you never actually slaved over the proverbial hot stove is it still legal in all 50 states to shoot him?
Friday, October 29, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Crabby
I'm in a mood. I don't necessarily have what would be considered to be a good reason to be in this mood, but that doesn't appear to negate it.
Things that are annoying me at the moment......
*Cody's English teacher and his constant excuses about why it is so hard for him to do his job and actually post the grades. The end of the grading period was Friday and while it looks to me like Cody has failed he is still going with the story that Cody has a 72 in that class. We shall see.
*One of the accounts that I have for work has changed things so much since last year that it is almost like working for a totally different company. The latest few changes have got me thinking that it almost may not be worth keeping them.
*Teenagers who insist on doing things half assed and then want to argue with you about the fact that it was done half assed.
*Neighbors who only mow half of their backyard and let the other half of it get so high that you can't see their neglected puppies running around. The halfway mowed thing is seriously screwing with my OCD issues.
*Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and the harpies on The View. Not that they don't sometimes have a point (well except for Joy Behar who needs serious psychiatric help) but geez...give it a rest.
Things that are annoying me at the moment......
*Cody's English teacher and his constant excuses about why it is so hard for him to do his job and actually post the grades. The end of the grading period was Friday and while it looks to me like Cody has failed he is still going with the story that Cody has a 72 in that class. We shall see.
*One of the accounts that I have for work has changed things so much since last year that it is almost like working for a totally different company. The latest few changes have got me thinking that it almost may not be worth keeping them.
*Teenagers who insist on doing things half assed and then want to argue with you about the fact that it was done half assed.
*Neighbors who only mow half of their backyard and let the other half of it get so high that you can't see their neglected puppies running around. The halfway mowed thing is seriously screwing with my OCD issues.
*Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and the harpies on The View. Not that they don't sometimes have a point (well except for Joy Behar who needs serious psychiatric help) but geez...give it a rest.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
God Bless the USA
My job gives me a lot of down time in my car to think and reflect on different things. Sometimes, when I just don't feel like talking to anyone on the phone or when I get tired of being in my head I will listen to the radio. I play music on my car radio sometimes, but mostly on my Droid (LOVELOVELOVE Pandora Radio app!!) Most of the time, when I go searching for channels on my radio to listen to, I am looking for some type of talk radio. Just so I can get out of my head for a bit and think about something that is usually not even on my radar.
I have no idea who the person I was listening to on the radio was, or even what radio station this program was on. The gist of the argument he was making was that no mosque should be built in the USA, ever. He said that the only thing that we needed to know in order to support this decision is that Muslims believe and are taught by their religion that it is alright to beat and rape their wives and thus, they do not belong in the United States.
Wow.
He then gave an example of something that happened a few months ago that I actually had not heard anything about. Apparently, a judge in New Jersey ruled against a woman obtaining a restraining order against her ex husband who reportedly raped her.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/05/advocates-anti-shariah-measures-alarmed-judges-ruling/
The judge ruled that as the ex husband was only going with what his beliefs taught him, he was not doing anything illegal.
This was one of the main arguments the radio program was using as a reason that Mosques should not be built in the US.
I listened to his argument which basically went "Muslims bad, US good....Keep that religion out of our country" and thought to myself about how many people listening to this argument right now have made up their minds that they agree with what he is saying.
Now, don't get me wrong. I think that judge was a friggin idiot. Basically, he is saying that as long as something is taught in someones religion then that means it is okay, even if it goes against the laws in our country. Our laws should be upheld. Regardless.
However, does this mean that no Mosques should be allowed in the United States of America? All Muslims should immediately convert to another religion or else go home?
That's what the opinion of this guy on the radio was. Get them out of our country! That's what he kept ranting. And it scared me. Alot.
Because, and correct me if I am wrong here, but wasn't our country FOUNDED on the premise of FREE RELIGION? Wasn't that the reason that there even IS a United States of America?
There has been a lot of talk about the Mosque being built at Ground Zero. I don't necessarily have a problem with a Mosque being built per se, but it does feel a bit, well insensitive for them to decide to build in that particular place. It feels a bit, contrived. But to say that none can be built at all, that's a bit extremist to me.
And it scares me.
I have no idea who the person I was listening to on the radio was, or even what radio station this program was on. The gist of the argument he was making was that no mosque should be built in the USA, ever. He said that the only thing that we needed to know in order to support this decision is that Muslims believe and are taught by their religion that it is alright to beat and rape their wives and thus, they do not belong in the United States.
Wow.
He then gave an example of something that happened a few months ago that I actually had not heard anything about. Apparently, a judge in New Jersey ruled against a woman obtaining a restraining order against her ex husband who reportedly raped her.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/05/advocates-anti-shariah-measures-alarmed-judges-ruling/
The judge ruled that as the ex husband was only going with what his beliefs taught him, he was not doing anything illegal.
This was one of the main arguments the radio program was using as a reason that Mosques should not be built in the US.
I listened to his argument which basically went "Muslims bad, US good....Keep that religion out of our country" and thought to myself about how many people listening to this argument right now have made up their minds that they agree with what he is saying.
Now, don't get me wrong. I think that judge was a friggin idiot. Basically, he is saying that as long as something is taught in someones religion then that means it is okay, even if it goes against the laws in our country. Our laws should be upheld. Regardless.
However, does this mean that no Mosques should be allowed in the United States of America? All Muslims should immediately convert to another religion or else go home?
That's what the opinion of this guy on the radio was. Get them out of our country! That's what he kept ranting. And it scared me. Alot.
Because, and correct me if I am wrong here, but wasn't our country FOUNDED on the premise of FREE RELIGION? Wasn't that the reason that there even IS a United States of America?
There has been a lot of talk about the Mosque being built at Ground Zero. I don't necessarily have a problem with a Mosque being built per se, but it does feel a bit, well insensitive for them to decide to build in that particular place. It feels a bit, contrived. But to say that none can be built at all, that's a bit extremist to me.
And it scares me.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Officially, I have lost my mind.
It has been absolutely crazy around here lately and no that is not because we have a baby. In fact, I am beginning to think that Cara has lied to me and is not actually pregnant but just getting fat. Hmmph!
My car has decided that it wasn't getting nowhere near enough attention so it blew out a tire last month, killed a battery, and then just to add insult to injury.. demanded a new starter. But those things worked out okay and all total came up to under $500 so I was feeling pretty good about the whole thing.
And then Chad's truck decided to get jealous and wanted new tie rods and a bunch of other stuff that goes along with that. Total cost, a bit more than $500...sigh. $1000 in two months for car stuff is just not cool.
The truck is being fixed now and we are hoping to get it back tomorrow. This is not a good time to be down to one vehicle, especially since Chad is working 45 miles away and Cara could go into labor at any time.
School is going to be starting on the 23rd and I am not looking forward to it. Last year was so stressful that I just don't want to have to deal with the Cody's grades. Not to mention the eleventy gazillion dollars that will be spent on school clothes, shoes, backpacks, and other school supplies. Sigh.
Proof positive that I have totally lost it.....
I was driving to Waco the other day and every once in awhile would get a whiff of what smelled like cologne or something. I was the only person in the car so this was really disconcerting. At times I would smell it a bit stronger and it was driving me totally crazy. Flash forward to a couple hours later, I stopped at a friend's store and Chad saw my car and stopped. We stayed for a couple minutes chatting and then left and when he went to kiss me goodbye he looked at me and said, "Hey, that smell is coming from you!"
Apparently when I straightened my hair that morning, instead of using my tube of hair gel I used his tube of aftershave. No wonder it was doing a crappy job of keeping my hair straight...sigh.
My car has decided that it wasn't getting nowhere near enough attention so it blew out a tire last month, killed a battery, and then just to add insult to injury.. demanded a new starter. But those things worked out okay and all total came up to under $500 so I was feeling pretty good about the whole thing.
And then Chad's truck decided to get jealous and wanted new tie rods and a bunch of other stuff that goes along with that. Total cost, a bit more than $500...sigh. $1000 in two months for car stuff is just not cool.
The truck is being fixed now and we are hoping to get it back tomorrow. This is not a good time to be down to one vehicle, especially since Chad is working 45 miles away and Cara could go into labor at any time.
School is going to be starting on the 23rd and I am not looking forward to it. Last year was so stressful that I just don't want to have to deal with the Cody's grades. Not to mention the eleventy gazillion dollars that will be spent on school clothes, shoes, backpacks, and other school supplies. Sigh.
Proof positive that I have totally lost it.....
I was driving to Waco the other day and every once in awhile would get a whiff of what smelled like cologne or something. I was the only person in the car so this was really disconcerting. At times I would smell it a bit stronger and it was driving me totally crazy. Flash forward to a couple hours later, I stopped at a friend's store and Chad saw my car and stopped. We stayed for a couple minutes chatting and then left and when he went to kiss me goodbye he looked at me and said, "Hey, that smell is coming from you!"
Apparently when I straightened my hair that morning, instead of using my tube of hair gel I used his tube of aftershave. No wonder it was doing a crappy job of keeping my hair straight...sigh.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Here, let me just open my wallet for you and you take what you need
I’m not 100% sure how but I have apparently pissed off the Money Gods lately because everyone seems to want mine!
Example #1 The stupid coffee table. I went down to find out how much I would have to spend to replace the glass in the table because it was driving me crazy. They claim it is going to cost almost $150 just to replace the glass in it with the matching glass for the panels that didn't break. But I can get a cheaper glass to put in it for all three panels for only $140! Gee thanks! Guess I will just do a few extra projects for a new coffee table fund. Sigh.
Example #2 My stupid tire blew out on the highway while I was doing 70. This pisses me off at numerous levels because first, the tire was a fairly new. Unfortunately, the place we got it at is an 8 hour drive away so the warranty they came with is fairly useless. The diagnosis for why the tire blew up? Why, because it’s Texas of course and it’s hot. I had to buy a new tire for $140 because it’s hot in Texas???? What kind of shit is that?
Example #3 Cody has decided that after the month of the pretty constant eating that he has done (does anyone else in the world have to spend over $800 a month for a family of 3 at the grocery store????) that now would be the best time in the world for him to grow 2 inches. Would it have been too much to ask him to wait until closer to the beginning of school before I had to buy him new clothes?
Example #4 The IRS has been kind enough to pull out my tax return for last year and “Oops, lookie there! You made a mistake! That will be $7 for the mistake and another $85 for the penalties” Assholes.
Example #5 Guess who’s cap is getting loose on his tooth? Go ahead. Guess! Yep, you would guess correctly. That would be Cody who just got the stupid cap last year when one of his friends was screwing around and he broke his tooth on a chair. At least this time I have dental insurance that I pay out the ass for and covers about 20 cents of anything that he goes into the dentist office for.
I give up. Is this week over yet?
Example #1 The stupid coffee table. I went down to find out how much I would have to spend to replace the glass in the table because it was driving me crazy. They claim it is going to cost almost $150 just to replace the glass in it with the matching glass for the panels that didn't break. But I can get a cheaper glass to put in it for all three panels for only $140! Gee thanks! Guess I will just do a few extra projects for a new coffee table fund. Sigh.
Example #2 My stupid tire blew out on the highway while I was doing 70. This pisses me off at numerous levels because first, the tire was a fairly new. Unfortunately, the place we got it at is an 8 hour drive away so the warranty they came with is fairly useless. The diagnosis for why the tire blew up? Why, because it’s Texas of course and it’s hot. I had to buy a new tire for $140 because it’s hot in Texas???? What kind of shit is that?
Example #3 Cody has decided that after the month of the pretty constant eating that he has done (does anyone else in the world have to spend over $800 a month for a family of 3 at the grocery store????) that now would be the best time in the world for him to grow 2 inches. Would it have been too much to ask him to wait until closer to the beginning of school before I had to buy him new clothes?
Example #4 The IRS has been kind enough to pull out my tax return for last year and “Oops, lookie there! You made a mistake! That will be $7 for the mistake and another $85 for the penalties” Assholes.
Example #5 Guess who’s cap is getting loose on his tooth? Go ahead. Guess! Yep, you would guess correctly. That would be Cody who just got the stupid cap last year when one of his friends was screwing around and he broke his tooth on a chair. At least this time I have dental insurance that I pay out the ass for and covers about 20 cents of anything that he goes into the dentist office for.
I give up. Is this week over yet?
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Depressed
I am depressed. I know what you are thinking. That is such an overused thought that it makes it difficult for the person hearing it to actually believe it. But there it is. I am depressed.
And I really mean it this time!
Why should I be depressed in this bright sunshiney world? How can I be depressed with all the birds chirping and the squirrels scampering around? It just boggles the mind.
But I will tell you, but only if you promise not to tell another soul the reason that I am so depressed.
Are you ready?
I am depressed because about 15 minutes ago I was sitting on the glass coffee table talking to Chad who is lying on the sofa because he is injured. And my ass broke the coffee table.
MY ASS BROKE THE COFFEE TABLE!
Oh, I suppose I could say it was the extra weight of the coaster that broke the table but that seems mighty thin (as opposed to my, ya know, ASS!)
Do you want to know the worst part? That’s even worse than actually breaking the coffee table?
I had orange rolls baking in the oven. And now I can’t even eat them because I am depressed. And apparently my ass is too big .
Sigh.
And I really mean it this time!
Why should I be depressed in this bright sunshiney world? How can I be depressed with all the birds chirping and the squirrels scampering around? It just boggles the mind.
But I will tell you, but only if you promise not to tell another soul the reason that I am so depressed.
Are you ready?
I am depressed because about 15 minutes ago I was sitting on the glass coffee table talking to Chad who is lying on the sofa because he is injured. And my ass broke the coffee table.
MY ASS BROKE THE COFFEE TABLE!
Oh, I suppose I could say it was the extra weight of the coaster that broke the table but that seems mighty thin (as opposed to my, ya know, ASS!)
Do you want to know the worst part? That’s even worse than actually breaking the coffee table?
I had orange rolls baking in the oven. And now I can’t even eat them because I am depressed. And apparently my ass is too big .
Sigh.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
And the heavens opened up and I heard singing
It's of no surprise to anyone who knows me that I hate my neighbors. For months and months now I have been complaining about them to anyone that would listen, and even some that didn't really want to listen.
It's really funny. When they first moved in, I really didn't think they would stay long. We had lived here for two years by the time they moved in and there had been five different people living there in that time. They would move in and within a month or two, they would be gone again. Some of them, it would seem, in the middle of the night.
The first time they did something incredibly rude, I ignored it. I reasoned that there was no reason for me to make the brief time they would be here any worse than it needed to be. Unfortunately, they stayed..and stayed....and stayed. I don't know what was wrong with the house before that nobody would stay there, but these people seemed to have found it a pleasant place to be and were not leaving.
So for almost a year now I have dealt with weekend and weekday parties. There were so many people that lived there on a full time basis that in order to fit all the cars there they would park all up and down the street. Their visitors would park in front of my house and then proceed to honk their horn and yell really loud at 3 am because it was easier for them than getting out of their car. They would let their yard become overgrown, leave trash stacked by their house so when the wind blew it would blow into my yard, leave their dog in the back yard barking at all hours of the day and night and have incredibly loud screaming matches with each other, usually in the middle of the night.
And then today I pulled into my driveway and glanced over at their overgrown yard. Except wait...it wasn't overgrown. It was trimmed neatly. (And was incidentally making MY yard look a little overgrown!) The trashcan was pulled to the curb and trash piled beside it awaiting the garbage truck tomorrow. And there was a sign. A SIGN!!
The house is For Rent!!!! My neighbors have moved. I am almost giddy with excitement. It seems like such a small thing but really it's not. Don't ask me when they moved. I have noticed that it has been pretty quiet lately and not as many cars are parked on the street. I never saw a moving truck, I never saw anyone carrying boxes, I never saw anything. But they are gone.
I kinda wish they had left the dog though.
It's really funny. When they first moved in, I really didn't think they would stay long. We had lived here for two years by the time they moved in and there had been five different people living there in that time. They would move in and within a month or two, they would be gone again. Some of them, it would seem, in the middle of the night.
The first time they did something incredibly rude, I ignored it. I reasoned that there was no reason for me to make the brief time they would be here any worse than it needed to be. Unfortunately, they stayed..and stayed....and stayed. I don't know what was wrong with the house before that nobody would stay there, but these people seemed to have found it a pleasant place to be and were not leaving.
So for almost a year now I have dealt with weekend and weekday parties. There were so many people that lived there on a full time basis that in order to fit all the cars there they would park all up and down the street. Their visitors would park in front of my house and then proceed to honk their horn and yell really loud at 3 am because it was easier for them than getting out of their car. They would let their yard become overgrown, leave trash stacked by their house so when the wind blew it would blow into my yard, leave their dog in the back yard barking at all hours of the day and night and have incredibly loud screaming matches with each other, usually in the middle of the night.
And then today I pulled into my driveway and glanced over at their overgrown yard. Except wait...it wasn't overgrown. It was trimmed neatly. (And was incidentally making MY yard look a little overgrown!) The trashcan was pulled to the curb and trash piled beside it awaiting the garbage truck tomorrow. And there was a sign. A SIGN!!
The house is For Rent!!!! My neighbors have moved. I am almost giddy with excitement. It seems like such a small thing but really it's not. Don't ask me when they moved. I have noticed that it has been pretty quiet lately and not as many cars are parked on the street. I never saw a moving truck, I never saw anyone carrying boxes, I never saw anything. But they are gone.
I kinda wish they had left the dog though.
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