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I have been complaining to friends and on Facebook that I am finishing a book that has some capital P problems. I am running out of time and I see how much I have to do to fix it, and I have other, family obligations, and I am really really cranky this weekend.
It’s not the book that’s making me cranky, it’s the small stuff. The stuff my mom always told me not to sweat. No luck. These things have gotten under my skin this weekend. Let me vent. I think I’ll feel better 
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1. Shorts with snaps. I have these great shorts that fit my butt well. The only problem with these shorts is that instead of a button, they close with a snap. That means every time I laugh,it pops. Sneeze, pop Squat down, pop. I had to go to Home Depot, and as I was walking down the aisle picking things up, my shorts were popping all all over the place, then I’d have to snap them, then they started popping again. So. Annoyed.
2. Texting while driving. So I merge onto the highway and have to stop hard because doofus in front of me is puttering in the lane while he texts, in some tiny little tin can, no less. Why are people so daft? Do they not fear for their lives? Annoying. 
3. Bougainvillia. I love these flowers, and I have tried to have them around my house for several summers, but the blooms always fall off and they don’t grow new ones. I follow the instructions, I’ve even talked to the garden center guy, but forget it. My bougainvillias are very annoying. I may kick one later.
4. Crickets. When I was a very little girl, a cricket jumped on me and scared the bejeezus out of me. To this day, I cannot stand them, and we are having a cricket invasion. I am skimming a little black sea of them off my pool every day. Gross! And in today’s paper, they had the helpful tip: It you are going to eat crickets, boil them. They turn red like lobsters. WHO DOES THAT? Super super annoying. 
5. Glasses. I never wore glasses until the last year. I finally figured out that my headaches were from squinting all the time. So I finally gave in, admitted to myself that I am getting older, and got some glasses. Okay, bifocals. But I never wear them because I can never hit the right right spot and everything is blurry. So I am still squinting, ruining my face and giving myself headaches. A-noy-ying. <
Do you ever get cranky for a stretch? What small stuff annoys you? Are you like my mother and don’t allow the small stuff to bother you? Do you have snaps on any article of clothing? Do you text when you drive? What’s the bug you hate the most? Say it’s crickets!
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Talking during a television show drives me nuts. I swear that I want to punch the face of whoever is yapping away while I try to watch my shows. Then there is touching my books while I am reading them and if I have put it down for like a minute, that will annoy the hell out of me and make me want to smack someone. Sci Fi Guy drives me nuts by doing these things but New Guy has yet to annoy me. I don’t text while driving because it is illegal here and I’m not sure but I could have sworn that it was illegal in the US too. As for bugs, I hate spiders and centipedes. Really I do hate them!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:53 am.
Only one thing bugs me – talking when I’m reading. Annoys the SH*T outta me. My friends know better than to do this. But my Mom still does this. You’d think after 30+ years she’d know by now that if I’m reading I’m not listening. I cannot count the amount of cooking wasted because I never heard my Mom tell me to turn the gas off after 5 min. Seriously who’s listening when the book has so many more interesting things to say…
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:13 am.
You would HATE hanging out with me. I’m a tv/movie commenter. I usually warn people before we start though, just in case they are like you, so they can tell me not to do it. If I can resist…
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:14 am.
hahah! I’m a tv/movie commenter too! I’ve even done it in the movie theatre. but very very quietly and only if someone asks me.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:41 am.
LOL, both of you would hate me. I’m the person who has no problem with turning around and politely, the first time, asking you to stop talking during the movie as I paid to hear the movie, not you. The second time…well lets just say I’m not so polite.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:44 am.
I had not even thought of the talking while watching TV or movies, LOL. Amazing that something which could be tres annoying has not annoyed me yet this week.
Pesky, if you told me to pipe down, I would do it. In a NY minute
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:37 am.
If I feel that my body needs some stretching, then yeah, I would want to stretch. Though I probably won’t be too cranky for a stretch. Most of the time, that is.
Snaps are nice. I used to have snaps on a shirt, but I gave that away. I’m pretty sure that I still have clothing (like cargo pants) that have snaps. Maybe a shirt or two, w/ the snaps on the shirt pocket(s).
One small stuff that annoys me is the way a section of my hair “lands” in a way that makes me feel annoyed at its placement as well as wishing to put it up and not get that “annoying” feeling I get about it. Thus, I try to place it so that it won’t “annoy” me.
No texting when I’m driving. For one, I can’t really text that well, especially with the cell phone that I have right now. For another thing, I don’t think people should text while driving. ‘Nough said about that topic.
Bugs. Any bugs that are in my house. I don’t like bugs in my house. Again, enough said about that topic.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 5:28 am.
ER, that’s too many snaps, in my most humble but very anti-snap opinion.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:39 am.
I don’t text while I drive because: a) I don’t have a car anymore (got rid of it and do everything walking or cycling) and b) I never text anybody. I do have a cell phone, but only use it to let my boss know the train had a delay!
I also don’t have snaps on my clothing. I always choose skirts or shorts that have a zipper or buttons.
What annoys me sometimes is the utter stupidity of most people. Just from looking at them I can guess their IQ, and I’m never wrong. Problem is that such people with low IQ always think they’re right and don’t understand why the other person is annoyed or angry!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 6:27 am.
I definitely text. But never while driving!! I am not coordinated enough for that.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:40 am.
I also bought bifocals. They are in the drawer. I use my computer glasses and squint. Bifocals. Annoying.
I do sweat the small things. I wish I was more Zen. I am not. What really makes me crazy is when people tell me I should meditate. If I had time to meditate, I wouldn’t need to meditate.
The only article of clothing I have snaps on is my summer robe, which NO ONE sees me in but IV and Reggie.
I’m not bugged by bugs. We will not discuss mice. We. Will. Not.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:02 am.
Okay, Lori, I agree. We. Will. Not. anything furry that’s not a dog or cat shall not be tolerated.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:41 am.
(((Julie))) What cannot be cured must be endured or It will get better before you’re married my mother used to say.
I gave up on bifocals. They made me sick and dizzy so I just got computer glasses and a board to clip my work to that is the same distance away as my computer. I then took my bifocals back to my opticians and turned them into distance sunglasses.
Snaps, that’s what they make tailors at the dry cleaners for. Use them all the time.
Grasshoppers, don’t bother me to much. Spiders though…shuddah…I don’t care how small they are they could still swallow me whole. I just know it! I’m so creeped out by them I don’t even like spiderman.
Do I sweat the small stuff. Nah, life’s too short to be freaking miserable, and considering the small stuff in my life right now, I’d be like Eeyore looking for my tail all the time if I did.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:15 am.
How could you not like spiders??? They kill mosquitoes… my heroes lol
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:56 am.
Eeyore, LOL! Now if I could be a bit more like Eeyore, life would be grand!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:42 am.
In New England, a kid was brought up on murder charges for texting and driving and killing someone. I think it’s great that they’re treating it this way.
I’m cranky right now, mostly because I didn’t get enough sleep this weekend. I’ll be blacksmithing all day and dealing with tourists, so either the crank will get better because I love to talk, or worse because I have a cold on top of the sleepy crank. Either way, I get to wail on some hot metal to take out any frustration, a luxury you don’t have! Why, I’m feeling better already!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:20 am.
That’s what I’d like to do – wail on some hot metal!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:43 am.
I want to wail on some hot metal, too. What a way to work off those frustrations! It’s my theory that people who work in demolition have no stress. Something annoying you? Beat it with a hammer or blow it up. What a great job!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:03 pm.
See…this is why I wanna work for Mythbusters.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 5:51 pm.
Oh, and that picture could have been me with the big plastic glasses and bifocals. I great out of the biforcals, and then had laser surgery. Yay for no classes (for now!)
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:21 am.
I had bifocals when I was 12 and now I have moved on to graduated lenses which work better for me. Last time I got my eyes tested I was told to stop showing off by the optometrist because I am both long and short sighted.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:42 am.
That’s because you are young, Cail! At a “certain age” not even laser will help you.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:44 am.
I actually adore crickets. I love their song. the bug that drives me crazy is miller moths, which invade us very spring and leave dust on EVERYTHING.
I get cranky when it’s hot. Like now. We don’t have air conditioning, and it’s awful
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:27 am.
Do you feel better now?
I can’t stand when people suck back snot. makes me gag. and on the bus I’m known to silently pass the offender a tissue.
My cat Luna is my annoyance these days. she is a perfectly lovely kitty until it’s 5am. then it’s howler monkey time. This morning she managed to stay quiet until 6 but since I stayed up till 3 finishing No One Left to Tell, I really didn’t need an alarm cat.I’ve tried shushing her,tossing a paperback at her, spraying her, locking her out of the bedroom(and she tries to tunnel under the door or leap onto the door knob). ok my rant over.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:48 am.
As soon as I read your post, I knew I had to reply….there is a woman at my office that CONSTANTLY does that snort/hock thing like she’s getting ready to spit over the rail of Titanic with Jack and Rose…. It’s vile and definitely gag inducing.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:07 am.
eeeeweeeee!
Cats! At least you can crate a dog, Kathy. You should think about that next time
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:45 am.
sadly I have no yard and live on the 2nd floor. otherwise i would TOTALLY have a dog!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:02 pm.
The snot thing made me think of college classes. It never failed that on test day *someone* would have a cold and would be doing the sniff thing — typically right behind me. That always broke my concentration. My solution was to wear ear plugs during exams.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:45 am.
I definitely have my cranky moments. Bad personal hygiene drives me nuts. I have the nose of a bloodhound and anything from people who smell like cigarettes to people who are just plain funky drives me insane. My bff is worse than I am though… once she sprayed a bus full of people with her Burberry perfume lol
I hate roaches. They gross me out the most because they tend to hang out in nasty places like the toilet.
I’m a city girl so I can totally sympathize with your annoyance with crickets. One bit me when I was a kid lol. Frogs are also really loud and obnoxious. Gimme the sounds of the city any day!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:54 am.
Frogs are loud, but I never see them hopping around. Thank goodness. I cannot believe I used to trap frogs and horny toads, then put them in shoeboxes under my bed. What happened to that little girl? Where did she go??
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:52 am.
I’m guessing she went to the same place my spider, lightening bug, praying mantis, caterpillar collecting self went to
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:40 pm.
when I lived in Trinidad, the frogs or toads- never did find out what- sounded just like that bawoooo sound in the disco song Ring My bell. seriously hilarious and annoying, all. night. long.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:05 pm.
Hah now I’m gonna think of frogs whenever I hear that song
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 6:53 pm.
OMG girl…I absolutely DO have cranky periods of time. And, as I get older, the ‘period of time’ seems to get longer…. I never really used to have ‘PMS’ either, but I can pin point exactly 1 week before that dreaded visitor arrives because I’m ready to go completely ape-$hit for no apparent reason to anyone other than me.
Driving pretty much anywhere in Austin is crazy too–people are just down right discourteous.
Texting while driving is SO stupid. This kid almost rear ended me because he was so involved with his phone he didn’t notice we had all stopped for a red light. Scary stuff… Heck, texting while WALKING is nuts too. Darn fool woman, yep a mid-40′s WOMAN, walked into my car because she was doing something on her smart phone. Then she had the audacity to shoot ME the finger… Yep, that is certainly frustrating.
Crickets…unfortunately a common sight (and sound) in central Texas. You would have had a conniption at the hub’s office last week. They have a warehouse where they keep all of their parts for doors and things, and they have a little office inside that. They have a horrific cricket problem, so they bought some poison to put out. Now that the crickets are not as prevalent, he will probably get spiders… :{
My main pet peeve is the people that, even with all of the press on it, STILL send their hard-earned money to some country over-seas because of some relative they have never heard of… Don’t get me wrong, the people that CREATE these schemes have the full force of my anger, however at some point you have to take some responsibility for your own actions. When people that you know and trust rip you off, that’s one thing…that is all on the ones that are lying and cheating you out of money. BUT…when you believe you have suddenly won the Yahoo Lottery in England so you send them personal information to ‘prove your identity’…and you never bought a TICKET…come ON! That is my main pet peeve right now.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:05 am.
I never understood that either, Julie. Why would anyone ever believe that scam?
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:47 am.
It’s funny how I never thought about snaps until just now. I realized that I don’t have any clothing with snaps, so that is one thing that doesn’t bother me. Cranky much? My parents used to call me Oscar the Grouch! I have got much more calm in me over the past few years though. Right now not so much because I am sick, and every little thing annoys me. Anyways…bugs? Spiders, by far. Every day at work I swear I walk through tons of spiderwebs. I can’t stand it. I kind of like to hear crickets chirping, but don’t think I’d ever eat them. Gross. Imagine how many it would take to make you feel full! See? I’m slightly feverish and rambling on.
Okay, I wish I could help with Bougainvillia. Unfortunately it is considered a tropical here so we don’t deal with them at work. Are they getting at least 5 direct hours of sun? Do they have good drainage? (I know your area lacks in rain, but when you do get water does it drain well?)Do you fertilize them? Are they getting pruned? Have you ever noticed any bugs or spots on the leaves? Haha? Annoyed with me now? Sorry! Hope it all gets better for you in a hurry!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:27 am.
It will all be better for me once I type THE END. I am really generally easy going (probably hard to believe after this post), but the book has just sent me over the edge.
And I have tried that with the bougainvillia. I suspect I am watering too much or too little. That’s usually my problem – an inability to gauge water need, LOL
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:49 am.
I wish I was that person who never sweated the small stuff, but I DO. Especially stepping on a Lego. Having the kids toys every-damn-place all the time makes me want to pull my hair out. And stepping on a Lego is a special kind of pain that should only be used to break terrorists or in Dante’s Circles of Hell.
My rhododendron bush drives me nuts. It blooms once a year and then almost immediately the big white flowers start rotting and drooping. It’s so ugly, but I don’t want a huge hole in my garden either.
No snaps, no texting while driving and I hate spiders, roaches, worms, flies, mosquitoes, multi-legged creepy crawlers and CRICKETS. Crickets are yucky- they are like the ugly, creepy cousin to the grasshopper!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:40 am.
Here’s another one in the gross icky bug department: Walking sticks. Why would God make them? Seriously, was it a joke?
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:51 am.
Oh, and Dana, as someone who has stepped on legos and those little people (forget their names), I share your annoyance
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:02 am.
Texting during movies, especially after the theater runs that ‘do not text’ warning before the show starts. I actually had to tell an adult to turn off their phone.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:35 am.
Yes, that bugs me. The light instantly catches my eye. People can be so selfish
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:44 pm.
I don’t own anything with snaps, but the picture you paint, would totally happen to me if I did.
Rude people drive me nuts. When I am checking out of a store I expect the cashier to greet me, and then say have a nice day, when I am done. I can’t stand it when they say nothing and don’t even make eye contact with me. Also, people that don’t pick up after their dogs. I could go on and on.
Crickets I can handle, but mosquitoes I can’t. The little blood suckers love me for some reason, and they make sitting out at night unenjoyable.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:36 am.
Amy, you should come to my house. No mosquitos! We have a huge bat colony nearby and apparently they have to come as far as my neighborhood to feed. It’s the first time in my life I haven’t had mosquitoes
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:45 pm.
Do I have cranky strech??? I think I have been in one for about a year now – what really bugs me – people – just people in general – the way they walk, the way they talk, the way they breath. Guess I should get therapy. Bug that bug me – all of them but stink bugs are the worst – they are ugly and crazy.
No snaps but I have to say I did chuckle at your snap problem — sorry ;-(
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:41 am.
Oh and I don’t text and drive (can’t see the little letters without my reading classes).
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:54 am.
Those shorts are going to Goodwill. Great shorts, love the shorts. Hate the snap.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:46 pm.
The thing that really gets me is people who have more than 12 items in the express lane ay the grocery store. I usually have 2 things and am on my lunch hour but get stuck in line because people can’t read, or they just ignore the sign.
Also, cashiers who text while checking you out annoy me. It seems I have issues at the stores…
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:51 am.
SuzyQ I have never had a cashier texting while I was checking out. I think I would get super super annoyed!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:46 pm.
Ages ago I had a shirt with snaps. It’d pop open at the most inopportune times – and I’m only a B cup.
I don’t get texting or talking while you’re driving. Apparently, these “special” people don’t realize that they’re putting everyone around them at risk.
I can’t stand it when people make a bunch of noise chewing gum – like cows chewing their cud. Bad grammar, which I hear a lot from my older sil, when I visit Montana. Apparently, she and more than a few other people don’t know when and how to use was and are properly. I hate walking past Abercrombie and Fitch or Hollister because of the scent that explodes out the doors. Not only is it nauseating, it bothers my asthma. Same goes for the people who douse themselves in perfume or cologne. I think that their noses are broken.
I can’t STAND grasshoppers. When I was about 13 or we had a summer where there was a grasshopper “problem.” You couldn’t walk anywhere without HUNDREDS of grasshoppers jumping out at you. Shudder.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:58 am.
Janae, that’s how bad it is here right now. They are everywhere.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:47 pm.
I worked at abercrombie. The smell is imbedded into my brain.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 6:56 pm.
Ack! Nothing worse than clothes that compliment your body but don’t cooperate or aren’t comfortable!
My ass chap du jour:
Family and friends who believe because you work from, or at, home you should be available at the drop of a hat. That their concerns are so much more important than yours.
Grrrrrrrrr
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:05 pm.
Oh, Nitty. Do NOT get me started on that. I tell the story about how I told my dear old dad, who would call frequently for weather updates, that I don’t answer the phone anymore during the day because I am working. I explained to him that “people” (like my parents) think I am available for chatting. He said, “I think that’s smart. Good idea!”
The very next day — the very NEXT DAY — he called. Of course I answered because having had the talk, I thought something was wrong. He said, “did you get any rain last night?”
Come to find out, dear old dad thought my new rule didn’t apply to him. It was for everyone else. SIGH. I am still giving out weather reports frequently to him.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:50 pm.
LMAOOOO! What is it with dads?
*hand to God* I just now hung up with my father after he lambasted me for telling him I couldn’t check some legal docs right at the moment.
And I quote: WHAT MORE DO YOU HAVE TO DO WITH YOUR TIME?
*bangs head*
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:18 pm.
LOL, Julia, I’m totally with you on this. I have a book due in 5 days too, and everything else is bugging me.
1) grass. Why does it insist on growing so fast & sending up those annoying seed stalks that make your whole house look shabby when you skip mowing for a darn week (or two)?
2) mail. I don’t have time to look at my mail right now. Stop sending me things, everyone!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:20 pm.
High five, sister. And see note above — don’t call me. Just don’t. I am short with everyone and I won’t regret it until next week some time.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:51 pm.
Yes, I do get cranky for long stretches and all small things bug me. I just blame it on menapause:) Crickets do bother me but also flies bug me too.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:01 pm.
Everything annoys me.
Small stuff, big stuff, stupid stuff, momentary stuff. As Big D said to me just yesterday, “You’re very good at harnessing your rage.”
Uh, thank you. He meant it as a compliment, for sure.
No snaps, for the same reason you are annoyed by yours.
No texting at all, ever.
No bugs of any kind!!! Crickets, black and hopping, UGH! Cockroaches, black and scuttling. UGH! Flies, black and buzzing. UGH! Bees/wasps/hornets, menacing and hairy. Spiders, black and aggressive. Have you ever noticed how all other insects ignore you, but spiders WATCH YOU?! Just waiting to pounce, clearly. Pure predators. UGH!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:17 pm.
Claudia, LOL — we’re all glad you’re good at harnessing the rage machine
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:55 pm.
All my pet peeves have to with driving. I can’t stand when people can’t even go the speed limit. Blocking an intersection even when the light is green. Hello, it can change at anytime. What’s the point of blocking, it’s not going to get you there faster. Wow, I feel better. I hope that you feel better too.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:48 pm.
Melody, yes! It’s not speeders that annoy me, but the slow pokes!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:55 pm.
in the UK it is again the law to TEXT when you are driveing
or talk on the cell phone
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:26 pm.
Oh, here too. But that doesn’t stop anyone.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:41 pm.
There’s a cricket on the back porch that has it in for me – he jumps out at me when I take the dog out.. little bugger.
Sometimes I let the small stuff get to me, especially when I am cranky about other things.I have found when that becomes the case, I need to take a few moments and to a mood adjustment – which works most of the time.
Oh, and I had one clothing item with snaps…it didn’t last too long. Stupid snaps. I think they only work for strippers.
or so I’ve heard…
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:27 pm.
Strippers and baby clothes. No clothing manufacturer of women’s clothes should be using snaps, especially around the waist or bust!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:42 pm.
Crickets! Hate ‘em! One cricket could (possibly) be charming, or at least not annoying. But crickets don’t come in ones. They come in plague proportions. And I remember Texas-sized crickets. You have my sympathy.
Oh, and just say no to snaps.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:30 pm.
That’s right, Susan. They made yoga clothes for a reason, and I think that reason was me
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:50 pm.
Oh…..since I went to the store during lunch, I realized another pet peeve….*gets on soap box* People that talk on the phone when they are in the line at the register. Ther is NO call that important that you cannot put them on hold or call them back so you can pay for your groceries and get the BLEEP outta my way. If the phone call IS that important, you should be somewhere PRIVATE anyway rather than a grocery store where everyone and their mama can hear it….especially when it’s one of those that has their volume turned up, so I got the ‘privilege’ of BOTH sides of the absolutely inane conversation, while the poor cashier could hardly get the witch’s attention so she could pay. That is SO unbelievable rude. *gets down off soap box for next one in line*
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:24 pm.
Good soap box management, Julie!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 6:14 pm.
Every once in a while, I’ll get a call to add something to the shopping list when I’m already in line.
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:54 am.
I do NOT text and drive. Actually, I barely text at all, but people texting while they drive is a pet peeve. I don’t mind people on the phone IF they’re paying attention to the road, but if they’re meandering, I don’t like that either. PULL OVER! Which is why I try not to call when I’m on the road.
Pet peeves? Right now? Crop pants being the only ones available during the summer. I do not wear crop pants. My calves do not belong in crop pants. So if I’m going to be in public (as opposed to walking, where I break down and wear shorts), I wear regular, to-the-ankle pants. Which I CANNOT find for love or money in the summer.
Oh, and I’m with you on the snaps.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:43 pm.
I am not a big fan of crop pants, either, Sabrina. Have you tried dresses? I wear them a lot in the summer.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 6:15 pm.
I hate those who text/talk on phone and drive–annoys me. It’s illegal in most places and people still do it.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 7:02 pm.
Crickets don’t bother me. It comes from my mom always telling me that a cricket on the hearth is a sign of a happy home. I think it might be an Irish saying. Just don’t get me near a tomato worm (shudder). I have to call my husband to pull the buggers off my plants. Nasty suckers that you have to pull off the branch cuz they hang on for dear life.
I have glasses with progressive lenses that I can’t seem to get used to. I move my head a fraction and whatever I was looking at gets blurry, so I read with my Target $7.99 specials.
No driving and texting for me. I figure I better keep all mt attention on the road and watch out for those that are texting.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:00 pm.
No one around here says crickets are lucky. Maybe they have less icky ones in Ireland.
I agree – worms are gross.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:22 pm.
Woo Hoo. Just saw my name as a winner from Saturdays contest. Thanks Goddesses!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:04 pm.
congrats!!
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:24 pm.
Texting or talking while driving bugs me. A lot of people have issues driving so they don’t need the extra distraction. Getting cut off in traffic…why do people wait till you are almost to them before they pull out. You have to slam on your brakes and hope whoever is behind you is paying attention.
Bugs don’t bother me that much but mice…can’t stand them.
Don’t like when my hubby talks to me when I am reading. He will start a conversation and then not say anything for awhile …just when I think it is safe to start reading again, he starts talking. Drives me crazy….
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:03 pm.
Brenda, yeah — why can’t people merge at the right speed? Don’t they see how fast traffic is moving?
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:23 pm.
Why do people drive in the turning lane for a quarter mile to merge with traffic. It is so much faster to stop and wait for traffic to clear.
I rarely text; when I do, it is from a computer at work to a cell phone.
I like crickets. Do not like any other bug.
Had to get glasses to pass the driver’s exam.
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:58 am.