30 Things: Describe 10 pet peeves you have

Today I am continuing my “30 Things My Kids Should Know About Me.”  You can see all 30 questions here.

Today's topic, Describe 10 pet peeves you have.

1. Hypocrites-  I hate people who either ask you not to do something but do it themselves or vice versa.  We have a neighbor who I have asked several times if she is going to leave her dog outside to bark to please put her in the back yard not on the front porch right next to my daughter’s bedroom.  Lakelyn wakes up every morning at 7:15am because of this damn dog barking.  However, the night before 4^th of July she had the nerve to ask our other neighbors to not light fireworks off because her daughter was asleep, it was 8pm, her daughter is 7 years old, it’s the 4^th of July (what do you expect), I would be more respectful if YOU WERE!

2.  When the towels are folded the wrong way, I can’t explain the right way I would have to show you.

3.  Luke NOT peeing in the toilet at night.  He doesn’t want to open his eyes because he thinks it will be harder for him to get back to sleep.  He gets most of it in the toilet but still splashes on the ring, EWW!  My theory, if it’s that important to keep your eyes closed then sit down and pee, I promise I won’t tell anyone and it won’t make you less of a man!

4.  Shoes- Take your shoes off when you come in my house!  I don’t walk in your house with my shoes on.  I am getting a little more relaxed on this one.  However, we have hard wood floors so if someone has a small rock on the bottom on their shoe and walks around it scratches our floors.  Plus I have a kid who plays on the floors you’re walking on with your dirty shoes.  And on that note, I have a kid so I don’t have time to vacuum after everyone who walks in with their shoes on! Oh, and don’t make fun of my “Please take your shoes off,” sign on the door.  If I came to your house and saw a sign that said “Please put this hat on before entering,” I may think it’s weird but if I wanted to come in I would put the hat on!

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5.  When people complain about something they have control over.  Like when someone says I am tired of being fat but continues to eat like crap and not workout.  Or I am going to meet the love of my life after I lose weight but then they don’t do anything to lose weight and complain about how they are going to be single forever.  It’s not all about weight issues but those were on the top of my head.

6.  People who don’t control their children.  You better believe if we go out to eat and my child is getting antsy she will get a sucker to keep her quite. Probably not the correct way but I go out to eat to enjoy myself and so do others, so if it’s not Chuck E Cheese then I will do whatever it takes to make my child behave and not bother others. 

7. Luke not cleaning up the messes he makes.  Anytime he makes something it’s as close to the edge of the counter as possible and of course gets on the floor.  When he makes a sandwich he of course doesn’t use a plate and gets crumbs everywhere. If there is a pan of brownies setting on the counter he will dig his fork right in instead of cutting one and putting it on a plate, again crumbs everywhere!  If you don’t want to eat over a plate then at least eat over the sink so I don’t have to clean up after you.

8.  Luke’s clothes in general. First of all he doesn’t take the hanger off the rack when he takes the shirt off; he just rips the shirt off the hanger and leaves it behind.  Leaving his belt on the kitchen counter and then walking into the bedroom to change. Leaving his clothes laying on the floor because “he is going to wear them again” and doesn’t. He doesn’t get rid of anything!  He has at least a decade of Old Chicago t-shirts and won’t get rid of one of them!

9.  Putting dirty dishes in the sink when the dishwasher is empty.  Is it really that hard to take one extra stop to your right and put your dish in the dishwasher?

10.  People who walk slowly or drive slowly and don’t allow you to get around them.  I know I am fast walker and like to get from A to B as fast as possible.  So if you are going to walk/drive slow (and maybe you don’t know you are a slow walker/driver) at least be aware of your surrounding and make room for others to get around you.

Although all of these are pet peeves of mine I have learned to “control” most of them.  I use to get really mad and irritated at Luke about the ones above I talked about but it didn’t do anything but cause friction in our relationship.  Most of them I just deal with and don’t even bring up anymore.  Are his clothes being on the floor really worth a fight, NO of course not!  That doesn’t mean that I never bring them up but I have learned to talk about them later then when it makes me mad.  And I know Luke is aware of what bothers me and does a lot better job then he used to.