Archive for May, 2009

May 30th, 2009

Acting Like A Child

It’s so pretty outside today that I thought we’d have an awesome day.  We had a little shopping to do, so I thought we’d head out this morning for breakfast, do our shopping, and then enjoy being outside in this beautiful weather.

Oh how wrong I was.  This is one of those days I wish would end immediately so maybe we can start on a better day.  Hubby woke up horribly grumpy and with the mindset of a 2 year old during the middle of their worst terrible 2 stage.  His allergies finally decided to make an appearance, and he’s not very happy about it.  Of course he refuses to take any meds to make him feel better, so I get to spend the day babying the grump.

When he’s in a grumpy mood it seems to put everyone he comes in contact with in a grumpy mood as well.  Today everything is making his mood worse.  We went to Tractor Supply to pick up a bag of dog food, and he got pissy because he had to wait at checkout for a whole 2 minutes.

We were supposed to go check out the prices at the tuxedo rental store in town so I can budget in how much we’ll be spending on a rental for our friend’s wedding, but he drove right past the place, so I knew better than to mention it. He also drove right past the grocery store which was the main place I needed to go, and then he yelled that he didn’t feel like going there. Well then why the heck did you even leave the house in the first place?

Then we went to Zaxby’s for lunch because that’s what he wanted, but he refused to order anything because he suddenly couldn’t find anything on the menu he liked anymore.  Then he pouted the whole way home because he wanted Zaxby’s fries, and it was all my fault I ordered a salad instead of something with fries.

Seriously, he’s acting like a pouty little toddler, so when we got home I decided to let him be, but then he got pissy because he was “lonely” watching tv by himself.  I have totally had it, and I’m to the point where I’m ready to just leave, go shopping, and hope he’s in a better mood when I come home.  I don’t know why the heck he thinks it’s ok to act this way just because his sinuses are stuffy.  Take some freakin’ medicine and get over it already, but stop acting like a child!

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May 29th, 2009

Food & Shopping For The Dishwasher

Why does my husband insist on calling me at 3pm to find out what I want for dinner tonight when he knows I’m the world’s worst person about picking where we’re going to eat?  At 3pm I have no clue what I’m going to want to eat at 7pm.  I’m kind of one of those people who just drives around until I find the least packed restaurant in the area, then we eat.  He knows this but he still insists on calling home every single day about this time to find out what I’m going to cook or where we’re going to eat.

Sigh.   I’d love to stay in and cook tonight, but we’re down to nothing.  We’ve been eating whatever we could slap together with what’s in the cabinet all week (except for the 2 nights we went for sushi), and now the cabinets are officially bare.  It looks like I’ll be making a trip to the grocery store this evening while we’re out and about.

We definitely have to go on the hunt for a dishwasher again since I found absolutely nothing I liked in my price range at Lowe’s.  I mean they had plenty of dishwashers I like, but they didn’t have any in stock in the color I need.  All my appliances including the stove top and the oven are black, so I’m not going to throw a white or stainless dishwasher into the mix (although I would be extremely happy if Hubby came home with a truck load of stainless appliances).  I found a Whirlpool Gold I really like, and if I can’t find something else I like in black elsewhere I’ll just have to wait for Lowe’s to order me the black one.  Ooh, I need to call the Easley and Anderson stores to see if either have a black one in stock.  I might just make the drive for that.

We’re going to check out the wholesale home store place in town this evening because they always have tons of stoves, dishwashers, and refrigerators for much cheaper.  Some of them are a little dinged up, but I’m willing to deal with a small ding if it saves me $100 or more on one I really like.  They’ve also got some porcelain tile for really cheap that I want to show Hubby. I’m hoping he’ll let me buy some of it to fill the space between the top of the counter and the mirror in the bathroom.

There is so much I want to do to this house while Hubby’s in the mood to get things done. Who knew all it took to get him to actually finish his projects was bringing a baby into the mix? If I’d known this we’d have done it sooner!

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May 21st, 2009

Let It All Out

This is one of those days that is totally going to drive me crazy.  With everything that’s going on I think I’m going to scream!  If nothing else I’m at least going to vent a little.I should have known today was going to be one of those days after yet another sleepless night.  At least this time I was able to fall back asleep this morning for a couple hours, but then I woke up so groggy I could barely hold my head up…and with a headache to boot.After puking up my lunch half because of morning sickness and half because of the headache I took a shower. The shower helped me clear my head so I got to work.  I knocked out a couple jobs before my friend called.  I was halfway through a conversation about why I don’t think it’s a good idea to take Phenphedrine until after she stops breastfeeding when I was interrupted by a phone call from Hubby.  He decided it was best to call me on his break to tell me about him and his boss being complete idiots.

Maybe there really is a correlation between the level of energy radiating off me when I’m upset or angry and weird things happening around here because about the time I got off the phone with Hubby the power starting blinking on and off.  I sat down to write a blog post and “poof”.  There went the power.  It instantly came back on, so I started booting my computer back up only to have the power kick again mid way through boot up.  It blinked off and on a few more times while I gave up and walked outside to clear my head.  I took a deep breath and walked back inside, and the power has been fine since.

Maybe it’s something along the lines of that thing I do to light bulbs when I’m pissed off.  My sis-in-law has the same issue, but if either of us flips a light switch while we’re extremely mad we blow the bulb.  It never fails, so when I’m really mad Hubby will go through the house flipping on all the lights before I can get to that room.  I guess he figures he’ll save a few bulbs that way.

Ahhhh I do feel so much better now.  Sometimes we really do just need to take a minute to let it all out whether it be with a run outside to scream or a quick post to the blog.

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May 17th, 2009

It’s Not Worth Fixing

I’m so totally tired of everything in this house that costs a lot to replace breaking down on us right now.  This week my dishwasher decided to bite the dust…again.  I say again because this thing has been fixed too many times to count.

A couple weeks ago it started making noises that sounded like a jet engine when I’d turn it to pots and pans mode.  My logical way of thinking was well I just won’t use that setting, and maybe it’ll hold out a while longer.  Everything was ok until tonight.

I loaded it, hit the buttons for normal wash and air dry, turned the knob, and let the thing go to work.  About 30 minutes later I walked into the kitchen and realized it was eerily silent.  Normally the dishwasher runs for an hour and is extremely loud.  I called Hubby in to check it out, and he discovered a dead dishwasher full of water.

He said he’d call his friend who does appliance repair to fix it again, and I said don’t bother.  We’ll let the water cool off, then I’ll scoop it out and hand wash everything.  After I finish looking up Las Vegas hotels for the trip Hubby wants to take I’ll head to a few websites to check out prices. Maybe I can luck up on a decent dishwasher I can actually afford right now. If not I’ll do without for now, but I definitely want to replace it before the baby gets here. I don’t mind having to hand wash everything, but it sure is nice not having to.

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