I don't think I let a lot of them bother me, those little pet peeves we all have. Here are some of those that really irritate me. Compared to those that are just slightly annoying, these top the list.
1. (And these aren't necessarily in order of biggest pet peeve on down.) Laundering clothes that are inside out. Why can't the boys just take off their clothes the same way they're put on? Why does every leg and arm of clothing have to be pulled inside out, so that once they are washed and dried, I must turn them back outside in the way they go before folding and putting them away? And socks? We won't even go there. Who does the laundry in this house? Hi me.
2. Snacks with the "Pull Here" arrow or tag, like freeze pops or Go-gurts or Fruit Roll-Ups, whose supposedly friendly packaging totally doesn't work and you still have to use the scissors to get them open. The younger kids can't manipulate the scissors yet, so guess who has to do the honors? Hi me.
3. The missing telephone. It rings, and it is not there on its base. Searching, searching, ringing, ringing. No phone. Run to a room where another phone is. No phone in that base, either. By the time I finally get to a phone, one that has no caller I.D., I answer it only to be greeted by a friendly voice soliciting money for some charity or organization. Who gets to be the mean and insensitive person to turn them down? Hi me.
4. Ice cubes, lack thereof. I enjoy iced coffee every morning. I go to grab a couple of cubes to make my drink extra cold, and there are none left in the tray. I check the trays, and there are some empty slots, so the guilty party apparently wanted to ice his drink too and finding no more cubes left in the tray, simply took them from the tray. Who empties the trays, refills them with water and gets them back to the freezer with as little dripping as possible? (No, we don't have an automatic ice maker!) Hi me.
5. A wet seat. Living with all males, none of whom takes cleanliness as seriously as Yours Truly, I must constantly deal with the typical toilet seat issue. Not of the seat being left up, because they actually are good about putting it back down, but not before they are done doing their business. Although most of the pee gets in its intended place, there are enough drops that can be inevitably found around and on the toilet itself. Who has the privelege of cleaning it up, each and every day, and always more than once? Hi me.
6. Crumbs between the sheets. I can't imagine why, or even how, children carry tiny crumbs with them and wind up leaving them behind after snuggling under the covers of our bed. They are not allowed to eat on our bed when watching TV, yet as I climb between the sheets at bedtime, my feet always find crumbs. Who has to get up, pull the sheets back, sweep away the debris to ensure that smooth and cool feeling between sheets as I drift off to dreamland? Hi me.
And there you have it. There are probably more, but I don't want to bore you and anyway, it would start to get personal and about me, which this is not.
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