Day 4 of the January Blog A Day Challenge hosted by Katrina and Lindsey is Pet Peeves. I was born for this challenge. I could do this challenge in my sleep. In fact I could probably wiggle my nose or blink my eyes and this post would just magically appear on my blog.
Mostly because I kinda already wrote this post last summer when I published Things That Annoy Me . . . Today Anyway. But rather than cop out I will use this opportunity to pen Part II. I mean, there are always new things annoying me.
1) Low Fuel Warnings: When the little one arrived in our lives I swapped my car with The Husband’s and now drive his newer sedan. It’s fancy. Heated seats. Temperature readings. Power windows. (Yes, compared to my old car, power windows are fancy. So are power locks. And a heater that does anything other than defrost the windshield.) It also has this fancy warning that blinks at me when I am low on fuel. In theory, this is great. It gives me fair warning that I only have so many miles left to badger The Husband into putting gas in the car for me. The thing that annoys me is that it’s very inconsistent. I’ll be driving down the road at a steady speed and the car will tell me I have 56 miles before I run out of gas. A half mile later it will tell me I only have 50 miles left. Another half mile still cruising at the same ol’ granny speed and now I suddenly have 60 miles left to bribe The Husband. Add all that to the fact I probably have a good four gallons of gas in the car when it finally tells me I have none. Four. What the what?? Dear fancy schmancy car: MAKE UP YOUR MIND ALREADY!
2) No Fuel Warnings: Speaking of my old car, it has a broken fuel gauge. It actually broke the very day I met the Husband. I hopped in the car to take The Snoops to the park and the needle started going nuts till it finally settled on Empty. And there it has stayed. I met The Husband about an hour later while we were both walking our dogs. I like to look at the spastic fuel gauge as a positive sign from the automobile universe that a force to be reckoned with was headed my way. A force called loooooove. So I kinda like the fact my fuel gauge is broken. What I don’t like is that every flipping time the car goes to the shop (it’s old so that’s a bit) for maintenance the mechanics rush the car to the gas station and somehow a fuel charge ends up on my bill. And I’m pretty sure they round up. Way up. It’s gotten to the point that I have to leave a post-it on the dash. You may be wondering why I care so much when I bribe The Husband to gas up the cars anyway. That’s an excellent question. It’s the principle of the thing. Dear mechanics: STOP FILLING THE TANK! THAT’S THE HUSBAND’S JOB!
3) Crop, er Car Circles: According to Wikipedia, “the scientific consensus is that crop circles are predominantly man-made with perhaps some due to meteorological and other natural effects.” I apply this same logic to my car circles. I didn’t make the car circles and I am fairly certain Sweetey Petey didn’t since he only sits in the back seat. The Husband never even cleans the windows so he’s out. That only leaves “meteorological and other natural effects.” Inside the fancy schmancy car. Creepy. Dear car: IF YOU ARE SMART ENOUGH TO WARN ME YOU NEED GAS, WHY CAN’T YOU WARN ME THERE’S FREAKING WEATHER FORMING INSIDE MY CAR!
Just in case you need some help.
And because this is a food satire blog (that’s a thing right?) . . .
4) Crappy Produce: There is not much that drives me battier than crappy produce at the grocery. Squash like that should not be out for sale. Seriously, who is going to buy it anyway? It just makes the grocery look bad. Dear grocery: TAKE THE HIT, TOSS THE SQUASH AND GROW A PAIR. Preferably a pair without brown spots.
To catch up on my January Blog a Day posts:
Tomorrow is BIGGEST Fear. Hmmmm . . . how well do we know each other?
- Joanna
Question of the Day: What’s annoying you today?
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You don’t have the time or the energy to listen to what’s annoying me lately, but I do agree with your list. When we get into the winter months especially, the produce is severely sad and I end up overpaying for semi-decent veggies. I miss my garden…sigh.
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Car circles, huh? I was trying to blame my mother-in-law for drawing on the windows, here it turns out that its actually Corgi Nose Art. Those little guys are SO creative!
I’m surprised that I didn’t make the list! Every time I’m there I seem to take The Husband away from you and Petey all day!
Nah, you always bring presents. It’s hard to be annoyed at someone who brings you stuff (not that you have to, cause you totally don’t).
Whew! The in-laws didn’t make the list.
Yes, well if you had given 47 hours notice you were visiting instead of 48 you’d have been on there for sure
haha I have to say there are a lot of car peeves I am dealt with in my old buick I had when I first got a car. the phantom engine light that never actually meant anything…. terrible produce is a whole other story. or when you get these ridiculously good looking apples thinking man those will be good and then mushy. #rage
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My first car had trouble going in reverse. Our Jeep does the phantom check engine light thing too. A guy I used to work with taught me once how to get the light to blink and the number of blinks was supposed to tell you what the problem was. I got the blinking, but never could find a guide to tell me what it meant.
Dealing with a cold that Hubby shared with me. Annoyed that Kitties #1 & #2 just now have decided that the Christmas tree is tasty. Lots of kitty puke embedded with pine needles. Fun stuff to clean up!
Ummm, ew. I was gonna type that this is why I am a dog person, but then I remembered the three days in a row that Sadie threw up couch. Oh and carpet. The cats might be better. Sucks about the cold, colds are the worst. Feel better soon!
I bet Joanna misses the goodies I used to bring from éle cake co.
She’s not the only one…. I’d usually get a small bite.
Joanna doesn’t not miss the goodies . . .
Can I just be annoyed that I’m at work?!
Absolutely! I think it’s mandatory in fact.
I don’t know if I’m allowed to be annoyed at the grocery shopping from last night. We got home around 9:30 pm and while K did some unpacking, I rushed off to the grocery store to get what we would need for the next few days. (I didn’t feel like going today since we were planning to make today a bit of a stay-cation to celebrate our anniversary.) They hardly had any produce bags, no brown ones for the mushrooms, no bananas or broccoli…but, I did get there just over an hour before they closed, so I guess I have myself to blame. Maybe I should have tried the 24 hour store closer to our house (it costs more, so that’s why I didn’t).
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No bananas??? I’ve never heard of such a thing.
Oh my gosh, not knowing how much gas was in my car would drive me crazy. How did you not accidentally run out of gas all the time? I think I would’ve had to fill it up every time I went out, just in case, haha. But I’m anal like that. Also… your crop-car circles are kinda creeping me out.
I always reset the trip meter when I filled the tank and then always filled the tank before I reached a certain mileage. The Husband likes to push it a good 50-75 miles past what I did though. I shudder just thinking about it. The car circles freak me out too. I just cannot fathom what made them!
Holy moley pauls’ car does the EXACT same thing with the gas. Go one mile, says 40 miles left, go another mile and all of a sudden we can only go 30 more miles. What gives?? My car tells me I have 40 miles left and then about a mile later it just blinks blank like “YOU ARE SCREWED, YOU ARE SCREWED” taunting me. HA! Dumb cars. I have never seen car circles like that though so that is interesting. And yes, crappy produce stinks. There is nothing on this list that I can send you to relive your pet peeves like last time. Boo.
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