Mom to the Screaming Masses: Love, Hate

Things I love:

cold pea and shrimp salad for lunch with garlic toast
Cooler weather
pasta
stacks and stacks of books
the satisfaction of knowing that everyone has their homework done
lipstick
mascara
iPhones
wiping the completed day's assignments off my dry erase board
getting a check in the mail
punching the pads
football
cocktails
when I sit down to write something and the words just flow - last night was the first time in a long time that happened
people who know how to stand up for what they believe in without being rude or dismissive
Amazon wish lists
Voice dictation
Le Creuset pans
bright and shiny colors
coffee at any time, but especially that first morning cup

Things I do NOT love:

waiting and waiting for checks to come in the mail
Country music
uncomfortable shoes
unflattering jeans
hot peppers
carrots
beets
smoking
beer
sparring rounds
bureauracy
political debates - I've already hidden several people in my facebook feed
being without a tube of lip chap in my pocket
in fact, not having ANY pockets
obnoxious people
rude people
Drivers who don't move over when they see you walking on the street, forcing you to play a very dangerous game of chicken

What would you put on your list? Feel free to write up your own for your blog and link it here so we can all read it!

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Comments

oh how I hate that game of chicken. we have no sidewalks here, it's all rural road. Pretty with all the trees in the fall but dangerous. And what is it with drivers that don't help kids learn the rules of the road. :(

Posted by: kyooty | August 29, 2012 at 12:35 PM

I am so agreeing with you on your country music stance :-)

Posted by: Paul Rees | August 29, 2012 at 12:45 PM

Doing this!

Posted by: Headless Mom | August 29, 2012 at 02:16 PM

LOVE:
my kids playing happily together
happy husband
a good meal
hot showers
a good night's sleep(pipe dream for sure)
freshly baked goods
brownies especially
LAUGHING

HATE:
LIMITS ON BUYING SUDAFED (lol)
dishonesty
people lacking a sense of humor
green beans (all cooked veggies actually)
folding & putting away laundry
unloading dishwasher
meatloaf

Posted by: KG | August 29, 2012 at 03:10 PM

I'll have to think about this one. I do agree with the country music one, though.

Posted by: Brandy | August 29, 2012 at 03:19 PM

I don't like people who courtesy laugh. Especially when you know they didn't listen to a word you just said.

Posted by: mbillock | August 29, 2012 at 06:13 PM

LOVE:
a shower after a long day at the beach
my husband and kids
old country music
my sweet dog
the smell of tobacco being fired in the barn
a good martini
HATE:
political posts on FB
slow drivers

Posted by: Nelson's Mama | August 29, 2012 at 07:24 PM

Hi - cold pea & shrimp salad? Recipe? Please? ;)

Posted by: Amy | August 29, 2012 at 09:23 PM

Tell me more about blocking people from your Facebook feed? I have "friends" term used lightly, who must spend all day sitting on their asses posting nothing but save me sob stories from every damn animal rescue from here to kingdom come
Oh that would go under the hate column

Posted by: Amy | August 30, 2012 at 06:24 AM

LOVE

A good long sweaty run followed by a hot steamy shower

The sound of my kids laughing

Cape Cod

People who can make me laugh

Laughing so hard my stomach hurts

Autumn in New England

My Iphone(serious love!!)

My friends who totally "get me"

My husband and kids

My dog(the best dog ever)

HATE

Rude snobby people

People who Lie

Smoking

Shopping(I would love to do all my shopping via internet)

People who interrupt

Posted by: Sandy | August 30, 2012 at 07:00 AM

If you don't like beer, you just haven't had GOOD beer! I used to be a beer hater too. Turns out I just don't like cheap beer! Hubby and I joke about being "beer snobs", but it's true. If you want some suggestions, I'd be happy to help! Of course, I prefer wine. Also, I wish the Guess jeans with all of the pockets and/or the jean jackets that were popular in the '80s would come back! I HAVE TO HAVE pockets or I go bananas!! Love your lists.

Posted by: Sonja | August 30, 2012 at 10:57 AM

You only think you don't like country music...! I used to call it "crying music" then I moved to the Carolinas, now I LOVE it!

Posted by: Anita | September 01, 2012 at 06:32 PM