gripes.

• a cold toilet seat {i swear, the heat in this house doesn't seem to reach the bathroom for some reason}
• keeping with the toilet theme: 'falling in' the toilet {you know, when somebody doesn't put the toilet seat down}
• people who speed through parking lots like they are cruising down the highway
• clothes that look better on the hanger
• dry, cracked knuckles despite slathering on gallons of hand lotion
• chipped nail polish
• a slow computer
• finding an empty bag of almond m&m candies on the kitchen counter {especially when you know you've only eaten maybe 10 m&m's from the bag}
• dirty dishes next to the sink
• laundry that you've forgotten about in the wash {please tell me i'm not the only one guilty of this one}
• bickering children {especially when it's over something silly}
• finding a hairball in your bed {life with three kitties is never dull!}
• even better than a hairball in your bed: coming home to find a bird and a rat in your kitchen...both of which are still very. much. alive.
• forgetting something at the grocery store
• having to stop for gas when you're already running very late
• brake tappers
• a bad haircut
• hot coffee gone cold
• an overflowing trashcan
• since we're talking trash: forgetting to take the trashcans to the curb on trash day or completely missing the trash man altogether {we've done both in this house!}
• dry, itchy skin
• opening your underwear drawer to find that your only clean undies are of the large, granny panty variety
• speaking of 'unnawears': uncomfy, thong panties {ha...seems like an oxymoron, doesn't it because - even though i will wear a thong if necessary - there is nothing comfy about walking around with a string of fabric in my buttcrack}
• cleaning up after a party only to find that one of your nice painted wineglasses was broken...and no one told you about it
• surprise guests {call ahead, please!}

and

• writing about your gripes to avoid putting the furniture back into the living room after you had the carpets cleaned.....

got gripes?