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Post by jeremysgirl on May 29, 2015 15:21:10 GMT
My annoyance today is that I got everything I needed to make crockpot macaroni and cheese. Then this morning, I went to the recipe and I see that it is to cook for 2.5-3 hours. Not all day. If I had time to cook for 2.5-3 hours before dinner time, I would not be using the damn crockpot. So it looks like I will be making it the traditional way after my long day at work.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2015 16:25:16 GMT
Amazon's Handmade section? Yep, apparently Amazon is going to release "Handmade on Amazon". They haven't announced anything official yet except that they sent an email to many Etsy sellers with a survey about what they sell. Several news articles about it can be found here: www.google.com/search?q=handmade+on+amazon&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=handmade+on+amazon&tbm=nws It's being written as fact but there are no details on when/fees/etc. There's also many, many blogs full of speculation on what it might mean. In the meantime Etsy is freakin' the hell out. They're deleting posts and teams that discuss it in any detail (one particular post about selling on AZ had been up since March yet got deleted yesterday). I sell on both AZ and Etsy and in my opinion Etsy has reason to be nervous. The one thing that Amazon does is maintain better control over their marketplace. Things like copyright/IP violations are taken very seriously on Amazon, whereas Etsy appears to ignore resellers and takes a stand-off approach to trademark violations. IMO, it diminishes the value of handmade. In their regular marketplace Amazon has no issue closing down seller accounts for anything from late shipments, damaged goods, IP violations, etc, etc, etc. It stands to reason that AZ wouldn't put up with crap nearly as long as Etsy does. The flipside is that AZ fees are much higher (15%+ vs. 3.5%). All of this comes in the wake of Etsy's IPO and falling stock prices. Annnnnnd, that's probably way more information than you wanted, you were probably just looking for a place to buy a handmade sweater Well maybe if Etsy would take the time to delete the wholesalers from China instead they would have more traffic. I refuse to use them anymore. Over half the stuff is junk made in China.
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Post by refupea on May 29, 2015 16:50:55 GMT
There are so many larger issues that are causing me sleepless nights, but for now I am annoyed by our new landscaper at my office. It has taken 50+ text messages for him to understand that I do not want him to plant 12-15 foot hight plants where he was supposed to plant small shrubs! Really? It is not that difficult.
I am so very sorry for everything everyone is facing.
I will quote something that I heard at the end of Grey's Anatomy the last time I watched it, "No matter how dark it gets, the sun is going to rise again." Come on sunshine!!!!!!!
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Post by SunnySmile on May 29, 2015 16:54:41 GMT
I am extremely annoyed that I shouldn't have sugar. Especially because I really WANT sugar right now. Hmph!
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Post by SunnySmile on May 29, 2015 16:57:31 GMT
I am annoyed by several things today, must of it is my fault. Procrastination is my middle name. I hear ya! Procrastination is my first, middle and last name! When other people procrastinate and it affects me though, I seem to get annoyed...lol. My brothers are procrastinating getting their photos to me for our parents' 50th wedding anniversary album. Annoyed!!
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Post by anonrefugee on May 29, 2015 17:01:09 GMT
I'm annoyed because someone at work hasn't done their (very important) task by the deadline so I can't then do the thing I need to do by my deadline. I'm ending up looking like the incompetent one and it's not my fault!! I hate that, I have to wait until people fill out their project time so I can do my work and you would think I was asking some of them to cut off an arm. I am always chasing the same few people Im trying to teach this concept to my kids. Sometimes it's not enough to make a deadline, you need to be early for the next guy. Always think about what happens with your work product in the next phase!!! But it's like I'm talking to a piece of driftwood ...
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Post by quinmm14 on May 29, 2015 17:20:44 GMT
I'm annoyed that the people who are buying our old hot tub won't commit to a pick up date. Which means if they don't get it soon, I can't redo my deck before the new one is delivered. It also means I have to wait longer to get the new one ready to use and I'm whining because I really, really miss my soaks.
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ladymadonna
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Post by ladymadonna on May 29, 2015 17:27:07 GMT
I am annoyed because DH keeps drinking out of my water glass. I fill a glass of water from the fridge (with a filter) put it on the breakfast bar to get to room temp ( my teeth are sensitive to cold). I drink from the glass through out the day, refilling and keeping track of the amount of water I drink. He will go by and drink half. Totally messes up my numbers. I so get that! I make myself a glass of ice water in a 24 oz Tervis every day. I drink from it and add to it all day long. I got so annoyed by my DH drinking most of it every single time he passed it and never refilling it. I finally got him his own 24 oz Tervis and make him a cup when I make mine. It was easier than feeling like a bitch complaining about it because he would always say, "Really, I can't have a sip of your water?" His idea of a sip and mine are apparently not the same! Lol. He actually does refill his own when it gets low. Who knew?
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Post by scrappert on May 29, 2015 17:38:52 GMT
I'm annoyed when I tell the SO my car has issues and explain them all, looking for some guidance as he knows about these things, and all he says is "I don't know". That does not help me. Let me know if you can look at it, can fix it. Or let me know what the issue is so I can take it in and sound like I know what I am talking about. For the record - I did take it in this morning. $500 later, I should be good to go!
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Post by melanell on May 29, 2015 17:52:25 GMT
I'm not annoyed, but more bummed. I agreed to help someone with their garage sale this weekend, and typically I would be looking forward to that, but May is crazy, crazy, crazy around here, and it's supposed to be a nice mild temperature over the weekend, now I just really wish I could be hanging out outside, puttering with some flowers, reading with a breeze in my hair, that kind of thing. Basically, I just want to chill and do nothing tomorrow. And I can't.
So, yeah, I'm bummed about that.
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caro
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Post by caro on May 29, 2015 18:07:59 GMT
I'm annoyed that I have a lot of things to do and I have a migraine hangover from yesterday. I don't feel like doing anything. So that's 1 and 1/2 days of doing nothing.
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Post by oldcrow on May 29, 2015 18:14:17 GMT
Oddly, I am not annoyed at all today. You're not annoyed, because you have a new title. I don't know when you got it but I just noticed.
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Post by ladytrisha on May 29, 2015 19:52:48 GMT
There's no "slightly" about my annoyed.
In the ever increasing saga of my MIL's Alzheimers, my BIL decided to change her home phone number (she's had the old one for 25 years) along with her TV provider. She went from AT&T to Time Warner. She didn't want to do it - he told her he had to because AT&T was horrible, she didn't need all the channels she had and they wouldn't just delete the internet.
So he removes EVERYTHING and packages up and mailed it back. THEN he calls Time Warner and orders basic package - because she doesn't need more than that. For almost 2 weeks she has NOTHING
She lives alone (which is a huge issue with my DH and I right now).
BIL came back home and felt very satisfied with his bad ass for taking care of things and showing AT&T he was in charge.
Of course her sisters come unglued, we come unglued and he then finally agrees to go down to meet with Time Warner - but he takes my husband (his bro) along so they can "take care of things". He also rips out all her regular phones because "they're old" and buys her a multi-handset unit from Costco. I went OFF and said "she can't remember where she leaves her cell phone, now he's given her 4 remotes???"
So we get to the 3 day Memorial Day weekend - I take Tuesday off because I'm a stress case from a whole bunch of crap. Friday night, she calls my DH hysterically crying because nothing works - no tv, can't remember phone number, can't find phones, etc. My DH says it's okay, he'll come down tomorrow (Saturday) and then asks her if he can bring me. She's regressed to the point I'm the annoying girl who lives across the street who corrupted her son. We've been married 35 years. I hate alzheimers.
So we leave early Saturday morning, I call AT&T and got a supervisor who got it (albeit from India) ... but she was awesome. Ordered everything back to normal. Hubby goes back down yesterday, meets the tech and she's in business with her old phone number, her old AT&T cable package and the tech even hooked up all her old phones. Calls his brother and says "okay, Time Warner is all yours to handle".
The douchebag has the nerve to tell my husband he's not driving to do that.. OMG! Keep in mind, my husband is on disability for the last 14 weeks because he was refused a total knee replacement by Kaiser and is in PAIN most of the time. (New HMO as of Monday - thank God) This morning he took care of TWarner; packed her Costco phones up, put them in a box with the receipt and left it in the garage.
We now have to put a block on the AT&T line to prevent BIL from screwing with it.
The kicker is - she chose the BIL as the trustee under her trust, my DH is the alternate. We have her sisters' support to request BIL step away from being a trustee and let DH take over. If he doesn't we're taking him to court. He has no regard for her safety and is in complete denial of what Alzheimers even is. He starts yelling obscenities over why she can't remember all this easy stuff.
So that was uhhh long.
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Post by mallie on May 29, 2015 21:07:36 GMT
Okay, I was annoyed and now I'm laughing.
We live on a cul de sac in the back of back of beyond. It's not an address you'd accidentally stumble upon.
I look out my back window and see someone in my back yard. Standing in my flower garden, shaking her head. I run outside and say, "Who are you and what are you doing in my yard?"
Crazy person: "I heard you have a beautiful flower garden and wanted to see it." Me: Who told you?" CP: "A friend." At that point she makes the gesture of locking her mouth and throwing away the key. Me: "Well, that person is no friend of mine. More importantly, did you ever hear of knocking on the door and ASKING to come on someone else's property?" CP: "Oh, c'mon. If you have a flower garden, you should expect people to come into your yard uninvited." Me: "That's not the way it works. [Somehow I restrained myself from say,ing, That's not the way it works, dumbass.] WHen you go onto someone's property uninvited, that's trespassing." I point to the front yard and stand behind her and start walking, basically herding her to the sidewalk. CP:" Well, I ALSO heard you are thinking of selling your house." Me: "Is that so?" CP: "I'd be interested, but before I bought it, you'd have to redo the flower garden for me because I don't like the way you did yours." Me: "Don't worry, you're not buying it. Go away. Now." She humphed and puffed and finally drove off.
Seriously. I hope she ends up on House Hunters. "Well, I really like this house, but I don't like the landscaping. I want the sellers to completely redo it to my specs before I'll make an offer."
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Post by gramasue on May 29, 2015 22:24:11 GMT
I am mildly annoyed at DD. She and I went into town with two teens and did a little shopping. I was very tired and sore, from a horrible night's sleep [with leg cramps, yippee!] and she knew it. We were leaving the store and she said "The girls want to stop at Tim Horton's and get an iced coffee". So we get to Timmie's, go through the drive-through and she orders two iced coffees. The girl at the window says "Is that everything?" and she says "Yep". Now I know that I could have spoken up and said something, but by this time I was not really paying attention because of the way I felt. But really, could she not have just simply said to me "Mom, do you want anything?" I just felt invisible. I think I'm just cranky because of my lack of sleep, but how hard would it be for a daughter to buy her mother an iced coffee? or at least offer? Boy, I really need that "Bitch" t-shirt, don't I?
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Post by ~KellyAnn~ on May 30, 2015 0:03:53 GMT
I'm annoyed because I can hear the new neighbor's music since I got home from work. I haven't met her yet, and really don't want to go down and say, "Hi, it's nice to meet you. Now could you turn your d*mn stereo down. Please?"
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Post by moodyblue on May 30, 2015 0:06:15 GMT
I'm annoyed because I have a rash on my arms and legs and I itch all over. I got a steroid pack and just started those, but I'm tired of itching, and just plain tired as we get to the last couple days of school.
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Post by cadoodlebug on May 30, 2015 0:22:50 GMT
I'm annoyed that I thought today was my first line dancing class but when I looked at the calendar I realized it is next Friday.
All is not lost as DH and I went to the movies to see San Andreas.
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Post by slicksister on May 30, 2015 0:27:01 GMT
I'm annoyed because the kid I was supposed to give a riding lesson to didn't show up. Again.
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Post by myboysnme on May 30, 2015 1:47:29 GMT
I'm slightly annoyed that my husband went out and bought italian sausage to make a meal for us when together we went food shopping on Monday to buy healthy things to help me keep to a low cal diet. His words at the food store were, "We both need to eat healthier."
In fact, as I write that I am more than slightly annoyed.
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Post by chaosisapony on May 30, 2015 1:58:22 GMT
I'm annoyed because after a very nice spring our summer temps are here. I wanted to go horseback riding and do gardening tomorrow but it's going to be hot so I will probably have to hibernate through the weekend.
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Post by Grom Pea on May 30, 2015 2:09:09 GMT
My annoyance today is that I got everything I needed to make crockpot macaroni and cheese. Then this morning, I went to the recipe and I see that it is to cook for 2.5-3 hours. Not all day. If I had time to cook for 2.5-3 hours before dinner time, I would not be using the damn crockpot. So it looks like I will be making it the traditional way after my long day at work. If this was the recipe with cream cheese that you don't have to precook the noodles you're in luck, that was disgusting.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 30, 2015 13:13:50 GMT
There's no "slightly" about my annoyed. In the ever increasing saga of my MIL's Alzheimers, my BIL decided to change her home phone number (she's had the old one for 25 years) along with her TV provider. She went from AT&T to Time Warner. She didn't want to do it - he told her he had to because AT&T was horrible, she didn't need all the channels she had and they wouldn't just delete the internet. So he removes EVERYTHING and packages up and mailed it back. THEN he calls Time Warner and orders basic package - because she doesn't need more than that. For almost 2 weeks she has NOTHING She lives alone (which is a huge issue with my DH and I right now). BIL came back home and felt very satisfied with his bad ass for taking care of things and showing AT&T he was in charge. Of course her sisters come unglued, we come unglued and he then finally agrees to go down to meet with Time Warner - but he takes my husband (his bro) along so they can "take care of things". He also rips out all her regular phones because "they're old" and buys her a multi-handset unit from Costco. I went OFF and said "she can't remember where she leaves her cell phone, now he's given her 4 remotes???" So we get to the 3 day Memorial Day weekend - I take Tuesday off because I'm a stress case from a whole bunch of crap. Friday night, she calls my DH hysterically crying because nothing works - no tv, can't remember phone number, can't find phones, etc. My DH says it's okay, he'll come down tomorrow (Saturday) and then asks her if he can bring me. She's regressed to the point I'm the annoying girl who lives across the street who corrupted her son. We've been married 35 years. I hate alzheimers. So we leave early Saturday morning, I call AT&T and got a supervisor who got it (albeit from India) ... but she was awesome. Ordered everything back to normal. Hubby goes back down yesterday, meets the tech and she's in business with her old phone number, her old AT&T cable package and the tech even hooked up all her old phones. Calls his brother and says "okay, Time Warner is all yours to handle". The douchebag has the nerve to tell my husband he's not driving to do that.. OMG! Keep in mind, my husband is on disability for the last 14 weeks because he was refused a total knee replacement by Kaiser and is in PAIN most of the time. (New HMO as of Monday - thank God) This morning he took care of TWarner; packed her Costco phones up, put them in a box with the receipt and left it in the garage. We now have to put a block on the AT&T line to prevent BIL from screwing with it. The kicker is - she chose the BIL as the trustee under her trust, my DH is the alternate. We have her sisters' support to request BIL step away from being a trustee and let DH take over. If he doesn't we're taking him to court. He has no regard for her safety and is in complete denial of what Alzheimers even is. He starts yelling obscenities over why she can't remember all this easy stuff. So that was uhhh long. (((hugs))) There was no "slight" about that annoyance at all. Your BIL is a jackass. You & Your dh are good people. I hope your dh gets his knee fixed soon. Pain sucks.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 30, 2015 13:15:12 GMT
Okay, I was annoyed and now I'm laughing. We live on a cul de sac in the back of back of beyond. It's not an address you'd accidentally stumble upon. I look out my back window and see someone in my back yard. Standing in my flower garden, shaking her head. I run outside and say, "Who are you and what are you doing in my yard?" Crazy person: "I heard you have a beautiful flower garden and wanted to see it." Me: Who told you?" CP: "A friend." At that point she makes the gesture of locking her mouth and throwing away the key. Me: "Well, that person is no friend of mine. More importantly, did you ever hear of knocking on the door and ASKING to come on someone else's property?" CP: "Oh, c'mon. If you have a flower garden, you should expect people to come into your yard uninvited." Me: "That's not the way it works. [Somehow I restrained myself from say,ing, That's not the way it works, dumbass.] WHen you go onto someone's property uninvited, that's trespassing." I point to the front yard and stand behind her and start walking, basically herding her to the sidewalk. CP:" Well, I ALSO heard you are thinking of selling your house." Me: "Is that so?" CP: "I'd be interested, but before I bought it, you'd have to redo the flower garden for me because I don't like the way you did yours." Me: "Don't worry, you're not buying it. Go away. Now." She humphed and puffed and finally drove off. Seriously. I hope she ends up on House Hunters. "Well, I really like this house, but I don't like the landscaping. I want the sellers to completely redo it to my specs before I'll make an offer." What a nutjob!
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Post by cycworker on May 30, 2015 15:19:06 GMT
I'm annoyed that my insomnia is acting up
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Post by lbp on May 30, 2015 17:45:05 GMT
I'm annoyed that I have a lot of things to do and I have a migraine hangover from yesterday. I don't feel like doing anything. So that's 1 and 1/2 days of doing nothing. Me too! I have had a migraine for 5 straight days, though I am able to keep the pain mostly in check with my meds, but I feel like I have been hit by a truck and just want to lie on the couch.
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Post by scrappysurfer on May 30, 2015 18:18:28 GMT
I'm annoyed because I pulled into the gas station behind a woman who took the last pump space... and proceeded to walk into the convenience store without pumping gas. There's not much room at this station so I had to wait for her to come back before I could pull forward. And for the record there were at least 4 spaces in front of the store and she had plenty of room to drive to the side and take one of those spaces. So inconsiderate and annoying!
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caro
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Post by caro on May 30, 2015 19:18:12 GMT
I'm annoyed that I have a lot of things to do and I have a migraine hangover from yesterday. I don't feel like doing anything. So that's 1 and 1/2 days of doing nothing. Me too! I have had a migraine for 5 straight days, though I am able to keep the pain mostly in check with my meds, but I feel like I have been hit by a truck and just want to lie on the couch. That's what I did for two days. Migraines and the hangover from them is awful. I had an aura this time and I thought I was having a stroke.
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Post by Lexica on May 30, 2015 19:38:54 GMT
I'm annoyed because my niece's daughter constantly takes my couch pillows off the couch and throws them to the floor. I pick them up multiple times a day and ask my niece to stop her from doing it. The pillows are leather and I don't appreciate all the scratch marks they keep getting now.
I sit on the couch now that Mom is living here because she wants the recliner that I typically sit in. It is easier and more comfortable for her. With niece and her daughter added, the daughter always wants to sit in the same spot I am in on the couch. There is plenty of room on the other end, but she cries and fusses to sit basically on top of me. And will kick off the pillows again if I place them between us. Some times I don't mind and will cuddle her up to read to her, but there are times I want to have my own space to read a book or have a conversation with my mom.
Yesterday, she was taken to the doctors and diagnosed with pink eye. I am still not over the bronchitis she passed on to me a couple of weeks ago. Since they have moved in, I have caught 4 infections from her. That is part of the reason I want her to sit on her own side of the couch and give me some space.
Now I've been exposed to pink eye. And so has my mom. She is also still recovering from the bronchitis and has macular degeneration in both eyes. She receives injections right into the eye itself to deal with the bleeding. Now she will most likely end up with pink eye too.
i hope she finds an apartment soon. Sigh.
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Post by ametallichick on Jun 2, 2015 18:52:41 GMT
I'm annoyed that I don't have a pool. I'm annoyed that my dh and ds can't seem to pick up after themselves. WTF? You're grown men. I'm annoyed that my weight has stayed the same for 2 weeks.
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