Bothersome little things

This thread is dedicated to those small things in life that bother us...nothin' major...just dumb little things.
Our house is small without a lot of storage space and being half pack-rat...well you get the picture. I cringe each time I open the cupboard under the bathroom sink..so much junk,so little room. Anyhoo..I don't buy toilet paper by the 4-pack...nope..24-36 rolls at the time,so most of it must live in the hall closet instead of the bathroom. I have a rule(request?) that the one who grabs the last roll must replenish the supply where it is NEEDED. BUT....who always gets caught with their pants down sitting on the "thrown" with no TP??? you guessed it..me. Just can't get the dogs to open that hall closet and bring me a roll...besides Payne would probably eat it. LOL So what little thing bothers you??

I live in a small house too...my huge yard makes up for it!
I HATE when my 10 yr old son p`s on the toilet seat & then for the hundreth (gotta be more like in the thousands by now geezzz)says oops...sorry mom I forgot then he giggles.
Jen

Why do "they" have to use a different glass every time they get a drink of water, and then leave all those glasses in the sink when the dishwasher is RIGHT THERE?

Bathroom complaint: why can't "they" put their tootbrushes back in the toothbrush holder? Is it really that much easier to leave them on the sink? WITH THE COMBS? Sometimes TOUCHING the combs? Eeeeuw.

Bathroom complaing #2: Didn't I wash towels yesterday? WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE CLEAN TOWELS!?

Laundry complaint: Why do "they" roll down their underwear and socks into doughnuts before throwing in the hamper (or, more likely, the floor around the hamper)? Do "they" think I enjoy unrolling these garments before washing? Did anybody in this house EVER take off ANYTHING and have it end up right-side-out? I spend half my life turning clothes right-side-out.

This stuff could really get on my nerves, except when I realize that I have only myself to blame for spoiling all of "them." And why did I spoil 'em? Because they're precious in my eyes...every single messy careless inconsiderate troublesome one of them.

suky (mom of 3 sloppy boys and 2 even messier girls)

Oh, about the toilet paper thing! There is someone in our house that always leaves just the last little square of tissue on the roll so they don't have to change it and go get more from the storeroom. Grrr!!! I have a sneaky suspision who it is too, since only one other person shares the master bathroom with me! LOL
Joan

hahahah i think its a genetic defect guys.. cos i am telling you all... its world wide!!!

Laura

JoanJ...LOL...only me and dh here. This morning there was a wee tad left on the roll..new roll on the counter...none in the cupboard. I have started to figure out when I see this to check. Just when I start to feel secure,doesn't he go and put the new roll on the holder and before long,there I am once again trying to drip dry!!

same complaints here....
tp issues, 10 glasses left on counter, and all that laundry that needs to be turned inside out. Drives me batty.

if i had to pick one..with 4 boys in the house, plus a dh..its really hard to narrow down to the most irksome!!!!
but i would have to say planning something for dinner, getting halfway through making it only to reach for a nonexistant jug of milk...
jen

On the milk thing...when there is just a bit left in the jug and I happen to have a back-up,dh adds chocolate syrup. Now I really don't have anything against mocha,but not first thing in the morning when I'm expecting plain old coffee with sugar and milk. Teach me to look before I pour!!!

A dozen half empty cans of soda left on every flat surface in the house!! It drives me crazy and it's my DD that does it.
Cala

The TP is good one, missing the throne is even worse! But the one that really gets me is when need something and you open the dishwasher and it's completely full of DIRTY dishes. If you have the time to fill it, then take 2 seconds add soap and hit the ON button.

Mine has to be the half-empty cola cans,too...everywhere in site....arghhhh!
Or a t-shirt or jean ,shorts whatever i just ironed for my 12 yr old son and he changes his mind not to wear that particular one after all & leaves it crumpled up on the bed..arghhhhh!
And this one just this evening,my teeny shoes sticking to the sticky floor b/c someone just happened to spill some tea on the way to the sink! Now ,I have to wash my soles ,too.

Come to think of it, my daughter has a pair of purple jeans that I wash at least once a week, but have never seen her actually wear! Hmmm...gonna have to investigate this one.
Joan

Oh my goodness. My family has a clone. In fact, several of them, it seems. Yes, glasses and cans are strewn on every horizontal surface if I don't do a daily tour of every room.

Dirty clothes remain on the bathroom floor until I pick them up. I repeatedly launder many, many clothes that I *KNOW* have not been actually worn.

Last bit of anything including contact solution, toothpaste, or food left for me to discover. Honestly, can someone tell me what kind of God creates men with this defective gene?????

And then there's toilet paper - ah yes. Been there, done that. Including drip drying.

I DID discover a remedy to the TP issue. I purchased a combination magazine rack/toilet paper holder. It holds two oversize rolls of TP. I *try* to check frequently enough to see when one roll is out and refill it. I'm the only one in my family who does that, but it's okay - it has saved my you-know-what when I'm the only one home and the TP (in its bulk case) is about 50 feet away, which is way too far to go by the time you realize you need it. Too funny!

Well,I can relate to all of your posts,how I survived I'll never know,lol'

Just one "little pet peeve though" and I myself am guilty too' It's while working outside,laying down a tool(tools) and getting distracted(neighbor dropping by,phone call etc.) Luckily my folks always made me walk the whole area before mowing,never knew if the dogs had hauled in a bone,papers blown in(shredded papers,lovely)whatever,check first and always wear shoes'

Nearly mowed a hammer last year,close call,caught the light shining on it,and swerved,whew' Still check bumpers and runnin' boards,lol,habit'

You with boys! This little sign helps: "My aim is to keep this bathroom clean....your aim would help a lot".

One winter I went to stay a couple of months with my DD, who had two teens at home. They were responsible for their own laundry, but being a NICE Nana, I told them I would do their laundry for them, but they were to turn all items. GD was so happy to get out of this chore that she did fine, but GS....let's just say that I finally got tired of "turning" and threw everything in the wash "as is", then stuck them in the dryer that way. Socks came out in a little ball! Two times completley CURED him! Jo

Ditto all the above (especially replacing the toilet paper and filling the dishwasher) My greatest pet peeve is drivers - those that drive too slow, too fast, never use turn signals, tail gate etc. etc. (Do you think I'm a good candidate for road rage?)

Go_vols...drip-dry...SOOOOO funnnyyyyyy! I used to half a-- drip dry and then waddle w/pants down to grab a roll of TP.What a site it must be!
Now ,I have one of those long slender tp holders that houses 6 rolls right by the toilet.I won't get caught w/my pants down again!LOL

I find half-full (or half-empty?) glasses of juice/soda/whatever outdoors. Three's no smoking in the house, so SO goes outdoors to do it - in the garage on rainy days. And of course he has to take a drink with him, and 99% of the time forgets it out there, then gets back into the house and 'whoa, where'd my drink go? better just pour another'....I found a mug in the garage with what I am assuming WAS coffee at some point, but had solidified around two unfortunate wasps.

Ditto neighbor,if you don't have patience and a strong will to live,DON'T DRIVE A 18 WHEELER EITHER,LOL

Sis - you are so right - we don't drive an 18 wheeler but do haul a trailer full of livestock. People just don't seem to get that you can't stop on a dime or accelerate to 75 mph in 5 seconds time. I really do believe there are a lot of people out there who must be driving with broken left arms - what other reason could they have for not signaling or putting their arm out the window to let you know they turning.

ROFLBMF''''''''''''''SO TRUE,SO TRUE' City folks taking a drive in the country sometimes forget us that drag our wagons,lol' So many of our friends have DIED because they are farming and VERY SLOW''

Why is it that my DH gets frustrated when I say I'll be ready to go in "just a minute" when I am on line at DG? Iknow I just had to finish a comment on a thread and check a reply and it only took a few seconds,,,,and of course I have to see what pics were posted and check my mail, where I have notices that a thread I am watching has been added to, and so what are a couple more seconds to check that out and reply of course, then I have to check my mail again to see if it posted and of course there is another notice and I have to read it!

The man just does not seem to understand that some minutes are a lot longer than others!

ROFLOL been there, done that zany!!!!!!

Yes Dear I know you are waiting on me and I will be with you in just a minute! :}

One more gripe....

Whatever happened to simple cotton underwear and bras? All the ones I see nowadays are outrageous colors and fabrics, sewn for 100 lb. teenagers (no offense) with flat tummies and perky breasts. And padded bras? Why are there so many? I don't need help in that department. Just wanna keep up and in one place, not make myself look like a B-movie queen.

My dear friend has a secret solution to the tp problem. She takes a large coffee can, cleans it out, decorates it, stuffs it behind the toilet, and nobody knows about it but her. Since she is the only one that knows it, nobody empties it but her so she knows she will always put the TP back in... a perfect solution! She actually just uses the paper in there sometimes and leaves the spare roll in there, and fills the dispenser later... or even leaves it for someone ELSE to discover! hehehe I love it! TOO FUNNY!

My DH is very good about this but also we have our TP in a cabinet right beside the potty... so it's easy to replace. I gave up trying to store it elsewhere, got sick of that drip dry thing.

This was a funny thread!

Jennifer, I hear I forgottttt all the time too. I have one son who is now 8. When he was little and potty training the toilet seat slammed down on his "manhood". This happened about 3 times. Finally he was so traumatized by it that he would no longer lift the seat. Now he sprinkles regularly on my seat. I know it is him....since he is the only male in my home....LOL. I really felt sorry for the poor dear...I hurt just hearing him yell. It actually turned purple, black, and blue. I couldn't put ice on it. (he wouldnt let me anyway) All I could do was hold him and kiss him over and over....and hug him close. He may never raise the seat once he is grown even... (Im still hoping he will though! tired of wiping the seat before I sit down, or worse sitting down without seeing anything...and finding it) All he will say is I forgot when I question him about it. When he knows Im around he will make a loud noise of lifting the seat up to make me believe he regularly does this.....*sigh*

I lived with a friend for a while and her son used to pee on the seat regularly. It infuriated me, as I never had this problem growing up because my mom would have MURDERED my father if he'd have wet the seat. He did leave it up at times and I have "fallen in", but not peed on it...

MY solution to the problem was to have him come in and wipe it up every time I found it wet. It didn't work. Then we came up with a new routine for him... he could pee with the seat down as long as he ALWAYS wiped the seat with a piece of TP (whether or not he peed on the seat or not). Once that habit was established he was fine. I know his wife will someday thank me in her heart.

Besides that I don't know what else to do. Nothing yuckier than to sit down in someone else's pee!! YUCKOLA!

--JJ
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JanieJoy yes, that would work...I have asked my son to do that. He "forgets" that too. I have punished him, made him come wipe it up, whatever...his aim is getting better. I just hope he can have good aim soon, like his dad did.....ROTFL.

Have you ever noticed that you yourself usually keep the TP on the TP holder, and if you have company and the roll runs out, they manage to find a new roll, but they simply wont put it ON the TP holder!! Even when I go to someone's house and it happenes to me there, I put on a new roll for them. This happens here all the time, I guess it is their way of saying...Hey you ran out of TP and I had to look for another roll!! LOL

LOL LOL LOL!!!! Never thought this would end up as a lesson in toilet ettiquete(SP?) TOOO funny.
Kelly..the poor baby..ya gotta know that hurts!!
Janiejoy..I've fallen in too..not high on my hit list of fun things to do.
I'll be chuckling for the rest of the day and into this evening...when dh gets home he'll just KNOW I've lost my marbles this time. :-)))))

AAWWWWW.........Kelly......poor little guy!But there still little poops(boys...boys...boys...need I go on???LOL!

ROTHLMHINEYOFF

notice no guys are joining in on this??? wonder if they're still reading:) LOL!!

I keep waiting for Horseshoe - I bet he's thinking up something good for his reply.

I had my cousin and her DH to visit for a few days and the TP ran out. He came through and told her..."I guess we have to leave, because Jo ran out of TP". The next time they came they found a full roll on their bed. Jo

Hey, looks like we're on a roll here!!

(Okay, go ahead and throw things at me. I just couldn't resist....)

BTW, does anybody else remember when bath tissue came in colors other than white?

Amaryllisgal, I had completely forgotten that!!! funny how a little thing will change and soon you forget it was ever that way!

I had all those peeves at one time. That was before the boys met those pretty girls and moved out. Now my biggest complaint is they don't call or come to see us enough. I tell my wife quite often that they don't love us or they would call more often. LOL or boo hoo. I don't know if I should laugh or cry. Semms as if the only time you hear from them is when they need something. Hey that's what dad's are for. Jim