30DoB Biggest Pet Peeves

Biggest Pet Peeves. Hmmmmm, i don't want to offend anyone, but here goes nothing!

1. People who don't use their turn signal or "blinker" as i still call it. - its not that hard to let EVERYONE on the road know you are turning, maybe then i wouldn't have road rage and be riding your ass, because I could have anticipated you slowing down to make this turn.

2. Strangers who want to touch.  - Church is my perfect example of this, there is a greeting time. I hate it. I don't where your hands of been, and sometimes people even hug! WHAT? I don't know you. Get out of my personal space!

3. Liars.
3.5 People who pretend to be complacent when they just wont speak up. - Just tell me where we stand, that way i know. I know some people think this is rude. However, I do not want to have to find out later or from someone else i offended you, now i cant do anything about it. Just be up front and HONEST, not cruel or mean just truthful. This is harder to explain..... :) hahaha, sorry! For example, EVERY NIGHT my spouse and i will catch up on our 'shows' we are watching, and here is how it goes:

me: "what do you wanna watch?"
him: "I don't care"
me: "ok...lets watch insert whatever show im currently binge-watching."
him: ...gives me long look....
me: "YOU SAID YOU DON'T CARE?!?!!"

This is me teasing a bit, but it also is a pet peeve, if you wanna watch something then speak up. For me this goes hand in hand with lying by omission.

4. Stoneware. - sorry Pampered Chef lovers, the sound of utensils on that stuff drives me bonkers!

5. Using the self check out, and knowing i put something in the bag and the machine tells me i didn't. LIES! I put that gift card in there!

6. Line cutters. yaaaaa, just don't.

7. Bones the TV show. - i loved this show and now it sucks. it makes me sad. plus, im always sitting down to eat food when i start it...and the first 30 seconds a decomposing body is always found. you'd think i'd learn.

8. The touch screen controls in our Prius. - anyone else have this in their cars? Where the temperature gauge is by numbers? so i have to punch a Down Arrow 50 times to get it cool and comfortable? most people live in areas with seasons. this is not practical.

9. When other people are at the grocery stores. - I'm selfish, i like having the whole store to myself. why are people so mean? i just want to get some produce that isn't rotting, i'm not going out of my way to make your life a living hell.

10. Mean People. or maybe just people, hahaha, this is terrible but after re-reading my list, maybe i just don't like people :)

Favorite Photo #30DoB

My Favorite Photograph and Why

If you aren't doing it start following Keeping Up with Kelsey and the 30 days of blogging challenge they are doing. I have been "gleaning" from their incredible link ups and ideas.

And lets be honest, can anyone pick ONE PICTURE! NO! 

So yeah i picked lots of pictures!

My schsister is one of my favorite people. We can make eachother laugh and cry.

But mostly we get each other, in ways i dont even understand :) 

So one year she lived with us in Illinois, and so we made this AWESOME Awkward Family Photo for our Christmas cards. Yet another perk of the professional photographer hubs!

Gotta love those outfits...

Couldn't leave my other favorite person out. I feel like these two photos just embody us. You never know when we are going to do ridiculously silly things that no one will necessarily get..

I love snow. this is back at my parents home, and our family dog. We got 21 inches in the 5 days we were home for Christmas that year, it has been one of the best Christmases to date just because of the snow and the beauty of Pennsylvania.

Home. I helped my dad build this house all through high school and partly through college.
We moved a lot (military) growing up. And that time learning so much from my dad, building, it means a great to me, still.
Its still not done and probably wont ever be finished. But its the only thing I've ever known as home.
Even though I bought a house last June, its just not the same. I dunno, I don't feel like I can explain it in words. I do wish I had this photo in every season though.

My Biggest Fears #30DoB

I read this wonderfully funny and kick @$$ blog over at Hopelessly Ever After.
I love reading K-Rocks blog. I've been quiet for a while now, but when i was catching up i reading i saw she was going to kinda pick and choose what she wanted to do from this challenge. And since, i'm completely unoriginal, i am doing the same! Good thing i follow smart bloggers :)

So today is Your Biggest Fears. Hence the title of this bloggy post today!

My Biggest Fears

1. Drowning - may seem typical, but im asthmatic and i think it has to do with suffocation. I would rather burn alive.

2. But i'm also just afraid of water. Fish are scary, oceans = scary, bodies of water = scary. I can sorta swim and keep my head above water but yeah i don't want anything in the water to TOUCH ME!

3. The Dark. I sleep with a night light on. I occasionally have terrifying nightmares, and the dark scares me. I hate coming home after dark and we haven't left the outside lights on or any lights in the house.

4. Hospitals and Medical treatment. Don't misunderstand me, I will always opt for medical treatment, but I am terrified of all of it. Even getting my blood drawn, I also faint every time from anxiety. I had an MRI last year, worst experience of my life. Sedation, always get sedated.

AHHHHHH DONT PUT ME IN THERE!

so what button so what!

DUUUUUDE!

I cannot make this button work, at work.

Lame.

Maybe i should do real work instead of blogging...nah!

annnnnnnnnd away we go! Today I am saying SO WHAT IF...

• I have 218 unread blogs on bloglovin. I can't bear to "mark read" on any of them.
• give me another day or two and ill prolly mark them. sorry. i gotta life to live.
• breaking benjamin is rocking out with me. woah angry music.
• there will be 33 hours of Christmas music on my ipod for our trip back home for the funeral in two weeks.
• ive been dying to watch Elf. It makes me happy.
• i want to watch Hubby Jack's & Sally's Vlog but its like a half hour long! I keep watching it in like 30 sec bits.
• i must have this by/for Christmas.  

• new running sneakers would be great, said the girl who will be out of town for 4 consecutive weekends. #moneystight
• i missing running real bad, but havent sucked it up and made time for it lately
• i promised id start eating better today, then a friend txted me to do lunch at BWWW. Ranch Wrap is where its at.
• everyone loves all things pumpkin. and this sign made me laugh and stop on brakes in the car on our trip. nowhere...no where.. just me...uh, ok then.

• i have parents that love me, but that i also mostly want to throat punch.
• i am terrible child, even as an adult.
• Pour me another sparkling cider and carmel vodka. mmmmmmkay!!!
• I'd rather be at EVERY basketball game this year than anywhere else.

cliff

• Cliff Alexander better committ to this HOUSE OF PAIGN! - its champaign, illinois. get it?
• Did i mention i cannot wait for the game this week?

And thats what i am saying so what to this week! Peace out chicas!

So what if...

This week I am saying SO WHAT IF...

• I am losing my temper quicker and quicker at work. I have a bad feeling about that...
• I started getting serious about working out in January for a wedding that is in two weeks. I've only lost 8 lbs.
• Most days I'd prefer to come home and have a drink.
• the bathroom shower still needs to be sealed in, backer board, tiled, and grouted.
• the spare bathroom... i am pretty sure is leaking into the floor. i saw water today.
• i skipped the gym today. my leg is SUPER SORE. and i did work it out yesterday, and i have been stretching a lot since Sunday. I know i am suppose to keep working out, but post injury, i am going to err on the side of caution, i do not want to be out for 6 months again!
• i cannot wait for said wedding above because it will be a blast
• but i am a little sad a new friend here might have her bach party that night
• i could eat cheese all day long i would.

And thats what i am saying so what to today!! Hope everyone has a good one!

Finish the sentence link uo

My Happy Place..
The Millennium Falcon

The shire

Hogwarts

JJ Abrams' USS Enterprise

The matrix

... To name a few

Whatever Happened To...
All the cell phone and tablet watches from the 90s movies? I'm looking at your mission impossible and pierce- James Bond and Dick Tracy.

So What if I ...
Then I would

But I can't 

So I shan't 

E! Needs a reality show about...
Comicon!

My go-to Fast Food Meal is ... Hungover, bacon egg and cheese biscuit!

You might not know that I ...

Can't eat buffalo wings or dip or pizza without drinking at least a half gallon of milk. Me no likey hott

The hottest quarterback in the NFL is...
Burt Reynolds ?

If I Could ...
Be iron man.

My Personality is awesome because..
I have an awesome personality. (Said everyone in high school whomp whomp!)

Twerking is...
Funny when you catch on fire, but less funny when u find out that video was a fake

I think it's super gross when...
I can hear T-dubs blow snot rockets in the shower, from the other end of the house.

Someone needs to tell Miley Cyrus...

To find a friend she can talk to and twerk it all out.

-sidebar she is a freaking evil genius. People are still talking about this.

So What Wednesday

This Wednesday I am saying SO WHAT IF..

• we moved our bed room for the 3rd time, (1 move in, 2 move upstairs, 3 move back down stairs).
• im the biggest chicken because bailed on joining adult gymnastics
• i saw a mouse in garage the first week we moved in, and i keep having dreams about mice in our bed. One of the cats slept next to me two nights ago and moved under the covers and when she did, i woke up and jump straight out of bed because i was 100% sure she was a mouse on me, in bed.
• our bathroom is DRAGGING out. baby steps, people.

• I am setting goals for #GYSTS, I started yesterday and ordered pizza.
• i am rewatch Penelope for the 100th time! I Love that movie and James...ahhh james.

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• I am SOOO freaking over Jillian Michaels who died and choose her to get me fit?
• im not sure what to blog about lately, i feel at a loss for words.
• i probably cant blog because im super boring IRL...

So What Wednesdays...

I'm linking an image here because i can't seem to get the button.

Fantasic blogger fail.

Alllllllrightythen!

Today I am saying SO WHAT IF

• T-Dubs and I can't make ANY paint color decisions. Fights ensure.
• I havent made progess on the bathroom in over 2 weeks
  

  
  
• we've bought 3 different door pneumonics (for screen doors). and NONE have them will keep the the screen door from SLAMMING on you.
• i am batshitcrazy and joined a 30 Day Shred Challenege? And its Day 3, and I am sore and miserable.
• we have another week on our budget, and its already blown for the month
• i prefer to listen to insturmental stuff on pandora. sometimes i need chill music
• the software my company bought for me and my co-worker to us, is making us both crazy and ragey. we are in a 3 year contract. and i hate it.
• i would rather get paid less and have an entry level postion than make decisions, but then get pissed when i think the WRONG decision is being made :)
• i deleted all the churchy people that facebook friended me, its like i accepted one then half the church wanted to me my fb friend...um no. i dont know you. you dont know me. i dont want your junk in my newsfeed or your judgement when i curse on fb. i curse. get over it. and stop friending me.
• i almost done with Burn Notice - sweet lord let it be over.
• when T-Dubs has brand practice and I'm home alone i drink. oops.
• T-Dubs has a departement party tonight. horray for dinning with snobby art people.
• i actually miss the grad student crowd we hung out in...only a few of them were snobby.
• I havent blogged yet about the VMA thing, our culture rarely 'shocks' me anymore. Read this blog, by Brant titled Sorry, Miley "kids need adults as role models"

And thats it today! Some heavey, some light :)

Best blog day of the week

I forgot it was thrusday.

So you all get a quick wine review today.

Sorry to the linker-uppers and K-Rock at Hopelesslyeverafter!

I'm in full swing on painting in the house, on top of all the doctor mobojumbo this week.

I totally dropped the ball.

LUCKY for me, my Ram (mom) brought me some wine from South Dakota!

I'm not a huge wine drinker, but i love the name

red ass rhubarb.

hell ya, ill take some of that :)

its very yummy.

drink in classy mason jar goblets esp if your hubs made them for you, whoop!

I guess in the SD they mix this with margarita mix,

i tried that....bleghha!

i'm not huge on fruity-lime-margies-anything.

you know me. beer.

:)

BUT if you like that lime flavor, try it, because it has a strong taste with the sweet/sour rhubarb and lime!

Follow Kristin on twitter @leggs532 for all the details on #ThirstyThursday

she and her hubby just bought a house and i cant wait to see how she they make it their own!

She has a eye for decorating!

MRI results later today....

Favorite Blog day of the WEEK!

Its my Favorite Link to Drink with Hoplessly Ever After!

Today just a quick beer review.

Last week making my own drink at home with only my resources took it out of me!

:)

Plus, i am a beer wench through and through.

Bells is probably one of my most favorite 'snob' beers.

Occasionally the local places will have Two Hearted on tap.

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I love this drink.

But the snob i will say, i perfer a draft not a bottle.

Its one of the few beers that is sooooo much more bitter after its been botteled.

Bells has some good beers, this just happens to be one i like.

Try them out next time you are feeling fancy, try anything seasonal its all pretty good.

I cant wait to hear allllll about Kristin's curise! Whos Jelly!? I am! :)

Weekly Goals back at it!

Back at it for sure. Been on and off. But i am ready to be on!!

ITS ON!

LIKE DONKEY KONG!

1. FINALLY take a picture for #fitstagram

I love love love following Sassy Ash and Jess from OSJ fit camps. I need to let these camps help me, not make me feel like i am not doing enough. I weighed in real quick this morning and im up less than half a pound. So i count that as a win. So this week i wanna get some snap shots of my mornings getting my sweat on!

2. Finish demoing the bathroom.

dontfreakout. seriously wet drywall is never a good sign. but i seem to have removed most of it. now i just have to manage to get the real drywall out in a decent way. notice i am using the word "drywall" incase you didnt know, you are NOT supposed to use drywall in bathrooms or behind tile. fun tims.

Soooooo many things wrong in this picture (like the MDF board!)

3. Eat right and stay off the couch this week.

we have awesome double date plan on thrusday. So i need to get shit done at the beginning of the week and not veg in front of the tv. my folks arrive friday morning sometime.

This happened but it was worth it. Bells two hearted.

Two-fer And Done!

 

seriously some these questions were tough, thanks kimmmmmmmy! :)

Part 5.

Describe your relationship with your parents.

What is the therapy? I got mommy and daddy issues. I dont respect my mom enough, and i agree with my dad too much. My dad is a little bit scary, former Lt. Cl. in the Air Force. But i call him when i dont know something becuase he is very knowledgeable. My mom and i never agree and fight all the time. Shes a control freak see where i get it from. I do love them. But my relationship with my dad is much better, even though i have boat loads of daddy issues.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 15 Years?

meh. I'll be 32, 37, and 42. Honestly i dont want to live to be old... im weird.

Whats your favorite holiday and why?

Christmas. Seriously I love finding the PERFECT gift for someone. I love that feeling of excitment on the Eve staying up late with my sister. Then waking up WAAAAAY too early and opening presents. Its my favorite!!! :)

Whats your favorite and least favorite thing about parenthood?

No kids. But I can answer this one from an outsiders prospective.

Favorite: kids who are in too cool things, reading books, playing with legos, camping. And kids that actually have manners.

Least Favorite: parents who dont have control over their kids, i mean like cant displine, kids make all the decisions etc. Seriously, the biggest problem with this is, I end up feeling guilty when i dont want to spend time with someone anymore because their kids are dicks.

If you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be and what would you eat?

.....crickets....

Ok i am changing this to science fiction because i can't come up with a good answer.

Han Solo BEFORE he meet Luke (nerd alert). And yes, i would've hit that.

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Part 6.

What popular nortion do you think the world has most wrong?

That soccer is the best sport when clearly golf is the best *heavy sarcasm

What is your favoirte part of your body and why?

Nothing? Boobsalwayswinatleast.

What's your favorite quality in your spouse?

He makes money now. j/k! only a little, grad school was hard man, twss supporting both of us!

Ok really though, T-Dubs is the Dreamer :) and his sense of humor. Laughter is good for the soul. And he really does dream for the both of us.

What are your hopes and dreams for your prosperity?

REALLY KIMMY!?!

You brought this upon yourself.

"Live Long and Prosper"

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List 10 things you would hope to be remembered for.

Shit. No not, shit. I mean....blerg...

Loving star wars, trusting God, generosity, being blunt, being understanding, having a good relationship with T-Dubs and also with my schsiter. And thats all i can think of.

Here is what i am actually remember for: As a kid i was the NARK!, being a sloppy drunk, being a loud drunk, camping all the time, loving running, loving beer, loving food. wishing i was more of a nerd than i actually was.

Thirsty Thrusdays Aug 15th

I am Robin from Rocking Robin Runs.

Currently NOT running due to a muscle injury lame
I am sorta nerdy, cheesy, sarcastic, and maybe even a little bit of an alcoholic! In the last few months we bought our first home, and its been an adventure. The birds tell me this has been the dirtiest best post so far.
I am SUPER honored Co-HOSTING my favvvvooooorite LANK TO DRANK! 

Be sure to check around Kristin's blog, its a pretty cool place, and if i lived in her neck of the woods we'd be going broke at all the local watering holes!

Wanna-Be Margies!

What you need:

Frozen strawberries15-20

Frozen peaches 10

OJ cup or two

Tequila

Optional sparkling water bleh!

Blend!

Drank!

Preferrablly in trendiness mason jars.

everyone and their mother is doing it.

 
1. Follow Hopelessly Ever After and Rocking Robin Runs via GFC or Bloglovin'.
2. Grab a button from below or Kristin's sidebar and put it in your post.
3. Write about your favorite alcoholic beverage.
4. Come back here and link up!!!
5. Get some new recipes or drink ideas for the weekend and make a new friend!! NEW UNOFFICIAL RULE!! 6. Send a tweet with #ThirstyThursday and include @leggs532 and  @Robine182 so we can see it!!

Anyone interested in co-hosting (it’s free) email Kristin at: hopelessly_ever_after@yahoo.com

Come link up your favorite beer, wine, or cocktail rrcipe!! 

(Submissions start August 8, 2013, 5:00 am)

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part four who am i????

 

Part Four hosted by the amazing KIMMMMMY!!

What are your 5 greatest accomplishments?

Graduating college (dropped out once). Fully employed. Incredible relationship with my brother and sister (i never realized that most or lots of people dont have this). ummmm... i got 3 :)

What is the thing you most wish you were great at?

Patience. I get angry sooooo easily and that leads to things i should never say/think/feel. Patience and forgiveness. I am a very loyal person, so if you cross me i tend to not necessarily hold a grudge but im guarded, very much so.

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What do you think your spouse loves most about you?

boobs

How did you feel the moment you became a parents?

choosing to be childless

Describe 3 significant memories from your childhood?

1. moving all the time
2. the time i totally misbehaved as a child and actually had child services called on my mom... i still feel guilty about that. (i was 7).

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3. the Christmas i got the Millennium Falcon toy as my big gift. best. Christmas. ever.

TRES! who are you?

 

11. Descirbe 10 pet peeves you have.

• rolling stops
• taking my right of way at a four way stop
• doing 5 miles over the speed limit and in the left lane
• passing at 2 miles and hour faster than the person they are passing
• old people driving
• when someone flips me off from their car
• having had two cars with gas tanks on opposite sides
• those people who whip out from behind all the people pulled over to let a fire truck/ambulance/funeral go by.

.... i might have road rage, i blame living in NJ.

• And my BIGGEST PET PEEVE - that person who doesn't stop talking, after you walk away, and down the hall....and out of the fucking building. stop talking. just stop.

12. Describe a typical day in your current life.
Gym. poach egg turkey bacon. shower. 7:10 work. blog before anyone shows up. stalk on instagram. read up on illini basketball. finally do actual work. tickticktickspactickticktictyperiodworkyworkityworking! lunch. call co-worker. talk about how stupid the new software is. 430 punch that shit out. home/pick T-Dubs up dinner, home shit.

13. Whats the hardest part of growing up?
Not realizing your no longer young/invincible/have your whole life to figure it out

14. describe 5 weaknesses and strengths you have.
Weaknesses

• I cant eat any amount of anything - yes this is a problem
• I obsess about things
• worrier -mostly about things i cant even control
• stubborn as alllll heeeewwwwlll!
• i don't think before i speak

Strengths

• generally happy/motivated
• Active for the most part
• Loyalty above all else
• I am a do-er. I serve others, i don't know how to describe this...Acts of Service are how i show people that i care about them or they are important to me.
• i take instructions really well, im a good worker.

15. describe when you knew your spouse was the one or how i fell in love.
I was 17, he drove a red sports car!! I jest, but that is actually how/why we dated :) I KNEW he was who i wanted to marry (sorry im not a romantic, i think we can make relationships work with anyone), when we broke up in college. it took me about 8 months of drinkin and when i sobered up, i realized how much i loved him. im stubborn see above, but i FINALLY realized he was worth it and i would rather spend my life with him than anyone else.

 

wolverine movie date on sunday

Fun purchases in my weekend.
We bought a miter saw.
We are gonna build a platform bed.
Also we have to replace our tile shower walls now that there is water in them and the basement..

where all my money goes.

i was so excited! i couldn't stop freaking out!

my seat in our jeep...it was a little tight.

Christening!

Mumford and sons...

Betches if you didn't get on the interwebs yesterday, you missed it.
i LOVE jason sudeikis

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