Whiner, Winer, Whiner.
- August 10th, 2008 12:07 am
Edit: Other things that suck: Since writing this, my Dell laptop that is now out of warranty died and went to laptop heaven after its umpteenth go ’round with computer AIDS. No AC, No laptop..life is stank right now.
(disclaimer: i do realize that a broken laptop and no AC are not the worst things in the world)
Moments ago I sat down under the false notion that I would write a post that has been floating around in my head for some time. Instead, I was greeted by the wafting heat in my house.
Apparently, our Air Conditioning system has decided to render itself useless. Which would be awesome if it was winter, but it isn’t. It decided to break down in the hellish part of a piping hot Southeastern Kentucky summer where the heat and humidity are sure to swallow you if you fail to run for cover. Obviously, I have failed.
So now I am in the middle of my living room half nekkid and basking in the heat while watching roughly my 100th viewing of Pride & Prejudice and feeding my Diet Pepsi addiction.
Please join me in complaining. What is keeping you down right now? And if you have no complaints, perhaps you could suggest what I should get my husband for his upcoming birthday. I’m out of ideas. He golfs, plays sports related video games, and is very business oriented. I’ll take any and all suggestion. And any and all complaints.
August 10th, 2008 @ 12:11 am
Ha!
Happy b-day to the hubby. How about a manicure? Too many men fail to realize that fingernails are hot and are ashamed to give in. Manicured men hands rocks!
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August 10th, 2008 @ 12:12 am
Yay… was I first????????
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August 10th, 2008 @ 12:20 am
Let’s see, where to start? I have plenty of complaints to be aired.
#1) Isn’t a painkiller supposed to KILL the pain? Because it’s not. I still can’t move.
#2) Why oh why does school have to start back already, SO soon?!? August 25th is way too close for my liking. How about December? Or maybe we should just forget a semester.
#3) I can’t get comfortable, and my laptop is heating me up and making me feel like I live in the deep pits of the hottest regions of hell. Ugh. Maybe taking off the down comforter would help. SIGH.
Complaining is good for the soul once in awhile.
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August 10th, 2008 @ 12:23 am
Does he have an iphone? Or if he’s in the middle of a long contract, an ipod touch?
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August 10th, 2008 @ 12:38 am
First for your hubby – sit in the living room half naked basking in the heat more often. Maybe just wear a smile. What guy doesnt want/need more of that?
Top 5 up-to-the-minute whine items:
1) Beer isn’t diet food
2) It’s hot as hell in TX and only getting hotter
3) My grass won’t die, no matter what I do I still have to mow.
4) Saw the comment above and realized my nails aren’t manicured. Didn’t realize that was hot on a guy… actually didn’t realize I had nails till just now.
5) Approx 36 hours till I go back to work and pretend to be a professional.
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August 10th, 2008 @ 1:03 am
I have complaints coming out the yin yang but that’s what MY blog is for.
Okay, what about supplies to go with the sport related games. Like, if he could play Madden online and tell 12 years olds to eat his **** (I meant dust), it gets exponentially funner. Or so I’ve heard.
Other than that, I say go pure cheese/free/man show. Make his favourite (afterhours) dinner in his favourite outfit (or lack thereof), give him gift certificates for his favourite ‘things to do’ and let him basically be a kind, waited on by you. Beer him everytime it’s empty, give him a lapdance if he asks for it. Hell, don’t even go for fresh air, ALL NIGHT LONG.
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August 10th, 2008 @ 1:06 am
The best gift I ever gave my husband was last year on Christmas Eve morning. I let him sleep as late as he wanted – no hold barred. He slept till 12:45 in the afternoon. I think it was exactly what he wanted.
Now, complaints…..
1. No matter how much I try to budget, food keeps getting expensiver. Oh I mean more expensive.
2. My vocabulary is the pits. I need help.
3. I don’t have cable so I’m only gonna see about 20% of the Olympics.
4. I have 6 stray dogs that keep peeing/pooping in my yard and tearing up our trash bags on trash day. My real complaint is that we can’t get our pellet gun out fast enough when they come around.
That’s good for now!
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August 10th, 2008 @ 2:03 am
I am super super tired but can’t sleep so I am watching the Raiders kick the 49ers butts in pre-season football at 2am.
My husband is still deployed and the time is dragging.
School starts for me in a week and a half, and I still don’t know if my financial aid has gone through yet.
If your hubby watches football and has a favorite team, I recommend getting a personalized jersey. I got my hubby one and he loves it! DO NOT buy it from the ESPN website, though. Check out the actual team website and compare prices!! I saved about $145 NOT buying from ESPN.
Good luck!
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August 10th, 2008 @ 2:48 am
Complain, complain…
I am 37 yrs old, slightly over weight attention-starved mother of 2 boys who has now destroyed her chance to return to her high paced career since she turned down a huge job this week because she really wants to stay home with the kids and blog. Her husband doesn’t understand her and the only person who does (her mom) is going to die someday and leave her all alone on this planet. Oh and I bought a new car I hate and I moved my blog and regret it. My back hurts and I have insomnia.
Okay that felt good. I never ever ever complain about ME.
No more. All done. Back to happy me. I promise.
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August 10th, 2008 @ 5:40 am
There are so many things to whine about I can’t even choose one! Ok, I can. My hubby’s going to be spending every other work week in California starting tomorrow. Boo. But thanks for reminding me I’m not the only one who whines on my blog. Seriously! I appreciate it.
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August 10th, 2008 @ 6:47 am
Our A/C just got fixed after 2 weeks of being broken! In Houston, TX! I thought I would die, or get a divorce…
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August 10th, 2008 @ 6:57 am
Dude! Get him a new air con for his birthday! Derrrrrr.
Um, I am cold. My feet are cold and we are currently experiencing the coldest winter in like FOREVER!
But I no complain. You guys were cold in your winter and now having a freakishly hot summer. And I don’t do hot. So my complaint is I don’t want the heat to come!
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August 10th, 2008 @ 7:38 am
Complaint-
My cramps are going to kill me
Suggestion-
A personalized jersey with his name on the back. Just find out what his fav number is and don’t go for the double 0 like I did. ‘Cuz when he opened it he was all ‘why didn’t you use my HS baseball number7?’
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August 10th, 2008 @ 7:43 am
Not very exciting gift suggestion: Emergency window unit for the bedroom window. We live in Florida and never ever want to be without air for even one night.
Complaint: Why do non-blogging friends feel the need to give you a hard time about blogging?
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August 10th, 2008 @ 8:33 am
My dad is a golfer and uber-business man and the only present I ever got him that I think he loved so much he almost broke down crying were these little personalized silver caps that you fit into the hole at the end of a golf club, you know, in the plastic handle. They fit perfectly in any club and have his initials on them.
Naturally, it was a couple years ago and I have no idea where I got it (but it was online).
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August 10th, 2008 @ 8:33 am
AC out that sucks. We have evaporative air which is almost like not having air when it is humid. It has been humid lately. This tin can of a house without a lick of shade gets nice and toasty. I feel for you. Oh and I pulled a muscle in my back. Hubby… that is tough.
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August 10th, 2008 @ 8:34 am
My dad is a golfer and uber-business man and the only present I ever got him that I think he loved so much he almost broke down crying were these little personalized silver caps that you fit into the hole at the end of a golf club, you know, in the plastic handle. They fit perfectly in any club and have his initials on them.
Naturally, it was a couple years ago and I have no idea where I got it (but it was online).
And Traci is right…that’s what I’m doing for dad and bf for Christmas! I found prepsportswear.com and got one for myself and the quality is awesome…any school, any number! Good luck!
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August 10th, 2008 @ 9:01 am
I had the same thing happen a few weeks ago! Suddenly my air conditioner started to sound like there was a large animal stuck in it, I thought perhaps it was frozen inside so I turned it off. Turned it back on after I couldn’t take the heat anymore and it sounded the same. I decided that I didn’t care anymore, left it on, and a few minutes later it stopped working completely. Made me a very sad woman. We had a spare in the closet; yes, a spare, so it wasn’t too horrible, but I thought I was going to die for the few days I couldn’t drag it out of the closet alone and the boyfriend decided we were wasting electricity anyway–Although I still think he was just being lazy.
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August 10th, 2008 @ 9:04 am
Give him a a selection of gift cards that correspond with a date night. A gift certificate to his favorited drinking spot or coffee bar, a gift certificate to the movies and maybe to an adult store and get a babysitter to sit on the night he decides to use them. This will equal a date night for him and you will also enjoy the night unless he decides to bring someone else. lol
My only complaint is this cold that I can not get rid of.
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August 10th, 2008 @ 9:21 am
I SUCK at the birthday presents. Honey always wants new tools, so I just tell him to buy his own present…
That SUCKS about the AC! We don’t have it, as our REALLY hot weather only lasts a few weeks. We’re too cheap to fork over the cash. I am feeding my Diet Coke addiction to try and cope. Cheers!
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August 10th, 2008 @ 9:51 am
My dogs are shedding like snakes and my house is filled with piles of dog hair only moments after I sweep. It’s driving me nuts.
As for the hubs b-day gift, Madden ‘08 comes out today or tomorrow – if he likes sports video games, it’s sure to be a winner.
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August 10th, 2008 @ 10:48 am
The best birthday present I ever gave my husband was years ago…
I made arrangements for my sister to keep my kids overnight, I made reservations at an Inn not too far from where we lived at the time…
I kidnapped him at the end of the day from work, with an overnight bag already packed in the trunk…
We had a wonderful evening and a wild night!
Good times…
good times…
Jackie
PS – Biggest complaint today (and every other day):
I want to lose weight but continue to enjoy great food and drink! (and they don’t exactly go together!)
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August 10th, 2008 @ 12:28 pm
My BIL and nephew moved in for a month 6 weeks ago. His car died and he spent a chunk of his deposit money for a car. This cannot continue much longer.
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August 10th, 2008 @ 3:03 pm
EW..I would be whining right there with you!
What’s keeping me down right now? Being exhausted. I can’t seem to get energized
Your husband and my Derek sound like twins. And mine’s birthday is in one week..
Golf presents can be fun. Golf scopes, balls, tees, golf hat with his favorite golf brand? Last year, I bought him a Callaway bag filled with Callaway goodies. This year he’s getting a golf shoe bag and Man VS. Wild DVD. That show disgusts me..
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August 10th, 2008 @ 3:16 pm
Complaints? It’s cold here today. Cold – in August. There’s something wrong with this – I’m wearing jeans and a sweatshirt.
And I’m hungry. But Mr. Hot is making a yummalicious dinner, so I can’t snack.
I can’t think of anything to post today – and I have two blogs to get posts ready for.
No one has vacuumed the living room this weekend – and they get pissy when I do it, so the vacuum is sitting in the living room (I know, I shouldn’t complain they don’t like it when I vacuum, but still!)
Birthday presents? Um…sorry. But there’s lots of great ideas up there!
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August 10th, 2008 @ 3:29 pm
need to complain about how i’ve been eating CRAP all wknd and now i feel like shit – tired and full. i should really stop that.
my hubby usually gets himself what he wants, which is no fun at all when gift giving comes around. for father’s day i got him lots of crap – his favorite thing was a coupon book i bought full of free car washes at his favorite place. never would’ve guessed… he’s so weird.
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August 10th, 2008 @ 4:40 pm
At this moment, I’m tired of being the mom. Responsible for most everything family oriented. It sucks. I’m tired. I don’t want to cook, clean, wipe butts, drive anyone anywhere or see another animated film. Plus, my husband has a cold. Need I say more about that?
How was that for whining? It’s nice to have my turn. Thank you.
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August 10th, 2008 @ 4:56 pm
Sunshine,
I have the same problem. Adam just buys whatever he wants. so when it is gift time, I never know what to get him.
Thanks for stopping by,
Amanda
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August 10th, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
Laurin,
first of all, you have the cutest gravatar ever. Second, I know what you mean about the real life friends and blogging things. Thanks so much for stopping by!
-Amanda
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August 10th, 2008 @ 5:02 pm
Texan Mama,
Some stray dog in my neighborhood has recently decided to start pooping in my landscaping. I’m livid about it.
-Amanda
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August 10th, 2008 @ 6:13 pm
My only complaint is that I am still fat despite eating WAY healthier than 90% of the people I know/meet. That is unfair and sucks. (and, I, too, realize there are worse things, but it still bugs me)
Suggestions for hubby:
- an iPhone
- an iPod touch (no phone, but MP3, organizer, e-mail, etc – sort of like a palm)
- a Wii (if he doesn’t have one yet)
- the New Mario cart for Wii with at least 2 wheels
- some nice clothes for when he goes to the Golf club: a Ralph Lauren polo shirt maybe?
- a nice new brifcase, if he needs/uses one
- a nice leather clipboard with a block, pockets for pens etc
I’m out!
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August 10th, 2008 @ 6:23 pm
I am full of complaints, but I’ll spare you the full list and pick just one.
I am totally broke this week. I have to borrow money from my teenage son to buy groceries, and that totally sucks. And that also means I would feel too guilty to use his money to buy vodka, so I am out until next payday.
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August 10th, 2008 @ 7:12 pm
Complaints not so much – today at least.
Hubby suggestions:
Personalized golf balls
Massage
WII with sports accessory package
Breakfast in “Bed”
Tommy Bahama anything
Good luck
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August 10th, 2008 @ 7:14 pm
Lets see…
I spent the entire day outside watching the PGA tour…it’s raining, it’s windy, it’s cold…yes it’s AUGUST in Michigan too….and I DON’T GOLF!
Came home to find my dog had shit on my white tiled bathroom floor and then stepped in it and smeared it into the WHITE grout….my bathroom now smells like someone shit Tilex.
And now I’m sitting in my office and wallowing in self pitty as I’m sure I’m getting sick….*cough-cough*
good times…good times….
I’m breaking out the Two Buck Chuck….care for a glass?
Cheers…
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August 10th, 2008 @ 9:03 pm
Oh I could complain all day long but I won’t.
Like how I still feel horrible and don’t have answers to why yet. Or how my ex is a complete idiot but I am just glad my kids are home? How life for my bf isn’t fair?
I hope you get A/C soon! I hate being hot.
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August 10th, 2008 @ 10:18 pm
Madden 09 comes out this week…if he doesn’t beat you to it.
The AC bit sucks, that is going to hurt the pocket book. Warning: These things seem to come in three’s. Sprinkle some chicken blood around your kitchen to protect your appliances. Call me paranoid!
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August 10th, 2008 @ 11:40 pm
I have cramps.
That’s enough for me.
I think everyone else has come up with great gift ideas, though.
Good luck!
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August 11th, 2008 @ 9:50 am
Don’t get him anything until he gets you a new PC and fixes the airconditioning.
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August 11th, 2008 @ 10:00 am
Nah.. I don’t need to complain, God will get us through. However, do you have any clue what is wrong with your AC? Though my husband doesn’t work with them anymore, he does have a degree in AC and Refrigeration.
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August 11th, 2008 @ 11:30 am
Girlfriend, your home needs to be declared a natural disaster area by the governor NOW. No AC and no laptop. That’s just unacceptable!! I’m on my way. To save you.
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August 12th, 2008 @ 10:36 pm
I am sorry about your AC. that really sucks. I hate being sticky-hot in my house!!!
Things that are pissing me off:
1. my damn dogs keep getting into shit in the house. Autographed sports pictures. ruined. the trash can. wet pull ups. books. mother fuckers!
2. my husband is a bit of a workaholic. sometimes i feel like im spending more time waiting on him than i should.
3. i have the shingles. and they won’t go away. all i do is itch, and sting and hurt.
4. i have so many good posts swirling around in my head, but #s 1-3 are making it so i can’t concentrate enough to sit down and just WRITE.
i know things could be worse. i know i need to be positive. but sometimes, GAH.
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