By request: B*TCHfest

   





















For you NEW KIDS, HERE ARE THE RULES: 

"B*TCHFest"  is provided as a public service to those of us who have gripes and grievances but who (whom?), for whatever reason, lack a regular forum in which to air them. You are welcome to voice any problems - large or small, important, mundane or ridiculous -  that currently have your panties wadded, your shorts frosted and your gears ground. Don't hold them in and risk future medical issues, wrinkles and/or those pesky gray hairs.

ANY and ALL issues that are plaguing you are open for you to voice; there are no "sacred cows." They say that "feelings aren't facts", so if you're feeling it, it's legit to you. NO ONE is allowed to flame a poster for something he or she writes, however commiseration is not only welcomed but encouraged. Please, no personal attacks against other OH members (at least, not by name) and  ABSOLUTELY NO SURGERY WARS!

I'll start you off with a few gripes of mine, and you all can join in at any time! No limits - come back as many times as you like!

WARNING! Adult content ahead! Posts may (and probably will) contain "adult" content and language. I know that MINE will. Rated TV-MA.



I'm in a fairly good mood tonight, but tired and ready for bed, so my list will be short. YOU, on the other hand, may feel free to rant until you feel better.

- Why the **** can't anything electrical just have a goddamned normal PLUG at the end of the wire? Why does it have to be a great big honkin' BOX that takes up TWO parts of a powerstrip???

Okay, that's it for now, since I'm heading out the door with my camera and new lens to go on photo safari. More later, perhaps . . . 

I am so ticked that I have orientation for my new students next week and still can't set up my classroom. I just got my class list and will just be getting into my room this week. I have one week to do what It normally takes me two weeks to do. I am ticked off that my school year is starting off like this. I hope this isn't an indication of how the year will go. I hate felling like I am behind already. On the bright side I am not letting my stress get the best of me there has been no stress eating:)

For the last 3-4 years, my husband and I have been donating 90% of the harvest from our garden and orchard to a local food bank run by an organization called Helping Hand. My husband puts an unbelievable amount of work, time, and $$ into buying seeds, planting, watering, weeding, and picking that stuff. I put a lot of work into sorting it, bagging it, and carting it off to the food bank once a week. In addition, I talk about our food donations a lot because no one else in this area knows that the food bank accepts fresh produce. All their published wish lists mention only non-perishable foods. So I have encouraged dozens of people with gardens, farms, and/or orchards to donate their excess to the food bank. And I have worked hard to encourage my husband, who is not very generous by nature, to continue this work.

So...yesterday I collected 8 bags of apples, pears and Asian pears for the food bank, but when I asked my husband to help put the stuff in my car, he said, "You're not taking it to Helping Hand, are you?"

He then went on to tell me that while I was in Seattle on vacation, Helping Hand was featured in a newspaper article in which the director bemoaned the fact that no one ever donates fresh produce to the food bank, and added that she is the only person who bothers to bring in produce, and what a shame it is that no one else in this agricultural community is generous enough to share their bounty.

Since my husband told me that (saying that never again will we donate to that food bank), I've been rehearsing what I'm going to say to the HH director as soon as I've located that newspaper article.  She's going to get a piece of my mind that's approximately 100 square miles of anger.

Jean

Yesterday was THE worst!!! My family had a bbq full of ribs, burgers, sausages and all kinds of yummy stuff i wont b able to eat for the nxt 6 weeks since i was banded only 5 days ago. I said hi to everyone who came by, had some polite but short convo w/ my guests and went to sit in the living room while everyone was eating... Distracted by the bridezilla marathon on tv was working out just fine until my stepdad bursts into the room then goes on a 10 min rant of how rude i was being for not being outside w/ everyone while they ate. Like really? I didnt move my ass frm the couch! I refused! Only to be further annoyed by my cousin who completely aware of my situation walks into the room w/ a plate full of ribs and is smacking loudly while attempting to make convo w/ me. She caught on to my cold shoulder soon enough and left the room :-/ needless to say my annoyance had peaked and i did my best to remain pleasant despite the situation but i just wanted to scream! So happy to vent

Since the snow melted, I have had one request of my partner - to get the landscaping done in the front of our house. Three years ago we built our beautiful dream home. Since then, we have added a huge garage (I call it the 'man cave') but do you think I can get the landscaping done! Ordinarily I would hire someone to do it but since my partner works for a local trucking and materials company, he has access to backhoes, top soil, rocks, - all the things we need - and he insists it will make him look bad if we hire someone to do it. His line is 'it will be done before the snow flies'.  Everytime I bring it up it results in another excuse (too hot, too wet, equipment not available, can't get the top soil, too dry - grass won't grow).

I have tried every strategy known to women to get this accomplished - to no avail!  I guess all that is left is to sit back and watch the weeds grow!  I know he will get it done eventually, I just don't want to be raking top soil when it is snowing! 

It has become a battle of wills that I fear I am losing.........

Okay.  I am sure you are not going to be pacified by this, but understand that you are NOT alone.  I'm sure you didn't think you were, LOL, but just confirming it for you!!

I have a gutter laying in my front yard.  See, it was laying on the side of the house but apparently that wasn't enough to get it fixed.  So now it's in the front yard, yes, so everyone can see.  Do you think that's enough for him to fix it? Noooooooooooo.  He merely said that I had to move it when he mowed -- for the first time in about a month because of "all the rain".  UGHHHHH  So now it's back on the side of the house and some how it's MY fault  it fell down because I took it from the side of the house and brought attention to it.  HUH?

One time when he didn't do the lawn -- yes there have been plenty more than one -- I got the mower out and did it myself.  I almost killed myself going down the hill on the darn thing, but that wasn't enough for him to take it on himself to do the lawn more.

Ahhhhhhhhhh I feel so much better now!! 

I'll pray for you if you pray for me!!!

I was pretty sure I wasn't alone but it is good to have the confirmation :-)   You know what is worse is that the 'man cave' which is a $60,000 builidng storing about $5000 worth of crap - gets worked on every weekend. This weekend it was somehow possible to put up insulation and vapor barrier (which cost more than my damn top soil would) but not to do the landacaping. What's up with that??????   Oh and the 'man cave' also got a beer fridge, a couch and a chair, and a whole whack of new tools (most of which will never get used and some of which had to be returned because when he got them home he found out he already had them - still in the box).

Thanks for understanding!  Glad you are praying for me and know that I am praying for you!!!

So I bought used tires from a place that has been fantastic to me about a month ago. Yesterday I go outside to an almost flat tire. I had thought originally that they just didn't properly inflate it, not a slow leak. My fiance who is a mechanic and has been see certified as a tire tech takes off my tire.

They put a plug in the sidewall! That's ILLEGAL!

So I call this am & explain the situation and since my 30 day warranty was up FRIDAY they refuse to do anything. They claim they don't plug tires. I haven't had the tire off since I bought it. It was on the inside of the tire.

So my fiance called and well held his temper until the guy didn't know what incompetent meant. (It is an immigrant owned business). They still refuse to do anything.

Thankfully I kept one of the tires they took off, but now it looks like I have to shell out about $250 for a pair of tires when I had just spent $85 barely a month ago.

FUCK 2g auto in shelby two, mi!