It bugs me that…
Dear Hubby is always in pain and I can do nothing to help ease it.
We can’t visit my Aunts and Cousins more often. I do wish they lived closer to us.
I get an average of at least 50 hits a week on my Bottom Line Books scam post. This indicates that the company is continuing to rip people off at an alarming rate.
I have inconsiderate neighbors who think nothing of blocking our driveway. This means I have to waste time hunting someone down to have him or her move his or her vehicle in an emergency when I need to get my car out of the driveway. I know this because I’ve had to do it more than once when DH’s mother has fallen or when he’s needed me to take him to the ER. I’d have them ticketed, but by the time the police show up, they are gone. These are the same people who persistently honk their car horns at all hours, crank the car stereos up so high that my walls shake, and they leave their dog outside to bark all day long no matter what the weather.
The summers go by so quickly and the winters seem to stay longer. Of course, I thought they did this when I was a kid, but it seems to go even faster now.
What’s bugging you?
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Doggonedmysteries 
Sounds like a tough time, if I could I would come and get the ppl to move their cars or help out to give you a break. I think living in any neighborhood comes with the annoyances that you just cannot do anything about. I have a fleet of motorcycles that race up and down the road 24 hrs a day that have been opened up to be as loud as possible. Teenagers disregard the speed limit and I am counting the days until one of the little kids on their bikes get hit. Oh and of course the rude neighbor with the yappy dog that ignores it at all hours of the night.
Hope things get better. I am starting to work on my story with your suggestions, I am really excited to see where I could use improvement and was not that painful to see. I take it all as constuctive and how else am I going to get better if someone does not point these things out to me. If you don’t mind once I get the changes made I will send it back for another look. Might take me a bit I have a couple of really busy weeks ahead of me in school. Thanks again for taking the time to help me out.
🙂 It’s not too tough. I ignore most of what the neighbors do. I use the mantra, “they rent, renters move away” When they are particularly annoying.
I understand how annoying motorcycles can be since we have a motorcycle repair shop nearby and they use our street to give the bikes daily test runs.
Glad you are working on your story.
1/ Inconsiderate drivers.
2/ Just plain bad drivers.
3/ TV commercials that insult my intelligence (or just grate on my nerves).
4/ That I haven’t found a new job.
5/ That my wife can’t walk very far without crippling pain in her feet.
6/ Store clerks to try to sell me more than I want (either accessories I don’t want or something more expensive than I want).
7/ That no publisher has bought my books.
8/ That fuel companies are charging me double what gasoline is really worth.
9/ That courtesy and politeness seem to have vanished from the world.
How about things we’re thankful for as your next topic?
Thanksgiving is coming so I’ll do the thankful one in a couple of weeks. That gives everyone plenty of time to get a list ready. 😉
Add to my list of it bugs me: The electric company is going to raise our rates but our income won’t go up any more to help cover it. Talk about blood from a stone!
My list of bugs starts with actual bugs. Seems that beetles from Asia that look a lot like lady bugs “accidentally” got here and liked it. However, in the fall they swarm looking for a warm place to hibernate and inside homes are one of their favorites. Not only are they hard to catch and kill, but they also bite. And, if you do smash one, it really stinks.
The motorcycles reminded me of the dude who decided to design and build an airplane for a hobby. I still giggle at the sight of him trying to taxi his wingless creation up and down the neighborhood streets. Fortunately we had so many shade tree mechanics there that it only took a few months for him to get the engine running consistently enough to put the wings on and cart it to an airport.