Meme-a-Palooza

I apologize in advance to anyone who gets tagged in today's Meme-a-Palooza.

Meme #1: Midwestern Mommy has asked me to list 15 things I hate, and I am glad to oblige because we are new blogger buds and I don't want to do anything to rock the boat this early in our relationship. Plus, I'm due for a little bitching. OK, so here are...

15 Things I Hate

1) People who park their cars on their lawn, leave car hoods on their lawns, and/or put their cars on blocks and leave them in their driveways. It's just not neighborly.

2) Finding bits of jelly in my jar of peanut butter. Ugh.

3) That there are perpetually no less than 6 half-empty glasses of water on Husband's nightstand. Not surprisingly, I can rarely find a clean glass for myself.

4) Writing a totally thoughtful, witty three-paragraph comment on someone's outstanding post, clicking "publish", and then seeing the dreadful Blogger error message and realizing my comment has just been wiped into oblivion. Hate that.

5) Reading "batteries not included" on Little Guy's new toy package, having no batteries on hand, and also having no desire whatsoever to go to the store to buy any batteries.

6) B.O. on a crowded bus.

7) Purchasing an awesome armchair and ottoman from Ikea, excitedly bringing it home to assemble it, and then finding that the one itty bitty allen wrench needed to put it together is missing from the box. Not funny, Ikea stockboys. Not funny at all.

8) Reaching for toliet paper and not finding any.

9) Cutting dog hair out of my vacuum cleaner coils.

10) Spending 2 hours cleaning the house and still finding dog hair in my food. (Does anyone know if this counts as protein?)

11) Used car salesmen who cheat me out of a promised "student rebate" and who then accuse me of harrasing them and threaten to sic their lawyers on me when I try to demand what I am rightfully owed.

12) Credit card solicitations in my mail. Every. Single. Day.

13) Fingernail clippings left on my bathroom sink. (Yeah, Husband, this means you!)

14) Not being carded at the bar.

And....

15) Not being carded at the bar. Yeah, really hate that.

I tag A Mommy Story, Sunshine Scribe, and Nancy. Have you guys done this one yet?

MEME #2
Kel recently tagged me for this meme.

5 things in my fridge:
1. Midnight Moo (you may remember seeing me post about this before)
2. Hummus
3. Whole milk (for Little Guy who's starting cow's milk this week!)
4. Raspberries
5. Really old leftovers that are now indistinguishable from their original form and which, unfortunately, I am so scared to touch that they will likely remain in our fridge until they grow legs and walk off.

5 things in my closet:
1. A pair of pants that I swear I will fit back into one day.
2. A box of maternity clothes.
3. A scrapbook kit I bought at Target.
4. A new slinky black dress that I bought today and that I plan to wear out for our 5th wedding anniversary later this month.
5. Clothes that I bought and that I plan to return, eventually, someday. Oh, who am I kidding? I'll never get back to the store to return them.

5 things in my purse:
1. Crumbs
2. My favorite beaded necklace that I took off some weeks ago because Little Guy insists on trying to tear it off my neck and break it into a million little choking hazards.
3. An extra set of keys, which are routinely handed to Little Guy who has taken to screaming his purty little head off if he cannot immediately have my keys when I take them out of my purse.
4. Receipts, receipts, receipts
5. Hand sanitizer

5 things in my car:
1. Toys
2. Sun Shade
3. Picnic blanket
4. Empty water bottles
5. A picture of the Pope (I received it from someone and didn't know what else to do with it. Somehow I feel safer with the Pope watching out for us. Weird?)

5 people I tag:
Stacy
Mothergoosemouse
Jodi
Something Baby Blue
The Mom Squad
Ruth Dynamite