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Why oh Why??

in Uncategorized on 11/16/09

Why can’t the garbage man come on the same day every week? My garage would be a whole lot nicer to park in, the neighbourhood would smell better. On the flip side, it would be a lot less entertaining for the collectors who clearly get their chuckles from women in pajamas running like crazy people with trash cans to the curbs.

Why can’t I remember my new Dyson vacuum cleaner has a suck power of 10. My curtain rods can’t take many more “I sucked up the curtains” incidents. Besides, children shouldn’t hear those words coming from a Mamas mouth.

Why is it every time I am vacuuming I think I hear the phone ringing? Is there something wrong with me?

Why is it every time I declare a PJ day the delivery dude shows up!

Why is it when my house get to that special state of…”Eeek I have to clean this place up!” Friends decide to do the drop in.

Why is my kitchen counter such a crap magnet?

Why can’t an extra 5lbs around the middle be a sign of prosperity, a life well led? Why can’t it be hot?
Why have they not invented a travelling Starbucks truck..it could trail right behind the ice cream man!
I must accept that there are some things I shall never know.
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    1. Debbie says

      November 17, 2009 at 4:02 pm

      I do like the way you think! And I always hear things when I vacuum. That’s why I don’t do it very often. It must be bad for me:)

    2. Saving Savy Pinkey says

      November 17, 2009 at 12:36 pm

      Hey, ringing of phone really happens with me too… 🙂
      I would add one more…. I don’t know why, when I go to fill the fuel for my vehicle, the queue I usually leave by waiting at fuel station, becomes faster when I join another one :(.
      Btw, Thanks for stopping by my blog.

    3. Crystal Jigsaw says

      November 17, 2009 at 11:25 am

      Very typical isn’t it! I think it’s called sod’s law.

      CJ xx

    4. Adventures In China says

      November 17, 2009 at 10:52 am

      Oooh traveling Starbucks. Now that is one awesome idea!

      I never get visitors, phew! Because usually I am naked.

    5. Radka says

      November 17, 2009 at 8:24 am

      Hello, Have a nice day. You have a nice blog. Radka.

    6. ♥ Braja says

      November 17, 2009 at 5:46 am

      OK, i haven’t vacuumed for YEARS….maybe 20 years! But that ringing sound? I remember it well. Damned phone. Every time. :)))

    7. rachel... says

      November 17, 2009 at 5:37 am

      Oh man, that 6-business-day garbage schedule is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard in my life. I think I’d start throwing my trash in the dumpster behind Target or something once a week.

    8. Live, Laugh, Love says

      November 17, 2009 at 5:07 am

      Lol. “women in pajamas running like crazy people with trash cans to the curbs”
      I thought i was the only person who imagines they hear the phone ringing while vacuuming!!

    9. Too Many Hats says

      November 17, 2009 at 3:45 am

      You should pitch the Starbucks idea to their CEO – I would totally go for that.

    10. Tania-Dreams2009 says

      November 17, 2009 at 2:48 am

      ahah love your blog 😉 I would love the starbucks truck then we could run out the house screaming “Starrrrrbucksss truuuuk!”

    11. Karen says

      November 17, 2009 at 2:12 am

      There must be something in the Dyson mechanism that sounds like the telephone. I do that all the time, too.

      And the Starbucks delivery truck totally needs to be invented.

    12. Midlife Jobhunter says

      November 17, 2009 at 1:55 am

      “Why can’t an extra 5lbs around the middle be a sign of prosperity, a life well led? Why can’t it be hot?”

      We just need the world of Rubenesque art to come back and we’ll be hot as hell.

    13. yonca says

      November 17, 2009 at 1:33 am

      Oh gosh! Glad i am not the only one who thinks phone is ringing while vacuuming:)

    14. Technodoll says

      November 17, 2009 at 1:31 am

      It would take away some of the adventure if life were perfect, c’mon!

      OK I’m lying.

      give me the universal truths, dammit!

    15. Mighty M says

      November 17, 2009 at 1:23 am

      Oh man, I would LOVE it if these extra 5 on my tummy were HOT!! That would be awesome!

      I hear the vacuum too! Weird!! 😉

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