re: irritating people

August 14, 2010

OMG, I saw that subject line and I thought - I BELONG here, LOL! I am dealing

with this next-door neighbor who has to win the award of Most Irritating

Neighbor of the Year.

situation: I was just diagnosed with gout on top of everything else. It is so

painful I can't believe it. Well, I was supposed to foster this elderly dog for

a rescue group. I had the dog for a trial weekend, and the neighbor (let's call

her Morticia, heh heh) saw the dog for exactly five minutes.

With the diagnosis of gout came the verdict: cut down on walking for now. so I

had to call the rescue group and explain - they were perfectly nice, totally

understood, thanked me for being honest, and took the dog back for another

foster. Well, Morticia calls me and says, " Oh, I'm so glad you are taking that

poor poor poor dog, that little man who deserves a loving home in his final

days, I loved him so much that I totally bonded with him and I would take him if

I didn't have three other dogs " (all of whom she bought in a pet store, BTW).

I explained to her about gout and she exploded, screamed at me, told me what a

horrible person I was, " dooming that little man to death, throwing him away... "

She totally was all about this dog and I finally hung up on her -- two minutes

later, she starts pounding on my front door!

sigh.

Meanwhile...does ANYONE have any magical remedies for gout?

Sitting with an ice bag on my toe (which is the size of a turkey!),

Joanne

August 16, 2010

>

> Yep I once had a 'friend' comment on my messy apt and I asked her how much

housework she gets done when she has the flu? Because that's what it feels like

with joints screaming too.

> She said " oh it can't be that bad "

> She's right. It's worse.

Throw in two small children, a dog and 3 cats and you have my house. For the

past two days I've been stepping over lightbright pegs, little plastic beans

from Don't Spill the Beans game, and stickers all over the floor, my 4 yr old

raided her older sister's toy box and had a field day. I just don't have it in

me to crawl all over the floor picking up pegs, the older child screams " but I

didn't make the mess " , the younger just laughs and throws something else. The

dog stands in my face and barks at me to let me know I'm not feeding her. So

tired. Hopefully at 7am one day this week I will have a spark of energy and my

shopvac in hand and the lightbright pegs and magic beans will be a memory that

will never again grace my house.

J.

August 17, 2010

, I feel ya, sister. My kids are a little older than 4 but not

emotionally. Not long before I was diagnosed with RA they pulled that crap on me

with the " I didn't make the mess and I'm NOT gonna clean it up! " . After

struggling to get just the basic housework done I'd had it. I had my husband get

me a big 33 gallon trash can with some contractors bags. The kids started in

again after I'd clearly told them to pick their stuff up. I pulled up a box to

sit on and my hubby grabbed a broom. I held the huge dustpan while he swept

their stuff up and I dumped it into the trashcan. Of course, they began trying

to help pick it up and we sent them to their rooms instead. We swept up 3 rooms

of " it's not my mess " and he hauled it off to the farm dumpster. At the time our

kids were 6,10, and 13. They learned real fast that when I say clean something

up they'd better do it or I'll throw it away- no matter HOW much it cost them.

4 yr olds are tough to deal with. They just aren't in their right minds and

especially when they are girls. I think they are born insane and don't gain

sanity until they are in their twenties. My oldest girl is almost 17 so I have a

ways to go yet.

Wish I could help you out!

Dalanne

Beautiful East Central State of Corruption (Illinois)

> Throw in two small children, a dog and 3 cats and you have my house. For the