Mr & Mrs Peters

Things that annoy me:
a list by Melanie

1. People who scratch their dry arms and legs. The noise KILLS me.

2. People who intentionally use the “right lane must exit” lane on the freeway and then make you slow down as they are trying to get back on the freeway at the last minute. Seriously, I would become a CHP dudette just to ticket those people.

3. When people use my bathroom and don’t put the toilet cover down when they flush. I am sort of a germ freak. Did you know that particles from a flushing toilet can travel up to 6 feet?

4. When Justin lets the laptop die and then doesn’t plug it in.

5. My inability to exercise after work. Why am I so lazy when I come home??

6. My neighbors who think it is fun to set off fireworks all year long.

7. Finding something yummy looking to eat in the fridge and then realizing it has expired. Boo.

8. Men who call me “dear,” “darling,” or “hun” at work. There is also a female who calls me sweetie which is almost as annoying.

9. Having to wait in line. Anywhere. (You can tell I am in a great mood tonight, right??)

10. Spilling food/drink on myself.

First, and most importantly, I must wish my darling husband a very happy birthday. Today he is 30 years old! (And I think he starts to cry every time he thinks of his new age.)

Today’s list is of my favorite movie quotes. Many of these I say (to myself usually) on a regular basis. Others are just quotes that I like but don’t normally have reason to use.

They were cones!
The Wedding Singer

I’ll think about that tomorrow.
Gone with the Wind

Be demure, sweet and pure…Hide the real you.
Summer Magic

Oh, pook!
Thoroughly Modern Millie

But Daddy I love him!
The Little Mermaid

So okay, I don’t want to be a traitor to my generation and all but I don’t get how guys dress today. I mean, come on, it looks like they just fell out of bed and put on some baggy pants and take their greasy hair – ew – and cover it up with a backwards cap and like, we’re expected to swoon? I don’t think so.
Clueless

I said I wanted four minute eggs. Not four one minutes eggs, and where in God’s name is our bread?
Ever After

My sisters may write to me. They will have nothing else to do.
Pride and Prejudice

UPDATE: How could I have forgotten some of my favorite quotes of all time? All day random quotes have been coming to mind and I will add a few here:

Do I KNOW you?
Father of the Bride, 2

Get in my bellllly!
Austin Powers 2

If you haven’t seen any of the above mentioned movies, I thoroughly recommend all of them! (Well, expect Austin Powers. It is funny but slightly tacky)

I love lists. They are fun to make, help me organize my life, and let’s be honest- I am hard pressed to think of something that compares to the joyful feeling I get as I cross items off my daily to-do lists.

Lists help my clarify my thoughts and decide what is important. Sometimes, they aren’t even all that interesting… (For example, the time during college when I kept a list of every single thing I ate for a few days. That just got depressing.) I have catalogued some pretty weird things during my career of list-making. I have decided to share some lists with you, my lovely blog readers.

Today, a (partial) list of my greatest fears:

1. Snakes. Hands-down, my biggest “physical” fear. (I classify a physical fear as something that when I see or encounter scares me. Most of my fears are things that might happen, but I don’t see or experience regularly)

2. Everyone in my family being in some sort of horrific accident that kills them all and leaves me alone.

3. Cats. This is a hard one to explain- it really all stems from a cat we had when I was 4′ish. Mindy liked to hide behind corners and jump out at me. She could sense my fear. Evil, huh? She left me scarred. I do okay with some cats, but only the ones that don’t move quickly.

4. I am sort of a hypochondriac and therefore I have a lot of health related fears. In college I was convinved that I had several different forms of cancer. Every time I get a headache I am convinced that I am about to have an aneurysm.

5. My biggest fear? Something happening to Justin.

6. Freeway overpasses. I am always scared that I am going to have an involuntary twitch and accidentally send my car sailing over the side.

7. Driving into intersections where I am the only car. I once was almost hit by a driver running a red light. Thank God I was paying attention or I would have been hit. Now I am incapable of going through an intersection without slightly pausing.

8. I have never done well with bike riding. I am always scared of accidentally falling into the street and getting run over.

To summarize:

Okay, so if you didn’t already know this about me- I very obviously am slightly paranoid. I already worry about the kids I don’t even have yet. My friends have lovingly told me that when I do have kids they are going to teach them how to be “tough.” Kelly says she is going to put my children through some sort of boot camp so they aren’t timid.

My mom once told me (while I was in the midst of one of my “Holy crap I am going to die of this random disease I just heard about on the internet” rants) that there are a million ways to die. In her super blunt terms, “Honey, you could walk out the house and get run over by a bus so you need to get over this.” Thanks, Mom.

The truth of the matter is that, yes, I am scared of a million things. Quite frankly just thinking of this list made me imagine even more things to add to the list. But the good news is this- I know where I am going when I die. I am going to Heaven to be with my Savior. He tells me not to worry, to trust Him. Obviously, I am not so good at this. It is an area I am trying to grow in. So when I start to freak out and have one of my miniature panic attacks I force myself to think of the only thing that really matters in the end- God has me in His hand, and nothing can snatch me away.

Okay, I know… Super depressing post, huh? But, I promise that tomorrow’s list will be something funny and cheerful.