Pet Peeves

The Wikipedia definition says a pet peeve is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to them, to a greater degree than others may find it. Examples may be; poor table manners, sloppy kitchen hygiene, grammatical errors in written passages, inconsiderate driving or lazy co-workers.
I've always hated the phrase, "I'm all about (fill in the blank)". I'm not sure exactly when this phrase came about, but it's definitely from my life time. I think it started with the MTV era/ reality programs. Where regular people were declaring themselves special, just because they were stupid enough to put themselves on national television. Maybe I didn't like the phrase at first because, there simply was not anything that I could declare that ,"I was all about". However, these days I pretty much know what I'm all about, and I still find it annoying.

Ah Ga Ga

I have to pack for our trip today. I don't want to. I have no motivation, because I drank myself into a stupor last night. I passed out before Super Nanny was over. My husband tried to rouse me for some sexy time, but the Tylenol pm had advanced my body past the point of anything other than sleep. He then said, "come on you're wearing those sexy, satin panties for me, because you know you want it." Ha, Ha, Ha, these panties are blue, ripped, polyester from Victoria's Secret circa 1993.

Grandma

My grandma died in April of 1997. The last conversation we had was on the telephone. She ended our conversation by saying (in her usual southern twang), "Suzy, you might be getting older, but you sure as hell ain't growing up."
Her death was probably the most pivotal moment in my adult life. Losing her, made me grow up. I think of her often, almost everyday and it has been almost 12 years since she died. Her life motivates me to make a better life for my children. I am extremely grateful for knowing her. I wish and hope that she can see me now, all grown up.