What is the deal with this? Why do people feel comfortable making uncomfortable suggestions to others? I am not understanding the point of it, at all. I have had way too many "friendly" suggestions thrown my way in the past three weeks.
I get emails from people about something they want me to do. Something they know I am not interested in. Then, I get a suggestion about something else from someone. They also know I am not interested in it, but keep pushing things. It is getting to the point of being obnoxious and I am really wondering how I should handle this with out completely offending the said persons. At the same time, should I really be concerned about what they are feeling when they obviously have no concern for my own feelings?
What would you do in a situation where some one keeps pushing something on you that they know you are not interested in? Do you tell them "No, thank you" a million times because the first 999,999 times you told them "No" didn't work? Or, do you be blunt and tell them to shut the hell up? I am not sure how to go about this. But, the next time this particular suggestion graces my ears, I think I may just lose it on the person who does it. I sincerely hope this does not happen. Yet, considering the amount of times I have heard this in the past few weeks, I suspect it won't be long before I go off.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Mentally Rambling
So, I keep a running list of oddball questions/thoughts/feelings in my mind. One problem, though. I always foget to write them down. I will think to myself, "I really need to blog about this." Then, when I am finally able to get on the computer for more than five minutes sans Paisley, I draw complete blanks like I am right now.
Anyway, most people will "self-talk" at some point in their day. Me, on the other hand, I am doing it all the time. No, it's not me talking to myself out loud, it's talking to myself inside my head. Things like, "What should I make for lunch today," "Why is Paisley fussing for no reason again," " I wonder what other people are up to today." Those kind of thoughts.
It can get to be really annoying at times, especially when I am bored. That is when the real doozies come! Weird inventions or things like that. It's as if my mind just wanders....
But! Here is something that has been on my mind for at least six months:
I have this lovely neighbor we will call: "T." Oh, what a treat she is. The problem being, we had the most wonderful neighbors ever before these people showed up! Our ex-neighbors decided to move out of this God-forsaken neighborhood about a year ago to The Vistas in Summerlin (which is where we would love to move back to some day!), so they have these lovely renters in there now. Notice the sarcasm?
Anyway, they have two dogs that bark 24-7. Mind you, we have two dogs as well, but we don't allow them to bark for ridiculous lengths of time. As a matter of fact, I may just let them bark their little heads off one day... why not? The four neighbors around me don't seem to mind allowing the same for their pooches!
T loves to start her truck in the morning and let it idle. This thing is not a diesel, it just has a loud-ass muffler on it. It is such a pleasing sound, especially when it wakes up my five-month old. Lovely. Then, she proceeds to rev her engine up while she is in her driveway. What purpose this serves in 110-degree heat is beyond me.
We live on the corner house (go us!). So, every time she drives away, she manages to burn-out around the corner (she doesn't burn out around the following one though...hmmm). It is SO LOUD I cannot stand it anymore! The sound actually registers on Paisley's baby monitor. Thank you, T, for waking up my child, again! We love you! NOT.
So, we get to continue to deal with this until we move out of here. The positive side is that this is a rental. And, thank goodness because I really don't know why anyone would actually want to own this house. It's not that bad, but let me tell you about this house on another post. It has been a real gem since the day we moved in here over three years ago.... what was supposed to be a year-long stay turned into forever. Enough on that for now.
Got to run and eat my lovely Healthy Choice. Yum. Gotta love microwaveable food in tough financial times. Ahh... peanut butter and jelly was getting pretty old. Especially after months of eating it. I never want to taste jelly on bread again. Well, at least until I run out of my Healthy Choices... and that will be very, very soon.
Anyway, most people will "self-talk" at some point in their day. Me, on the other hand, I am doing it all the time. No, it's not me talking to myself out loud, it's talking to myself inside my head. Things like, "What should I make for lunch today," "Why is Paisley fussing for no reason again," " I wonder what other people are up to today." Those kind of thoughts.
It can get to be really annoying at times, especially when I am bored. That is when the real doozies come! Weird inventions or things like that. It's as if my mind just wanders....
But! Here is something that has been on my mind for at least six months:
I have this lovely neighbor we will call: "T." Oh, what a treat she is. The problem being, we had the most wonderful neighbors ever before these people showed up! Our ex-neighbors decided to move out of this God-forsaken neighborhood about a year ago to The Vistas in Summerlin (which is where we would love to move back to some day!), so they have these lovely renters in there now. Notice the sarcasm?
Anyway, they have two dogs that bark 24-7. Mind you, we have two dogs as well, but we don't allow them to bark for ridiculous lengths of time. As a matter of fact, I may just let them bark their little heads off one day... why not? The four neighbors around me don't seem to mind allowing the same for their pooches!
T loves to start her truck in the morning and let it idle. This thing is not a diesel, it just has a loud-ass muffler on it. It is such a pleasing sound, especially when it wakes up my five-month old. Lovely. Then, she proceeds to rev her engine up while she is in her driveway. What purpose this serves in 110-degree heat is beyond me.
We live on the corner house (go us!). So, every time she drives away, she manages to burn-out around the corner (she doesn't burn out around the following one though...hmmm). It is SO LOUD I cannot stand it anymore! The sound actually registers on Paisley's baby monitor. Thank you, T, for waking up my child, again! We love you! NOT.
So, we get to continue to deal with this until we move out of here. The positive side is that this is a rental. And, thank goodness because I really don't know why anyone would actually want to own this house. It's not that bad, but let me tell you about this house on another post. It has been a real gem since the day we moved in here over three years ago.... what was supposed to be a year-long stay turned into forever. Enough on that for now.
Got to run and eat my lovely Healthy Choice. Yum. Gotta love microwaveable food in tough financial times. Ahh... peanut butter and jelly was getting pretty old. Especially after months of eating it. I never want to taste jelly on bread again. Well, at least until I run out of my Healthy Choices... and that will be very, very soon.
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