Top Ten Things I Hate To Do {Top Ten Tuesday}
If I asked one hundred women to list ten things in their weekly lives they hate doing our answers would be varied and interesting. But I’m guessing there would be a couple of things that were the same. For my top ten I’m going list things in my day to day life I hate doing.
Top Ten Things I Hate Doing
1. Cleaning my tub.
Absolutely hate it. We have a large tub that never seems to look clean even after I clean it. The tub has jets and I can’t ever seem to get those darn things clean. And I’ve pretty much tried every cleaning product in the store for tubs and still my tub doesn’t look completely clean. Ever.
2. Cleaning my oven
Another dreaded chore. Which is why I don’t do it that often!
3. Taking my car to the mechanic for anything.
I always feel like they are going to screw me over somehow because I’m a woman and know nothing about cars. I always feel slightly stupid. Especially when they ask me questions and I shrug, smile and say ” Uh… I’m not sure!”
3. Cleaning my fridge
Another task that seems to take way too long for little gratification. I cleaned out my fridge a couple of weeks ago until it was sparkly and beautiful on the inside. Just a couple of days later the sparkle was gone and my efforts looked non existent.
4. Going to the DMV for anything
Are you with me on this one? Anyone ever had an easy, quick experience at the DMV?
5. Going to my pediatrician’s office
We always end up waiting at least 45 minutes if not longer. And most of it in the exam room! Not out in the colorful waiting room with the pretty aquarium. Instead, we wait in the tiny exam room where my girls are dying of boredom and start whining and crying. Then they start crying that they don’t want to be there and start freaking out about what the doctor is going to do to them. Then the doctor always comes in and says ” Sorry for the wait”. I want to scream ” Then have your staff only call us in when you’re actually ready to see us!!!” Then, her visit is done five minutes.
Can I get an Amen?
6. Blow drying my hair
I know this seems silly but I absolutely hate having any kind of hair style that requires blow drying. Like the one I have now. That doesn’t actually mean I spend any time blow drying it. I always have good intentions of blow drying my hair especially if the hair cut I get is really cute and would benefit greatly for a blow dry. Then I end up letting it air dry every time and end up spending extra time on my hair with the flat iron trying to make my hair all go in one direction.
7.Grocery Shopping
It takes way too much thought and time. I am such a slow shopper. Especially now that I carry my calculator around to make sure my shopping doesn’t go over the cash I have on hand. And , yes, I know about meal planning. Meal planning is a drag to me! I’m doing it but I must be doing it at the wrong time of day or something. My mind starts to wonder after the third day of planning. I think if I didn’t have such a picky eater for a husband meal planning would be a whole lot more exciting. How many different things can I do with chicken that don’t involve putting it in a casserole type dish?
Seriously.
8. Having to return stuff.
Some of this I bring on to myself. I hate trying on clothes. So they either fit me really well or I end up having to return them. That is clearly my fault. I hate it when stuff I buy from the grocery store needs to be returned. My mother in law is great at this. If she buys some fruit and starts eating it and finds that it doesn’t taste that good or is bad in any way she’ll march right back to the store and exchange it or get her money back. I’m just not that motivated. If my apples don’t taste that good they’ll sit the the fruit bowl and go bad until I have to throw them away.
9. Taking out the trash
Clearly this isn’t a big deal to a lot of people. I live at the top of a long, driveway and our trash goes out once a week. So rolling our barrells down the driveway and then carrying my recycling bins and paper bags is an ordeal. It’s usually supposed to be my husbands job but he doesn’t take the time forgets to do it.
A lot.
But to his credit he does work long hours and gets up early in the morning. He usually doesn’t feel like putting out the trash the night before it gets picked up. He swears he’ll do it in the morning. Then the next morning he’ll be rushing to leave for work and not have time to put the barrels at the end of our driveway. Our trash finally went out today after 3 weeks!! Surprisingly we didn’t have nearly as much as you would think!!
10. Vacuuming my stairs.
It’s a pain and a drag. It only takes a couple of minutes and I always wait way too long to do it.
But there you have it.
What’s on your list of hated tasks? Do you share any from my list?
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