Pet Peeves

Things that are bugging me:

• The liberal media that has lost all sight of "objective and impartial" journalism
• Entertainment personalities who assume that anyone who doesn't think like they do is either naive or lacks intelligence
• The fact that being a conservative has become politically incorrect 
• The fact that congress passes a bailout bill with so much baggage on it, it's insulting (are they going to bail us out of our school loans??)
• Greed and self interest ruling congress rather than the voice of the people
• Apathy of the masses
• Having school teachers salaries so low that their families qualify for government aid
• Albertsons advertising for 10 bags of chocolate chips at 70 cents a bag, but never actually having the chocolate chips on the shelf (five attempts to purchase and counting)
• Citibank not lowering my interest rate when I ask them to match a new card offer, but then when I call to cancel my card all of a sudden coming up with magical offers - no thanks
• People who run red lights, especially when they're driving minivans with children in them
• Mail that doesn't get forwarded despite the fact that a forwarding order has been confirmed
• The fact that I can't eat cookies and still lose weight (David can)
• Mamaw having breast cancer
• Having to pay for Hurricane Ike damage to our house in Houston where we don't even live anymore

Things that make me happy:

• Knowing that Baylie is ours and no one can take her from us
• BYU being undefeated and playing very well
• David having the bounce back in his step now that he doesn't feel so overloaded
• Being in our own apartment, cooking meals for my family, having our own schedule
• School loans added to our bank account
• Seeing gas prices come down
• Knitting
• Going to a movie not expecting much and finding that I really liked the movie (i.e. Indiana Jones)
• Brad Paisley Fifth Gear CD - I love that he actually puts tons of great songs on one single CD
• Having David buy me flowers every month
• My nieces and nephews 
• Being surrounded by mountains
• Stride gum (it never loses its flavor)
• Tomatoes from my parent's garden
• Living in a free country that even with all its problems is still the greatest country in the world