I don’t mean bugs, snakes, vermin or scary movies.  I’m talking about those every day little annoyances that just make you want to scream or pull your hair out.

In my quest to live healthy and happy, I realize I need to get over my need to scream when something happens that pushes one of my scream buttons.  It’s not good for my blood pressure either.  Besides, life is too short to stress over the little things.  But let’s face it, some times those little things came be down right annoying - especially when it happens over and over again!   **deep breath**  But I’m determined to eventually overcome them and just “be happy.” 

Here’s a list of a few things that make me want to scream:

  • When the last person to use the toilet paper finished the roll, but doesn’t replace it, and on top of that there is none left in the bathroom at all (in our house the big stash is kept in the laundry room, and only about 4 rolls at a time kept under the sink).
  • When someone takes my towel from the bathroom and doesn’t replace it, and I don’t realize it until after I step out of the shower dripping wet.  This doesn’t happen very often, and luckily our linen closet is right outside the bathroom.
  • When something I use a lot is constantly put away out of my reach - like my big coffee mug that I use every single morning, this morning it was put on the very top shelf of the kitchen cabinet.    Hubby is over 6′ so when he puts away something in the kitchen it almost always ends up on the very top shelf (because there is plenty of room) and sometimes even on top of the cabinets (which is doubly annoying since I can’ t reach it and it looks messy!).  When we first bought this house 6 yrs ago, I knew it would be a problem so I bought a step stool - but within a couple weeks hubby put it away somewhere out in the black hole we call the garage and I’ve never seen it again.
  • When something I need is put out into the black hole (our garage)  and it is buried forever.  I don’t even think Indiana Jones could find something once it is out there.  This is a habit hubby has and it drives me totally insane.  His way of “cleaning” is to grab an empty box, shove stuff in it and toss it out in the garage.  If I am looking for something, I have to dig through a ton of boxes - which is impossible any way because they are stacked up so high they are way over my head and most are too heavy for me to lift.  If it is something I really need, I end up going to the store to buy another one.

So here are my plans to be able to not get stressed over these simple little quirks that my dear family has:

  • Once a week I will restock toilet paper under the sink myself with at least 10 rolls total, which should be enough to last a week or longer.
  • The towel thing only happens when my daughter forgets to take 2 in with her for her shower and she grabs mine for her hair.  I need to either remember to get a fresh one for myself before I get in the shower or just take a deep breath and get one from the linen closet. 
  • Buy another folding step stool, label it with permanent marker ”DO NOT MOVE OR ELSE” and stick it out of the way between the wall and the refrigerator.  Check that it is still there once a week (after I restock the toilet paper) and if it’s missing, make hubby retrieve it from where he moved it too.
  • As far as the garage, I may just have to pad lock the door and put a sign up that says:  “Nothing more may be added to this room until everything already inside is SORTED!”   This probably won’t go over very well, but it’s fun to think about doing.   The long term solution for this problem is complicated, first we need a BIG shed for the backyard (we have no basement or attic and very little storage space), then we need someone to help move out the big stuff that we no longer need from the garage so we have room to even move in there.   It’s a matter of patience, time, and money and until then, I just have to breathe and get that padlock on the door!   LOL

Teacherman (hubby) is terrific, he cooks, does grocery shopping, and helps out around the house. So I definitely have a lot to be grateful for. I can definitely give it my best effort to get over these little things that me want to scream.

What makes you crazy and what to scream? Have you gotten over some “little things” so you can be happier and less stressed?

Thought for the day: “Don’t sweat the small stuff. And it’s all small stuff”

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