Favorites and Pet Peeves

I decided I would write this as a follow up to the 18 things about Eve. Work has been very stresful lately so it has been easier for me to recognize the things that piss me off versus the things that I truly enjoy but I will try anyway.
Favorite things:
1) The contrasting personalities of my daughters. I have witten about this before but it is true. Two children, created by the same set of parents, living in the same household, both very different and their own. My oldest daughter is 11 and is moody, has a dry sense of humor and is an incredible perfectionist. She has no tolerance for stupidity and often times can insult someone without their knowledge. My youngest daughter is 10 and is wildly funny in an outward way. She will make faces, stand on her head to get you to laugh. She is a lover and will sit in your lap and tell you she loves you.
2) The beach. Moving to TX I did not realize how much I love the beach. Sitting on a rock for hours discussing lifes challenges as a teenager with friends. The last time I was home I took some rocks back with me. I am sure airport security was saying, "why is this bag so heavy, you got rocks in it." Well actually yes I do.
3) People that know me. Being in a new place I miss being with people who truly know me. I miss the people who can tell me to, shut the fuck up, when I get on a roll or the people who know that saying something stupid when I am trying to be serious will make me laugh. I think people have the different perception of me here because of my work. I am truly a lover and not a fighter but I guess I show my fightin side here more.
4) Laughing. I love to laugh and do fun things. I love to tease and joke around. I love to cause minimal trouble and then sit there looking angelic...
5) Good music. It does not matter what kind as long as its good. Good country, good rock, etc.. One thing I do like is classical music, opera etc.. Its a good way for me to just sit and unind. Everyone is now saying..boring but oh well for you I like it.
6) Reading. I think this is a lost art. Everyone is so busy and is online and connected that we seem to have lost the gift that solitary reading can give to you. I like to be alone and read. For pleasure I read erotica. My girly vice. The majority of times I read things that make me think.
7) Working out. I love to run and work out. I like the stress relief and I like the way my body responds and feels when it is pushed. I like the way it keep my legs from looking like pools of jelly at 33 years old. I wear short skirts and running allows me to keep wearing them.
8) Flowers and a diamond. If you know me, you know I never buy anything for myself. I just dont. I will buy everything for everyone else but I really dont treat myself. So the only two truly girly things I like are flowers and diamonds. I love flowers. In a vase, on the side of the road, delivered for no reason. I just love flowers. I am not talking aboyut 150.00 vase of roses. For my birthday this year my mother shipped me two rose bushes. What a wonderful gift. She knows me well. I never get them and I dont buy them for myself but I love them. The one thing I am determined to buy myself is a diamond. When I got married I was broke and a diamond was not possible. All this time has passed and I have decided that the next raise I get I will buy my diamond. I dont want a big diamond I really want a diamond with my daughter's birthstones on each side. Kind of like a mother's ring but not the tacky yellow gold ones in Sears.
9) Excitement I love getting knots in my stomach, a good thrill ride, a good suspense novel, a great CSI or Law and Order. I love the feeling you get in your stomach and chest when you are looking at someone and you really want to touch or kiss them and dont.
10) Touch. Its underrated today. We have come to a place where putting your hand on someones shoulder is sexual harrassment. I like being touched. Hugged, pushed and shoved playfully. I try to be sure that I hug my kids more. I think as people we need that.

Pet Peeves
1) Not realizing the obvious. You know these people. The ones who go outside in 100 degree heat and say "wow its hot." No shit its hot. You live in TX and its summer. I am sure I have been guilty of it myself too but it really can piss me off.
2) People that yell when thy drive. Is driving from point A to point B so important that you need to yell, swear and get so upset that it can potentially ruin the rest of your day.
3) Control and drama. Live and let live. Why are we bent on how others live their lives and we dont see our own issues. I dont care if your gay or straight. I dont are if your rich or poor. I dont care the car you drive. Let me live. Dont be needy. Dont require that I make you happy. learn that the only person who can make you happy is you.

More to come but if I dont stop now I will be late for work.