Love/Hate
October 17th, 2006 @ 8:01 am

Welcome to the Monday Tuesday edition of Love/Hate:

Love: That you can now get This American Life podcasts. FOR FREE. (I will no longer have to *download* them in questionable ways.)

Hate: That my parents are going home today.

Love: Having yesterday off to spend with my parents.

Love: Shopping at the outlets on my day off.

Hate: The rain.

Love: All of the green trees, that are green because of the rain. That I hate.

Love: The sun. That is totally peaking through.

Love: The dinner I have planned for tonight has the words puff and cheese in the title. Enough said.

Hate: That my company has blocked the use of Flickr.com, which means I can’t post pictures to my blog.

Love: That I figured out how to do it via a new blogger account. Screw you employer and you’re website blocking skillz.

Hate: Being poor.

Hate: Being too poor to buy me new fall clothes.

Hate: That I’m wearing my summer capri’s to work today. (See previous “hate”.) (Can I wear my fall boots with my capri’s? I see people do it. But I’m still not sure if I can do it.)

Hate: Having to do my yearly review at work this week.

Love: That I have the possibility of getting a raise.

Love: That Babboo can sit up. All by himself. Thus staying contained in one area.

Hate: That he can also roll over like a mad man. Thus making it hard for me to “set it and forget it”.

Hate: That I’m still pumping at work.

Hate: That I have to find time between meetings to pump.

Please feel free to leave your love/hate in the comments.

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20 Comments

  1. Frema
    said,

    October 17, 2006 at 4:07 pm

    Love - my new hair color.
    Hate - my stuffed-up nose.

    Love - Deal or No Deal
    Hate - That it takes the models so long to “open the case”

    Love - That the day is already half over!
    Hate - That the day is only half over.

  2. Brittany
    said,

    October 17, 2006 at 4:22 pm

    Love - the cool fall weather.
    Hate - that I didn’t know Frema got a new hair color.

    Love - my baby’s crib (just got it yesterday).
    Hate - cashiers who have an open register but deceive me by not turning on their light, so I stand in the longer line because I think their line is closing.

  3. Carrisa
    said,

    October 17, 2006 at 4:32 pm

    Love - When you have new posts
    Hate - When you disappear for like 3 days

    Love - That Thom told me I can go to BlogHer 07
    Hate - The amount of money it is going to cost me

    Love - That I will hopefully see you there
    Hate - That I will be scared and shy and afraid that no one will like me.

    Love - That it’s Tuesday which means Veronica Mars is on tonight!
    Hate - That Veronica Mars is only on one night a week.

    I could probably go on and on, but for now… that’ll do.

  4. Lizzy
    said,

    October 17, 2006 at 4:38 pm

    Love - That Henry is at his great grandparents today because I had a doctor appointment in the city

    Hate - That my house is empty. I miss my baby boy!

    Love - That I’m home and my house is empty. I have the afternoon “off!”

    Love - That you had a great visit with your family

    Hate - That it had to end!

  5. Mrs. CPA
    said,

    October 17, 2006 at 4:54 pm

    Love - that I am leaving the office early today after working 125 hours in the last two weeks.
    Hate - I have to take Mr. Cheeks to the Doctor for an ear check.

    Love - I finally get to watch TV
    Hate - that I have to watch two weeks worth of shows before I can watch this week’s show

    Love - that I am taking Friday off to go to the Jr. League Marketplace
    Hate - that I will probably not have enough money to buy all the things I want.

    And Frema, I hate it when the models look at what’s inside the case and their face totally gives it away. Just open it up!

  6. Jessie
    said,

    October 17, 2006 at 7:08 pm

    I’m hating the rain too. It seems to be neverending. The town I live in gives Seattle a run for it’s raininess title - and it’s the second cloudiest city in the US.

    Here’s mine:
    Love - Bonus/Raise time
    Hate - That as soon as it’s bonus/raise time we have to buy four new tires. So long bonus!

  7. vtgirl
    said,

    October 17, 2006 at 7:12 pm

    Love - Finding a great new blog. Particularly when the blogger lives in my city.

    Hate - Not having enough time to read all the blogs I would like to.

    Great blog and writing.

  8. Lauren Art Nerd
    said,

    October 17, 2006 at 7:18 pm

    Love- that I am no longer on crutches
    Hate- that I now have a more long-term fiberglass cast instead of the removable Aircast.

    Love- That I get to teach ancient pre-Greek Aegean cultures tomorrow
    Hate- that the possibility of falling in front of my students is VERY real. Owww

    Love- that my mom bought me a bottle of Mr Bubble for Sensitive Skin as a get-well-soon present
    Hate- the prospect of plopping my fat, naked, casted butt into the tub.

    But really, the love outweighs the bad. Love that Isabel had a great weekend with the rents!

  9. Lisa B
    said,

    October 17, 2006 at 7:32 pm

    Love - your blog!
    Hate - that I’m currently bitching about insomnia on mine.

    Love - Pretty fall leaves
    Hate - getting into cold/flu/stomache virus season

    Love - That the boy is old enough to go to preschool
    Hate - That he hasn’t been to school due to a fever.

    Love - That the little man is feeling better
    Hate - He’s like a cat with the night crazies.

  10. Rachel
    said,

    October 17, 2006 at 7:40 pm

    Love: My job
    Hate: Going to work

    Love: Alyssa when she first wakes up
    Hate: That it is 6:30 in the morning most of the time

    Love: Blogging
    Hate: That I just recently discovered how fun it can be

    Love: Snuggling up on the couch
    Hate: Winter

  11. janet
    said,

    October 17, 2006 at 9:53 pm

    love: that I can finally start my career as a This American Life fan (I have always wanted to get into it, but am not a radio person. Don’t hate me. I am totally an iPod person though!)

    hate: that all day I thought it was Wednesday, and I was wrong

    love: that you are back, and that you had a great time with your parents!

    love: babboo’s cute face!

  12. Audrey
    said,

    October 17, 2006 at 10:36 pm

    love: that my husband is making chili for dinner tonight.

    hate: that it is snowing right now and there is over an inch of snow to brush off my car before I leave work (although this is why I love the thought of chili dinner so much)

  13. Frema
    said,

    October 17, 2006 at 11:55 pm

    Updated to add:

    Love: Your hairstyle and your son!
    Hate: Nothing. You guys are adorable.

  14. HollowSquirrel
    said,

    October 18, 2006 at 12:47 am

    Love: your posts
    Hate: That you live in Seattle so we can’t hang out at Starbucks with our adorable boys and scarf down lowfat muffins

    Love: Soduko
    Hate: that I just saw the “Soduko Day Calendar” I received for Christmas and realized it’s still on February 11.

    Love: Reading awesome blogs (such as yours)
    Hate: Never having time to read and comment as I should. And not being a good writer.

    Love: Pics of the Sweet Babboo
    Hate: Your work’s sad attempt at bringin’ you down.

  15. MK
    said,

    October 18, 2006 at 5:12 am

    Love - my daughters sleepy smile in the am
    Hate - throwing up

    Love - The Office (is it Thursday yet?)
    Hate - running out of toilet paper and no one home to get you more

    Love - a clean house
    Hate - being the one to clean the house

    Love - reading blogs in the am from work while eating my breakfast
    Hate - having to go back to work when I am done

  16. alyndabear
    said,

    October 18, 2006 at 9:21 am

    Love - That it’s Wednesday already.
    Hate - That there are still two more days til Friday.

    Love - Chocolate.
    Hate - That I just worked out at the gym for nothing because OMG CHOCOLATE.

    Love - Having a night of much needed quiet time.
    Hate - Having a thousand cleaning things waiting for me downstairs.

    Love - Reading your blog
    Hate - My boring one, at the moment!!

  17. Liza
    said,

    October 18, 2006 at 2:15 pm

    love: Catching up on my blog friends
    hate: Falling further behind at work

    love: Seeing that Jill and Noah really bonded while I was on my first business trip away from him
    hate: That I secretly wish it would have been harder so I could save the day/feel all needed

    love: Today is the Project Runway Season Finale
    hate: Today is the Project Runway Season Finale

  18. Hilary
    said,

    October 18, 2006 at 3:57 pm

    I love that Silly Boy rolls over like crazy but hate having to change his diaper while he just wants to roll over already MOM.

  19. Diana
    said,

    October 18, 2006 at 6:06 pm

    Love - YOU, for alerting me to the fact that I can get TAL online for free! I am beyond excited about this (which just shows you how dorky I truly am).

  20. LaLa
    said,

    October 20, 2006 at 1:24 pm

    Love: That fact that I finally had my facial today

    Hate: The fact that I couldn’t really relax and enjoy it because I am stressed about my new role at work and what if I keep sucking at it and I lose my job and then, no more facials. And then I will have to go back to being a temp and I did envelope stuffing at 26, I am NOT going to do it again at 29.