Smith Family Ice Cream Scoop: 10 Things I Hate about My House

Thursday, October 09, 2008

10 Things I Hate about My House

I thought it was only fair to show this side of my house, too! Plus, I think it's interesting, and somewhat funny (you have to laugh, or you might cry!) I hereby declare this a tag too, so go take pictures of the 10 things you hate too!

1. My kitchen floor... the beautiful "marble" stick-on tiles that are worn out in traffic areas and trap grit in between them.

2. Do I even have to say anything? It's been a slow drainer ever since we moved in, and it finally just stopped draining all together. It's been out of commission entirely for a couple of weeks... with no end in sight.

3. The ceiling saga is not resolved.

4. The miniature steam torture chamber.

5. Living on a busy road... the traffic noise is irritating.

6. The houses so close to us... the neighbors are nice, but...

7. The fake rock stuff around the wood-burning stove. It's an eyesore, and I stub my toe on it all the time.

8. The cheesy "stained glass window". Luckily my blinds cover it.

9. Now, I know that this is ridiculous to have here... it was going to be something I changed the very first week, but as you can see, I haven't yet. It's not even a hard thing to fix, yet it continues to plague me every time I flip the switch in the kitchen.

10. The overabundance of black around the window in the kitchen. Too dark.

Whew, well that was fun! Now let's see your hidden eyesores!

7 comments:

Rebecca Adams said...: Clever idea! I'll have to do it sometime. :); 4:32 PM
Amy said...: Ha! I love the cat light switch. Funny that something so easy stays soo long. I have a few of those in my house. Not cat light switches, but things I could change easy enough!; 4:43 PM
haley said...: after seeing all your loves i was a little jealous of your house... but is it bad to say i'm glad you have your 'hates' too??? ps- that fo-rock can be fixed EASY! i did my fo-brick behind my fireplace... painted and glazed it. ps- love the porch!!!; 5:11 PM
Leslie said...: okay... love the photo shoot photos. love the school photos.
i LOVE LOVE LOVE everything that you love about your house. and the things you hate... a few of them were, in fact, strange... but i like the stained glass window.
that house has SO much character.
the floor in the kitchen? what?; 7:05 PM
Rachel Holloway said...: I had no idea you have houses close to you! Your pics have always made it look like you had 5 acres to run and play! And busy street?? I thought you were far out in the country.

You've hid your hates well! :); 4:54 AM
Lisa said...: what a fun post idea. some of those features are very strange. your house is so cute. isn't red great? good job not forking over $ for stupid waste pictures. i adored your posting about conference. thanks for doing that. what a wonderful, wonderful weekend.; 9:30 AM
mommymelb said...: How fun! I'm going to have to try this too!; 5:28 PM

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