Red….is for rage..

Red is one of those winter colours that makes you feel warm and cozy which is funny as it is so often referred to as the colour associated with anger. This week has been a funny week of little irritations that build up and up like a pressure cooker until it there is usually an explosion and some innocent bystander gets the full force! (usually that would be the dog! send treats!)

My top ten annoying things from this week – its a red day rant..

1. Dog Poo!! yes I am a dog owner but I always PICK IT UP! There is little else that will send me into more of a rage than people that don’t pick up their dog’s c*ap. Someone this week let their dog poo right outside our driveway on the pavement. If i see them i may hurl a wheelie bin at them.

2. Students who get OFF their bus and look straight down at their phones while walking! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! you dont have eyes in the top of your head! LOOK WHERE YOU ARE GOING!

3. Teachers who cheerfully tell their kids that ‘pyjama’ day will mean that their mums will have much less work to do on a school morning because they wont have to get dressed!…they might have liked to be in my house this morning is all im saying.

4. Cyclists who cycle on the pavements when there is a cycle lane and no, there was no cars parked in it. This ADULT was on the pavement and narrowly missed my 3 yr old who was on her scooter. I yelled at him…he was probably plugged into an ipod!

5. Toddlers who have tantrums and stand still when everyone else is carrying on walking. Its not smart and i think she learnt her lesson by scaring herself when she couldnt see us. Heart stopping moment for me though and eternally grateful to the lovely mum who looked after her.

6. Big toddlers who wake up smaller toddlers by yelling “IVE DONE A POO!” at the top of their voice from the bathroom. It’s all glamour.

7. Drivers who run red lights. Punch them hard. That is all.

8. The dog thinking that discreetly grabbing the cellotape from the table when i was wrapping a present was a FINE game. I mean, AS IF i need someone else in this house moving things from where i had put them down. One more moment when i feel like im loosing my mind!

9. The smallest toddler in our house has a thing about doors and keys..this week she has lost the backdoor keys, locked us in, locked us out. Smiled and chirped ‘i dunno mammy’ when i manically ask her ‘where ARE the back door keys??.’ This week i found in a random little bag, our house phone, my video camera, some keys and a few hair bobbles. SAVE ME..I live with squirrals!

10. My dodgy computer table which to be fair cost about 2p and is the cheapest, horrible wood effect nonsense..but it keeps dropping bits of screws, ball bearings, bits of metal. Now the keyboard table is at a jaunty 45degree angle. pffftttt.

and to finish off..today we were not able to leave the house because of a delivery…..i LOVE those sort of deliveries don’t you. The kind that you have a funny feeling you will go to the loo and by the time you have washed your hands there will be a ‘we tried to deliver something but you weren’t in” gloating at you from the doormat. So thinking on my red theme for today, i got hold of my camera and macro lens and went searching for some inspiration around the house..its hard to find inspiration in something you see every day. But i had a go….

Tomorrow is World prematurity day. Im celebrating by working tonight looking after our smallest miracle babies. Have a think tomorrow about all those wee ones that were born too soon.