Monday's rant

Much as I hate to admit it, summer seems to be officially winding down. Today will be our last nice-ish day for a while and it isn't even as nice as the ignorant weatherman said it would be. While I welcome the jeans and sweatshirt weather that fall brings, I know that horrifying snow will be soon to follow. I hate snow, really I do. The first snow is great and all, but then it turns to nasty old slush and my backyard just gets disgusting- a huge thank you goes out to my dogs for that loveliness. Chiseling frozen dog turds and trekking through yellow snow. Love my dogs, yes I do! This weather shift also means I really NEED to get out fall clothes for the kids. We have the in-between season wardrobe going right now. Hannah has sprouted some inches this summer so her pants are comical. Need to get on buying her some new pants :) Add that to my list.
As a side note, while discussing things I am not thrilled about, please add my dishwasher. I hate to sound spoiled. I told Matt he sounded spoiled when he first mentioned a dislike of the dishwasher. I must now eat my words. If it is humanly possible to hate an appliance then please let me hate my dishwasher. Let me loathe it's existence. It doesn't clean. What it does do is leave big white water spots in it's wake. Also, it sounds like a freight train is running through our home when it is running. It also does that fun thing where it tips all of your cups upright, so that when you open it up water spills out of everything and nothing is dry. Total piece of shit, yes indeed. I guess it's possible that our goldfish killing water *could* be part of the problem, but NAH...I'm blaming the stupid dishwasher. I know, I know, I should be happy to HAVE said dishwasher. I went through a dishwasher-less existence during both of my older children's bottle bearing years. I know what it is to live without one in this century. Don't start lecturing me. I'm sure there are starving people in Africa who have never seen a dishwasher...as soon as I have a new one to replace this steaming pile, I'll send mine off to a third world country so it can ruin all of their glassware.
So, in conclusion,I am down on impending winter doom and my dishwasher today, any questions?? Happy Monday

P.S. I just did a count on the number of times I used the word hate in that message. Note to self: get a thesaurus and don't be so hateful