What happened to quality control?

I finally had the chance to set up my sewing table. Guess what? One of the eight wheels has a bad screw in it so I can't even finish putting it up. Bummer!

You see the leg laying on the ground? That's the one minus the wheel. I'm going to see if I can finish it with out the wheel. I will only use the one flip up side of the table (instead of both) until I get the replacement. Hey...at least I finally have my table. Even without any sides, I still have more space than I had before. And I love that it is counter height, not just regular table height. This will help me save my back and maybe will make me more productive.

I'm also planning on using it for other things like wrapping presents for the holidays. I know I'm always putting off the wrapping because it kills my back to wrap on the floor. That is where we have always done it in the past....no more. Now maybe the wrapping will be done shortly after the presents are bought instead of waiting until the last few days.

Minor breakdown

I just had a minor break down and sceaming fit at Alex. We have "piles" in the house that need to be cleaned up. Pretty much they need to be cleaned up by me....

OK...I just had another screaming fit at Alex because he interupted me and still will not leave my "piles" alone. He thinks that going thru the pile of approximately 100 papers if he finds one sheet of his...it's good. In the mean time he (1) makes a mess and (2) he wastes time that he could actually help me. He keeps saying that he wants to "help" me but he is only making things worse, by not just doing what I ask of him. I don't know what to do anymore. It's past driving me nuts!

I wish he would listen the first time...

Yesterday was quite trying. My husband was camping. Both Danny and Alex had things I needed them to do. Alex was supposed to put away his laundry that has been sitting for the last 3 days. Danny was supposed to write a summary of the last book he finished. He did agree to write it, 2 days ago. Neither one happened. I was waiting and reminding but so far only half of a summary was written and there was lots of yelling in the house this afternoon. I was guessing it's never gonna happen. I'm just going to let Pete deal with the summary himself. It was his idea in the first place. We ended up going to walk to the local grocery store instead. We always try to walk if we do not have tons to buy. Since it had finally stopped raining, we would give it a try.
I'm giving up on making them do these types of things, the stress is not worth it. None of it is required, for now. I'll just dump Alex's clothes on his bed and he can just deal with it. And with Danny...I'll let Pete tell him what to do when he gets home. He'll probably do it the first time he asks. Thats what gets me soooo mad.