Things That Your Mom (Or English Teacher) Should Have Taught You...

First of all, I need to give credit. The title of this post was inspired by an etiquette book, Things You Need To Be Told. These books are great and I recommend them to everyone! Match.mom is CRAZY about etiquette. The night before I moved to college some friends of mine came over to say goodbye and she made us sit down and watch an etiquette video. I wish I was kidding. Although I believe that it has served me well, I was super embarrassed at the time! And I tend to agree with her that there are not enough mothers out there teaching their children proper etiquette.

The other thing that Match.mom is crazy about is grammar. I'm not quite as freaky about this as she is (I still don't understand the comma rules...), but there are a few things that drive me crazy. Below you will find common mistakes that should be corrected (especially if you want to continue to have me as a friend.)

1. Irregardless is NOT a word!!! And even if it was, it is a double negative and would mean the exact opposite of what you are trying to convey.

2. The correct past tense of the verb orient is oriented, NOT orientated. If you go to an orientation, you get oriented.

3. There is NO "A" in definitely. Please do not send me an email stating that you defiantly want to do something, unless you actually plan to do it in a resistant or challenging way.

I am sure that there are more, and I may add to this list as time goes on, but this is a good start...

Oh, Sweet Victory Is Mine...

I just finished a load of whites and every sock had a matching pair!

It truly is the little things...

Some Housekeeping...

It has been pointed out to me that there needs to be a little housekeeping for some readers.

As a reminder, when you are reading the blog, please take note of the dates, I have been blogging since Sept. 2007 so there are some old posts. Before you start getting crazy about what is written, make sure you are aware of timing of the post.

If you want to know who a character is, you have to guess correctly and I will tell you. As a policy, I will not just tell you who the person is.

If you have any other questions regarding the blog, please do not hesitate to ask.

A Year In Review

It's time for the obvious, "year in review" blog.

Following are the things that will define 2008:

- Making new friends and strengthening new friendships. Beginning with meeting RedShirt and ending with the one year anniversary of meeting Dirty Shirley*, EID, Honker, and Auditor*, 2008 was a great year for friendship!

- Reconnecting with an old friend after seven years. A highlight for sure!

- My first (and last) year as HOBY LSC. Which leads to standing up for myself and winning the battle with facts, not emotion.

- The IC. And the Vegas trip that can never be recreated.

- Hawaii. The hilarity, the beauty, the fun - this was a wonderful trip!

- Working on telling people the way that I feel. Even though the results weren't what I had hoped, the ability to be so honest about my feelings to others was refreshing.

Things I'm looking forward to in 2009:

- Trip to Maine with IT

- Bunner and Banana's wedding

- 10-year high school reunion

- Brand new nephew