It's okay....you can say it....I already know.

It's okay....you can say it....I already know. I spelled "jersey" wrong in my last post and you wondered if I noticed, right? Well if you didn't notice don't go looking now because I already changed it. Curse you auto spell checker!! I think I need to be honest and tell you that this is going to happen a lot. If you know me, you know that I talk pretty fast. Although this may be unfathomable, my mind spins even faster than that. Typing that quickly is difficult! And just to save you the surprise, I am also going to make numerous grammar and punctuation mistakes. For instance, if you've been with me from the beginning you know that I don't know how to use an "ownership apostrophe." Well, I've since been reminded that this is correctly referred to as a "possessive conjunction." Noted. That sounds vaguely familiar now that I think about it. My husband (who attended all of those high ranking Lake Oswego schools) likes to jokingly remind me that I have what he calls a "small town education." I like to jokingly remind him that my diploma has an Academic Honors sticker on it and his does not.* Nevertheless, I offer fair warning that you either get really comfortable with my mistakes, or consider becoming a reader of this blog instead:
The Grammar Gang.

Are you still with me? I knew there was a reason you were my friend!! Let's move on...

If the "Grammar Gang" isn't your thing then maybe you are like me and love to laugh! (Sidenote: I have always hated when people say, "I love to laugh." Thanks for the post from the land of the obvious! Who doesn't love to laugh?) If that's the case...I'll just keep today simple by sharing one of my favorite blogs that ironically also deals with grammar on occasion. If you haven't ever seen or heard of "Cake Wrecks" it is hil-arious!! Just the other night I was reading it while my husband was trying to go to sleep and my non stop giggling prompted him to offer this sweet sentiment: "Seriously Jenny.....the TV with House Hunters on in the background is less annoying than you laughing right now. I need to sleep because I have to work tomorrow. Not blog.....work." Love you too Luke! And yes...I admit that I do love House Hunters! (That's a whole new post though...and a long one.)

I say, if you are going to offer a grammar lesson.....this is the way to do it!
Cakewrecks.com

Off the grammar topic, but directly relating to the link above, my dad just got a new phone. One that actually texts. Fancy that! It's 2010 and he finally got a texting phone! This might be par for the course for some dads, but mine is an IT genius and is never behind on gadgets! He even had the coveted Zach Morris brick phone when I was thirteen. $20 a minute...but worth it for the look on the guy's face in the car next to you. Can anyone help me by deciphering what he is trying to say in the following text that he sent literally 2 seconds ago?

"Have at it IT specialist that hates to text to send email 12 hours & 150 emails a day makes me HATE it. Love, Dad"

Okay dad.....What????

Ohhhh...that gives me a picture idea! How about my dad and I dancing at mine and Luke's wedding? (That's probably another incorrect possessive conjunction if you're still keeping track!) I must say, my dad is one heck of a dancer! I even caught him off guard with a fast song. I think he was kind of nervous on my wedding day because his speech started with "The bar's open!" Clearly it was dad....clearly it was.

* For the "take things literally" crowd - Luke wants me to clarify that he doesn't really have anything against the Canby Education System. I think he just wants me to say that because we are seeing so many of you Saturday night :)