Replay
Giveaways! Yes, that’s right. That’s a PLURAL in there. By now, you’re sick of hearing about my giveaway! Well, Kim is also hosting a giveaway and I fear some of you might like her goodies better than mine. I won’t ruin the surprise, but I will tell you her goodies are edible! So, here’s your reminder to sign up for both giveaways – they’re good through Sunday! {source: SoMi Speaks; kilaxSTUDIO}
Woods! As you all know, I took a pretty strong stance on the whole Tiger Woods situation. It took me a whole blog post to write what could’ve been summarized by an If-Then flow chart.
{source: Cheesy Good, postbourgie}
Happiness! After the chance to meet Jess a few years ago, I became a very regular reader of her blog. She’s an incredibly mature, astute, beautiful person who has had quite the amazing last few years: marriage, cross-country move, new house, new dog, weight-loss surgery. The list goes on. This week, she wrote about how people compliment her on her weight loss and how some compliments are really quite damaging. Because, sometimes when you compliment a person on what they look like today, you are, in turn, saying damning things about the way they used to look. The beautiful thing about this post is Jess shows how her happiness is independent of her weight. She’s had an amazing life. Period. And finding that happiness outside of how we look … if only we could all achieve that goal! {source: Du Wax Loolu}
Truth! Amy does a beautiful post on 10 truths in her life. And if only we could go back to our teenage selves and really ingrain these truths. Unfortunately, we can’t do that. But, what we can do is make sure the young people in our lives learn these truths, hopefully sooner versus later! {source: Just a Titch}
Words! I know a lot of you out there are like me. We’re sticklers for the correct usage of words. When I was active on Match.com, using “their” instead of “they’re” was a deal breaker for me. These days, I roll my eyes until it hurts when I see “your” instead of “you’re” (can’t we just use “y’all” and be done with it?!). So, you can imagine my excitement when one of my favorite bloggers (who just got TENURED – which is a HUGE promotion in her field!) found a website with 10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling. OMG, I about fainted into a happy place. I can only share a few with you here. You’re going to HAVE to visit the website for the rest.
{source: Hotch Potchery, The Oatmeal}
Stogie! The other weekend, we bought SoMi a bag of rawhide bones in all different shapes and sizes. After her 2nd successful 3-mile run of the week, she deserved her choice of bone. So, she picked one. And then she smoked it like a stogie. And, well, I had to snap a shot of her, because a description doesn’t do her justice.
Alright, friends, that’s all I’ve got for this week. Have a fabulous weekend and I’ll see you on the flip side!
March 5th, 2010 at 8:14 am
I get lose and loose confused from time to time. Which one do we use when we ask someone if they lost something: Did you ______ you coat? How about when we describe what we will do to our kids if the fail to bring their lunchbox home: If she _______ her lunchbox one more time, I am going to sell her to the gypsies.
Somi is so cute!!
March 5th, 2010 at 8:49 am
OH MY GOSH I love the diagrams. Especially the “words” one. I may have to print it out and put it on my office wall, so I can just point instead of banging my head on a desk :)
March 5th, 2010 at 8:51 am
Hahaha, the correct word usage diagram is beyond awesome, I can’t wait to go check out the rest. SoMi is adorable. Have a great weekend, Nilsa!
March 5th, 2010 at 8:58 am
lol! I love the alien who is enjoying the abstract usage, oh my goodness. Thank you for the link!!
March 5th, 2010 at 9:31 am
Hahahah! Somi has this “What the hell are you looking at?!” look on her face. She’s so adorable. :)
That Tiger Woods diagram is genius!
Have a great weekend!
March 5th, 2010 at 9:42 am
Love the visuals in this post. The grammar/spelling one may be my favorite but, oh, SoMi. She’s just so adorable. Hope you have a lovely weekend.
And off to check out Kim’s giveaways. (Also, love the replay posts on weeks where my google reader remains totally and completely untouched. Definitely helps!)
March 5th, 2010 at 9:42 am
I have seen that correct usage before and really like it. I have been wanting to tack it up in my boyfriend’s house
March 5th, 2010 at 10:14 am
I think you and I have discussed the whole grammar thing before. I will immediately click off a match.com profile if there are grammar mistakes. I’m a brat like that.
March 5th, 2010 at 10:15 am
I really am loving Amy’s blog! Of course, I am super behind on reading, but I think I got to her from the last replay!
Thanks for the link!
Are you going to order that poster? Ha ha. I love it!
March 5th, 2010 at 10:27 am
Has it really been a few years since we met? I can’t believe it’s been that long!
That picture of SoMi is KILLER. Seriously, when I looked at it, I died.
March 5th, 2010 at 10:44 am
That picture of SoMi is SO cute.
March 5th, 2010 at 11:26 am
Hee, hee, SoMi!
I love the Oatmeal -- so totally hilarious!
March 5th, 2010 at 11:34 am
ha, i love the tiger woods flow chart! also somi!!!
March 5th, 2010 at 11:45 am
That flow chart is genius. It deserves a national stage.
March 5th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Thanks for the link love, Nilsa! Also, I have a secret fantasy (erm, guess it’s not really a secret anymore!) of buying ALL of cartoons by “The Oatmeal” about grammar (they do an awesome semi-colon one!) and decorating my classroom with them next year. Too bad a few are slightly inappropriate. They’re hilarious!
March 5th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Your Tiger graph needs to be published. As should that picture of Somi. PRICELESS.
March 5th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
i LOVE that picture. that is too funny
March 5th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Since I’m a new reader of your blog that’s the first dog picture I’ve seen of your pup and O M G how freaking cute!!!! <3
March 5th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
love love love theoatmeal.com site. and that picture of somi is AWESOME :-)
March 5th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
The photo of Somi is precious. What a face!
March 5th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
that is a hilarious pic of SoMi! and i checked out the wedding pics…oh my, they are so beautifuL! excellent photography, but the most gorgeous part was the happiness and excitement visible on everyone’s faces! i’m cracking up at the word chart, and the tiger woods one!
March 5th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
A Tiger Woods flow chart. A cool thing from theoatmeal.com and a stogie for your pup. A great Friday post.
March 5th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Whoo hoo!!! I made the Replay! I am looking forward to reading Jess’ blog--how have I missed out on her?
March 5th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Wow -- lots of great posts out there! As usual. So many blogs to read, so little time. I could make reading blogs 40 hour a week job. :)
That pic at the end if awesome. Your dog is adorable. I wish I lived close so I could come over and borrow her for short runs. I have always wanted to live close to someone with a dog that I could borrow!!
March 5th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Wow, thanks for the link love, Nilsa! Somi is the cutest ever. Hope you have a great weekend!
March 5th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Aww what a cute picture of Somi!
March 6th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Its and it’s. What’s so hard about it?
March 7th, 2010 at 10:32 am
Thank God for the website teaching how to correctly spell commonly mis-spelled words. Those distinctions drive me crazy when they’re ignored. Sometimes I mis-spell those words myself, but I always proof-read what I’ve written, and I think I manage to catch the errors most of the time.
March 8th, 2010 at 11:33 am
I love that picture of Somi!!
March 8th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
Love that picture of your pup! So cute. I have to re-read Jess’ post about compliments. It’s a tough spot to compliment someone but inadvertently put down how she was before.