The Mundane....

After dragging Sam through the heat so that he could crap where it wouldn't upset our sensitive neighbors, I returned to the air conditioning and turned on the tele. My choices appeared to be suicidal suburban moms on Oprah or temperamental Spanish men with messy hair on the Euro Cup. Not surprisingly I chose the latter. I watched Spain score their third goal, drank two frappuccino's and turned off the TV. I've entered a phase during which I ONLY watch So You Think You Can Dance. It's the only real quality on TV these days.

In other news, this girl I barely knew in high school keeps inviting me to play packrat on facebook. NO, I don't want to play some stupid online game with you. It's annoying how many gross people from high school have shown up in the "you might know" section of facebook.

Before we embark on our cruise I'm putting Daniel and I on a diet for 10 days. Although he is only going to eat the dinners, I'm already doubting that Daniel will remain dedicated. Dinners consist of fish & vegetables, soup, or low carb lean cuisines. Dessert is 1/2 a grapefruit and sugar free Jell-o. He pondered one of the recipes for about 5 minutes last night and responded with a very unconvincing, " I'd eat it if you made it."

Anyway, on that note, I should go eat before water aerobics.

Honest to blog

I know I know. You miss my blogs. You miss the wit and humour that only I am able to produce in such a clever way as to interest you for hours...

But fear not readers, I will soon return to bore you with my wise insights into the mundane and not-so-mundane.

In the meantime, here are the latest developments in the life of moi:

I read about 5 pages of Anna Karenina a day. I think I need to read something else while I trudge through this one. Someone should have told Tolstoy to lighten up (I'm partly kidding).

I haven't been able to generate anything interesting recently as I've been busy churning out research jargon for the past month. I have a big paper due tomorrow and then I'll be finished for a month. I'm taking an online class starting in July on using technology in education. Daniel will do my homework.

Mom leaves for South Africa next Saturday. She's going to Jo'burg, the mission and then to the beach near Shaka's rock (so jealous). It'll be good for her. You can take a South African out of South Africa, but you can't take South Africa out of the South African. (Yeah, I really just said that. It's a cliche but a true one).

Mike and Jo will be moving to Baltimore in a month:(

Although they look stunning since going to poodle palace, Sam and Frodo have been behaving like complete brats since returning to Maryland. Sam woke us up at 7:30 this morning wanting to be with us. He needs constant love and attention. Needy Sam.

So you think you can dance...?

Alright Kids,
It's about that time of year again. The auditions are over and the top 20 have been chosen. I'm ready to dance!

Studying for my research midterm.....

As I diligently adhere to my strict schedule of procrastinating and tooling around, I thought I would share some pictures of the items I am currently watching on ebay. Some of them are from anthropologie .

While much of the clothing from this store might remind you of your grandmother's upholstery, they do carry many flattering items that will conjure up your inner earth mother. Not for a pretty penny mind you. I stick to shopping in their sale section.
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A fun modern art dress.........

A simple evening dress

And a top....

Cuteness

Quick and Dirty Tips

Here, grammar girl explains when to use lie vs. lay.

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/lay-versus-lie.aspx

Grammar Girl

I can be a little bit of a grammar nerd sometimes. I don't, by any means, write with perfect grammar but I'll certainly make the effort if I'm writing a letter to a professor, employer or in school papers. Nothing bothers me more than when I get letters from so-called professionals with master's degrees saying, please send me the knew memo. Come on you idiot, spell check isn't going catch everything. If you don't know, look it up. Here are two I've been pondering:

1) Indulging vs. Endulging.
Endulging is just a British spelling of the word.


2)Ensure VS. Insure
Ensure
Ensure means "to make sure or certain" and must be followed by a direct object. Ensure indicates the action of guaranteeing, as opposed to the spoken guarantee indicated by assure.
His loyalty will ensure your safety.
Insure
Insure refers to the provision of insurance: coverage against a specified loss.
My new car is not yet insured.

This is a pretty good site to look up these kinds of questions:
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/