spell checker downfalls

this week i discovered the negative side to relying so heavily on spell check; when i actually hand write things, i no longer remember how some words are spelled so i have to google it to be sure. seeing as how i've writen for numerous publications and minored in journalism, this is a bit embarrassing.

the problem is that when i consistently spell it "recieve" instead of "receive," outlook, word, my blacberry, etc. automatically corrects it before i even have a chance to hit the spell check button to know that it's wrong. so i continue misplacing the "i" and the "e" until i'm in the middle of writing a thank you note and realize that my new spelling looks funny. which then causes me to have to start all over again and throw away a piece of perfectly good stationery.

because of this, i do believe that i'm happy that blogger no longer provides spell check as it now forces me to correct my spelling on my own. here's to future spelling bees!

greatest MOH ever

i just have to share my sister's craftiness with you. this weekend is the infamous bachelorette party at wild dunes which promises to be good times shared with good friends. for this soiree, my sister sent out the cutest invitations i've ever seen. please take a look below:

commitment issues

let me talk to you folks about commitment today. it seems that not everyone was taught the way i was that when you commit to something, you follow through with it. i don't care if you got offered box seats to the panthers game the same night we're supposed to meet for dinner. you committed to me first, so i will see you at 7p.m.

the component that people don't seem to grasp about canceling plans because of a "better" offer is that the other person has more than likely turned down other offers to keep their "date" with you because their mama taught them that if you say you're going to do something, you do it. like when you wanted to quit swim team or baseball and your parents told you too bad, you're going to suck it up and finish the season because you committed to it. was it mostly because they already paid? maybe. but either way, lesson learned.

obviously if something major comes up last minute that's different. but canceling plans because you simply don't feel like being social or because something better comes up is simply not acceptable.

only other exception - you were offered backstage passes to meet the beibs.

i call, you call. i text, you text.

today i realized another pet peeve of mine. yes, it seems as though the list is neverending, i know.

so today's problem is this: when i call you, you are not supposed to text me back and say, "what's up?". if i wanted you to text me back, i would have sent you a text message originally, but i didn't. i called you probably because of one of two things. i am driving and cannot (or at least should not) text, or the conversation i want to have is too long to type out in a text message so i figure i'll call.

this works the other way too. if i send you a text chances are i'm somewhere that i cannot talk on the phone without the risk of being rude (hello annoying grocery shoppers on your cell phones!) or i simply don't feel like talking. i had one or two brief questions/comments that do not warrant a full on phone conversation, hence my text.

so please, next time i call you, if you can't talk on the phone, don't send me a text to tell me that, just return my call in a timely manner.

please and thank you.