Obviously renovation work is a bitch but we are doing it. We figured out why I want to cut his tongue out and shove it down his throat...communication lol duh
See for approx 30 years of my life things have been a certain way but England is obviously different.
Example time:
Door knobs here in the house ONLY turn left which I thought the knob was broke. It's not, it's normal - here.
So I of course brought this up saying they were weird and I got a lecture on how it's right and then a lecture on why its right. Well I never said it was wrong, just weird. Still why does it have to be weird? Well again 30 something years my knobs always go both ways so its weird to me.
Allow things to still be weird for me. So now he does. I am not looking for Why or Reasons. I am just stating its weird for me. Thankyouverymuch
So now we have that settled and discussions happen on the next plan because we both aren't mind readers, things are moving along just fine.
PS I still need a real JOB with real cash money - anyone ?
Snow wife
Showing posts with label communications. Show all posts
Showing posts with label communications. Show all posts
Friday, 10 May 2013
Saturday, 9 February 2013
Spelling - yes please
Ok we all know the UK English can be spelled different then the American English or US English.
I get it - trust me.
Some of it even makes sense.
Moisturising instead of moisturizing - I get it... "rising"
Prince Charming likes to always point out how the US version is wrong of course he is mostly tongue and cheek. Until I pull out the big gun.
Centre ? Eh? That cannot be read as Center but yet it is read that way.
So ok some don't even make sense and I just laugh. It's fun just playing this game isn't it?
What words make sense to you and what doesn't?
Snow wife
I get it - trust me.
Some of it even makes sense.
Moisturising instead of moisturizing - I get it... "rising"
Prince Charming likes to always point out how the US version is wrong of course he is mostly tongue and cheek. Until I pull out the big gun.
Centre ? Eh? That cannot be read as Center but yet it is read that way.
So ok some don't even make sense and I just laugh. It's fun just playing this game isn't it?
What words make sense to you and what doesn't?
Snow wife
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Can you grab my....
This is one of my favourite conversations in our house and of course I egg it on because it is funny for me.
Conversation #1:
Prince Charming: Honey can you grab my jumper when you come down
Me: (grabbing red hoodie) handing red hoodie
PC: no the blue jumper
Me: you mean the cardigan?
PC: no the sweater
Me: why didn't you just ask for the blue sweater ;-)
See Jumper is a fleece pullover, sweater or hoodie. Pick one! ha
Gotta love the UK English when you are American
Snow wife
Conversation #1:
Prince Charming: Honey can you grab my jumper when you come down
Me: (grabbing red hoodie) handing red hoodie
PC: no the blue jumper
Me: you mean the cardigan?
PC: no the sweater
Me: why didn't you just ask for the blue sweater ;-)
See Jumper is a fleece pullover, sweater or hoodie. Pick one! ha
Gotta love the UK English when you are American
Snow wife
Thursday, 13 September 2012
Perfect Parenting
Ok I will wait while you get off the floor laughing.
You mean to tell me there isn't a perfect parent out there? No way! I have seen so many who know it all, so that can't be true.
I know mom is obviously always right and knows best right? Well hon sometimes dad is right too, just because they are a man they can still be right.
So please if you have the perfect parent handbook I would love to read it, hell might get it published and I will share the profits with ya ;-)
snow wife
You mean to tell me there isn't a perfect parent out there? No way! I have seen so many who know it all, so that can't be true.
I know mom is obviously always right and knows best right? Well hon sometimes dad is right too, just because they are a man they can still be right.
So please if you have the perfect parent handbook I would love to read it, hell might get it published and I will share the profits with ya ;-)
snow wife
Thursday, 16 August 2012
The House Hunt
Well I have been house hunting for years but just recently it seems that Prince Charming has got on board for real, real!
We live in a matchbox - seriously. I have never lived someone so small but its an experience right?
So I have this list called, "All I want" because PC always says, "Oh its all you want but what about xyz." HA so yes it became a list.
We have a looked at a few houses but the last one I said oh perfect this lil freaking room could become the master bathroom aka en suite. He said why there is a bathroom right here? UMMMM Do you hear me? This was my very first ALL I WANT - I want/need my own bathroom. I don't like sharing towels or bathroom stuff. I want to keep my make up and stuff in the bathroom NOT on the dresser in the bedroom.
Please god get me a shaver plug too (110v) so I can plug in my toothbrush in the bathroom not the kitchen once a week!
Sorry I got carried away....
PC says thats nuts so I say then lets move on because I dont want this house if I cant have my own bathroom. Deal breaker? I was like Yep.
So if it happens I *will* get my bathroom and the plans in my head include a walk in closet too since it is a small room to make into shower room and closet LOL
Give me an inch and I will take a mile when it comes to "all I want".
snow wife
We live in a matchbox - seriously. I have never lived someone so small but its an experience right?
So I have this list called, "All I want" because PC always says, "Oh its all you want but what about xyz." HA so yes it became a list.
We have a looked at a few houses but the last one I said oh perfect this lil freaking room could become the master bathroom aka en suite. He said why there is a bathroom right here? UMMMM Do you hear me? This was my very first ALL I WANT - I want/need my own bathroom. I don't like sharing towels or bathroom stuff. I want to keep my make up and stuff in the bathroom NOT on the dresser in the bedroom.
Please god get me a shaver plug too (110v) so I can plug in my toothbrush in the bathroom not the kitchen once a week!
Sorry I got carried away....
PC says thats nuts so I say then lets move on because I dont want this house if I cant have my own bathroom. Deal breaker? I was like Yep.
So if it happens I *will* get my bathroom and the plans in my head include a walk in closet too since it is a small room to make into shower room and closet LOL
Give me an inch and I will take a mile when it comes to "all I want".
snow wife
Saturday, 23 June 2012
I think my husband needs a Grey tie
Do you know what I am referring too? If you are a woman then you should, Fifty shades of Grey. Good god it is amazing! There are 3 books and they can be quite intense but I still think I need to get my Prince Charming a grey silk tie (go read the book).
I have been told the next books to read are Anne Rice, The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy which since I have a Prince Charming may be good fun. I was also told to read Exit to Eden, yes they made a comedy about that book with Rosie O'Donnel but the book I guess is quite erotic.
Who would have thought boring old me would be reading and loving these books? EL James did.
All the women of the world I believe will own and read these books. Mine will never be lent to anyone as I am planning on rereading them.
What do you think?
laters baby
snow wife
I have been told the next books to read are Anne Rice, The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy which since I have a Prince Charming may be good fun. I was also told to read Exit to Eden, yes they made a comedy about that book with Rosie O'Donnel but the book I guess is quite erotic.
Who would have thought boring old me would be reading and loving these books? EL James did.
All the women of the world I believe will own and read these books. Mine will never be lent to anyone as I am planning on rereading them.
What do you think?
laters baby
snow wife
Monday, 30 April 2012
B&R
Just let me bitch and rant! Sometimes I want to miss things and not give a rats ass why England doesn't do it that way but I want to bitch.
You can't stop me - don't try.
I miss the drive thru bank - yes I do! Instead I have to fight to park in small parking spots like forever away to walk into the "high" street to go deposit a check into my bank. F that - I want pull up do other crap while I wait in line. Don't go on and on about how England would never purpose build a drive thru bank or it would have to close others down. THAT IS NOT THE POINT.
I am not always looking for a solution, I just want to have a rant. I miss things from the US and from how life as I have always known it so let me. Try to understand it WAS my way of life and now I am kicked back to pioneer times (in MY mind at least).
I mean seriously I got stupidly excited when I saw a drive thru Starbucks because the only drive thru's are McDonalds and KFC - BLAH....
So while or shall I say whilst I know England doesn't do it BUT they should and just let me think this in my own little world.
One more example: Fiber Optic Internet I mean good god I have never had Internet speeds this slow in my life but its all "broadband" aka DSL because it uses the phone line. The phone lines are 500 years old and they get "interference and noise" and it slows down during busy times. FFS come on, we are hosting the Olympics but we can't get fiber optics everywhere?
sorry I needed a B&R obviously.
snow wife
*NOT all things are bad in England and some are good but this is a B&R post so don't tell me to live in the moment lol
You can't stop me - don't try.
I miss the drive thru bank - yes I do! Instead I have to fight to park in small parking spots like forever away to walk into the "high" street to go deposit a check into my bank. F that - I want pull up do other crap while I wait in line. Don't go on and on about how England would never purpose build a drive thru bank or it would have to close others down. THAT IS NOT THE POINT.
I am not always looking for a solution, I just want to have a rant. I miss things from the US and from how life as I have always known it so let me. Try to understand it WAS my way of life and now I am kicked back to pioneer times (in MY mind at least).
I mean seriously I got stupidly excited when I saw a drive thru Starbucks because the only drive thru's are McDonalds and KFC - BLAH....
So while or shall I say whilst I know England doesn't do it BUT they should and just let me think this in my own little world.
One more example: Fiber Optic Internet I mean good god I have never had Internet speeds this slow in my life but its all "broadband" aka DSL because it uses the phone line. The phone lines are 500 years old and they get "interference and noise" and it slows down during busy times. FFS come on, we are hosting the Olympics but we can't get fiber optics everywhere?
sorry I needed a B&R obviously.
snow wife
*NOT all things are bad in England and some are good but this is a B&R post so don't tell me to live in the moment lol
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Question? No I mean statement
I lay in bed or drive and think of fabulous stuff to say and even send myself little email tidbits - can I remember anything I wanted to say? No.
So many differences but so many cool things as well when you are in a different country it's hard to remember they are different after they happen.
Awwww - I do think my favourite thing I have noticed is this.
When someone (usually a parent) asks a child something it is always a form of a question but really shouldn't be.
Example:
Parent: You want to eat your brussels sprouts...
Child : they are gross - no
Parent: that wasn't a question or a request
Me: umm yes it was
Now that I have pointed this out to my Prince Charming and dwarfs they see it EVERYWHERE! It's becoming funny.
My other favourite example:
Parent: Do you want to go to bed now?
Child: no
Parent: well its time for bed
Me: haha you asked them silly - don't ask. TELL
Oh the fun of picking up small things like this and even better when they say it and realise they asked a "question" again and fix it and then laugh!
Life can be funny.
snow wife
Can I have another cup of coffee?
I want another cup of coffee
So many differences but so many cool things as well when you are in a different country it's hard to remember they are different after they happen.
Awwww - I do think my favourite thing I have noticed is this.
When someone (usually a parent) asks a child something it is always a form of a question but really shouldn't be.
Example:
Parent: You want to eat your brussels sprouts...
Child : they are gross - no
Parent: that wasn't a question or a request
Me: umm yes it was
Now that I have pointed this out to my Prince Charming and dwarfs they see it EVERYWHERE! It's becoming funny.
My other favourite example:
Parent: Do you want to go to bed now?
Child: no
Parent: well its time for bed
Me: haha you asked them silly - don't ask. TELL
Oh the fun of picking up small things like this and even better when they say it and realise they asked a "question" again and fix it and then laugh!
Life can be funny.
snow wife
Can I have another cup of coffee?
I want another cup of coffee
Monday, 10 October 2011
Type Right - please!
I am no grammar expert and I admit that completely but I do think adding all the letters in a sentence is important after you reach a certain age and using spaces and so should you.
Ok so teenagers (some adults too) use slang and abbreviations like:
1. 2mro for tomorrow
2. g8 for great
3. cya for See Ya
I get that you're a teenager and slang is quick to type when texting but for the love of god businesses and adults should not do this daily. I also will agree that US and UK teenagers ALL text or speak in slang but my main pet peeve is adults and businesses using this "language". I have never seen an American business use slang on FB like I see UK businesses use daily!
Let's also have a quick recap on proper use of grammar (for you as much as me).
It's is a contraction for "it is". Its is like "his", "hers" or "theirs" and can be loosely translated as "belonging to it". When trying to decide which to use, just remember this: it's is the same as "it is". Only use it's when you are trying to abbreviate it is. In all other cases, use its (without the apostrophe).
People often confuse and misuse the words your and you're. The difference between your and you're is that you're is a contraction of "you are" whereas your means belonging to you.
There is a difference between Their and They're. While "their" means belonging to them, they're is a contraction which stands for "they are".
The words there and their are different. Even though they sound alike (they are homophones), the words have different meanings. A good way to remember the difference between there and their is the mnemonic device The place "here" with a T is "there". While "there" refers to that place, "their" means belonging to them. For example, Their van was destroyed in the accident
Than is used for comparison and Then is used in most other cases, especially when used in the context of time or the order in which events occur.
Also when you want to write "have" it has 4 letters, it isn't "av"...I don't speak in short speak. We don't allow our dwarfs to text us short terms or we ask what they are saying because it makes them look dumb. I agree with using some short terms such as R U home yet? because it is one letter but some of the time it is ridiculous.
Here is a clip of a local business (which I love) but this made me cringe.
Ok so teenagers (some adults too) use slang and abbreviations like:
1. 2mro for tomorrow
2. g8 for great
3. cya for See Ya
I get that you're a teenager and slang is quick to type when texting but for the love of god businesses and adults should not do this daily. I also will agree that US and UK teenagers ALL text or speak in slang but my main pet peeve is adults and businesses using this "language". I have never seen an American business use slang on FB like I see UK businesses use daily!
Let's also have a quick recap on proper use of grammar (for you as much as me).
It's is a contraction for "it is". Its is like "his", "hers" or "theirs" and can be loosely translated as "belonging to it". When trying to decide which to use, just remember this: it's is the same as "it is". Only use it's when you are trying to abbreviate it is. In all other cases, use its (without the apostrophe).
People often confuse and misuse the words your and you're. The difference between your and you're is that you're is a contraction of "you are" whereas your means belonging to you.
There is a difference between Their and They're. While "their" means belonging to them, they're is a contraction which stands for "they are".
The words there and their are different. Even though they sound alike (they are homophones), the words have different meanings. A good way to remember the difference between there and their is the mnemonic device The place "here" with a T is "there". While "there" refers to that place, "their" means belonging to them. For example, Their van was destroyed in the accident
Than is used for comparison and Then is used in most other cases, especially when used in the context of time or the order in which events occur.
Also when you want to write "have" it has 4 letters, it isn't "av"...I don't speak in short speak. We don't allow our dwarfs to text us short terms or we ask what they are saying because it makes them look dumb. I agree with using some short terms such as R U home yet? because it is one letter but some of the time it is ridiculous.
Here is a clip of a local business (which I love) but this made me cringe.
Monday, 22 August 2011
Internet Etiquette
Ok people we know its the 21st century and we spend a lot of time on the computer so why don't you have any online etiquette or simply known as netiquette?
For those who are just joining the world wide web here are some friendly pointers.
1. Just because you are not face to face this does not mean lose your manners. Be polite and if you have something to say that may make a few feathers go up - think before you type.
2. STOP SHOUTING AND USING !!!!!! Wow there is nothing worse then reading posts on FB, Forums, Comments on newspaper articles then someone who is constantly screaming and punctuating. Frankly, it is annoying and makes you look like a toddler. As we tell our dwarfs..."Use your words and your inside voice."
3. Remember there are real people behind the monitor and you can't always tell if someone is kidding or being rude so use emoticons like ;-) or =) or ;-(
Just remember to be sensitive.
4. Something are seriously TMI to post on public forums - would you put it in a newspaper headline? No? then don't share with the rest of the world. Some of your posts can come back to haunt you. Make sure you stuff is set to private as employers DO search online and if they see your craziness this may lose you the position.
5. Most of all enjoy the world wide web because there is a wealth of knowledge out there and some great people to meet and talk too but always be careful because not everyone is who they say they are online.
snow wife
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use.
Emily Post
For those who are just joining the world wide web here are some friendly pointers.
1. Just because you are not face to face this does not mean lose your manners. Be polite and if you have something to say that may make a few feathers go up - think before you type.
2. STOP SHOUTING AND USING !!!!!! Wow there is nothing worse then reading posts on FB, Forums, Comments on newspaper articles then someone who is constantly screaming and punctuating. Frankly, it is annoying and makes you look like a toddler. As we tell our dwarfs..."Use your words and your inside voice."
3. Remember there are real people behind the monitor and you can't always tell if someone is kidding or being rude so use emoticons like ;-) or =) or ;-(
Just remember to be sensitive.
4. Something are seriously TMI to post on public forums - would you put it in a newspaper headline? No? then don't share with the rest of the world. Some of your posts can come back to haunt you. Make sure you stuff is set to private as employers DO search online and if they see your craziness this may lose you the position.
5. Most of all enjoy the world wide web because there is a wealth of knowledge out there and some great people to meet and talk too but always be careful because not everyone is who they say they are online.
snow wife
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use.
Emily Post
Monday, 16 May 2011
You can't pick your family...
Everyone has heard that old saying, " You can pick your friends but you can't pick your family." Wow nothing rings truer then that.
Family is a funny thing since these are people who are either family by blood or love. These are people who should tell you when you are wrong, pick you up when you fall or hug you when you feel down. right?
Nope some live in a world, I guess I haven't had the privilege to visit - its called lala land. Where the world revolves around them, man I wish I had a pass to that theme park. Not everyone will see eye to eye but you should always respect a person for being a human being. You don't have to agree with everything but you do need to keep the attitude in check.
I would hope my family would tell me if I was acting crazy, help me get the best bang for my buck, give advice when it would make my life better. I do also wish that family would learn to know when to shut up and when to butt out. In this world you have one life and it is the longest thing you will ever do so you better enjoy it. This means staying positive and enjoying life. Life is not always rainbows and kittens but it is what you make it - so choose wisely.
Everyone I don't care who you are or what culture you are from should use basic manners such as:
Please - adverb (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
Thank you - adjective expressing one's gratitude or thanks: a thank-you note
I am not one for airing dirty laundry on the internet but little reminders to the rest of the world to be polite and live life doesn't hurt. Get up and dance, learn to cook what you want, snuggle with your dwarfs and significant other, plan romantic things even if it involves a candle and a frozen pizza and most of all smile. Never let people walk on your or treat you like, don't get taken advantage of and favours work like a two way street.
Smile on people ;-)
snow wife
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
Family is a funny thing since these are people who are either family by blood or love. These are people who should tell you when you are wrong, pick you up when you fall or hug you when you feel down. right?
Nope some live in a world, I guess I haven't had the privilege to visit - its called lala land. Where the world revolves around them, man I wish I had a pass to that theme park. Not everyone will see eye to eye but you should always respect a person for being a human being. You don't have to agree with everything but you do need to keep the attitude in check.
I would hope my family would tell me if I was acting crazy, help me get the best bang for my buck, give advice when it would make my life better. I do also wish that family would learn to know when to shut up and when to butt out. In this world you have one life and it is the longest thing you will ever do so you better enjoy it. This means staying positive and enjoying life. Life is not always rainbows and kittens but it is what you make it - so choose wisely.
Everyone I don't care who you are or what culture you are from should use basic manners such as:
Please - adverb (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
Thank you - adjective expressing one's gratitude or thanks: a thank-you note
I am not one for airing dirty laundry on the internet but little reminders to the rest of the world to be polite and live life doesn't hurt. Get up and dance, learn to cook what you want, snuggle with your dwarfs and significant other, plan romantic things even if it involves a candle and a frozen pizza and most of all smile. Never let people walk on your or treat you like, don't get taken advantage of and favours work like a two way street.
Smile on people ;-)
snow wife
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
Sunday, 20 March 2011
Social Networking?
Everyone is doing it, why aren't you?
Facebook is obviously the big player in this social networking arena - heck they had a movie made about it.
Next up GoogleMe or Google Plus 1 - which seems to be coming up in the spring/fall and they say they are integrating with all current Google stuff because people are bored with facebook.
Are we really bored? No
Am I tired of the constant changes and security things I have to keep changing? yes
Would I like alternate egos/pages such as 1 for work, 1 for family, 1 for friends and 1 free for all? Hell Yes
I was around for the pay per hour CIS days, AOL, 5400 baud modem days and even Myspace but will I check out the GoogleMe social site?
Hell Yes - if it is user friendly, integrated and none of this security crap then I am there.
Will it overtake facebook? I am not sure but I am can't wait to see what it offers.
I like to stay in touch via FB for many reasons and the #1 reason is I have friends and family all over the world it seems. I have friends I have known since I was 10, I may not talk to daily or even weekly but its nice to stay up to date on everyone's life.
If you think it can be boring, you are right. If you think sometimes the posts are just ridiculous, you are right. You know what I say? Quit reading the shit then because no one is making you.
Do old friends add you just to see what you are up to say 20 years later? umm duh yeah
Do I accept them? Yes most of the time as it is fun for me to see how people have changed, grown and all the places they have been. A quick catch up is fun as well. You never know what part of the world you will be in and need a friend - relationships are key in life.
I have a good amount of friends, I mean not all of them are my BFF's or anything but I would would gladly have lunch, drinks or offer any of them a place to crash and if I wouldn't then we shouldn't be "friends" on facebook. I share my phone number on there because I once again feel if you are my friend, you should have my number or I would just delete you.
Any who....I cant wait to check out this new Google Social Page thingiemajig
snow wife
It is not length of life, but depth of life. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Facebook is obviously the big player in this social networking arena - heck they had a movie made about it.
Next up GoogleMe or Google Plus 1 - which seems to be coming up in the spring/fall and they say they are integrating with all current Google stuff because people are bored with facebook.
Are we really bored? No
Am I tired of the constant changes and security things I have to keep changing? yes
Would I like alternate egos/pages such as 1 for work, 1 for family, 1 for friends and 1 free for all? Hell Yes
I was around for the pay per hour CIS days, AOL, 5400 baud modem days and even Myspace but will I check out the GoogleMe social site?
Hell Yes - if it is user friendly, integrated and none of this security crap then I am there.
Will it overtake facebook? I am not sure but I am can't wait to see what it offers.
I like to stay in touch via FB for many reasons and the #1 reason is I have friends and family all over the world it seems. I have friends I have known since I was 10, I may not talk to daily or even weekly but its nice to stay up to date on everyone's life.
If you think it can be boring, you are right. If you think sometimes the posts are just ridiculous, you are right. You know what I say? Quit reading the shit then because no one is making you.
Do old friends add you just to see what you are up to say 20 years later? umm duh yeah
Do I accept them? Yes most of the time as it is fun for me to see how people have changed, grown and all the places they have been. A quick catch up is fun as well. You never know what part of the world you will be in and need a friend - relationships are key in life.
I have a good amount of friends, I mean not all of them are my BFF's or anything but I would would gladly have lunch, drinks or offer any of them a place to crash and if I wouldn't then we shouldn't be "friends" on facebook. I share my phone number on there because I once again feel if you are my friend, you should have my number or I would just delete you.
Any who....I cant wait to check out this new Google Social Page thingiemajig
snow wife
It is not length of life, but depth of life. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Monday, 14 March 2011
XOXO - huh?
These 2 letters are used so much it is mind boggling to me. It's something I am getting used to but of course I have my own spin on how I use them or don't use them.
I reserve "xo" for loved ones such as family because to me this means hugs and kisses right?
Here in the UK every text message is signed off with "x" which is obviously a sign of friendship but this is only if you believe "x" is a hugg. I don't see the English signing off with a kiss to every person they know. Or do they?
According to wikipedia I have this backwards?
Hugs and kisses is a term for a sequence of the letters X and O. The use of "X" to signify a kiss is more long-standing than the use of "O", dating back at least to 1765.
However, some believe that the symbols "X" and "O" are reversed, with "O" meaning kisses and "X" meaning hugs.
It is debatable which letter represents which act. Some interpret X as the crossed arms of a hug and O as the puckered lips of a kiss. However, the interpretation assumed in the following, in which X represents the four lips of a kiss and O the four arms of a hug, is more common. For example the Oxford English Dictionary states that X is "used to represent a kiss, esp. in
the subscription to a letter."
I think I will stick with what I know and continue to think "x" means a hug and "o" to mean a kiss. I will continue to use xoxo with my hubster and family near and far.
Not that I don't love my friends but xoxo has become over used and just seems weird to me - no offense to those who want to use it but I will reserve my kisses for the ones I do kiss hello ;-*
So do you use "x" for hugs or for kisses?
Do you reserve xoxo for family or just never use it at all?
snow white
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
Mignon McLaughlin
I reserve "xo" for loved ones such as family because to me this means hugs and kisses right?
Here in the UK every text message is signed off with "x" which is obviously a sign of friendship but this is only if you believe "x" is a hugg. I don't see the English signing off with a kiss to every person they know. Or do they?
According to wikipedia I have this backwards?
Hugs and kisses is a term for a sequence of the letters X and O. The use of "X" to signify a kiss is more long-standing than the use of "O", dating back at least to 1765.
However, some believe that the symbols "X" and "O" are reversed, with "O" meaning kisses and "X" meaning hugs.
It is debatable which letter represents which act. Some interpret X as the crossed arms of a hug and O as the puckered lips of a kiss. However, the interpretation assumed in the following, in which X represents the four lips of a kiss and O the four arms of a hug, is more common. For example the Oxford English Dictionary states that X is "used to represent a kiss, esp. in
the subscription to a letter."
I think I will stick with what I know and continue to think "x" means a hug and "o" to mean a kiss. I will continue to use xoxo with my hubster and family near and far.
Not that I don't love my friends but xoxo has become over used and just seems weird to me - no offense to those who want to use it but I will reserve my kisses for the ones I do kiss hello ;-*
So do you use "x" for hugs or for kisses?
Do you reserve xoxo for family or just never use it at all?
snow white
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
Mignon McLaughlin
Thursday, 13 January 2011
Tea is not a meal
I know I know beating a dead horse...I am going to bitch anyway - sorry.
Meals are the following in *my* world:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Dessert
NOT
Breakfast
Dinner
Tea
Supper
I despise, detest, hate and every other single bad word to describe a meal as "tea". I flat out refuse on the grounds that "tea" cannot be a meal, it is a drink. My hubster tries very hard to speak what I call normal to me but throw in the dwarfs and man it makes it hard.
I will say this, we went to the school for an event and the teacher was talking to us about one of the dwarfs eating and she called it lunch! LUNCH NOT dinner. I did BEAM just a bit and hubster even saw me smile.
Example #1:
Dwarf: What's for dinner?
Me:Roasted Chicken and Veg
Dwarf: I mean lunch
Me: Oh sandwiches
Then let's add supper *pull hair here*
Dwarf: What's for tea?
Me: You are too young for tea *smile*
Dwarf: *they laugh* and then ask whats for dinner?
After dinner it turns into:
Dwarf: whats for supper?
Me: you just ate 1 hour ago?
Hubster: Go have some cereal
These are not normal sized portions either, since a HUGE bowl of cereal is like 3 portions it is crazy. That is another rant for another day. Too many meals in my opinion as every person should have 3 meals a day and a snack when they get home from school/or midday for people who work.
Calling dinner "tea" will not leave my mouth as it sounds like craziness, maybe I will reply with "yes please, 1 sugar and a little milk"
Want to read about "tea time: in the world check out wikipedia
Anything that drives you batty tell me, I am sure I can relate. Most things I can giggle off and I don't try hard to pick up words but with dwarfs it makes it so much more complicated but I am educating them on using words such as bless you, thank you (NOT TA), My not Me and all those other things that need pronunciation like W A T E R. Heck I still call pants - underwear...I can't stop!
Oh joys a new day but please just don't ask me what's for tea ;-)
snow wife
Meals are the following in *my* world:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Dessert
NOT
Breakfast
Dinner
Tea
Supper
I despise, detest, hate and every other single bad word to describe a meal as "tea". I flat out refuse on the grounds that "tea" cannot be a meal, it is a drink. My hubster tries very hard to speak what I call normal to me but throw in the dwarfs and man it makes it hard.
I will say this, we went to the school for an event and the teacher was talking to us about one of the dwarfs eating and she called it lunch! LUNCH NOT dinner. I did BEAM just a bit and hubster even saw me smile.
Example #1:
Dwarf: What's for dinner?
Me:Roasted Chicken and Veg
Dwarf: I mean lunch
Me: Oh sandwiches
Then let's add supper *pull hair here*
Dwarf: What's for tea?
Me: You are too young for tea *smile*
Dwarf: *they laugh* and then ask whats for dinner?
After dinner it turns into:
Dwarf: whats for supper?
Me: you just ate 1 hour ago?
Hubster: Go have some cereal
These are not normal sized portions either, since a HUGE bowl of cereal is like 3 portions it is crazy. That is another rant for another day. Too many meals in my opinion as every person should have 3 meals a day and a snack when they get home from school/or midday for people who work.
Calling dinner "tea" will not leave my mouth as it sounds like craziness, maybe I will reply with "yes please, 1 sugar and a little milk"
Want to read about "tea time: in the world check out wikipedia
Anything that drives you batty tell me, I am sure I can relate. Most things I can giggle off and I don't try hard to pick up words but with dwarfs it makes it so much more complicated but I am educating them on using words such as bless you, thank you (NOT TA), My not Me and all those other things that need pronunciation like W A T E R. Heck I still call pants - underwear...I can't stop!
Oh joys a new day but please just don't ask me what's for tea ;-)
snow wife
Sunday, 24 October 2010
It's your funeral
Everyone jokes how when you get married it's your funeral and life as you know it will cease to exist - well I will break the code of silence and say yep they are right...Not in the negative way you think though...
When you decide to get married and spend your life with that right person your world as you do know it DOES cease to exist. You are no longer single or all about me but it becomes a "we" and everything you do can affect your loving partner, so you must always think before you just willy nilly do something.
It is a funeral of your single life as you can't jet off for the weekend with your friends and party until your face falls off without really talking to your partner right? Ok that was a trick question you ALWAYS should talk to them because that is respect just FYI...
I love a good weekend away with friends as much as the next person but always respect your better half and communicate.
I have a pretty wonderful relationship with my husband and we do communicate so we are on pretty much on the same page. Everyone has a different way to communicate pending on the conversation. Take me? You piss me off I don't yell or scream but I just get quiet. I am upset or missing something and I get quiet again. I am like a baby you must figure out who I am and what my moods are and that is a marriage - figuring it out. Knowing when to say sorry and knowing when to shut the hell up also helps. Knowing when you need a few glasses of wine to really get something off your chest...Knowing when to find the right moment to say something that could been seen as negative...Knowing when to hug your partner and agree, just be glad you talked about it...Knowing when NOT to talk about something that is too fresh or raw - NOW that takes skill.
I am kinda glad my single person died as I gained a much better and happier married lady....but I am not just a wife - remember that...
Newlyweds become oldyweds, and oldyweds are the reasons that families work.
~Author Unknown
the wife
When you decide to get married and spend your life with that right person your world as you do know it DOES cease to exist. You are no longer single or all about me but it becomes a "we" and everything you do can affect your loving partner, so you must always think before you just willy nilly do something.
It is a funeral of your single life as you can't jet off for the weekend with your friends and party until your face falls off without really talking to your partner right? Ok that was a trick question you ALWAYS should talk to them because that is respect just FYI...
I love a good weekend away with friends as much as the next person but always respect your better half and communicate.
I have a pretty wonderful relationship with my husband and we do communicate so we are on pretty much on the same page. Everyone has a different way to communicate pending on the conversation. Take me? You piss me off I don't yell or scream but I just get quiet. I am upset or missing something and I get quiet again. I am like a baby you must figure out who I am and what my moods are and that is a marriage - figuring it out. Knowing when to say sorry and knowing when to shut the hell up also helps. Knowing when you need a few glasses of wine to really get something off your chest...Knowing when to find the right moment to say something that could been seen as negative...Knowing when to hug your partner and agree, just be glad you talked about it...Knowing when NOT to talk about something that is too fresh or raw - NOW that takes skill.
I am kinda glad my single person died as I gained a much better and happier married lady....but I am not just a wife - remember that...
Newlyweds become oldyweds, and oldyweds are the reasons that families work.
~Author Unknown
the wife
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