be a professional. a quick write/right up.

I cannot stand when 50 year old corporate types make third grade grammar mistakes. If everyone would take a minute to brush up on a few rules, they and their respective organizations would greatly benefit. Here is how I feel, if you cannot spell, speak and write correctly, why would I buy anything from you or trust anything you're saying? Correction: I stop reading after the second grammar splice.

CopyBlogger wrote this post, "Five Grammatical Errors that Make You Look DUMB," and I couldn't agree more. Number one is my biggest peeve. Sheesh people, if you would take a minute to just think about the contraction it would make sense and you would never get it wrong again.

1. Your vs. You’re

This one drives me insane, and it’s become extremely common among bloggers. All it takes to avoid this error is to take a second and think about what you’re trying to say.

“Your” is a possessive pronoun, as in “your car” or “your blog.” “You’re” is a contraction for “you are,” as in “you’re screwing up your writing by using your when you really mean you are.”

Read the rest of the post for the other top five.

2. Its vs. It's

3.There vs. Their

4. Affect vs. Effect

5. The dangling participle

USA!

Watching the footage of 9.11 yesterday and attending the anniversary mass at my church certainly caused a few tears.

As sad as it was to watch the devastation and horrendous acts of terrorism, it was even more moving to watch the heroes jump into action and fight for our country. Seeing people come together for strangers and in a moment of panic and confusion, choose protecting a stranger over themselves brings tears to my eyes and chills to my body.

USA! USA!

Fall Fashion

Beyond football and the break from 100 degree heat, I love fall for its fashion. Boots, skinny jeans, cardigans and tunics are my favorite items. Since my closet is already stock full of said items, I just need to do a little updating to diversify the wardrobe.

Cathy Jean is hands down my favorite boot store for something stylish and long lasting. I have several boots, flat and small heeled, riding and buckled, black and brown, but they all come to my mid-calf or ankle. This year I am going to get a casual short boot like so-

 

Another item that I love for its ability to go from work to play is a tunic.Check out this shiny one from Zara. (the picture makes it look more glittery, but it is just a shimmered thread).

For work it would look great tucked with a pencil skirt or trousers and for evening you could go un-tucked with skinnies, a belt or jewelry.

SEC- it stands for SouthEASTERN Conference

With rumors circulating for weeks on Texas A&M joining the SEC, it looks as though an invitation was extended and here they come. Now, I am not bothered by having another team, competitor, etc. I am bothered because unlike other conferences, ours is truly about location and tradition. We are certainly competitive, but we have something in common (for the most part, sorry UF, everyone knows Florida isn't really the South) with our Southeastern ways, that other regions and schools just can't understand. College football isn't a sport, it's a lifestyle. Texas A&M, please stay west of the Mississippi and leave the SEC to the region who has perfected tradition and beauty.