Hear that humming in the background? Not yet? Listen carefully...its the unmistakeable sound of the holiday treadmill warming up...going just a little faster each day, until it hits warp speed and all of us are running around out of breath. Next week is Thanksgiving, for Pete's sake! How did that happen? Makes me wish that life had an emergency stop button like a treadmill.
This is the time of year that I start kicking myself for not starting my shopping earlier, planning menus sooner, etc. Each year I swear that I will take more control and procrastinate less, and breeze through the Holidays with a beautifully decorated house, special appetizers, cute cookies, stylish outfits and aplomb. Just like all those people on Pinterest do. You know Pinterest? That place where all the Martha Stewart wannabees and food bloggers post photos of their latest creations to show us all how we should be living?
Hear the humming yet?
I DO get a kick out of Pinterest. I especially like reading the short snippet comments below the pictures about how this or that is "literally so good that your head will explode". As if that would that be an incentive to try something? Sounds painful to me. Perhaps I am taking the comment too literally.
It's my new favorite grammatical pet peeve. Literally. Every time I read or hear someone say something like "I literally fell out of my chair", I think to myself: Did it hurt? Maybe they just felt silly and literally wanted to die of embarrassment.
I am still annoyed by the mis-use of your and you're. I get riled up about the improper employment of their, there and they're. Don't get me going about to and too or its and it's. These little trip-ups literally make me insane. Well, maybe not literally. (Or maybe yes, literally...I am not a qualified diagnostician). But nothing has come close to my new obsession with the epidemic mis-use of "literally".
I literally want to pull my hair out. I could literally shake these people until their eyes pop out of their heads.
The point is, literally should be used much less than it is these days. And then, only when the speaker is trying to paint a graphic mental picture of what REALLY happened or what they REALLY want to happen. Literally. Otherwise, what is probably intended is "figuratively". Not as sexy a word, I'll grant you that. Literally doesn't roll off the tongue quite as smoothly. Perhaps "metaphorically" should come back into vogue? At least that one sounds brainy. I have promised to re-pin any recipes or pictures that use the word metaphorically in their description. Whether I like the featured food or not.
Anyhow....I have literally thousands (yes, literally) of pictures and recipes to hurry up and pin so that I know what I should look like, how my house should smell, and what I should be serving my guests as the Holiday treadmill picks up speed. So I will close this message, with a reminder to get started on your shopping...place your custom orders soon to ensure they will be ready for Christmas. Shop local whenever possible----you will literally have the thanks of your small business owner neighbors.
A new Piece of the Week is posted. No particular tie in to this week's message. An unusual pairing of pearls with copper---avant garde styling that goes perfectly with cookie baking, garland-twisting, cranberry sauce making, light stringing, card signing, gift wrapping and all those other things on your to-do list. Or Pinterest boards.
Hear that humming sound yet?
Kim
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