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Wow, I am really excited.
Why?
Because I just added the Grammar Girl widget to my left sidebar. Whup whup. I'm a big fan of Grammar Girl and regularly either read her posts or listen to her podcasts. I also own her book, "Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing." It is also very likely that I will soon own her second book, "The Grammar Devotional," sometime in the near future.
*Did I mention that I'm purchasing books, movies, and music all the time now for FREE? Yes, you should all check out Swagbucks. (AND JOIN THROUGH MY LINK SO I GET A REFERRAL.) Honestly, even if I didn't get referrals, I would still recommend this site. (Check out my post and explanation of the site when I started.) I personally choose to spend my swagbucks on Amazon gift cards that I spend on the items I listed above. Yay.
Back to grammar.
Oh, AND, if I ever get a chance to teach a high school journalism class, I would definitely use this reference in the classroom.
Soo...if any of you are as excited as I am—and you should be—just scroll down a tiny bit and THERE IT WILL BE. Right there in my left sidebar. It has taken the place of the outdated Summer Songs 2009 music playlist that has not actually shown up since Imeem shut down. (That was a very sad day. Plus now Lala is dying, which means I am dying too. Come on music industry!)
What will it do? Why, I am so glad you asked.
The widget will display the titles and play the audio clips for the ten most recent episodes of the Grammar Girl podcast show. Users clicking the “Listen” button in the widget as it appears on my site will be able to listen to the complete podcast episode without leaving my blog.
That's right—you don't even have to leave my blog. You can stay all day long. You can read all of my years and years of entries. What? I'm the only one that occassionally does that? I guess I can accept that.
Yes, I am very busy right now. I am only distracting myself from the craziness that is life by posting about perhaps the most insignificant thing I did today. Perhaps you'll get to know about the significant things in...meh, two weeks? Maybe three. OK, maybe four, just to be safe. :)
May 12, 2010
May 5, 2010
a quick update
I am not doing well at my blogging lately, but here are just a couple quick updates on the life of Karianne.
1. I am running my first race of any kind this Satuday—Race for the Cure in Salt Lake. We have a team with people in my ward who are running for a girl in my ward with cancer right now.
2. Last Saturday I attended yet another dance workshop at the Repertory Dance Theater in Salt Lake. The blisters on my toes were the worse they'd ever been so I was little worried about my upcoming race. But here it is Wednesday and while there are still dark circles on the bottoms of my toes, they don't hurt. I think my 3.2 mile run shall go smoothly.
3. I am experiencing my first week as the 1st counselor in my Relief Society. Yes, I was a little surprised at the call. We have an entirely new presidency and a ton of new girls (recent boundary changes), so we have a bit of work to do to hit the ground running. Plus many of the girls who were moved out of our ward with the change were in callings in our Relief Society. So as the education counselor, you can bet I was THRILLED to find that we have NO teachers and NO music people for the Sunday meetings. I had called the one remaining teacher we thought we had left to make sure she was still teaching the lesson this Sunday. She called back saying she had decided to move randomly and would be leaving this Thursday. She would come back to teach for us, but she was also going to be out of town for a wedding. After calling both the listed pianist and music coordinator, I found that they both had been released in JANUARY. But I'm happy to say that I have a teacher and music for Sunday already. Whew. Hopefully this becomes smoother soon.
4. I am deciding where to live come August. I realize it will jump up on me faster than I realize...but hey, that's life. I've been leaning towards moving lately, but we shall see. It seems like just when I get comfortable in my new calling, I might have to move. Hmmm...
5. There are so many other things that I'm not comfortable discussing on here anymore. Several factors play into that.
6. Susie, my sister missionary, (take that either way) is returning August 6th. You can bet I am excited. Mckay will be coming to BYU for summer term in June. I am also excited about that. I am planning to go out to Virginia in August for Susie's return. Some friends and I are discussing a big road trip, buuut it might take more time than I have available. I do have some built-up PTO to use, but again, many factors play into that.
7. I turned 24 last month. I had a WONDERFUL birthday and was so pleasantly surprised by all the people who showed up to celebrate with me. I loved and appreciated so much everything everyone did for me.
8. La la lalala. That is all for here.
1. I am running my first race of any kind this Satuday—Race for the Cure in Salt Lake. We have a team with people in my ward who are running for a girl in my ward with cancer right now.
2. Last Saturday I attended yet another dance workshop at the Repertory Dance Theater in Salt Lake. The blisters on my toes were the worse they'd ever been so I was little worried about my upcoming race. But here it is Wednesday and while there are still dark circles on the bottoms of my toes, they don't hurt. I think my 3.2 mile run shall go smoothly.
3. I am experiencing my first week as the 1st counselor in my Relief Society. Yes, I was a little surprised at the call. We have an entirely new presidency and a ton of new girls (recent boundary changes), so we have a bit of work to do to hit the ground running. Plus many of the girls who were moved out of our ward with the change were in callings in our Relief Society. So as the education counselor, you can bet I was THRILLED to find that we have NO teachers and NO music people for the Sunday meetings. I had called the one remaining teacher we thought we had left to make sure she was still teaching the lesson this Sunday. She called back saying she had decided to move randomly and would be leaving this Thursday. She would come back to teach for us, but she was also going to be out of town for a wedding. After calling both the listed pianist and music coordinator, I found that they both had been released in JANUARY. But I'm happy to say that I have a teacher and music for Sunday already. Whew. Hopefully this becomes smoother soon.
4. I am deciding where to live come August. I realize it will jump up on me faster than I realize...but hey, that's life. I've been leaning towards moving lately, but we shall see. It seems like just when I get comfortable in my new calling, I might have to move. Hmmm...
5. There are so many other things that I'm not comfortable discussing on here anymore. Several factors play into that.
6. Susie, my sister missionary, (take that either way) is returning August 6th. You can bet I am excited. Mckay will be coming to BYU for summer term in June. I am also excited about that. I am planning to go out to Virginia in August for Susie's return. Some friends and I are discussing a big road trip, buuut it might take more time than I have available. I do have some built-up PTO to use, but again, many factors play into that.
7. I turned 24 last month. I had a WONDERFUL birthday and was so pleasantly surprised by all the people who showed up to celebrate with me. I loved and appreciated so much everything everyone did for me.
8. La la lalala. That is all for here.
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