Spelling and Sparkles

I have been writing the word "catalog" more than usual lately (see my second topic) and I couldn't figure out for the life of me why the word looked funny. As an English teacher with a tendency toward spelling errors, I'm usually paranoid about these sorts of things. (Side note: being a poor speller makes you a walking thesaurus--when you don't know how to spell a word, often times you just search your brain for a synonym you do know how to spell). In any case, I sat pondering the word "catalog" today until I finally figured out my problem. I had spelled it in the English form, "catalogue." I already spell theater "theatre" out of habit from seeing my Shakespeare professor do so countless times. I'm sure there are other words I mess up. I am becoming my worst nightmare...those snotty English majors who think they're too good for even American English! Pretty soon I'm going to be throwing in obscure Faulkner references into everyday conversations (God help us all then)! These are the kinds of people we made fun of as English Ed. majors...those English "purists" who were too good to consider teaching the masses their vast quantities of literary knowledge and vocabulary prowess. Hopefully this is not me; hopefully I'm just a transatlantically poor speller instead of just a poor speller. (And yes, I just made up the word "transatlantically." When you're a teacher you can do those kinds of things. Jealous now English majors, aren't you?!)

In other news, I just made my crazy-busy life even more insane. What can I say, I'm a glutten for punishment (and semi-desperate for money). I'm still teaching middle school at Concord Christian (Academy now, not School). I'll also be starting my second of ten classes needed to complete my Master's Degree online at Penn State. And I am now selling jewelry made by Premier Designs! It's a Christian company that sells affordable, quality jewelry through home shows (much like Mary Kay, Tupperware, etc.). It's a flexible form of income (as I can book as few shows as my schedule allows or as many as I can get) and the benefits for both me as a jeweler and other women who want to hosting the parties are amazing! Life is certainly busy, but I'm excited for all of it.

Shameless plug: ladies, let me know if you're interested in seeing a catalogue or hosting a party in your house!