I am married to somewhat of a wordsmith.  My husband has an excellent understanding of the English language.  I often call him when I need to know the meaning of a word, or the proper way to say something.  A few months ago he said “there’s a whole nother one it there” speaking about something we were having for dinner.  NOTHER is not a word.  He laughed at his mistake.  I started noticing that a lot of people (including myself sometimes) use this word, or phrase.  It has become my pet peeve.    I am sure I have become some people’s pet peeve because I am now always correcting them.   Today I went to dictionary.com and this is what it said     (nŭth‘ər)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Informal
Other. Usually used in the phrase a whole nother, as in the sentence That’s a whole nother story.


[From alteration of another (interpreted as a nother).]

And by the way, when I did spell check on this post it highlighted nother! 

Cole is almost 2 and is getting to that stage where leaving the house, going to bed, or pretty much anything takes 5 times longer than it needs to.  He kisses everything including the doorknobs goodbye and goodnight.  But, I do admit, the way he loves on Peanut (our American Brown Dog) is pretty sweet.  He loves her so much.  He will lay on the dog bed with her and cuddle (gross, a little, but still sweet).  I took this photo yesterday without him really knowing.  He was just chilling out with his arm around her and it was so funny I had to take a picture and thought I should share.  Enjoy!

Some might say I am brave to put a picture of myself like this on my blog.  Hey, we ALL dressed this way in the ’80′s, I was quite stylish!  I have been spending some time (too much, really) on this addictive site  Facebook.  I am sure you have all heard of it, and if you have not joined, get with the program people.  Anyway, several of my high school friends are members and we have had fun reconnecting and catching up over the internet.  One of my old friends posted some “old school pictures” on her wall.  I think anyone who works in an office was probably closing their doors so no one would hear how loud they were laughing and come look to see how bad they looked in high school.

I am seeing a lot of designers going back in time, I guess that is the way it has always been in the fashion world.  I just really think the 80′s styles were HORRIBLE and I can’t believe we would want to go back there.  My hair stylist told me last night that the rule is “If you have already lived through it once, you shouldn’t do it again”  Thank GOODNESS that is the case.  Otherwise, I would be considering perming my hair, curling under my bangs, wearing legwarmers, floral,  and more that I can’t even think about.  Except for a good laugh!

This picture was taken in 1986 I think, before digital cameras so it is not the highest quality photo, but I think you can get the picture!