Suburbia: where they tear out the trees & then name streets after them.

BAHAHAHA Okay. So I just saw that quote somewhere. And I laughed, and then I realized...

Back home in Old Saybrook, I live on Dogwood Lane, which is off of Briarwood, which connects to Forest Glen, which is off of Maple Avenue.

Fail, suburbia, FAIL. Next time I hear about anything with Old Saybrook "going green" and preserving shit I'm going to bring THIS to the attention of the town hall. See what they have to say about THAT.


LOL..


So something that has been bothering me lately is people not being able to say "no" to an RSVP. If you can't attend my party, I don't really care, but don't tell me that you can and then not show up just because you don't want to say "no". When did telling someone "NO" become a rude thing in our society? This is really freakin' annoying.

Now if Aaron tells me "No, you can't have a kitten." or "No, you are not getting a new necklace for our anniversary." then well, thats just him being silly and putting himself in a very dangerous position.

Kidding.

Maybe......

But really, you can say "no" to someone. I would rather you tell me that you can't come for no other reason than you just can't come, than tell me that you are coming, and not show up. THAT is more rude than saying no. By that point I have already accounted for you coming and now you are probably wasting my time and money.

ALSO.

Being in Hawaii, most of us, if not all, know many many people back on the mainland. We throw parties here, with direct sale companies like Pampered Chef and Scentsy, and we make Facebook events to advertise said parties to get the most sales we can. NOW. If the party is being held in Hawaii, and you live in Minnesota, its probably safe to say you are not going to make it out to Hawaii just for this party. THEREFORE, we have a little thing called RSVP in which you should state that, "No, I am not attending." Please, for the love of all things holy, don't say that you are attending. If you have intentions to purchase from the party online, that's great. But it would be best for you to decline the actual party invite and then write that you intend to purchase online. This way, the hostess is not seeing that 12 people are attending, purchase food for those 12 people, only to realize that 10 of those people are from the mainland.

**DISCLAIMER: If family or best friends RSVP to my stuff and say that they are coming, I know its just because they plan to teleport themselves here for those 3 hours that the party is going on because they just love me so much. This is completely acceptable.

So, moral of the story, its okay to tell someone "no."

I do it everyday!

"Can I buy a new video game?"


NO!