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Mail for Henry & Me*

November 26th, 2008 by monnibo | Alongs, BBAW, Books, Pets, Whiskers on Wednesday

[Grab a cup of tea/coffee, there's some back story to this mail and Whiskers on Wednesday.]

Back during BBAW (Book Blogger Appreciation Week), I was contacted by Amy of My Friend Amy regarding making awards for the winners. Later, Trish of Hey Lady! Whatcha readin’? contacted me to make a Queen Blogger award for Amy, for all her hard work during BBAW.

Of course I was more than happy to pitch in! Then afterward, as a thanks, Trish & Amy sent me an Amazon gift certificate! It was completely unnecessary but I was quite thrilled! Thanks again ladies! P.S. please don’t think you’re obligated to send me gift certificates if I offer to make a graphic for you. A link/credit back to here is quite enough.

Well, Amazon certainly has quick shipping! I was interested in the books… but that’s not what Henry was sticking around for…

I chose The Queen’s Fool, The Virgin’s Lover, and The Constant Princess (to keep The Other Boleyn Girl and The Boleyn Inheritance company):

But Henry was more interested in the box aka neck scratcher:

… and then the camera:

*Yes, this title of this post IS grammatically correct. I learned WHY in Grammar Class (neeerd!). You always hear, “It’s ‘you and I’ because it’s impolite to say ‘me and you’.” However, both are correct! If you take out the other party in the sentence, does it still make sense? Example: “Mail for Henry and I” becomes “Mail for I” which sounds stupid. However, if I said “Henry and I got mail”, that sounds fine as “I got mail” not “Henry and me got mail” or “me got mail”. Just an interesting factoid.

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11 responses about “Mail for Henry & Me*”

  1. Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit) said:
    November 26th, 2008 at 10:30 am

    What a great group of books you got. Congrats. I love Henry’s interest in boxes…my cat is interested in paper bags from the grocery store.

  2. Chan said:
    November 26th, 2008 at 11:42 am

    I haven’t read The Virgin’s Lover. Let me know how it is…

  3. Terrie said:
    November 26th, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    Great books! I love getting stuff in the mail and Charlie is the same as Henry…she loves the boxes :D

  4. Lezlie said:
    November 26th, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    That is a good grammar tip. I have to explain it to my friends all the time! :-)

    Lezlie

  5. Ruth said:
    November 26th, 2008 at 2:06 pm

    Oh no…another member of the Grammar Police! Good thing I’m not likely to offend. :-)

  6. Beth said:
    November 26th, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    My sister’s cat has to ‘inspect’ every parcel that comes in the house. Once she claimed a box I brought in before I even opened it. Once the original contents were out in she hopped and it’s been her box ever since.

    On another note, I have tagged you for scattegories. I tried to tag you yesterday (my time) but it wouldn’t post. Hopefully this one does.

  7. Leigh said:
    November 26th, 2008 at 5:37 pm

    Thanks for the encouragement :)
    Oh, and I love the grammar factoid. I can’t stand it when my friends label Facebook pictures with “Leigh and I shopping downtown” or something. Irks me to no end!

  8. Bubblesknits said:
    November 26th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

    Huh…I didn’t know that. Well, I say I don’t. I might have at one time. lol Anyhow, you’ll have to let me know how those books are. I’ve read The Other Boleyn Girl and really liked it. :-)

  9. Julia said:
    November 27th, 2008 at 11:24 am

    I wanted to read The Other Boyeln Girl but saw the movie first and now I’m not sure if I still want to read it.
    Don’t give up on The Friday Night Knitting Club yet! It gets better as you go along.
    Also, please don’t judge my grammer to hard. I know it’s not my strong suit.

  10. Fern said:
    November 29th, 2008 at 6:00 am

    I learned your grammar tip too this week, but I learned it differently! I learned that the way to decide what is correct is to remove the other person. If Henry were nothing to do with it, you’d say ‘Books for me!’, so ‘Books for Henry and me!’, but if it was ‘Henry and I received books!’, then that would be correct because you’d say ‘I received books!’, not ‘Me received books!’

    Maybe it’s a rule with lots of rules…gah.

  11. Marie said:
    December 1st, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    It’s always fun to receive an Amazon box. I have 2 of her books, but haven’t gotten around to reading them yet.

    Interesting grammar tip!

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