The “he exclaimed” and “he admonished” and “she cried” become like a child saying your name over and over. Can you figure out what the problem is?Įlmore Leonard said, Never use any word other than “said” as dialogue tags. But she makes the same mistake throughout all four novels. Notice anything? I took these dialogue snippets from a few pages I randomly selected. “He's been too modest, actually,” I corrected. “I hope you haven't been showing off-it's rude,” she scolded. “You do smell nice, I never noticed before,” she commented. “Your family is going to think I'm insane anyway, what's the difference?” “So much for being good at everything,” he sighed. “ What am I going to do with you?” he groaned in exasperation. “You… made… me… faint,” I accused him dizzily. “You are utterly indecent-no one should look so tempting, it's not fair.” Why else would every woman under thirty own a copy and/or have a fantasy of a long, dark night with Edward Cullen? I flew through the movies, and then flew through the books, finally finishing them last night. By the time I figured it out, it was too late. “You know what this is?” my wife said, a smug smile on her face. The program looked familiar but I couldn't put my name on it. The only choice was to flip through the television, skipping through the Spanish telemundos for the rare American channel.

It all started when my wife and I spent the evening holed up in a Puerto Vallartan hotel room while the rain ruined our vacation. It is so embarrassing I almost want to post under a pseudonym in case anyone reads this in twenty years and judges me. You know how I love putting names on my stuff so I really like the customised name labels that we got from Bright Star Kids.I committed a shameful act this last week. The set of labels and height charts that we choose They also came just in time to label my girl's school stuff for her first year at Primary School. There were many labels to choose from so I'll share those that we liked and therefore ordered. There are other combinations of course so do browse and choose the ones you like. Pre-School & Daycare Labels Kit (170 Labels)Īlthough the name says 'Pre-School', I found that the labels included in this kit was suitable for my girl's primary school needs. I later changed the colour to baby pink because I thought it suited my girl better Just type in your child's name, choose the colour and font and a sample of the label will be displayed on the right.Ĭhoosing a colour from the list of colours The 170 labels consisted of Large, Small, Tiny, Feet Shoe and Iron-On Clothing Labels. The shoe labels come with a transparent seal that provides an additional protection for the labels I also used the tiny labels to label her shoes as the insole was too bumpy for the shoe labels The tiny labels were perfect for her stationery Labelling my girl's primary one textbooks The actual label kit consisting of Large, Small, Tiny and Feet Shoe labels The actual product ( Baby Pink) is a lot pinker than what I chose on the website.

We bought my girl's school shoes from her school's bookshop, which meant almost everyone in her school had the same pair. To differentiate hers from the rest, we stuck the Shoe Labels on her insoles. You can also choose the font and colour of the Iron-On labels. It takes a bit of practice trying to iron something so small but was still manageable for me. I ironed a label for all of her uniforms. This kit differs from the previous one in that it does not have the Shoe and Iron-On labels (my boy did not require them).

We chose Baby Blue for my boy because this mama loves stereotypical colours for my kids (whatever, I'm the mother ^_^).

Stuck on you labels vs itsmine labels