I do like my name! I didn't always like it as much as I do now, but I don't think I ever disliked it. I'm not named after a person, and I'm not sure exactly how my parents chose the name, but as far as I know, the town of Kimberley, BC played a part, and it's how they chose to spell my name.
We have four children. Our oldest son is kind of named after my husband and his father. They both have the name Henry, but I said I was NOT going to have Henry III or VIII. My husband really liked the name Harrison and his dad had always gone by Harry, so Harrison it was. His middle name is the name of my husband's best friend. Our second son got the name Spencer just because we liked it, but his middle name is after my husband's uncle. Our third son is Landon - again, just because we liked it, and his middle name Joseph is a name I liked - both the sound and the meaning. (It wasn't until he was about a week old that I noticed the city park next to the hospital that I drove by all the time was named after Landon someone-or-other who I supposed had been a mayor or founder or something. So maybe driving by so often had put that name into my subconscious?) Our daughter has perhaps the strangest name origin story. She is named Kennady Anne, after my husband's favorite hockey team, the Montreal Canadiens. Really!
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| Why am I slouching? We visited Kimberley, BC in 2013 so the kids could see the town their mum was named for. Purportedly. |
Red velvet cake. I love ice cream, but my tummy doesn't any more so plain vanilla isn't worth it for me. And blueberries aren't my favorite berries. I like them a lot better when they are mixed with other berries. An alternative red, white, or blue dessert that I'd choose . . . cherry pie, or raspberry sorbet.
3. What's a job you'd like to try for just one day?
Assuming I'd somehow magically have the necessary knowledge or qualifications to actually do the job on my one day, I might like to try being a museum docent, or do something in the editing or publishing field.
Not much, since I'm trying to get things packed up. I had a little garden flag out front, and there are a couple flags displayed indoors. There's some red, white, and blue patriotic decor on my dining room table that hasn't been packed up just yet. We plan on purchasing a new USA flag to fly in front of our new house as soon as we move in.
Moving preparations
All kinds of checklists!
Yawning and running out of energy
A number of years ago, when I was still doing reviews of homeschool products we got a really fun review of name meaning gifts from the family business CrossTimber. Of course I remembered it when I answered the first of this week's Hodgepodge questions, and I've bought more gifts from the company since, so I thought you might like to see the original items we got and a link to the review, just for fun: Name Meaning Gifts from CrossTimber
Do you have a fun story about how your name or a family member's name was chosen? Leave a comment and let me know!
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