While eating breakfast this morning, I headed over to Joyce's blog to see what her "hodgepodge" meme questions were for the day and I enjoyed them so much I decided to put off the mopping of the floors to play along. 😊
1. Do you like your name? Are you named after someone (grandparent, etc)? If you have children how did you choose their names?
I love my name (Faith) but hated my middle name and still do (Ellen). I'm named Faith because my parents, as Christ followers and after trying for 7 years to conceive, had the "faith" that the pregnancy would go well. They first wanted Donna because the Donna Reed show was so popular in the late 50s (I was born in Dec of 59) but my cousin was named Donna and mom didn't want to copy her oldest sister. Someday I'll share the story of how my younger sisters Joy, Hope, and Jill were named.
Yes, I have two daughters. We chose their names (mostly, I did and Dave agreed) based on heritage/ancestry. Courtney Elisabeth (our oldest) is an old French gender-neutral name (representing my side of family, via my dad) and Old English (representing Dave's side of the family), meaning "of the court" or "queen-like" and she definitely was our little princess. Her middle name Elisabeth, is the Biblical spelling of Elizabeth (my mother in law's name) and spelled with the s is how my mom's middle name was spelled so both grandmothers were thrilled with what we chose. I put her name in the color of her bedroom once she turned 12 and wanted a more "grown up" look. That bedroom is now our guest/exercise room and is painted a more ocean type blue grey. Courtney was the only one in her class with that name!
My youngest daughter is Claire Rebekah. Claire is the feminine French spelling meaning "light" or "like a star" (and she has certainly shined on stage with her ballet) and it represents my side of the family (I'm half French via Dad's side) and Rebekah is a Biblical name that means "to bind" or to tie family together. It also is a name and spelling I've just always loved. I put her name in purple as when she turned 10 and wanted a room makeover, she wanted her fave color in wallpaper that looked like swirled paint. The room is now Dave's home office and the wallpaper is still up as he likes it! It's a soft lilac color and quite soothing. Claire was the only one in her class with that name, although younger friends and acquaintances have told me it's become a very popular name (Claire)
2. A piece of red velvet cake, a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a slice of blueberry pie? You can only have one...which will you choose? If you could pick any red, white, or blue dessert other than those listed here, what would you choose?
If I could only eat one of the above, it would be vanilla oatmilk ice cream with blueberries on top.
Any dessert not listed here.....hm......probably raspberries and blueberries as a fruit cup with shredded coconut on top.
3. What's a job you'd like to try for just one day?
Forensic psychologist or profiler trying to figure out the mental state of serial killers or abusers.
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| a windsock hanging off the trellis |
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| my rock/flower garden in backyard |
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| on a bookshelf in family room |
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| living room chair |
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| family room decor |
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| front flower garden |
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| Front entrance..the American flag will come down on Saturday and up will go a summer themed one but the flag will go back up for the first 2 weeks of July to celebrate Independence Day |
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| coaster in living room |
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| front yard |
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| Family room |
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| family room coasters |
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| cloth napkins in dining room |
12 comments:
Envious of your gorgeous weather. We are on day six of all day rain. I like your girl's names. Claire has become popular and I know lots of little ones with that name. For years you didn't really hear it. Love all your patriotic decor!
Nice deco! I like your name and the ones you chose for your daughters 🙂
You have a lot of cute red, white, and blue decor! I love the names you chose for your daughters. Beautiful!! I can hear it raining again . . .we've had so much rain this week.
Faith is such a beautiful name and how interesting to read about how you chose your daughters name.
Ohh! I would love a day of being a forensic psychologist! It always seems such an interesting job.
I love your patriotic décor!
That is lovely why they named you Faith. I like your daughter's names. I just went in and fixed what I wrote. I do know where my kids middle names come from. Your answer on the cake sounds good and also your answer for a job you would like to try. I love your decorations. A beach does sound nice. Dinner on the Deck sounds nice. Enjoy!
By the way, I don't have your email address so I couldn't respond to your comment. dpucci9972@gmail.com
Hi Faith. This was a fun post. I enjoyed reading about the significance of your name and the names you chose for your daughters. I love the patriotic décor you have out in your home. I hope your week is going well. See you again soon!
I've enjoyed learning about everyones names and how they came up with their childrens names. Enjoyed your patriotic photos also. I love the idea of "dinner on the deck". how fun.
I love your name. I had wanted the name Grace to be included in our daughter's name (but grandmother's name won out...). It would be interesting to hear how your sisters got their names - especially Jill:)
I love the stories on your children's names. My middle name is Elisabeth (spelled Biblical way too!) and I share that middle name with 6 generations in my family :) Love all your patriotic decor! Have a blessed week :)
Love all your decor. Our daughter is Rebecca Clare. We had a lot of debate about that name. Hubby wanted Clare but he has a sister with that name so I didn't want her to be "baby" Clare, or "little" Clare so that was a no for me. I liked Rebecca and although Hubby wasn't as sold on it as me I'd had a rough birth with her so we compromised, I got the first name I wanted and he got the middle name.
I enjoyed your name stories. I do think Courtney and Claire have both become more popular names in recent years. My grandma was Elisabeth and I always wanted to name my daughter for her - the name I had in mind was Kellie Elisabeth - but my sister had a daughter first and named her Kaylee Elisabeth so it would have been WAY too similar.
Hope you're having a great week, and enjoying beautiful weather!
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