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There is only one Clyde!

 So my neighbor is pregnant with a boy and she recently asked me if Steve and I would be mad if they named him Clyde. My response was" Clyde is a good name" and said nothing else.  She then asked again a couple days later she asked again and I said "as long as you are comfortable knowing our Clyde is the real one." Her asking me evoked a feeling of possessiveness. I wanted to say no I would not feel comfortable with you guys naming your son Clyde please find another name. So I ask you readers how do you feel about it? Do you think I am being silly? Before you answer that please read my reasons why I did not grant her permission. Also if you do want to name your child a name thats already been used by someone you frequently interact with what is protocol? Do you ask for permission? If who you ask says they aren't that happy with it, do you then respect their wishes? Well I am going to answer those questions I have posed and feel free to agree and/or disagree with me. 

1.  Here is some background on  me. My name is Jill. I enjoyed growing up having a well known name that no one else ever had so there sparked my desire to do the same for my own Children.

2. For me when someone I know uses a name I automatically take if off my list for use. So I find it odd when people do not do the same.

3. I have a sister named Julie I also have a first cousin named Julie. Growing up it just never sat right with me.

 Okay so not far into this obnoxious rant I realized something, I am possessive of the name June and Clyde. When I was pregnant with June before we knew the sex I had a dream I was having a girl and that her name was to be June. It felt (silly as it might seem) like a spiritual experience, something divine bestowed a name on my Baby Girl. With Clyde, the same thing only Steve wanted to name Clara, Clyde only she was a dainty girl. So when I was pregnant with Clyde I knew it was a boy (but not sure I wanted to name him Clyde)  I had a dream one night there was a little blond haired boy running around the house and I was calling him Clyde. So there it is If you want to name your daughter Clara go ahead I chose her name from a baby book in the hospital. If you want to name your daughter June or your son Clyde and we are good friends. Just let me know ahead of time. I will be able to come to terms with it. I know I am not the inventor of those names, just a neurotic mom with a lot of bigger issues I prefer to avoid and instead focus on the unimportant ones. Thanks for your time.  

The Story of The Tall Pirate

There once was a little girl named June who liked to dress up as a pirate. All the other little girls in her class( and there were many) loved to be princesses and fairies and anything that was pretty. Not June, she liked to wear her pirate clothes. Thats not all she truly believed in piracy(though she didn't practice it). She waited for authorization from an authority to claim what her heart desired. She liked the freedom of being a pirate. No expectations of niceness or good manners yet she was still nice and had good manners. Some believe because of all the joy and freedom she felt, she began to grow taller than all the others. 

  You can see June the Pirate walking around Brea sometimes you might comment to yourself "she is very tall" maybe you should rephrase it to "she is very happy."

TAG-A-ROO

Kristyn tagged me. This seemed fun here is what you do...

1. go to your my pictures site on your computer

2. go to the 6th file

3. go to the 6th pic

4. blog about it

5. tag 6 people

Well this is my picture. It is one of Steves halls. I have never been to this hall and no little about it. So I decided I would either blog about my 5th file 5th pic or 7th file 7th pic. I decided to go w/ the 5th one before I looked at either one, because that is the fun of this tag. Well I instantly regretted it.

I know what you are thinking "Jill- that is what is so great about digital cameras. You can look at the picture and if it looks like that you delete it. You do not upload it to your computer and then post it on your blog just because it is a picture of you and June on Christmas morning 2004." To be honest I kept it because I took an equally bad picture of Steve that same morning so it was tit for tat. ( you can see our Live Christmas tree  behind me. I thought I would do my part to save the planet. After Christmas I planted it in the backyard and despite daily waterings it died five months later. I have not done a live christmas tree since. )  

I tag...

1. Julie H.

2. Colt

3. Emilia

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Highlights of '08

..Here are my top 10 events of 2008!

10. My car breaking down on the way to our family reunion about 20 miles outside of Blythe it was 115 degrees and a big-rig that was transporting budweiser  picked us up and dropped us off at a Holiday Inn Express. My sister Julie, her in-laws have a house at the river- she was on  her way out there. She called her husband Ryan who was already at the river to meet her in Blythe at Dennys (where we were eating) they then let us take their car on to our family reunion in eastern Arizona. Thank you again Julie and Ryan you guys are good people.

9. The car I previously spoke of is a VW the engine blew up as a result of sludge. We were told that even though it is under warranty and we had all our oil change records they would not cover it. It would cost us $6,000 to replace the engine. A man that worked there suggested that we call customer service. They were very nice unlike the manager at the dealership. They took care of it at no cost to us. Thank you VW customer care lady!

8. Going to the Getty when the Bernini exhibit was there. If you are not familiar with Bernini he was a genius. He is credited with defining baroque art. Most of his more famous works stayed in Rome or could not be moved( i.e St.Peters, Apollo and Daphne)  While it was his lesser known work it was magnificent. He had a way of capturing the soul and encasing it in stone. I actually cried looking at his emotion filled art- something I had not done in almost a year. Thank you Gian Lorenzo Bernini! Because of you I can cry again.

7. The return of my sister Jessica from Utah. She now lives in Brea and I love having her close. Thank you Utah for being so lame Jessica wanted to come back!

6.&5. The birth of Lyla and Henry. Thanks Julie and Kristyn for multiplying and replenishing with your husbands.

4. On my 29th B-day we went and ate at Lala's then went dancing at The Shortstop where D.J. Lance Rock was spinning records that made me feel like it was 1979! Thank you Mom for giving birth to me and thank you Dad for insisting that my name be Jill and not Tiffany or Cheyenne!!

3. Clyde and Sheldons 1st Birthday. It was at the Brea Plunge . Rodney wowed us with his culinary expertise. Good food and good friends. It was the best birthday party  ever . All who were in attendance I think agree. Thank you to everyone who came!

2. Walking to the park with my kids a car full of guys leaving the skate park yelled out "MILF" to me. While this being extremely inappropriate it still made me smile. Thank you nasty boys for making me feel like I am a hot mom!

1. Celebrating mine and Steve's 7 year anniversary. Thank you Steve-you know how to treat me like a lady. I love you!   

Thank You 2008. I had some fun times with you. 

Disgraceful!

I apologize for my lack of posting. I will resume shortly. 

Thanks Ruth!

I have been wanting to get our family pictures taken and I built all our outfits around a cute robot sweater- vest I bought for Clyde at Old Navy and of course it is the one thing I could not find when picture time came. Beside that minor setback the pictures turned out fantastic. Ruth thank you so much!