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[chickens4gramma]

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Ya see, CR, you DO have a heart of gold, and we are sure glad you are here! Sending up prayer that your back will be better real soon. Do you have Aleve? That always helps when I tweak my back (although mine is just old muscles, not spinal). Hope you find relief soon.

 

[Kaneke]

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might I suggest giving a girl a "traditional" sort of name that has multiple nicknames? then she will be fine as an adult with a "serious" name should she decide to enter the workplace, yet she will be fine with a shortened name that fits her better ..

you know, Elizabeth, Barbara, Katherine (I'd stay away from too many C names, but that's just me), Theresa, Margaret, et cetera

watch out to make sure her initials don't spell anything embarrassing (almost happened to me, I had to quick-change a chosen middle name for DS #2) -- and yell the full name out a few times to see if it sounds okay when you later yell out the back door ....

I did that with Chloe's name. Yell it out I mean. Chloe elizabeth. Im so glad I did too, because Im yelling it ALL the time. lol Or at least I feel like I yell it out allot. lol

One name I have been tossing around in my head is Stephene, spelt wrong on purpose. But I cant seem to come up with a middle name that fits. But if I decide on stephene, then I need to keep it a secret, because the baby would be named after her god mother, and my best frind of 28 years... Would want that to be a surprise.

as I've told a couple other people -- if you use an unusual spelling for a name, be prepared for the child to be frustrated at having to SPELL their name for many many people for the rest of their life

if you pick a name that isn't obvious as to sex, it can be awkward for the child later on

*** now I got loaded with a "family name" which is easy to mispronounce if you see it (almost everyone does), easy to misspell if you hear it, and way too close to an ethnic male name ... wasn't until I was a sophomore in college, going through sorority rush, that I finally switched to a nickname I'd been given back in 5th grade (and I was no longer living at home)

so my boys got fairly common names, and they say they like them

 

[cheryl98117]

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I did that with Chloe's name. Yell it out I mean. Chloe elizabeth. Im so glad I did too, because Im yelling it ALL the time. lol Or at least I feel like I yell it out allot. lol

One name I have been tossing around in my head is Stephene, spelt wrong on purpose. But I cant seem to come up with a middle name that fits. But if I decide on stephene, then I need to keep it a secret, because the baby would be named after her god mother, and my best frind of 28 years... Would want that to be a surprise.

as I've told a couple other people -- if you use an unusual spelling for a name, be prepared for the child to be frustrated at having to SPELL their name for many many people for the rest of their life

if you pick a name that isn't obvious as to sex, it can be awkward for the child later on

*** now I got loaded with a "family name" which is easy to mispronounce if you see it (almost everyone does), easy to misspell if you hear it, and way too close to an ethnic male name ... wasn't until I was a sophomore in college, going through sorority rush, that I finally switched to a nickname I'd been given back in 5th grade (and I was no longer living at home)

so my boys got fairly common names, and they say they like them

True about the spelling of a name. It can be a hassle, and a pain, and even I have issues with people pronouncing my name and spelling it correctly. lol Mine is fairly simple or so Ive always thought.

 

[Kaneke]

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yes, you got caught in the "too successful a name" trap, along with the other Chers, Shers, Sherrys, Sherrills, Cherrys, Cherilyns, Sheryls, and so on and so on .. not to mention all the variants for Sharons ....

blame Lana Turner (daughter Cheryl) and Ms. Cherilyn Sarkisian/LaPiere .. aka Cher ....

 

[RonB]

ByNatureFarms

Thanks. I got it now. I have been empting my cache all along

I delete all that stuff every Friday

 

[justbugged]

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There are times when I think that Robin and I are twins with different mothers.

Toni is our little sister. That's why Toni has a duck in diapers.

It is way too early in the morning to be making me laugh so hard...something may bust !!!!!!
No pun intended....
I had the avatar frist, CR & I discussed it, and I decided I could share.
I also decided to make up one of my own today...why not?

And yes, we be seesters
JB, did you get Eenie to go pink yet?

I will get a hold of her as soon as I can, and turn her pink like the rest of us.

 

[Kaneke]

back to chickens !

suddenly I'm noticing a lot more loose feathers in the coop and the run -- BAD timing if the girls are going to molt just as the weather turns chill

we had to scrape ice off the car's windshield this morning -- [ and I'll probably have to do it again tomorrow when I take DS in for court
not fun to get up that early in the morning to run him up to Burien ... why oh why couldn't he have had the problem in Thurston county ??!!@ ]

no eggs so far today, usually by now the two dependable pullets would have left presents behind ... unless they decided to do so under a bush while DH had them out free ranging (he usually sits in a chair and reads, figuring he would notice any encroaching predator without actually having to keep his eyes on the flock)

maybe I need to add more paper shreds to the nest box .... or add more sand to the coop floor, to keep their feet and fluff warmer

 

[cheryl98117]

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yes, you got caught in the "too successful a name" trap, along with the other Chers, Shers, Sherrys, Sherrills, Cherrys, Cherilyns, Sheryls, and so on and so on .. not to mention all the variants for Sharons ....

blame Lana Turner (daughter Cheryl) and Ms. Cherilyn Sarkisian/LaPiere .. aka Cher ....

lol Nah, Ill blame my mother for naming me after my aunt cherry / cheryl. lol Iether way even with the frustrations, I love my name, and wouldnt change it for the world. I can honestly say the same for my cousin Stephene, even with the screwy spelling. lol

 

[justbugged]

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I don't normally share pain meds ever, but I would share a couple with you today.

 

[justbugged]

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I'm sure everyone here would be happy to give you ideas. How about Francesca or Celeste?

Oo, I like Celeste! lol

It does blend very nicely with Chloe.