Today, Alaina and I were talking about a little boy in her Bible class whose mom is a friend of mine. All of the sudden, she says "Hey mom, there's a new boy in my class .. . and his name is Villain!"
"Villain??? Are you sure?"
"Yes mom (that kid is 4 and is already calling me "Mom" instead of "Mommy" . . .sigh), his name is VILLAIN!"
At this point I pause and think. Surely no parents would go so far as to name their kid "Villain"! After a minute, it came to me.
"Hey Alaina, do you mean *D*ylan???"
"Oh yeah . . .that's what his name is!"
So we now can add to the list of names my kids have butchered!
Ian came home from the early days of Kindergarten talking about his friend "Shovel". Once again, pretty darned sure that wasn't a name a parent would bestow a child with. Took us weeks to find out the kid's name was actually "Sheldon". ROFL
Last year, when Allie started kindergarten, we had several days in a row that I emailed her teacher to ask what the "real" name of the student was. According to her, there was an "I-I", a "NaDING" (emphasis on the "ding") and an "Omart".
They were actually named "Aya" (pronounced eye-ya), "Nadeen" and "Omar". We've giggled and giggled about going to shop at the "Omart". Wonder if that's Oprah's store.
So now, we get to add Villain to the list of names.
So, I guess that old Shakespearian quote is actually true: A [insert friend's name here] by any other name WOULD smell so sweet.
In other family news:
-- Ian's soccer team ended up in 3rd place. . . they had a swim party yesterday to celebrate the season, and are apparently playing in a tournament during the first part of December. (there go my Dec. weekends already filling up!)
-- I'll be spending this evening making those peanut butter cup tarts (peanut butter cookies with a Reeses in the middle) for Alaina's Thanksgiving feast for Thursday.
--I was listening to one of the sessions of one of Beth Moore's studies last night, and Ian wanted to listen, and actually GOT some of what she was saying.
-- Allie's reading has improved dramatically over the last 2 weeks . . .WHOOOOHOOOO!
-- I've finished handmaking 70 Christmas cards! Now to just get them sent out in time (this has been my issue the past 2 years).
-- Yippee . . spending tomorrow with my sister, scrapbooking.
-- eta: It was voting day all over the country today. We didn't have any candidates to vote for (did anyone?), but did have one controversial proposition . . .the marriage proposition (prop 2). Doesn't matter which side of the issue I'm on . . . I don't wanna turn this into a political debate.It was confusing in several ways . . . some people were confused that a vote AGAINST prop 2 would mean a vote against the 1 man, 1 woman = marriage, and vice versa. They got that straightened out, and then this happened:
"The campaign had been enlivened over the past week because of a controversial tactic by the amendment's opponents, who argued in recorded phone calls to voters that the measure is so poorly worded that it could jeopardize traditional man-woman marriages. Amendment supporters denounced the effort as misleading. " (www.wfaa.com)
It disturbs me that the opponents would try and trick people. We didn't get one of those phone calls .. . we're unlisted, so we don't get solicitor/political phone calls, but my neighbor mentioned in a casual conversation that she'd gotten one of these calls a week or so ago. Then several days later, got another (automated) call "clarifying" the law (from a proponent, of course). You know, I guess they pretty much knew the writing on the wall . .. Texas is a red state. But come on . . .trying to trick voters to not use their vote in the way they wanted to vote? Latest polls I've seen says that 74% of Texas voters voted for prop 2. I can tell you they were out in droves today (unlike what "they" thought would happen . . .I don't know, maybe it was less in other counties, precincts, etc). I stood in an hour to exercise my constitutional right.
Tehehe . . . another election aside here . . . .my bil answered a call about a month ago asking if he was for or against the "illegal sale of alcohol." (this was something being voted on in their county) He asked the caller if it was ever okay to be against something illegal. ROFL . .. don't think they were too impressed with his answer. They apparently were done with him at that point.
