Not much, just playin around...

Not much going on around here. Mark is chanting 'dada' and 'mama' and growling 'grrr-ma' these days. Grandma taught him to crinkle his nose. Catches you off guard, because it looks a little evil if you ask me... but after a while you catch yourself giggling. He does hi-five's with us, and tonight he squinted his eyes whenever I asked, 'Where's Markie?' Then he smiles for the 'there he is!'

Aside from that, the girls seem to be one anothers biggest sponsors in the support group for neglected sisters of LittleManMark.

In other news, I found a formula for developing a new name for myself whenever the day, mood or weather calls for a little shake-up. Today I am feeling most like my WITNESS PROTECTION name/identity... feeling a bit dull in the creative arena... though I am sure a shower would help that. And any crack at going incognito would help my sanity deeply.

Take a crack at it...

• To find your ROCK STAR NAME take your first pet & current car:
  

Princess Dodge
(Sounds more like the mascot for Fort Dodge city.)

• To find your GANGSTA NAME take your favorite ice cream flavor and your favorite cookie:
  

Mint Milano
(I can TASTE the name already. It will require fitting into a larger pair of jeans. As my crime would be to consume Double Mint Milano’s in order to live up to the very name.)

• YOUR DETECTIVE NAME? Your favorite color and favorite animal:
  

Brown Bear
(Oh good grief! Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? Well I can sniff out berries, fish and junk food, catch and trap, and take a good scratch against a tree trunk. But my skill set outside of these homemaking skills is obsolete.)

• Everybody wants a SOAP OPERA NAME, so take your middle name and the city where you were born:
  

Jenise Warrensburg
(About 20 years outdated, sounds appropriate.For those days when I am feeling a bit under par.)

• Want to know your SUPERHERO NAME? Just add the word "The" plus your 2nd favorite color, and your favorite drink:
  

The Black Milk
( I turn the everyday chore of milk drinking into magic... drink it or I'll make you disappear.)

• Oh gross. Your NASCAR NAME. Take the first names of your grandfathers

Delbert Bob
(A little paraphrasing there... sounds like the next big thang doesn't he? Really, have you ever been so mad you wanted to drive violently in circles? Yeah, me neither.)

• If I ever go into WITNESS PROTECTION you can find me with this name. Your mother’s & father’s middle names:
  

Marie Keith
(Ouch! Honestly, with a name like Aja, becoming a commonality such as Marie, would stifle my creativity, surely. But sadly, I have those days when Marie just seems to take over.)

• TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME? Just take your 5th grade teacher’s last name and add a major city that starts with the same letter:
  

Thomas Tempe
(Maybe we could call him Tom-Tom?! For those mindlessly silly moments.)

• Of course, if you find me in witness protection I will assume it was because you were using your SPY NAME. Add your favorite season/holiday to your flower:
  

Fall Orchid
(For when I feel pretty, oh so pretty. As long as I am not demoted to a Wild Orchid... I found that movie reel a bit tasteless... I have more morals than that... most days.)

• Tell your kids their CARTOON NAME by taking your favorite fruit, an article of clothing you’re wearing right now, now add "ie" or "y":
  

Banana Tankie
(Right up there with Rocky & Bullwinkle… This may be me on any given afternoon. Luckily my girls do not have the hand-eye coordination to tie knots yet... or I would be looped for sure!)

Well that's my taste of satire this late, well early... Nite Nite.