Nickname Conundrum

When Luca was just a mere bumb Bluetooth and I loved to harrass family and friends by calling him salamander. We kept the name a secret because we didn't have a clue what his name would really be and messing with people is quite probably my favorite thing to do in the whole world.

Now that he is here I want to have a nickname for him. Bluetooth is sometimes called jelly bean, cute and I was sometimes just called Tosh, not so cute or creative. Score 1 for the Vallejo family.

I do not want Luca to be called Luc although Luc looks better the Luke. Sometimes I will call him Bugaboo but the irony of using a highly branded name on my child is not lost on me. That word is great fun to say. Try it, three times really really fast. At times I will compromise and call him bug which is cute in a maybe sort of way.

The whole post then is:
1) That I need ideas for a nickname.
2) Can a nickname just be given or do you have to earn it?
3) What was your favorite nickname?

Valentine to the Earth

While Bluetooth and I contemplate a move we are looking at a radically different lifestyle. That is what we essentially have to decide. Do we want to be able to have the ability to walk out the door and enjoy multi-cultural events, excitement of the urban city or do we want to move to a city that we understand and are comfortable in because we grew up that way.

I don't generally believe in all of that astrology stuff but sometimes I feel I have to lend credence to the fact that I am a Gemini. The whole twin thing. Because in thinking about moving I am thinking about what sort of house do we want. I can equally go for the cement block with white walls and touches of natural sustainable wood but not a single thing in sight or the huge country house with clutter and knick knacks, a stable, cutting garden, herb garden and private forest. Really isn't that what every girl wants. Now bluetooth is a bit scared because if we get any sort of land he pretty much can't leave me alone. I will order:
1) Chinese weeding geese, please someone get the geese already.
2) Miniature ponies. Because aren't they adorable.
3) Already convinced the brother-in-law to get bees. Yep, I'm a bee charmer.
4) A way to make my own wine, cheese, liquor. Pretty much anything that isn't done right and might kill you I will try and make.
5) And of course, the HUGE maze. That Bluettooth will have to take care of by hand.

Now if any one knows me they know that I will start all of this stuff and Bluetooth will have to take care of all of this stuff. So...he has decided no land. Pretty smart. But every situation all house's have some amount of land. And the number one thing that gets me about city living is the stupid front yard with the stupid postage size stamp of lawn. What are you going to do on that lawn? Nothing. So I love this http://www.chelseagreen.com/2006/items/foodnotlawns idea.

We should all do this. For the earth.

Happy Valentine's day everyone.

Busy Weekend

Wow! We should have been keeping track of our hours on the road in the past year. Little bugaboo has become quite the road warrior.

Late Thursday night we took off and stayed with Bluetooth's little sister and her husband and visited with Justin who had flown in from Fort Collins, CO. A big congratulations to Jake and Amy who are now, affianced.

Friday we left to make a well child visit for Bugaboo. Four more shots for this little boy and he did not like it! Bluetooth was even able to catch him in the act of, um, doing what little boys seem to do when naked on a cold scale. The nurse had a good laugh so no harm. Dr. said that everything looks good.

We then continued on the journey to meet up with Bluetooth's family to enjoy seem pizza in Moses Lake. We then turned around to stay at my little brother's new house in Quincy.

I am so proud of my brothers. My little bro bought this fixer upper and it is going to be quite nice. The things that he is capable of doing are amazing. Of course, being a boy, the first thing that he chose to finish was finishing the basement and making it an amazing media room with a bar, complete with kegerator. It is nice and made quite possibly the coolest Super Bowl party ever.

We then helped Bluetooth's parental units move from one house in Moses Lake to another. Love the new house.

Spent time with my sisters, Jo is expecting twins and looks AMAZING. I can't believe that there are going to be two little girls here soon. Watched my sister Rachelle coach basketball and her team flirt with Bugaboo and he flirted back. Good grief.

Through all of this Bugaboo did exceedingly well. Poor guy, every time he went to sleep he woke up somewhere different and with different people.

Long busy weekend. Fun to see people get excited about seeing Bugaboo, catching up with relatives from distant places and spending time with family.