 Today's Letters: Dear Mr. Loerke, yesterday after work you drove around our neighborhood looking for me on my run. This made me feel loved and FAST like jack rabbit. Dear Dallas Homies, every Monday The Velvet Taco is offering their local rotisserie chicken for half price. Just knock, knock, knock on their back door, hand them 10 dollhairs, and in return they'll give you everything pictured above. BAM! Dear Opal Apples, three points for being the first yellow apple I've ever liked. Two points for having a name that reminds me of cutie grandmas and Isotoner slippers. Dear Husband, the longer I'm married to you the more I realize that within every man lies a boy who will forever enjoy scabs, nakedness, and toots. To the moon! Don't you just love the name Opal? Sounds like an old soul. My grandmother's names were Anne and Miriam. What were yours? PS, don't forget to set your DVR's this Saturday to see Bon Iver perform on SNL! |
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Thursday, February 02, 2012
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ooh I wish I was around to get that chicken!
And opal is the sweetest name. My grandma's names are Karen and Ildra. Adorable.
Emma and Anna.... sweet.
Miriam reminds me of my days in property management, a resident had the name Miriam and she was the sweetest, most delicate woman. My grandmother's name was Leann, which is where my middle name comes from!
I love old lady names...My grammas were/are Vera and LaRue.
Theresia and Zither :-)
Marlene and Mary Lou and then I gained Thelma when I got married! :) Thankful for grandmas!
My Grandmothers name was Miriam too.
The other is Geneva, like me!
My grandmothers are Elaine and Juanita Lillian. I plan on naming my first daughter Lillian. :)
Alma Fay and Elouise. Thank you for the "memory spark" for these two amazing ladies!
I have a great-uncle named Opal. Yeah, uncle. He was one of 16 kids and we think they kind of got tired of naming them. His sister (my grandma) was Margie and always told us she just didn't have a middle name, but when she died and we pulled out her birth certificate it said "N" for middle name. Maybe they meant to say "nothing" or "none"? We have no idea. Oh, and best name in the fam was definitely Opal and Margie's mom: Fluretta Ledora.
PS: Where do you buy cardamom pods in dfw? I can't find them anywhere and I want to make your chai recipe.
Grandmaw Georgia & Nana Marie :)
My grandma's name was Beulah May. Can it get anymore country than that! I love it though. Her sister's name was Ruby. Quite the pair. Literally my favorite blog. Thanks for being so encouraging!!!
Ruby Pearl and Elsie Elizabeth!
My Grans were Mary, Julia and hubbys Dorothy and Billie. I love old fashioned names. We named our daughters Ruby and Elsie.
Love some of these names I am reading in comments. They have such depth.
Mine were Delma and Ora...yep Ora. Like someone else said, love the sweet memories that just saying their names can evoke. Thanks!
Does anyone on here know how I can receive notices in email when other comments are added to blogs I comment on? I sometimes ask questions and forget to go back and check. Is it possible?
I'm going to have to give backdoor chicken a try!
My grandmothers are Donna and Vincine.
Opal is my birthstone and I JUST LOVE IT.
My Grandmothers names were Jesse and Ioleen. One I never met and the other I do not remember meeting her.
I love grandma names!! Mine were Ardis and Betty.
Excited for Bon Iver on SNL too
Hazel and Mary Fern. My friend's mom's name is Annie Missouri. Love that, reminds me of those old John Wayne movies my husband watches where the cowboy names were Colorado and Mississippi etc. Must have been a fad back in early days to name your children after states.
Oooh I like Opal as well. My grandmothers were/are Patricia Charlotte and Helen Louise.
Charmaine and Juanita
My grandmothers names were:
Bessie Faye and Mamie Dea...
@Danny: my sister's name is Charmaine...I love that name.
Her son-in-law played the song "My Charmaine" when he married her daughter...
Brenda and Beverly:) and great grandma billie jo.
-joc
My grandma's names are Ruby and Patsy! I love older names, they seem to have so much character!
Dora, Jean, Nelle, and Edith. I also had an aunt Thelma. Cute story - we called Edith "Grandma Cookie" because she'd send bags of cookies home with us whenever we'd come to visit.
Rose and Myra. :)
Rose was married to my grandfather, Jack. And their love story was even better than the movie!
i'm loving all of these names! if only we could all eat a meal together and get to know them.
Love the name Opal! My grandma's are Jeannetta Mozel Honea (what a name!) and Bernice (RIP).
That chicken looks delish! Know of any yummy places in Ft. Worth?
Anita and Cecilia. Great-gram was Margaret. :)
molly, try the bulk spice section at whole foods or central market.
kb, i'm not as familiar with FW as i should be ... sorry!
ethel and doris
My grandmas were Agnes and Willie. My grandma name is Birdie. There is nothing like hearing a three year old say, "I lub you, Birdie"!!
carol and eleanor :)
Super stoked for Bon Iver! Thanks for the reminder!
Mine were Nadene and Geneva...both from the hills of Kentucky!
Mine are Leslie Ann and Faye. We named one of our daughters Adah, an old name. Everyone always comments that it was their aunt or grandmother's name.
Wishing I didn't live 4 states and waaaaay too many miles away from Dallas so I could score on that Velvet Taco Meal. Yum!
And my grandmother's names are Donna Louise and Barbara Jean.
Inez and Nell. Unfortunately Inez is no longer living which breaks my heart because I miss her a lot, she was a fabulous cook! I'm grateful to have her cooking skills or maybe I should say my hubby and kids are lucky for that. Luckily, Nanny Nell still is with us. Grandmas rock literally and so do you! Love your blog!
Love grandma names! Mine are Lucille Octavia (Lulu) and Mary Veronica (Molly)
My sweet grandmother's names are Lilla and Myrle. Love, love the sound of old names! My husband and I love them so much that we decided we wanted an old, Southern name for our baby girl. Our only criteria was that it had to of fallen out of popularity before the 1950's. So we decided on Maybelle Jean, and she is called anything from Maybelle to May to May Jean.
This list is giving me some great ideas for when kid #2 comes around. :)
Oh and my great grandmothers were Onelda and Anna Mae, and my great aunt was Ila Mae
I miss my sweet Grandmothers!
Their names were Leatrice Mary (Pat) and Addie Elizabeth (Betty or Liz)
And my husband's Grandmothers were Evangeline (Vange) and Helen.
Opal is awfully sweet :)
Grandmothers were - Letha and Irene. Great grandmother was Alma.
And had a great great great g father-- name of Fleming.. Flem for short.. Civil war era..
My gram's name is Alice. I still sort of wish I'd named my baby girl that, although she's much more of a Molly (so I guess we did all right by her).
my abulea's names are Clemecia and Martha. i have the cute, mean gramas. :)
Pauline and Lila <3
My grandmothers were named Eulah and Dorothy!!
My grandmother's are Laura Nell and Julia. We call Laura Nell, Nonnie and Julia, Judy. Happiness is a good relationship with your grandmother. I love both of mine dearly.
Gramma names are the best!!!! We have Menodora & Christine and Myrle & Ruby. I love classic names....there are such great ones listed here!
Gertrude and Rita (long i) Lee. My MIL and her sister (same generation as my grandparents) are Ruby Mae and Willie (later changed to Willa) Belle - not names that made the leap to the 21st century.
Myra Nell and Dorothy Marie. Presh.
You are killing me with all the ymmuy food posts and I can't come and partake. I just drool over all your food options!
My grandmas' names were Joyce and Leone, but we called them JaJa and Nonnie.
you know your mother in law's first name is Opal...
Eddye, Myrt and Alice....sassy and unique ladies (just like their names!)
I have a Grandma Johnnie and a Grandma Bill. They both changed their names legally because they disliked their original names. Otherwise, I would have had a Grandma Leola, which would have been hard to say as a little kid....
My grandmothers name is Anita Wood. Literally. It's one of my favorite facts about her.
hi. :) first of all, i love your blog. secondly, thanks for the bon iver reminder! thirdly, my grandma's names were Tommie Helen and Eula Mae. (i'm from the south...)
My grandmothers were Opha (she hated it!) and Elizabeth...my husbands grandmothers were Willie and Ernie! I love your blog, btw!
My grandmothers names are Debra and Janet, my great grandmothers names were Martha and Eleanor. Great Great Grandmothers name was Laro, the end sounds like an "a" not an "o".
But my grandfathers names were my most favorite, Earl Jay, Pascal Ray, great grandfathers name Arlo, great great grandfathers name? Elmo. (it's my dad's middle name)
My great grandmothers cwere Edrie and Pauline. Bess and Betty were my grandmothers. My sweet grandmother in law was named Geneva. She hated it , but I think it is sweet. I have one grandmother living and I miss the rest dearly.
Virginia Lee and Ruth Helen. And I was almost named Virginia Ruth. I bypassed that one. But I miss my grandma Ruth. I always loved her name meant friend!
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