What's in a name?

"Your name was really cool in college. It really fit you then."

My husband dropped this bomb on me the other day. Keywords here was and then. So I guess I'm up for a name change. Here are my options:

Karen (i've never met a Karen I didn't like)

Gene/Jean (mostly because it rhymes with my last name and I like the unisex spelling feature)

Precious (albeit there is a movie out there with the same name, but I think that trend will pass)

I could also just add a few letters to my current name like Jakendi or Okendi or Kakendi. Either way, it doesn't matter. I just want to be as cool as I was in college. Now taking suggestions.

Love Handles are so 2009.

I got this email from Piperlime today. Turns out Saddle Bags are in for the fall.


I was really hoping Muffin Tops would make the top 10 cut again this year, but it looks like I'll just have to wait until spring.

the code of distrust

I cooked a meal with pasta, garbanzo beans and boiled eggs last week. Bryan informed me that I broke the code of trust with that meal. I'm no longer allowed to be in the kitchen alone.

He did applaud me on my grocery shopping today though. I came home with none of those aforementioned items and 4 boxes of popcorn. Someone's a happy camper. And that someone is me. It's taken me 2.5 years to figure out how to get off of kitchen duty and I figured it out with one box of pasta, an old can of lentils and a moment of severe misjudgment.

Don't worry. Popcorn for dinner isn't all that bad. Especially when mixed with boiled eggs...