My grandmothers were Hulda Mae and Eda Marie. I don't expect to hear a lot of, "Hulda, get back here!" in the supermarket any time soon.

Grandma Eda's mother was named Henrika. She was quite put out that my parents didn't name me Henrika. <clings to the name "Heather Rae" and vows to never let it go>

Is Violet making a comeback, too? I always thought that was a pretty, and underused, floral name.

It looks to be on the upswing. It's only in the 500s, but considering it just got back in the top 1000 in '98 or so, that's quite the upswing.

I'd have considered it, as it was Gram's middle name and I like it better than Aileen, but I had a Cabbage Patch Kid named Violet.

"Edith" will forever be associated with Archie Bunker. Well, for the next few decades, anyway.

Name-wise, I'm leaning towards Olivia Rose. But I also like Lydia or Elizabeth for a first name, too.

So....we can talk about the gender of the Cashmere!sprog now?

When my b. friend named her daughter Madison 9 years ago, neither of us had ever heard of it. Weird how that happens.

I hope things are looking better this morning, Teppy.

Now Cash has me earwormed on:

Lida Rose, I'm home again, Rose
Without a sweetheart to my name
Lida Rose, how everyone knows
That I am hoping you're the same

Despite that fact that it's my sister's name, I'm fond of Elizabeth. It's so versatile. You can be Liz, Eliza, Beth, Betty, Bess, Betsy or any of the multitude of nicknames created when one out of every six girls in England was named Elizabeth.

ION, my case of the DragonCon plague continues to do away with vital brain cells. Pls send IQ and soup.

Edited because I have no brain

Edie Falco, Edie Sedgwick. It's a good name. Again, not so much with the Edith, though.

Both actual Ediths! It's a good, strong name!

(Okay, so it's an oatmeal sort of name. But still. Due for an upswing, damn it.)

Hope you're feeling better this morning, Tep. It's not easy to have to be the strong one in the family all the time.

Both actual Ediths! It's a good, strong name!

Oh, I know. But Edith just sounds so stodgy and dated to me, while Edie is fun, and kind of quirky. At least in my head.

I love the name Lavona (my grandma's name), but would never name a child that, as it just seems cruel.

Amazing are the ways of cats. I've been checking the old place a couple of times with no success. Hubby wanted to drive by last night, and I'm thinking, "Way to depress yourself, sweetheart."

Who was waiting in the driveway for us, but a tired fuzzy black cat? Yup, he made it back, and we found him.

I am utterly boggled. Almost three miles, major streets--I have no idea how he did it.

Unfortunately, he wants to do it again, because he immediately headed for the window he escaped from before, which is now closed. I'm hoping it dawns on his fuzzy brain that pets and hugs from Mommy and Daddy are better than the old neighborhood.