Sunday, September 28, 2008

Daisies and Ding Dongs

I decided months ago that I'd join the growing ranks of the bloggers, but couldn't find the perfect name for my blog so I quit thinking about it until...today. In the never-ceasing quest to fight the man and get by doing as little homework as possible, I found myself lounging on the back porch and decided today was the day to start my blog. But it still took me an hour to come up with a name.

So I sign up for this lovely blog keeping in mind my favorite things to incorporate into its title: daisies, sunny days, porches, Alabama Crimson Tide, fried chicken...ya know...Southern stuff. My roommate Ellyn (also avoiding homework by quietly clicking away on her Blackberry) and I tossed around a few possibilities:

The Musings of the Mildly Disgruntled Government Gopher (I'm neither disgruntled nor currently employed by the government...okay, I am employed by the government, but I like my job....) View From the Back Porch (taken...lame.) View From the Bluff (also taken...more lame since it was way better since we live at the Bluff). Typed in Magnolias and Moonpies for kicks since that's Chuskey's blog...and then Ellyn uttered this little gem: Daisies and Ding Dongs! Followed by Hydrangeas and Ho-Hos.

So I settled on Daisies on the Back Porch instead. Even created the blog. But then I was doing a bit of soul searching over the weekend and heard my favorite Carrie Underwood song, "Crazy Dreams." The song's about not giving up even when chances seem grim because somebody else out there has been through what you're going through. My favorite line... "Here's to you wild magnolias waiting to bloom..." And that's what I feel like these days. Magnolias are supposed to symbolize perseverance, and that's what I'm doing...keep on, keepin' on...best advice I ever got! Thus, Wild Magnolia Waiting is born!

Angela Cook, history teacher extraordinare, once said that maybe my life would go Seinfeld and I'd be famous. Here's my crack at it. Enjoy!

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