Whats in a name?

(this entry is for Wendy's "Whats in a name" Circle journal- such a fun, fab idea!!!)

I was born Kathryn Roberta, but called Katie Bob (and I just realized that Bob was short for Roberta, um, a few months ago. Yeah, talk about slow......) as a little girl. Kathryn means "pure"- I think my dad may have had a touch of wishful thinking, and Roberta after my mother. My brother's middle name is after my dad. I've always loved this. We are passing this tradition on to our future children now.
I've always loved the way that Kathryn was spelt, to me, its the "right" way. I never disliked my name- but when I went to kindergarden and discovered my name was Kathryn and not Katie, I quickly changed it to Kathryn- and have not let anyone call me Katie since! I remember not answering my younger brother when he would say Katie- it would bug me!!!! I still have cousins that will occasionally call me Katie, but other than that I've pretty much grown out of it. When I got to highschool a boyfriend of one of my best friends started to call me Kat. And it kind of stuck. I liked it, thought it fit me better :) My longtime friends still call me Kathryn, but everyone I've met since I left my hometown for college has called me Kat. I do get the occasionally "kitty cat" or "meow" and it does bug- I"m not a freakin feline people! And its spelled with a K!!! But i still think my name is fun. Then I married my husband with the last name Post. When we were dating and I realized that I would become Kat Post if we married, I freaked out a little. But now I think its funny. Kat Post, thats me!!! :) :)

I am Thankful......

I have a lot to be thankful for this year
Though life is crazy right now, I thought I'd take a second to write it all down
I am thankful for the baby growing inside of me
I am thankful that I am HEALTHY, and that I am having a healthy pregnancy
I am thankful for my sexy husband, for his support, for his back rubs and jokes, for all his support, for him being the best husband ever
I am thankful for my beautiful home
I am thankful for my wonderful preschool that allows me to work at home and enjoy what I do
I am thankful for all my fabulous friends, all over the world, who make me laugh, who listen, who are there for me
I am thankful for my family, both old and new, for their health and the fact that there is no drama

Its nice to sit and think about all I have to be thankful for, especially when life has recently been pretty overwhelming for me.
I hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving weekend (oh yeah- I'm also very thankful for holiday four day weekends!!!!)

Stop the madness!!!!

OMG, can i even tell you how happy I am that election day if FINALLY here?
Not because of some proposition, or some canidate, or any of that- but because it means NO MORE POLITICAL PHONE CALLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
those things have been driving me insane!
cause, ya know, i get excited when the phone rings. someone is calling me :) it could be friends or family, or even a potential client. So when i answer, and after a delay of at least 5 seconds- to the point i almost hang up- when i hear those pre-recorded messages i want to scream!!
so freakin annoying
made me so mad, i just don't even want to vote!