Good morning! TGIF!!! 
I had no clue what to write about this morning, but my bowl of oats helped me pick the topic: names! 😀
For those of you who don’t know already, my full name is ‘Christina,’ but I go by ‘Tina’ (or one of my nicknames). My parents really had no intention on using my full name, and called me ‘Tina’ from the very beginning. My family is Catholic, so I think they wanted to make sure I had a “proper” Christian name.
To read more about why my oat bowl says ‘Christine‘ instead of ‘Christina,’ here’s the story.
In general, I like my name. I haven’t met too many Tina’s, so it’s nice being one of the few in my life. However, the thing that bugs me about my name is that in movies and television shows, the Tina character is always the floozy, chatty, ditzy girl! What’s up with that?! And then there’s creepy Talky Tina and Tina the llama. Jeez. My name gets abused! Tina Fey and Tina Turner are pretty cool though! 😉
In the mix today:
- 1/2 cup (dry) oats
- 1 cup water
- 1 sliced banana
- 2 enormous scoops of Barney Butter
31 Days of Summer
A summer tidbit from Meghan:
- Enjoy the longer days and host an evening cocktail hour for friends or just you and your roomate/partner/neighbors. Trader Joe’s “Vinho Verde” plus chopped peaches and strawberries served over ice is an inexpensive and easy white sangria. Enjoy in your yard, on your porch or deck, or just inside with all of the windows open and some summery music, like Jimmy Buffet, playing.
Question of the Day
Do you like your name? Do you think it “suits” you? Would you ever change your name? If so, to what?
