Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Say Hello to…

LIBBY BLUE!
(Short for Liberty Blue)
What’s that?…
Why yes…you’re right…it doesn’t sound very Korean-ish, does it?
Well, the intention for a Korean name was there – spent the whole day flippin’ through the little Korean-English dictionary we bought.
And when that failed, we started looking up names in Korean mythology & folklore.
But I just couldn’t find a name that [...]

Friday, February 26th, 2010

The Quest for a Name

Ahem…
If you’ll all be seated, we’ll get tonight’s meeting started.

Hello. My name is Jennifer. And I have yet to name this dog.
[Hi, Jennifer]

It’s been 29 days since we found her in the woods & brought her home.

And unless I fall off the wagon tonight, I should be able to get my 30-day pin tomorrow.

Wow – 30 [...]

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Bad Mommy

No, she doesn’t have a name.
Nothing formal anyway…so far it’s been “here puppy”, “good puppy”, “cut that out puppy!”
I get that she needs a name.
I’d prefer to giver her a Korean name – something strong, but feminine.
But naming her means claiming her.
It means giving up the hope to adopt the black dog.

It means accepting a [...]