What's In a Name?

While perusing the blog of my "cousin" -- well, my cousin's wife, but I like her very much and have decided to drop the marital link and just claim her as a cousin in her own right (hope she doesn't mind), I found a link to a site that analyzes your name and tells you all about yourself. I thought it quite interesting. Think of the process parents go through to name a child, long before their traits of character actually are evidenced or developed. Can there really be a correlation between what our name indicates and what we end up actually being?

Maybe in a later post I'll tell you whether or not I think this is on the mark for me. Since we can tend to be slightly myopic about ourselves, I always find it fascinating to learn how I am perceived by others. So, those of you that know me well, feel free to post comments as to how accurate you think this analysis is.

There are 14 letters in your name.
Those 14 letters total to 50
There are 6 vowels and 8 consonants in your name.

What your first name means: "womanly" and "strong"

Your number is: 5

The characteristics of #5 are: Expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

The expression or destiny for #5:
The number 5 Expression endows with the wonderful characteristic of multi-talents and versatility. You can do so many things well. The tone of the number 5 is constructive freedom, and in your drive to attain this freedom, you will likely be the master of adaptability and change. You are good at presenting ideas and knowing how to approach people to get what you want. Naturally, this gives you an edge in any sort of selling game and spells easy success when it comes to working with people in most jobs. Your popularity may lead you toward some form of entertainment or amusement. Whatever you do, you are clever, analytical, and a very quick thinker.

If there is too much of the 5 energy in your makeup, you may express some the negative attitudes of the number. Your restless and impatient attitude may keep you from staying with any project for too long. Sometimes you can be rather erratic and scatter yourself and your energies. You have a hard time keeping regular office hours and maintaining any sort of a routine. You tend to react strongly if you sense that your freedom of speech or action is being impaired or restricted in any way. As clever as you are, you may have a tendency to make the same mistakes over and over again because much of your response is glib reaction rather that thoughtful application. You are in a continuous state of flux brought by constantly changing interests.

Your Soul Urge number is: 7

A Soul Urge number of 7 means:
With a number 7 Soul Urge you are very fond of reading, and retreating to periods of being alone and away from the disruptions of the outer world. You like to dream and develop your idealistic understandings, to study and analyze, to gain knowledge and wisdom. You may be too laid back and withdrawn to really succeed in the business world, and you will be much more comfortable in circumstances that are tolerant of your reserve, your analytical approach, and your desire to use your mind rather than your physical being.

You are very timid around people that you don't know very well, so much so at times that casual conversation and social situations can be strained. You tend to repress your emotions to the extend that some people have a good bit of difficulty understanding you. You tend to be very selective with friends and you don't easily adapt to new environments or to new people very quickly.

The negative traits of the 7 include becoming too much the introvert and isolated from others.

Your Inner Dream number is: 7

An Inner Dream number of 7 means:
You dream of having the opportunity to read, study, and shut yourself off from worldly distractions. You can see yourself as a teacher, mystic, or ecclesiastic, spending your life in the pursuit of knowledge and learning.

Well, there you have it. Thoughts? Oh and for those of you that would like to try this out for yourself, here is the link.

... Of The Day

Cookie of the Day: My Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie

Word of the Day: Onslaught

Website of the Day: Pumpkin Carving

Color of the Day: Pumpkin Orange

Activity of the Day: Concentrate on Gratitude

Memory of the Day: Summer 1978 - Watching Jim choreograph the sea spray on the edge of the cliffs at La Jolla Cove

Quote of the Day: “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true, the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” Soren Kierkagaard

Song of the Day: Take the Weather With You - Jimmy Buffett

Rule of the Day: Rule #14 - Trust your gut.

Scripture of the Day: Be still and know that I am God.(Psalm 46: 10)

Heigh Ho... Heigh Ho

It's off to work I go. For the first time in almost a year, I have a job again. Well, actually, I have a business again. (You know me... I don't like being someone's employee.) I turned down a salaried-employee job offer a couple of weeks ago so I could be an independent contractor again.

Yesterday I passed the state licensing exam. Today is the first day in 10 days that I didn't get up, splash water on my face, put on my reading glasses (old age, y'know), pull out my study guide and try to cram foreign information into my sotty old brain for 6-8 hours. Woo hoo! I say again, can I get a woo hoo?!?

Today I get fingerprinted and background checked. Lovely. Then I get registered in the database and away we go...

Y'know, I have a stepson who is in sales... and doing very well. Different product, different market, but come to think of it... it might be fun to show that the old folks still got that competitive mojo goin' on. Yep... think I'm gonna throw down a little friendly family challenge.

By the way, it's appropriate "Heigh Ho" should be my theme song today. After all, Grumpy is my favorite dwarf.

... Of The Day

Cookie of the Day: Grandma's Oatmeal Spice Cookie

Word of the Day: Extrapolate

Website of the Day: Quiet Life

Color of the Day: Neon Pink

Activity of the Day: Brain Crunches

Memory of the Day: Josh (7), Katie (5) and Jon (4) sitting together on a pony in Bell Ville, Argentina in August 1995

Quote of the Day: "Let go or get dragged!"

Song of the Day: Catch a Wave - Beach Boys

Rule of the Day: Rule #27 - First, do no harm.

Scripture of the Day: "For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:22)

15 Books

Another copy and paste from Facebook. Here's my list of 15 books (in random order) that first come to mind when I think of books that impacted me. What's yours?

1. Death Comes for the Archbishop (Cather)
2. Crossing to Safety (Stegner)
2. The Peacegiver (Ferrell)
3. The Year of Magical Thinking (Didion)
4. Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place (Williams)
5. Angle of Repose (Stegner)
6. Enrique's Journey (Nazario)
7. The Book of Mormon (God)
8. My Antonia (Cather)
9. Les Miserables (Hugo)
10. The Gift of Asher Lev (Potok)
11. Poesia Completa (Almafuerte)
12. Martin Fierro (Hernandez)
13. Isaiah (God)
14. Atlas Shrugged (Rand)
15. Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Flagg)