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| cabinmoose |
Posted - Jul 17 2007 : 11:26:21 AM
Ok, I knew the question would be asked of someone somewhere, I just didn't expect it to be of me! lol But that being said, what does your screename stand for? Some are sometimes obvious, some are sometimes not..... so please share! I will even go first.
I ask your forgivness up front, I sometimes tend to be long winded. Good thing my fingers move fast....
It was February 1977 when I was just a wee lil girl of 9 years old! That was the first time I fell in love with a man other than my father. His name was Grizzly Adams! I fell in love with the man, his life and longed for the day I could live in a cabin and have my pet moose follow me around like Ben did Grizzly... I never missed an episode. To this day I still hummm that theme song. I would love to sing it but the birds in my area would fly south permanently..
Anyhow my love of moose, I am not sure where that came from to be honest. I have just always been facinated with them. My husband says it's because I see eye to eye with them. I am 6'4" tall....
So that being said, some 12 years ago when we first logged onto the world wide web, aol ask that infamous question. Choose a screename and mine was cabinmoose! It has been with me every since. I even had a logo designed around it....
http://www.grizzlyadams.net/grizzly.mp3 listen to that theme song here.
Sing along if you can:
Grizzly Adams Theme Songs Lyrics
("Maybe" written & sung by Thom Pace)
Deep inside the forest
There's a door into another land.
Here is our life and home.
We are staying here forever
In the beauty of this place all alone.
We keep on hoping.
Maybe there's a world
Where we don't have to run.
Maybe there's a time we'll call our own,
Living free in harmony and majesty.
Take me home. Take me home.
Cheers,
Lorna
Lorna Orick,
Forest Hill, MD |
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| Buttercup |
Posted - Jul 25 2007 : 9:29:45 PM
What a neat subject!! I have so enjoyed reading everyone's answer! Thank you Lorna for starting this! And I love Mooses too but it is NOT because I can look them in the eye...I am 5'4"! 
My name came from one of the many names my mother would call me. She had a thing for nicknames, and though this one did not stick for more then a few years it was one of my favorites! Through the years she called me so many cute nicknames all for sweet reasons, but one day out of the blue (which is how they always started..for no apparent reason!) she called me "Buttercup." When I asked why, she said because I liked the color yellow, I was small and sweet, and I shone like the sun just like the buttercups did all bright, yellow and sunshiny (is this a word?!?). This was when I was about 5 and it only lasted till I was about 7. Out of all the nick names she invented, Jane and Bubbles stuck to this day, but as a child and the country bumkin I have always been, "Buttercup" sounded the nicest to me (though I do so love Bubbles and use it often because of the resons behind it...and she calls me Bubbles or Bubbs to this day!)and when I came to MJ and joined in, I thought of my mother for she is such a country gal at heart and that reminded me of this nick name. And so with fond memories I decided to be "Buttercup" again! (And also I wasn't sure ya'll would get the "Bubbles name!! lol People always interpret it all wrong *sigh* so I have to be careful!)
I can't wait to hear more stories!
Hugz!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
| _Rebecca_ |
Posted - Jul 25 2007 : 06:13:56 AM
I envied everyone's cool forum names and I couldn't think up a cool one, so I just stuck with my own.
Vintageredhead--it is so true about what you said, when you have you hair dyed red everyone suddenly thinks what you say is great. I had mine done red (I'm a natural brunette) for awhile. I am like you my hair grows extremely fast. It was like all the colors of my clothes came alive!!! I felt so different. I couldn't get used to it and I couldn't afford to stay that red all the time. Red fades so quickly. So, I'm brunette again and I'm working on growing my hair down to my waist. (It's always been a goal. It used to be that way when I was a small child). In the last 6 years I had it down to my armpits and I miss it!! It's currently shoulder length.
Anyway enough about hair. I love all the name stories. Wish that I had come up with something clever.
.·:*¨¨* :·.Rebecca.·:*¨¨* :·. http://boinglink.blogspot.com/ |
| gateway girl |
Posted - Jul 24 2007 : 5:28:39 PM
Hi. I chose Gateway Girl first because I'm a born and raised St. Louis Missouri girl and St. Louis is the Gateway to the West. And second because DH and I bought a house on 4 gorgeous acres in the woods right at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. I am truly at the Gateway.
Shari
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment, it's not just about survival. Live every second to it's fullest!
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| Holiday Angel |
Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 4:37:25 PM
I am Holiday Angel Pauline and I got this name from our charity as I am in love with Christmas and so I associate with holidays most when I like to make the deliveries to the places we donate to.
My real nickanme is "Sugar" because my mom said I was a sweet baby and that's saying something with the 11 kids she had!
info@heavenlyangelsinnneed.com
President Childrens Division of Heavenly Angels in Need |
| Annab |
Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 4:28:34 PM
The one I use for this forum comes from a knickname a good friend gave me in high school. Anna is my name and the B stands for banana. ha ha.
After nearly 20 years this friend and I continue to keep in touch. She is still in Ohio, I'm now here in NC. We parted ways back in 1994 when I had to move to CA for my first full time animal keeping job. No matter the distances though or time between when we talk, we just pick up where we leave off.
For my regular accounts I use Anamal2112 due to the fact that I'm an animal keeper,my name is anna and I'm a die hard Rush fan. 2112 was one of their best kick butt albums for the time.
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| Celticheart |
Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 2:24:41 PM
Most of my ancestors were Scottish, Welsh, or Irish. I've been to England, Scotland and Wales(Scotland twice so far) and on any given, very hot day here, I'd rather be in Scotland.
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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| garliclady |
Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 2:06:11 PM
Garlic Lady is simply the name that other vendors and customers started calling me because I sell alot of garlic, and they didn't know my name. Most people at the market don't know other peoples name and call them by what they sell Tomato man, goat lady (sells cheese) etc.
My Farm http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&ext=1&groupid=140532&ck=
My Recipes http://recipecircus.com/recipes/garliclady/]
My blog http://www.epicourier.com/Garliclady/ |
| La Patite Ferme |
Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 12:21:34 PM
This is such a fun post - learning something new about the people we chat with every day.
Since I was small I've been animal lover and psuedo-farm girl. I grew up in the burds north of Los Angeles. Our house was on a pie shaped lot and measured a little over 1/4 acre. Pretty big for a housing tract. Anyway, we always had veggies and fruit trees, a few chickens and even 4-H lambs (until the neighbors complained). The valley was not densely populated like it is now. Commercial flocks of sheep spent the winter months about 1/2 mile from our house and my sis and I would go over there to see the babies. Friends from a neighboring 4-H club started bottle feeding the orphaned lambs and asked sis and I to help. That's how I got into raising sheep.
Later, I married a farmer who actually hated farming (felt forced into it by his parents) and couldn't stand that I felt blessed every day for the living the life I had always dreamed of. (you just can't help negative ugly people with no joy in their life)
During my divorce I swore I would never live in a condo or tract house. After months of looking and months of dissappointment I found my little fixer-upper. A ranch style house on a 1/3 acre and zoned for all animals except horses. We were home. Not like the "ranch" I came from, but all mine to do with as I pleased.
When I started designing the gardens, barn, orchard I was leaning towards French and English style gardens. I ended up with the formal lines of french gardens and the casual plantings of english gardens, with all my favorite plants.
Now we have a 12 X 24' barn with chicks, rabbits and DD's 4-H lambs, veggies beds, 6 fruits trees, cutting gardens for cut flowers, rose garden...
All the things I had on the big ranch just in miniture. That's how we became "La Patite Ferme" - French for "The Little Farm".
Jenn |
| cabinmoose |
Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 11:34:28 AM
Margie,
That is very exciting! A new lease on life! Can't wait to meet you!
Cheers,
Lorna
Forest Hill, MD
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| newheart |
Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 10:36:12 AM
My screen name came about due to a heart attack and surgery and the first day I was able to sit up at computer and discovered Mary Jane's Farm. I became
NEWHEART. not very exciting but it fits me.....
Margie
Chocolate makes my Heart 'sing"... |
| Kay Marie |
Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 10:21:08 AM
I also used my first and middle names. I'm proud of them as I'm named after two extaordinary women -- my grandmothers. Both of them farm girls so I chose to use my names in honor of their lives and all of the knowledge they passed on to me. It is those skills that keeps the farm girl in me alive while I live in a small apartment in a city of more than a million people. Retirement will find me with my toes dug firmly into the dirt of my own farm. |
| Corinnelouise |
Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 09:09:08 AM
I just use my first and middle names together, makes me sound more like a country girl. The first email address account I ever had, back in 1995 was under this name and then I carried it on.
Corinne |
| MulberryMama |
Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 07:39:54 AM
I am the mother of two little girls and working full-time in a very demanding job. I used to have a beautiful kitchen garden, but with children and work needing my attention, the garden is overgrown with volunteer mulberries. Since I have been so successful at growing little girls and mulberries, I am MulberryMama.
I wasn't born in a barn, but I was raised in one. |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 07:35:56 AM
I like "crazy fire idiot"--it has a nice ring to it 
"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. |
| emsmommy5 |
Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 07:29:23 AM
I suppose mine is pretty straightforward. It was a conglomeration of the most significant things I was working on at the time, the EMS is because I was in EMT school at the time, now it would be crazy fire ems idiot or something. The mommy5 is my most important and significant thing- being a mom to 5 particularly awesome people!
Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 17 2007 : 9:00:26 PM
I guess mine is pretty easy to figure out. I am Jenny and I have a zillion neices and nephews and my daycare kids always called me Aunt Jenny too. I have always used that name for everything..email, screen names anywhere and all. I love hearing all your stories
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
| Carol Sue |
Posted - Jul 17 2007 : 7:45:40 PM
Mine is not orginally, it is just my name. I wasn't even thinking about a name. I just wanted to be able to log on and ask questions and read like crazy!!!!!
Enjoying the moments. |
| cabinmoose |
Posted - Jul 17 2007 : 7:36:13 PM
It has been so much fun reading everyone's stories! Ok there are still lots of you to go!
Let's hear more!
Good night!
Lorna
Lorna Orick,
Forest Hill, MD |
| Alee |
Posted - Jul 17 2007 : 6:14:02 PM
Well, my given name is Alyssa, but in high school my best friend never could seem to pronouce it properly. So she decided she was going to give me a nickname. The way she pronouced it was Alee (auh lee) but that morphed int to Alee (alley) for my nieces and nephews because they had a hard time pronouncing it as well. It usually came out "Aunt Owie" though! LOL
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora! |
| Cheryl |
Posted - Jul 17 2007 : 5:06:13 PM
I love reading all the answers. I have to tell you that I thought your screen name was suppose to be your first name. (My son would just die) I work on a computer 8 hrs a day and am usually too tired to play on it much after work. Although since I found this website I have been spending a lot more fun time on the computer. If I had to do again I would be Craftyhands and the reason being I love doing things with my hands. I can't even talk without them!
Cheryl :) |
| Runbikegrrl |
Posted - Jul 17 2007 : 4:42:11 PM
Runbikegrrl - running is my first love from the time I could walk I was a runner. In my 30's an injury kept me from running the 50-70 miles a week I would run.....as soon as I could I tried to get back to it but couldn't put in all those miles like I did a mountain bike racer friend turned me on to riding and then I started racing ...hence my next sport addiction bikes...and well the grrl comes from the riot girl phase.
"So many interests so little time!"
http://lovelifelivegrrl.blogspot.com/ |
| Pearlsnjeans |
Posted - Jul 17 2007 : 4:13:46 PM
This is fun and interesting too! My name "pearlsnjeans"....well, Pearls are my favorite gem - beautiful and warm. I'm most comfortable in jeans and boots. So being a country farm girl at heart, I think the two go together just great! Kinda has an elegant air.
Vicki
who says Farmgirls aren't elegant |
| Aunt George |
Posted - Jul 17 2007 : 4:12:27 PM
Love the stories! Mine is simple, I have 13 nieces and nephews....and nobody ever uses the name "auntgeorge" except them....so when I had to choose my screen name years ago, all of my first choices were taken eg: dragonlady, dragongirl (to go along with my TaeKwonDo training) My kids call my sister: Aunt Andy and my mother was Grandma Bobbie.....so it kind of is a family tradition!! LOL
G
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/index.html
http://auntgeorge.etsy.com
"Made With Love" |
| ArmyWifey |
Posted - Jul 17 2007 : 3:47:37 PM
Well I love your story! Used to watch Grizzly Adams all the time, that & The Adventures of the Wilderness Family movies. I SO would love to move somewhere like that!
Mine's pretty basic --- I am after all an Army Wife. Maybe I should come up with something more original/telling of who else I am???
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!
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| mom2knk |
Posted - Jul 17 2007 : 3:21:33 PM
Mine is pretty simple as well.....I am Mom to Katie and Kyle, I just used their first initials instead of their whole names....mom2knk |
