We exchange names, so we don't have to give many, but

• What was the best gift you GAVE? - SMT
  • We exchange names, so we don't have to give many, but - Me
  • Two come to mind, a lamb's wool mattress topper - sm - XXX
  • My 3 teenagers and I went together and - PAMT~MDM
    • Did he get the gnome too? - wondering
      • Yes, he also got the gnome! - PAMT~MDM
  • Broadway tickets for parents, for Les Mis. - nm
  • I gave my daughter a hand mixer and... - Carly
  • I took my mom to Red Lobster and she had --sm - ks

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Our family has always picked names for Christmas and bought only for that person.  The limit is supposed to be $25. You know how hard it is to just spend $25 especially on someone that basically has everything.  In the past this had just included the adults in their 40s and 50s.  Of course one felt obligated to buy the teenagers and younger children something. I'm single with no kids.  Last year I spent close to $200 on Christmas.  I really couldn't afford it last year, absolutely cannot afford that this year. 

This year my SIL presented the idea of a low cost gift or gift card (my mother hates gift cards) and playing the game of picking a number, then picking a gift, etc.  Well my other brother and his wife, who are well off, and my mother decided they didn't want to do that and also now want to include the teenagers and young adults (20s) in the gift exchange.  I told my mom I don't want to participate.  I can't afford it.  "Its only $25 they say.  Aren't you making any money?" Well its never "just" $25 and what can I buy a teenager that has everything for $25?  They turned up their noses on the small gifts I gave them in the past. I also don't want others to spend more than $25 on me when I could only afford $25.  I already feel inferior about my financial status in comparison to my siblings and I feel the best thing for me is to not participate.  What's the problem?    I really loathe Christmas anymore.  No one really appreciates any gifts they are given and I don't want to participate anymore. I guess I'm antisocial. Why can't we just have a family dinner and forget about the gifts?     Thanks for letting me vent. 

Is your pets name on the list?

1. Max
2. Maggie
3. Buddy
4. Bailey
5. Jake
6. Sam
7. Molly
8. Nicky
9. Coco
10. Sadie

Hi everyone!  I am looking for a name that begins with K...Do you any of you have the perfect ~K~ name for the perfect baby girl coming to our family?  Thank you all for your suggestions!!!

My husband and I are going to be getting a new puppy within the next couple of months.  I don't know if it is going to be male or a female, but we were just having a discussion about what we should end up calling him/her.  We are looking for somthing origional (no "spot" or "fido" or anything like that lol).  Something funny maybe, but nothing we would be embarassed to call him/her in public.

What are some of your guys' favorite "pets" names?

Thanks!!!

My daughter named her female puppy DOG (pronounced Deogee). 

I had a Basset Hound named Mr. Spock.

I had a puppy once who was so quiet when he walked, we called him Sneekers.

A white puppy named Flour.

A raccoon named Goggles.

A ferret named Serendipity (which means finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for).

I have a Peakapom named Ping Pong (he is black and white).

I have a black cat with beautiful eyes named Jeepers (like the commercial "Jeepers Creepers, where did you get those peepers").

Another ferret named Slinky (ever see the ripple effect when you rub your hand down their back)?

A female skunk named Chantilli, my favoride cologne. She was an albino. A male skunk named LeBaron, a favorite men's cologne.

So many more, but these are just off the top of my head.

Dogs--

Healy and Sheba (brother and sister)
Bonnie and Clyde (brother and sister)
Lucky Dogg--male
Cutie Pie--female
Prima--female
Panchita--female
Napoleon--male
Captain Tugg--male

Cats:

Pee-ty
Maximillion Bob
Stringfellow

Past and present names:

Dogs:  Duke, Snowball, Tiffany, Bo, Cinnamon, Sugar, Vanity, Brooke, Lil' Bit, Chips, Norton, Flippy, Country, Buddy.

Cats:  Raymond James, Littleton P. Bear, Spaz, Milo, Smoky, Sugar, Squeaky, Tom, Samuel, Buddy, Duke, Katie, Bo-Jack, Tweety, Sandy

Birds:  Chipper

Fish:  Scooby

Well, we named Bumper said name because as a puppy, he was clumsy and bumped into everything.

We loved him so dearly that 20 months later, Maggie came along (her AKC papers read Bumper's Princess Magdeline).  We actually named her after Maggie from The Simpsons, who is such a sweet and innocent child.  Now, Hubby wanted to put "Bumper's Lady Margaret" on her AKC papers but I told him I have an aunt named Margaret that I don't like, so it became Bumper's Princess (that, she is) Magdeline.  Plus, I liked the biblical reference.  

Toby, our rescue, was already named.  I guess his original name was Oliver (how cute!!!!) but his first owners changed it to Toby.  Then, when he was around 3, the mother got pregnant and decided she didn't have enough time for him.  Don't get me started on folks like that.  Dogs are a lifetime commitment (unless there are aggression issues, etc.).

Now, we have so many nicknames for each dog, it's not funny.  If you want to hear them, I'll post them when I have time.  Somehow, Bumper ended up being called Beef but I don't remember why. 

Also, we've tried to breed Bumper and Maggie (our rescue is a neut) with no success.  If they ever do have puppies, I'm going to do a theme.  Right now, I'm thinking of names from the Broadway play Cats.  There are so many cute names in that play!

Well, we named Bumper said name because as a puppy, he was clumsy and bumped into everything.

We loved him so dearly that 20 months later, Maggie came along (her AKC papers read Bumper's Princess Magdeline).  We actually named her after Maggie from The Simpsons, who is such a sweet and innocent child.  Now, Hubby wanted to put "Bumper's Lady Margaret" on her AKC papers but I told him I have an aunt named Margaret that I don't like, so it became Bumper's Princess (that, she is) Magdeline.  Plus, I liked the biblical reference.  

Toby, our rescue, was already named.  I guess his original name was Oliver (how cute!!!!) but his first owners changed it to Toby.  Then, when he was around 3, the mother got pregnant and decided she didn't have enough time for him.  Don't get me started on folks like that.  Dogs are a lifetime commitment (unless there are aggression issues, etc.).

Now, we have so many nicknames for each dog, it's not funny.  If you want to hear them, I'll post them when I have time.  Somehow, Bumper ended up being called Beef but I don't remember why. 

Also, we've tried to breed Bumper and Maggie (our rescue is a neut) with no success.  If they ever do have puppies, I'm going to do a theme.  Right now, I'm thinking of names from the Broadway play Cats.  There are so many cute names in that play!

Well, we named Bumper said name because as a puppy, he was clumsy and bumped into everything.

We loved him so dearly that 20 months later, Maggie came along (her AKC papers read Bumper's Princess Magdeline).  We actually named her after Maggie from The Simpsons, who is such a sweet and innocent child.  Now, Hubby wanted to put "Bumper's Lady Margaret" on her AKC papers but I told him I have an aunt named Margaret that I don't like, so it became Bumper's Princess (that, she is) Magdeline.  Plus, I liked the biblical reference.  

Toby, our rescue, was already named.  I guess his original name was Oliver (how cute!!!!) but his first owners changed it to Toby.  Then, when he was around 3, the mother got pregnant and decided she didn't have enough time for him.  Don't get me started on folks like that.  Dogs are a lifetime commitment (unless there are aggression issues, etc.).

Now, we have so many nicknames for each dog, it's not funny.  If you want to hear them, I'll post them when I have time.  Somehow, Bumper ended up being called Beef but I don't remember why. 

Also, we've tried to breed Bumper and Maggie (our rescue is a neut) with no success.  If they ever do have puppies, I'm going to do a theme.  Right now, I'm thinking of names from the Broadway play Cats.  There are so many cute names in that play!

So how or why did you come up with the screen name you use here?

blondie_1147, deenibeeni, cherrychecked, phillygal, LinK, Just the big bad, backward typist, gourdpainter, PAMT, PAMT~MDM, mtmomof2, Twiters, XanaX, Silly Girl, Old part-timer, SkateGirl, Just Me, starving artist, Horski, Lolabug, GabbyChick, Kendra, sbMT,  Kaydie, Marmann, Amanda, Stardust and all others?

At the moment we only have dogs, you wouldn't be interested in the coon dogs, dh named them Bob & John..lol..

we have an australian named Rex

dh also named this other dog Zip (because he runs fast)

We have had in the past, horses, other dogs, cats & a rabbit in the house

Rowdy, Dusty (was a dog & a pony), Sadie, Smokey, Bandit, Laddie, Freckles, Gus, Sheba, Spek, Skippy(rabbit), Bo, too many others to think...Fluffy, Josie (cats)

some others I like Amos for a dog, a friend had a blue heeler named amos

but I agree with the other post about seeing the animal FIRST.. then go from there, I have to look at a dog or any other animal before naming them..

Am thinking about getting some new furniture. I noticed American Signature had a really good sale on but have never bought any from there. I kinda got stung buying some, what I thought really inexpensive and nice-looking furniture from Ashley's when I moved into my new home in 2004. Well, excited about the newness, I did not check out each piece as it came in 1 x 1. That was my mistake- could not be returned, shoulda checked the small print. A living room chair has arms, 1 is lower than the other- my Bombay chest in the foyer has 1 leg on the bottom that is slightly turned out more than the other- my bedroom furniture has the paint on top flaking off. Needless to say, I do not care about using Ashley again. Now I know I can buy the really, really costly like Broyhill, Thomasville and the like but I have just spent out almost $10,000 getting my main room tiled and my bathroom fixed in slate so now am trying to see what else I can find. Has anyone used American Signature, if so do you like and I am open to any and all suggestions about others. Thanks.

My husband and I are going to be getting a new puppy within the next couple of months.  I don't know if it is going to be male or a female, but we were just having a discussion about what we should end up calling him/her.  We are looking for something original (no "spot" or "fido" or anything like that lol).  Something funny maybe, but nothing we would be embarrassed to call him/her in public.

What are some of your guys' favorite "pets" names?

Thanks!!!