Surprise news

Brother beaznuts is getting married. Yay! I adore his girlfriend and am very excited that she's going to be an official part of our family. They're in a hurry and the ceremony will probably be in May. As in a month from now. I did beg Beaz not to schedule the wedding the first weekend (our anniversary trip [which is back on]) or the second weekend (Kalamazoo for the 'fink; ECWC for me). Why the rush? Well, Mom's about to get another grandchild.

Wow.

A rose by any other name

So, Venetian names.

I have so many "M" things; I should keep that initial for my persona name. Hubbyfink's favorite is Margarita for obvious reasons, while my personal favorites are Micola and Marte which were actually recorded in Venice in the fourteenth century (Margarita shows up in a Venetian census in the 16th century; although, Gerita [a pet form] appears in the 14th).* To be perfectly honest, I'm not jazzed by any of those. Marcella is pretty, if a teensy bit post my preferred time period, but some people feel it's too close to Marcellus.

Bah. I don't really like the M names. :/

What do I like? Colleta, Cristina, Elizabeta, and Thomisina. I could make the M part of my surname. There are some AWESOME last names like Malipiero, Menegi, Mocenigo, Morosini and Muxe. Fabulous, every last one of them.

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*Names info cribbed from The Academy of St. Gabriel.