the big reveal.
I’m not going to lie.
I love my new iPhone.
I love taking pictures with it
and then applying the instagram app to those photos
and then suddenly seeming like a capable, artsy photographer.
And I love how much time it has saved me with its ability to sync our family’s calendar
and the well-timed reminders it intuitively knows to send me when an event’s date is approaching.
I also love the shopping list I downloaded (at no cost) so that I never find myself in Publix
with five children
and no list
without the presence of mind to remember if I needed sour cream for dinner or cream of chicken soup.
And when I love something,
I like to name it.
(You should really know by now how much I like names.)
I put out a status the other day on Facebook asking for name suggestions for my new friend.
I received some good ones.
Like Uncle Charles and Lime and Pomegranate and Pretzel and Newt and Mr. Time and Stranger and Happy Dancer and Meringue.
My little yellow iPod bears the moniker of Lemon.
Last night Hannah and Walter and I tossed around names to compliment Lemon.
We came up with Grass and Seed and Poppy Seed and Sprite and Zest and Lulu.
Walter acted as if I was too engrossed in choosing a name for my cellular communication device.
I said I was not.
I just like names.
(I once had a leaf that stuck to the hood of my old Toyota Tercel for almost an entire semester during my junior year of college. His name was Fred.)
On second thought,
I might have actually given this process a little too much thought.
Walter might have been right.
(But don’t tell him I said that.)
I might have even made a list.
(On the “notes” section of my iPhone. Naturally.)
Anyway.
For those of you who are curious.
Or for those of you who have committed to reading this post all the way through.
I have decided upon a name.
Created through group effort.
And that name is . . .
King Solomon.
The end.
Thank you very much.
14 Comments
quietbeauty
bahaha! Seriously?
LaceyKeigley
seriously.
hannaH
um. so. how come walter is the only one with a shout out when you told me more than once that you wanted to put my one liners on a t-shirt? just sayin. i might call it poppy for short.
LaceyKeigley
Umm.
Maybe you should read more closely my friend.
You have a shout out too.
It says your name. (It just is not highlighted yet since this is your first mention!)
hannaH
yeah but you just said my name. you didnt say that i was funny. and im pretty sure that i am funny. so i guess i dont need you to say it since i already know that i am funny. so i retract my previous comment.
LaceyKeigley
Oh hannaH – you ARE funny.
quietbeauty
Hannah your name was first.
Kevin Keigley
…but not Jack.
LaceyKeigley
Right. Right.
Because I love you more than I want that name.
Jesse Wickstrum
That. name. is. Bad. Ass.
My iPod is actually named Solomon's Mine.
LaceyKeigley
Funny that we both have Solomon – great minds – eh?
Jesse Wickstrum
We totally are…along with Solomon…one of the great philosophers.
Gretchen
And He asked for Wisdom………perhaps this handy too will grant that to you too, Oh wise one! 🙂 I am glad you have a name for your friend! 🙂
LaceyKeigley
Thanks G.