What's in a name???

How do you name a blog? It may seem like it would be an easy task, but it's not. For a few days I wandered around the house throwing out cliche' titles but nothing seemed fitting for the life that Brent and I lead. And even when something slightly appealing, odd, and unique popped into my foggy head, the blog name availability box would deny my request. It's hard to believe that someone other than me would want to name a blog "Bugs on a Windshield" but it's true, someone has a blog address for "Bugs on a Windshield." "On the Open Road" was taken. So was "Road Warriors," "Every Mile a Memory," and "Meandering Thru Life."

Hoping that this would be an "us" project, I asked Brent for blog titles. His contribution was, "Blog." So I searched the title and not so shockingly, "Blog" was already taken. There was even a "Brent and Angie" blog and a "Angie and Brent" blog. Four other people living like us. I couldn't help but wonder if they were really like us...a bubbly, verbose woman trying to convert an Oscar the Grouch man into enjoying life for the small things...like preparing for (and blogging about) a much anticipated road trip!!

Road trips aren't exactly new to Brent. He's been here and there and a little bit of everywhere, but he's always been hard-wired to go from point A to point B as fast as possible and that's all. I'll have to ask Brent what it means to unwire something that is hard-wired but that's my task at hand. So while the only interest I get at the moment is "Call it 'Blog'" and "You don't want to go to Kansas," my unwiring may pay off and at some point, he'll show some interest in the journey just as much as the destination.

So, how was "A Break From Modern Living" chosen? Well, long story short, it's from a Disney movie. The Goofy Movie has Goofy and his son, Max taking a road trip across the country to go fishing and camping. In the movie, is the song "On the Open Road," which shows one traveler's spirit for the open road and the other's grumpy, "do we have to" attitude. I'm Goof, Brent is Max. Confused? Maybe this will help....

Beyond our future road trip, the title is still relevant. We definitely like to get away from the city, and with a little luck, and a lot of perseverance, we'll someday own a homestead of our own and have a permanent semi-break with modern living.