What's in a name?

A name of a blog or a company, is super hard to decide.  In fact, when you are drained of all your creative juices, it's even harder.   I find myself in this perdicitment this past week.  One of my MOBs (Mother of the Bride) suggested I start a blog to document my journey.  Her only stipulation was that I don't "paint" her as the crazy MOB. :)   She by the way is wonderful and has been a true blessing not only in helping me plan her daughter's wedding, but someone I call a friend!

So this past week....I needed a name...and I enlisted the help of many people: my parents, my friends, and even some people on facebook...hehe just kidding you guys are friends too!  There were a ton of choices and options but none of them seemed right.  My parents and I kept coming back to "Affair to Remember" concept.  We wanted it to encompass both wedding and other events, because I love the other events.  I know weddings are fun to plan, but they are a ton of work (as I am finding out)  I want to be able to advertise that I can plan weddings but I can also plan many more events. 

Now the problem was, did everyone else use this name too??  So I did what everyone would do in my situation...I googled it! I came across several companies called "An Affair to Remember" (The closest one is in Fayetteville, NC...but even then there was only a handful worldwide)  There is "Affairs to Remember" but not in Charlotte.  So I tried "The Affair to Remember" and nothing popped up.   I was golden, a new name had been born, and I was on my way!

Or so I thought...trying to start a blog is not as easy as you think.  First you have to find the server that has your "name" free.  I couldn't fine one single blog server that would allow me to be "theaffairtoremember.blog.com" or something like that.   They said all the names were taken....but when I tried to view those blogs, they were not existent.....damn Internet bursting my bubble.   But all in all I came back to this blog site...I like my options and the ease of typing and posting.  And now my name is part of the blog!


So there you have it folks...the name: "The Affair to Remember" not just the name of the blog...but maybe one day, the name of my company :)