It is New Year’s Eve – and before I continue, I need to say, “I hope this last day of the year has and/or will be your best day yet!
Our RV, new to us, is no longer nameless. We had several contenders, but with veto rights held by both of us, naming was difficult. Loco Motive was one of the forerunners and we still both like that.
But… a few weeks ago, I read Leon the definition of a word from The Alpha Dictionary’s “The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English”. Now, I am not attracted to ‘beautiful’ anything – unless it is nature, but the words weren’t all ‘beautiful.
The one I chose was defined simply as, a complete set. Now, we both saw significance in that, but I didn’t love the word. So I kept hunting.
The other day I saw a word that referred to a complete coat of armour and a splendid array. I suggested the word to Leon as the name. He wasn’t in love with it, but he considered it.
Tonight, I decided to look up that word that meant a complete set, since he got excited when he first heard it. I couldn’t remember anything other than it began with a “P”, but knew where I found it. I didn’t see it the first go around, because I was only looking at the words and not the definitions. I looked again at the definitions and found, a complete set.
Oh my! His word and my word were the same word! The beautiful words article only had part of the definition and I didn’t put two and two together.
We both agreed it was too ironic. We both chose the same word for different reasons, but understood the reasoning of both. I found that out on the last day of the year and Leon is English and we associate armor with England – and well, we both love turtles and turtles have their own armor, and, well, and, so. our RV is now Panoply – pronounced here.
Loco Motive is probably how most people we know see our RV purchase, grin, but, RV Panoply it is. Making a decision is a good way to end the old year. And McGullby (in header) is going on the RV somewhere – to remind us to live in the moment. Leon did not veto it, lol.
Now, in the new year we can proceed with the interior partial demolition and reconstruction, aka remodeling. Stay tuned.
Happy New Year’s Eve to all and may your New Year start with a smile in your heart and a grin on your face.
During our first summer as full timers, 5 1/2 years, ago we tried out all sorts of names from high brow and pompous to fanciful to absurd but the one that stuck was simply, The House. It’s the first one we have ever owned in 41 years of marriage. We tell folks The House may be small but we have the biggest back yard.
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Marcie, The House is perfect. I suggested, Home, for ours, but he exercised his veto – and vetoed RV, but then I vetoed a lot of his, too.
I plan to have a backyard as big as yours one day!