Meme Tag -- Middle Name Game

A couple of weeks ago, my dear friend and talented artist, Deryn PAIGE Mentock, tagged me for the Middle Name Game.

Rules: 

1.You have to post these rules before you give the facts.
2. Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of your middle name.
3. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.
4. When you are tagged you need to write your own blogpost with your own middle name game facts.
5. At the end of your blog post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag.   
6. Don’t forget to leave a comment telling the folks you tag they’re tagged and to read your blog.

My middle name is RUTH. I was named for my late great aunt, Ruth Rogers, who was married to the late Roy Rogers - but probably not the Roy Rogers you know about. I've always liked my middle name - mostly because it isn't one people easily guess. Also, I've decided lately that it is a little more dignified name than Sally. Hmmmm, is that a good thing? Maybe not for a cut-up like me. LOL

 R . . . is for Religious Iconography.

                    It's everywhere . . .

                    in my art,

                    in my studio,

                    in my house,

                    in my jewelry.

U . . . is for Underground, as in Alice Underground.

Oh, how I love those charming characters that came from the imaginative mind of Lewis Carroll! I even have a collection of books ABOUT Alice and about Lewis Carroll. My kitchen has a corner dedicated to Alice. My all time favorite Alice illustrator is Anne Bachlier. Her paintings for the tale are a fantastic collection.

AIW paintings by Anne Bachlier

T . . . is for Tools, Tools, Tools.

Yummy, how I love my tools.

Love to shop for them.

Love to buy them.

Love to organize them,

Love to reorganize them.

Love to shop more, buy more, and organize all over again!

Oh, how I love my tools... especially my new TORCH and all it's paraphernalia. See my new tall torch table? One of our major department stores just went out of business and I bought this tall display table. Since I got experience with a torch in Susan Lenart Kazmer's class, I've been dying to set up my own area for torching things... (I'm still a little scared of that TANK.) Haven't actually USED the torch yet -- but it looks good, ya gotta admit. And all those Iris cart drawers for pliers and hammers and metal - oh my! Pliers and hammers and metal, oh my! 

 

 H . . . is for my Husband of 40 years!

  What a lucky girl am I!

  He knows me and loves me anyway. Knows my strengths and  tells me about them. Knows my weaknesses and never  mentions them. Knows I HAVE to be right and lets me be right... even when I'm wrong. Knows I can't handle criticism and never criticizes me , even behind my back. Knows I don't like to clean the kitchen, so he does it. Knows I'm a procrastinator, so he pays the bills.. . Need I go on? Woohoo!                     
I hit the Jackpot. Sorry, gals, the best one is taken. Not perfect, you understand, but when he snores or leaves the water running or wakes me too early with a pep chant to get me up to go to the gym to work out or gets on his all fours to crawl into the bath room barking like a dog and scares the peewaddle outta me (yeah, well, he'd have to be nuts to marry me, right?) ... ... I just try to think how I'd miss all those aggravations if I didn't have him around. I love you, Jer.

Hey, that was fun. Now I tag . . .Ruth, Ursala, Tuttle (Susan), Hanson (Rande)

Oh, and btw for anyone who was wondering - including me:

meme (mm) n.

A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.[Shortening  (modeled on gene) of mimeme, from Greek mimma, something imitated, from mimeisthai, to imitate; see mimesis.]

 

Comments

[Sharon at Norah'S]

You are too funny. Boy do I love my tools too and I gotta a dh to match yours. We are blessed.

[Susan Tuttle]

Hi Sally,
I so enjoyed reading about you via your meme! Thanks so much for tagging me--I promise to make every attempt to do it--sounds like fun!!

Susan
xoxo

[Karen Ouellette]

Too cute, and what a lovely tribute to your hubby!!

[JUDY WILKENFELD]

Great post -so interesting too!

[Deryn Mentock]

Thanks for playing Sally Ruth!

[cat allard]

I just wanted to tell you that I am enjoying your blog! I found it through a ZNE memeber Suzan Buckner. Keep up the great work!
Cat

[Kim]

Sally,
I just wanted to let you know that your work truly inspires me! I've looked at your art slide show over and over, since last night when I just happened to stumble across your blog! I've added you to my list of favorite blogs so I can keep up with your new work. As an added bonus, you are a believer!! May God continue to bless you in your creativity!