Blog Names...or Tuesdays aren't conducive to creativity

So, I decided to try this blogging thing... Who'd have expected writer's block to strike when trying to decide on a blog name??? I puzzled and mused, probably resembling the Grinch when he was puzzling over what terrible, awful thing he could do to all the Who's down in ... well, youknow what I mean...

I wanted something that was chatty (like me...!) and something sort of Southern...also like me...
I wasn't blessed with one of those screamingly southern names like Billie Sue or JoEllen. I'm just Elaine. I collect Fiesta, old linens, Christmas ornaments, and dust bunnies. I've had a whole lot of fun over the years with Fiesta, and have somehow managed to corrupt (infect?) several of my friends along the way, too. A year or two back, I had brought a box of dishes to one of the nurses I work with and she got allll excited over this one piece and squealed, "oooooh is that Cara Faye for me?" Ever since, I have to stop and think before I try to say carafe... or "Cara Fay" is what falls out of MY mouth. So...hm. Cara Faye it is.

Dishing... well.. could be several things... If you aren't a collector, chances are you're thinking of chatting or something verbal. For me, it's a little more active, and a LOT more dusty. Dishing means scouring yard sales, flea markets, antique stores, junk stores, thrift stores... looking for whatever bit of dish flotsam washes up on the retail shores. I go fairly frequently, with mixed results. Sometimes it's a solitary pursuit, sometimes a shared venture. Either way, it's fun.