Why is my blog named Katie and Suzanne?

It seems people have found my blog...making it no longer a place where I just write things to myself with no one but me and occasionally my mother reading the entries. Since that's the case...and since things at work are a little slow today, I thought I'd answer the often asked question: Why is it Katie and Suzanne?

One day in college I was passing through the bookstore when I saw they were having an art signing by Greg Olsen. He was still pretty new and exciting back then and I thought this would be a great chance to get a nice piece of art signed and then keep it in my hopechest for when I had a house to decorate. I bought a matted print of one of his paintings of Christ and waited in line and pondering what I should have him sign on my picture. I didn't want to have it say Katie Rockwood since my name would change if I got married. I didn't want it to say just Katie since it's pretty common and how would people know it was really mine. Katie Suzanne would be perfect. I met him, he was very nice and funny and personable and he signed my print. I was so excited to show my roommates. I went home and pulled it out for them, "Check out what I got..."

Candi looked at the signature and read outloud, "To Katie and Suzanne... is that because you have split personalities or something?" and laughed at me. Grrrrr... She still sends me Christmas cards and other stuff addressed to Katie and Suzanne Rockwood. I still have it of course. It still isn't framed, still sits in my hopechest, and it still makes me laugh when I see it. It's not up mainly because I'm lazy, not because of the botched inscription. Maybe someday I'll have a daughter and name her Suzanne and say it was for both of us. And then maybe someday I'll learn to speak a little clearer and not mumble so much...