One of the talents I have unfortunately been bestowed with is the natural inability to come up with creative, punchy names, taglines or headlines interesting enough that even my cats could not be the least interested. If I try hard enough, it is likely that I come up with something sounding a little too clever or just trying too hard to be clever that it ended up with a bunch of made up words which sounds so very cleverly lame!

“Slice of Life”  was my very first blog name because for months, I could not think up of something better or remotely me.  I only went with it after weeks of going back and forth simply because I just wanted to start blogging. That would probably be the most ordinary blog name I have conjured up with and I stuck to it for years! Probably was a good thing I didn’t go public.

Getting to a blog name the first time round was already not an easy task for me. Deciding to get my own domain there after, felt quite intimidating and I thought, perhaps I’d better get it right and a little less ordinary. It was such a giant step to get a personal domain! What in the world should I name my damn, bloody blog?!

Clouts of words occupy my mind all.the.time; first thing I think about the moment I open my eyes and the last thing I mulled over before I head out to dreamland. It was hard to feel “settled” when I can’t seem to nail a few words to make up a blog name that makes sense for me and one that I can identify with me.

By then, I sort of know that the content of my writing would be skewing towards food and my 2 little terrors, and I started listing out different variations and word play to come up with something. Grubbs came about as an endearing term which I often use for food; I added an extra b to the word “grubs” as a reflection of my obsession with anything gastronomic.  As for Critters, I had extra help; my husband suggested that, as that is how he sees our kids…as little critters. And so, Grubbs ‘n Critters was born from a joint effort with my ever lovely husband.

As for my tagline, I have always been so in love with beautiful quotes since I was a child and I already I knew I wanted some kind of a quote that reflects how I see life.

“Life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans” pretty much describes how I define and live my life – I hardly ever planned for mine, and often had to take the road less traveled under circumstances. And I have been fortunate to get through life so far, with scars, but unscathed.

The way I see it, life cannot be planned. It comes to you and you embrace it as you should to make the best of it. You can plan all you want, but really, somehow life already has it’s plans for you.

Much like this blog;  it has evolved and it will continue to evolve, and now rooted on a blog name that really reflects me. And like my life, my blog will always be a work in progress.

My destination: a world of possibilities.

Assignment: #Blogging-101, #SayYourName