Miss B. Lina

There has recently been interest in the origins of my blog name. I'm sure any of my family members could tell the story, but it starts off with my mom giving me the nickname 'Bobolina'. She has used this name for me throughout my life since I was young.

Seemingly unrelated is my love for getting mail. I don't like bills, but I do enjoy interesting items from family members and friends, magazines, checks and especially packages. As a pre-teen I found a magazine ad offering a beauty kit for cost of shipping ($2.95). The rule was only one per household. After receiving one of these kits and thoroughly enjoying it, I thought it would be nice to have another one. Since 'Shauna' had already received one I thought perhaps 'Bobolina' would like to have one too. I requested a kit for first name Bobo, last name Lina. When the kit came it was in the name of Miss B. Lina. So that became another of my many nicknames after the family figured out who this package was for (and why).

Well, that and no one on earth knows me by that name except family. Who's going to do a search for Miss B. Lina? And for that matter, who will search for 'shnopa', another one of my many names. I can't have every Tom, Dick and Harry reading my blog and knowing my true identity. Aren't I sneaky?!