I give in

I have finally decided it's time to join the blogging world. You're probably wondering why I named my blog Trump-MacKay. Actually, I was trying to be creative and not just name it Sara MacKay, but unfortunately my impatience succumbed to my creativeness (okay so I'm not really that creative either).

So here's the real story...When Mike and I got married he wanted me to hyphenate my name. Being the liberal that he is, he thinks it's ridiculous that in our culture women always give up their maiden name when they get married. Fortunately for me MacKay is a great last name, otherwise I might have seriously thought about the hyphenation thing. I definitely wouldn't want to be a Julia Gulia.

Also, another funny story about the name thing. I was most definitely glad I did not hyphenate my name when we moved to England. Apparently, Trump is not the powerful, money-grabbing name in England as it is in America. Oh no, it's no where near that cool and posh. The Brits like to say, "I trumped" when they pass gas. Oh yes, and Mike got a kick out of telling people my maiden name, especially his young men (what teenage boy wouldn't think that's funny?).