Behind The Name

So, I certainly don't consider myself to be a writer in any way, shape or form and, honestly, I can't say I've ever had an interest in starting my own blog...until recently.  A couple friends of mine blog and after reading theirs I decided it was an awesome way to keep in touch with far-away family and friends...a way to display pictures and videos, along with describing new experiences.  It's possibly the next best thing to being there themselves.  And with how rapidly our kiddos are growing, I can keep them updated on them as well, which is probably what they're most interested in!  As Allen (my husband) and I prepare for our upcoming move to RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England, we're excited to experience new culture and different foods!  And although we're fortunate to be moving to a country that speaks the same language as us, I'm sure there will be times we get lost in translation.  In fact, I was reading a website for British slang earlier and learned that pants in British means 'underwear'!  Yikes!  I can see this getting us in trouble at some point.  Open mouth, insert foot.  So, this is where my blog name, 'Macs & Wellybobs' came from.  Mac is slang for raincoat, which comes from the inventor of the trench coat, Mr. Macintosh.  Wellybob, aka Wellies in the informal, is what they call their rainboots.  It is short for Wellington boots, named after the Duke of Wellington.  Macs and Wellybobs, two things we're sure to need in England!