Ok, first of all, thank you soooooo much for taking the time to submit a name for my poor old truck. It's been so fun reading through your posts and seeing all the fun, creative things that you all came up with! I so appreciate you taking the time to share your fun ideas with me!

Before announcing my name choice, I have to acknowledge some of my favorite posts and my runner-up names.

My mom voted for Conni's suggestion of Theodore Blu and Claudia's suggestion of Senhor Theodore because I named my teddy bear Theodore as a child.

I loved do many of the names you suggested with Ford in the name, like Buford and Rutherford and Rik's suggestion of Henry the Ford.

Actually, many of you suggested Henry and Edward. I liked the names, but as those are family names, when I would say, "Let's go visit Ed," I didn't want to have to explain which Ed I meant. My family has a bad habit of naming everything and everyone the same 10 names, I swear, so I thought that I would break from that tradition.

I also really liked Shannon's suggestion of Medwyn, as it seemed a strong nod to my Celtic heritage.

I got a good laugh over Miesje's suggestion of PAT -- Photographer's Assitant Truck.

And Robyn gets the best alliteration award for her comment: "Freakin' fantabulous Frank. He's a little frazzled and on the fritz, but he's funny and flirty and an F100 Ford. Just don't paint him fuchia." As a former English instructor, I couldn't let such excellent literary skills pass without commenting on them!

The English teacher in me also loved Brekke's suggestion of Walt as a reference to Walt Whitman and his poem "To a Stranger."

But in the end, there was one name that stuck with me. I don't know why excatly, but as soon as I read the post, both my husband and I said, "Yep, that's the name!"

So my truck is now officially named

Harrison the Ford

as suggested by Jennifer Clare. I know many of you suggested Harry and even Ford, but the whole Harrison Ford connection didn't click until Jennifer's post. And he's definitely a Harrison, not a Harry. So thank you so much, Jennifer for your clever suggestion. And if I don't email you first, please email me to claim your prize!

As for everyone else, I do so appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment and I'm going to be emailing everyone who posted a special gift certificate for $10 off your next Flourish Emporium purchase. So look for that in your inbox within the next day or so!

Thanks again and stay tuned for a big announcement tomorrow. I'm adding two new workshop dates for 2009 and you'll be excited to see where they are . . . .