MOC6 Day 17 Username

Kit: Apple of My Eye
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Journaling (153 words): There’s really nothing much to say about my username. “J” is for “Janice” and “Harvey” is my last name. The “A” is for “Abildgaard” (my original last name). I don’t have a middle name, so I often use the “A” as a nod to my Danish heritage. When I was growing up, I hated that I had to spell my name for people all the time, so I was happy to marry into a name that people could spell and pronounce. No more “Applecart” or “Applegarden.” Really, those weren’t so far off, since it could be literally translated from old Norse as “apple yard” or “apple orchard.” In general, “gaard” refers to a farmstead, so long ago the name likely meant “Abel’s farmstead.” My grandparents were farmers, so maybe there was an Abel in the family way back when. Interestingly, the designer Kristin Aagaard’s last name refers to a farmstead near a stream.