Andress
it's my great-great grandmother's maiden name on my father's side.....he originally wanted to have my middle name be
Earle 
uh, whoa. thanks, mama, for steppin in on that one. "earl" is a big family name, and there also are several females with "earl
e" as their middle name. luckily, my mom won out with naming me Monica Andress....i hated it when i was little....not a cutesy kinda name....but i LOVE it now. it's different, and the fact that my great-great grandmother was alive when i was born to know i was her namesake, and that i actually
do remember her makes it that much more special to me.
