Welcome one and all to the Adventures In Gabbyland!
I'm not really sure what this blog will be, and I don't want to define it just yet. I kind of just want it to evolve in an organic way, and see what happens. Will anything interesting come out of it? Will anyone actually read it? Stay tuned for the answers to these and many more questions!
So, who am I? I'm Gabby. I'm an at home Mom with two crazy kids, a husband, and one very old dog. I also paint, write, act, and occasionally direct plays. Basically, if it's a creative endeavor... I will give it a shot.
People seem to enjoy my Facebook status updates, and my somewhat unique spin on life, and I very much enjoy writing so I decided to give this blog thing a whirl. For the most part, blogging seems kind of like journaling to me... and if my prior journaling experience is any indication, I can fully expect to find this blog gathering dust underneath my bed after about a week.
But... maybe not! Today, I am all about the follow through. Hubster will be the first to tell you that I am really great at starting projects. Finishing them? When I'm not even getting paid? Not so much. But that was the old me. Today, I am the whole new me!
(I love that I have the ability to reinvent myself, don't you? It's SO convenient!)
Evidence of the whole new me can be found in my on-going comittment to a healthier lifestyle. You see... I'm what you might refer to as pleasingly plump. If you're being kind. And I'm having a skinny day. Oh, alright... I'm a fat ass. There. I said it. But a few months ago, I made the decision to get off my behind and DO something, and I did! I've been working out and doing Weight Watchers for 12 weeks, and I have lost nearly 25 pounds! Woo-Hoo for me!
See... I can follow through when I put my mind to it. Take that Hubster!
Do you see now why I don't want to define this blog just yet? I am SO easily sidetracked! Because none of the above is what I actually planned to post about today. I'm like a squirrel with shiny objects. Or is it a bird? Dog with a squirrel? Oh whatever, you all know what I mean!
So, I was having this conversation yesterday with Hubster about the term "Drama Queen". It's a term that is applied to me quite a bit. I don't love that it's applied to me, but I've kind of embraced the whole thing at this point... my e-mail signature even says, "I'm not a Drama Queen. I'm not! I'm not!! I'M NOT!!!". It's all in good fun. Mostly. Because the truth is, I really don't think I am a Drama Queen. Hubster says people apply the label to me because I do plays, and have a somewhat flamboyant personality. He doesn't think there is anything derogatory in the term... but I disagree. When I think of Drama Queens, I think of a person who is creating drama, or heightening drama in situations where there really shouldn't be any. I also think most true DQ's do it for their own personal gain.
I would like to go on record right now as saying that I do not set out to create drama. It just kind of seems to happen around me. Like, you know how there are people who seem to be really lucky? Or really unlucky? And there are other people that are kind of chaos magnets? Well, I'm like that but with drama. I can't help it. It seeks me out!
I tell ya, internets... it is exhausting to be me! Of course, I take very little seriously... most of all myself. I encourage you to do the same. In the meantime friends, I'd like to know: Do you have labels applied to you that you don't think fit? How do you feel about that? Do you think there's anything that you can do to change how others view you?
Toodles 'til next time,
Gabby
I'm not really sure what this blog will be, and I don't want to define it just yet. I kind of just want it to evolve in an organic way, and see what happens. Will anything interesting come out of it? Will anyone actually read it? Stay tuned for the answers to these and many more questions!
So, who am I? I'm Gabby. I'm an at home Mom with two crazy kids, a husband, and one very old dog. I also paint, write, act, and occasionally direct plays. Basically, if it's a creative endeavor... I will give it a shot.
People seem to enjoy my Facebook status updates, and my somewhat unique spin on life, and I very much enjoy writing so I decided to give this blog thing a whirl. For the most part, blogging seems kind of like journaling to me... and if my prior journaling experience is any indication, I can fully expect to find this blog gathering dust underneath my bed after about a week.
But... maybe not! Today, I am all about the follow through. Hubster will be the first to tell you that I am really great at starting projects. Finishing them? When I'm not even getting paid? Not so much. But that was the old me. Today, I am the whole new me!
(I love that I have the ability to reinvent myself, don't you? It's SO convenient!)
Evidence of the whole new me can be found in my on-going comittment to a healthier lifestyle. You see... I'm what you might refer to as pleasingly plump. If you're being kind. And I'm having a skinny day. Oh, alright... I'm a fat ass. There. I said it. But a few months ago, I made the decision to get off my behind and DO something, and I did! I've been working out and doing Weight Watchers for 12 weeks, and I have lost nearly 25 pounds! Woo-Hoo for me!
See... I can follow through when I put my mind to it. Take that Hubster!
Do you see now why I don't want to define this blog just yet? I am SO easily sidetracked! Because none of the above is what I actually planned to post about today. I'm like a squirrel with shiny objects. Or is it a bird? Dog with a squirrel? Oh whatever, you all know what I mean!
So, I was having this conversation yesterday with Hubster about the term "Drama Queen". It's a term that is applied to me quite a bit. I don't love that it's applied to me, but I've kind of embraced the whole thing at this point... my e-mail signature even says, "I'm not a Drama Queen. I'm not! I'm not!! I'M NOT!!!". It's all in good fun. Mostly. Because the truth is, I really don't think I am a Drama Queen. Hubster says people apply the label to me because I do plays, and have a somewhat flamboyant personality. He doesn't think there is anything derogatory in the term... but I disagree. When I think of Drama Queens, I think of a person who is creating drama, or heightening drama in situations where there really shouldn't be any. I also think most true DQ's do it for their own personal gain.
I would like to go on record right now as saying that I do not set out to create drama. It just kind of seems to happen around me. Like, you know how there are people who seem to be really lucky? Or really unlucky? And there are other people that are kind of chaos magnets? Well, I'm like that but with drama. I can't help it. It seeks me out!
I tell ya, internets... it is exhausting to be me! Of course, I take very little seriously... most of all myself. I encourage you to do the same. In the meantime friends, I'd like to know: Do you have labels applied to you that you don't think fit? How do you feel about that? Do you think there's anything that you can do to change how others view you?
Toodles 'til next time,
Gabby
Woooo Hooooo! Another blog to follow. So EXCITED!!!! Glad you're blogging...you have a way with words and I'm looking forward to many laughs while reading about your life :)
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