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Geek Girls Aren’t Creepy!

Gabs — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:52:11 +0000

As you may know from some of my past blog entries, I’ve been becoming really addicted to YouTube in the past 1-2 years. Not only am I enjoying watching YouTube, but I am also enjoying making my own vlogs and sharing my thoughts and ideas online as well. In the past few months I’d been [...]

Reflecting on 2011

Gabs — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:38:31 +0000

2011 was quite a year for me. I started out in a good position career-wise with my clients from 2010 having lots of projects for me early in the year. We also spent the early part of the year getting our upstairs bathroom remodeled, which almost turned out fantastic. The tile work we had done [...]

Don’t Hate Me for Being Successful

Gabs — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:51:53 +0000

I know not everyone had a good year in 2011. Unemployment was still high, the US ended up getting entangled in Libya, the Occupy movement went into full-force this Autumn, SOPA seemed imminent. That’s probably why whenever I have a really good year, and the rest of the world feels like it’s falling apart, I [...]

Evolution of a Relationship

Gabs — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:00:25 +0000

So this year Dave and my relationship passed the 5 year mark, which for me was a great milestone to achieve. My last multi-year relationship ended just shy of 5 years and it was very clear for well over a year before the break-up that it needed to end. This time around things are very [...]

Being 40-Something

Gabs — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:57:33 +0000

So yesterday I turned 40. That’s a fairly big milestone in a person’s life, considering our distant ancestors often didn’t live much past the age of 30 or so. If I was alive some 50,000 years ago I’d be considered a very old woman (and probably look the part), but in today’s modern age 40 [...]

Holiday Fever

Gabs — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:09:06 +0000

Now that the leaves have almost completely fallen from the trees, the weather has turned colder and we’ve had our first snow (or two), I have begun to get into the holiday spirit. I know many people barely tolerate the holidays as they can evoke painful or at least uncomfortable memories of stressful family gatherings. [...]

I am Not Any Percent

Gabs — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:37:04 +0000

I am getting tired of people being so divisive around the world today. I may not be part of this so called “1%” of wealthiest people, nor do I identify at all with the folks calling themselves “the 99%.” I also cannot completely identify with “the 53%” either. Nor do I feel that any of [...]

Birthday Countdown

Gabs — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:47:07 +0000

In exactly 40 days from now I will turn 40. To mark the occasion I have been planning a birthday countdown vlog (video blog). I’m doing these vlogs for a number of reasons – primarily I’m doing them for myself, as a way to reflect back on the last 4 years of my life, and [...]

The Dog Days of Autumn?

Gabs — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:33:11 +0000

As most of you know, Dave and I adopted our dog Joey one year ago near the end of September 2010. He was the last of his litter to get adopted and we were thrilled to bring him home. He’s turned out to be a smart and fun pet. Well this year we went back [...]

Stories of Omi

Gabs — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:29:00 +0000

For those of you who know me, you know that I was very close to my maternal grandmother, who I called Omi. She lived through a lot in her life – including two World Wars while living in Germany, immigration to new countries, and much more. I have really wanted to share her stories with [...]