Growing up, I had to constantly correct people on how to say my name. "It's actually LaREEsa, not LaRISSa." is definitely the most used phrase in my life. Since getting married I've added, "Stobbe is pronounced Stow-bee, not Stawb." Oh the joys of an uncommon name. I've always been a little on the shy side so if people didn't get it right after I had corrected them once or twice I just let them call me whatever they wanted and I wouldn't notice it after a while. Luckily, when I got older my friends would start to correct people for me because they knew I wouldn't do it myself. How nice of them! Reese and Reesa is what my family would call me but not usually friends. To my close friends I was mostly Larisa or just "Katz" (my maiden name which I love and miss). When I moved down to Utah, a lot more of my friends started calling me Reese and now it's pretty much what I'm called exclusively. Especially by my in-laws, nieces/nephews, and close friends. It's a lot easier to say and I like it just as much as my full name. I get a warm fuzzy feeling when someone calls me Reese. It automatically makes me think that they're comfortable enough to use my nickname and we are going to be friends for life. Maybe I'm crazy, but that’s all right! So feel free to call me whatever you want, as long as it’s not LarISSa.
Welcome to my blog! I don't really know what I'm doing here. If I do this wrong just bear with me. K, thanks.
So, for my first post I decided that I would kind of explain what this blog is going to be, or at least what I think it's going to be. I realized that I kind of have a motto or a mantra that I say to myself especially when I'm starting something new. I always think "I have no idea what I'm doing" usually followed up by "but no one does at first so I'll figure it out eventually!" That way if it turns out awesome, I'm extra excited about it!
Anyway, I have wanted to start a blog for a while but I didn't know how. I love reading my friends blogs because they're hilarious, insightful, and it gives something to do. But when I thought about writing one myself I kept making up excuses like, "What would I call it?" (My biggest excuse for months) or "What the heck would I even write about?!" or "I'm not very good at writing." or "My life isn't interesting enough to write about." or "No one will read it." etc. Then I got pregnant. I knew my life was about to change drastically and I wanted to keep track of everything. I used to be awesome at keeping a journal! Then, important things started happening in my life, like when I started to date my future husband, and I got too busy and got out of the habit. The one time in my life that I should have been keeping a good record of and I totally slacked. I have journals filled with high school drama, fun and crazy times during my single days and living on my own, but absolutely nothing about the times leading up to the most important decision of my life. Smooth move, I know. So when I found out this baby was coming I kept thinking more and more about starting a blog, especially after I quit my job and knew that I would have a lot of extra time on my hands. I kept putting it off because of reasons listed above and many more. I'm a pro at talking myself out of things. I now have less than three weeks until this baby is due and I think I might lose my mind if I don't keep myself busy. So, better late than never, here I am, writing a blog.
I already know that this whole blog is going to be pretty scatter-brained, so grammar police, beware. I write how I talk so be prepared for many ellipses, long winded sentences (much like this one here), commas where they don't belong, and a lot of "so's." I just wanted a place I could come and get my thoughts out and have something to do, and if people want to read it, great! I think that I will write mostly about events in my life, but I didn't want to be limited to just that. So from time to time I might throw in a craft tutorial, gush about some song I happened to hear that day, reminisce about a memory from years ago, or just write down some random thoughts about whatever pops into my head. Little bits and pieces of my life! So if any of this sounds like something you might be interested in, stay a while and lets be friends!
Right now, I don't know what I'm doing, but I'll figure it out... Eventually!
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