And so it begins....

As I take my first steps into the land of blogging, I find that I feel a certain amount of trepidation. These are the feelings that have kept me from starting a blog before this. I have a tendency to disclose too much. I'm a babbler, and that's why this is called Shababble. I am also a bit of a contradiction. As much as I disclose way too much at times, I also want to maintain a certain amount of privacy. So I have held off for all this time in starting a blog because my tendency to disclose too much falls in sharp contrast with my desire to keep certain details vague, and I find I am torn as to whether to use real names for the people I know. I'll admit it, I'm afraid of cyber stalkers!! Yes, I know, perhaps a bit silly, but it's true.

However, my fear of cyber-stalkers and of there being too much information out there about myself is being swept under the carpet as I type these words. Hopefully I won't regret this! I'm starting this blog as I start the next phase of my life. It's not necessarily a phase that will be huge and profound (only time will tell), but it is one that begins in a completely new and largely unknown (for me) place. A place where blue sky is not to be taken for granted and where some refer to rain as "liquid sunshine." The Pacific Northwest. Washington to be exact. Let's see how this girl handles the transition from regular sunshine to daily gray.