LJ Idol Season 10, Week 0
LJ Idol Season 10, Week 0 Introduction-
Hi there. Glad to meet you. Come on in, grab a seat on the couch and help yourself to a cookie or some snacks.
I’ll start with the basics. I’m Rebecca Ann Galambos. Middle name after my paternal grandmother, first name simply because my mother liked it. My friends call me Becky, although my little brother calls me Minion (family joke). I was born and raised in St. Louis, MO, where I still live. I am one of those increasingly rare creatures that except for going away to college and my semester abroad, I’ve never moved. I still live in the same house that my parents brought me home to. I live with my father and brother, a cat and an ancient Labrador retriever. We lost my mother this past spring after an 18 month fight with Ovarian cancer.
I attended the local public schools, and then followed my mother to her alma mater, William Jewell College, a small liberal arts college in Liberty, MO, where I got almost all the way through the secondary ed program before dropping that portion - I have a BA in History with a minor in theatre. I worked at a dry cleaner as a shirt ironer/counter girl for a few years after graduation, before landing an arts administration job at a small theatre company in town. I’ve worked my way up and am now the Assistant Administrative Director of That Uppity Theatre Company, and will celebrate my 5th anniversary at the company in February.
When I’m not working, I love to create things. I’m a quilter. I cut up perfectly good fabric and sew it back together again. I’m a member of Flower Valley Quilting Guild in Ferguson, MO, and am currently the membership chair. I also love to take photographs, draw, color, and craft. I enjoy baking, playing the Sims, and am a voracious reader(I am, after all, a Ravenclaw!), especially of mysteries. I love chocolate, hate black licorice, and have yet to meet a cat I didn’t want to cuddle. My favorite color is purple, but I like any of the bright, clear colors like you’d see in a rainbow - no dusty rose, florals or pastels for me! I collect Snoopy stuff and Disney stuff, especially from Beauty and the Beast.
My favorite holiday is Christmas, and I’m known as a gift giver. I usually start in January making and searching out the perfect gifts. I have three trees in addition to the family tree. They used to be Disney, Snoopy and Snowflakes, but I added those onto the family tree and started a Harry Potter themed tree!
I am a constant work in progress. That is especially true this year, now that my mom is gone, as I have come into the role of the woman of the house. I’m working on speaking my mind (finally) without being overbearing. I have a habit drilled into me from childhood, to give in, stay quiet and not say what I think to get along, and am fighting hard to break it. I’m opinionated, but do my best to back up my opinions with facts at the ready. I am generally easygoing and extremely loyal, and put up with a lot of crap I shouldn’t - but if you mistreat someone else, especially someone vulnerable, watch out! I’m extremely creative, but have a dozen started projects for each finished one. That’s next year’s goal, to either finish or find homes for things with people who will finish them!
Thanks for popping by! I can’t wait to hear all about you, too.
Hi there. Glad to meet you. Come on in, grab a seat on the couch and help yourself to a cookie or some snacks.
I’ll start with the basics. I’m Rebecca Ann Galambos. Middle name after my paternal grandmother, first name simply because my mother liked it. My friends call me Becky, although my little brother calls me Minion (family joke). I was born and raised in St. Louis, MO, where I still live. I am one of those increasingly rare creatures that except for going away to college and my semester abroad, I’ve never moved. I still live in the same house that my parents brought me home to. I live with my father and brother, a cat and an ancient Labrador retriever. We lost my mother this past spring after an 18 month fight with Ovarian cancer.
I attended the local public schools, and then followed my mother to her alma mater, William Jewell College, a small liberal arts college in Liberty, MO, where I got almost all the way through the secondary ed program before dropping that portion - I have a BA in History with a minor in theatre. I worked at a dry cleaner as a shirt ironer/counter girl for a few years after graduation, before landing an arts administration job at a small theatre company in town. I’ve worked my way up and am now the Assistant Administrative Director of That Uppity Theatre Company, and will celebrate my 5th anniversary at the company in February.
When I’m not working, I love to create things. I’m a quilter. I cut up perfectly good fabric and sew it back together again. I’m a member of Flower Valley Quilting Guild in Ferguson, MO, and am currently the membership chair. I also love to take photographs, draw, color, and craft. I enjoy baking, playing the Sims, and am a voracious reader(I am, after all, a Ravenclaw!), especially of mysteries. I love chocolate, hate black licorice, and have yet to meet a cat I didn’t want to cuddle. My favorite color is purple, but I like any of the bright, clear colors like you’d see in a rainbow - no dusty rose, florals or pastels for me! I collect Snoopy stuff and Disney stuff, especially from Beauty and the Beast.
My favorite holiday is Christmas, and I’m known as a gift giver. I usually start in January making and searching out the perfect gifts. I have three trees in addition to the family tree. They used to be Disney, Snoopy and Snowflakes, but I added those onto the family tree and started a Harry Potter themed tree!
I am a constant work in progress. That is especially true this year, now that my mom is gone, as I have come into the role of the woman of the house. I’m working on speaking my mind (finally) without being overbearing. I have a habit drilled into me from childhood, to give in, stay quiet and not say what I think to get along, and am fighting hard to break it. I’m opinionated, but do my best to back up my opinions with facts at the ready. I am generally easygoing and extremely loyal, and put up with a lot of crap I shouldn’t - but if you mistreat someone else, especially someone vulnerable, watch out! I’m extremely creative, but have a dozen started projects for each finished one. That’s next year’s goal, to either finish or find homes for things with people who will finish them!
Thanks for popping by! I can’t wait to hear all about you, too.