I'm A Chick with Baggage
Monday, February 22, 2010 at 11:54AM | 6 Comments Well, in case you’ve been under a rock (and/or not checking Twitter or Facebook or one of the other hundred thousand social networks I update on a near-hourly basis), you likely know that I am in Galway, Ireland and have been for a while. You may also notice that I have a BRAND NEW and awesome website that I have been working diligently on for the past 2.5 weeks – hence no posting. I know it doesn’t make a lot of sense that I couldn’t just sit down and peck out a couple updates a week on what I’ve been doing, but most of them would have just said “still working on my bloody website – spending all of my time in Ireland inside my effing room.” So I figured I’d spare you the agony.
Today, I’m not going to give you much either. Instead!! Please take some time and poke around my new site and please give me feedback. I’ve basically poured my entire cup of creative juice into this bad boy and so I need a couple days to chill out and do some marketing and see the countryside.
I’ve got some better organization for those of you newbies and some cool ways to sort through and search for content within my site. So poke around a bit and send me an e-mail with any feedback at abbey @ achickwithbaggage.com
As a part of the new site, I’m also going to be featuring a Photo of the Week every Monday and answer one lucky reader’s question in a little column I’m calling “Dear Gabbey” on Tuesdays. Yes, I do, in fact, realize that my name is not Gabbey. It’s a nickname from college and rather than look up whether I’d be breaking any sort of laws by copying Dear Abby, I just decided to make my own. So, if you’re interested in getting a question answered for this week’s Dear Gabbey (which is tomorrow, I now realize) please submit a question so I have something to answer. Thanks!
Anyway, thanks for following, as usual, please forward on to anyone you think would be interested. My new website information is as follows:
URL: http://www.achickwithbaggage.com/
Blog URL: http://www.achickwithbaggage.com/blog
RSS URL (unchanged): http://feeds.feedburner.com/iamabi
Thanks for everything and look forward to building some great content in my new hood!
Reader Comments (6)
It is GORGEOUS!!!! LOVE IT!!! Can't wait to makeover mine!
random discovery of your blog, must admit the title made me click ;) very fun, though! :D and as I am a cat lady, I guess I'll be subscribing right about now... ;)
@D - I'd love to help you out if you need it, I'm looking to build up my graphic design portfolio a bit, so anything I can do, just let me know :)
@Maggie - you absolutely just made my day. I have struggled a lot with the name and the decision to consolidate my personal and "semi"-professional travel blog. So glad you stumbled and hope you find something interesting!
Oh Abbey2 - I am so proud of you. getting out there and getting it done. NAILED IT! I will be back in London soon considering my overseas romance lives there...and I abbsolutely (yes two b's just for you) have to see you and contribute to your adventures. I wish I had contacted you about blogs before London Paris 2010 because having a blog and then a book is AN AWESOME IDEA that Claudia wouldve died over. Keep it up girl, carry that baggage.
@Lo - Girl, I <3 you. Give me some advance warning for when you're going to be back over yonder and I will see if I can't coordinate a visit up to England to visit my fam. That way I can see you for a couple days. OOOORRR... if you want to come down and ride with me for a couple days, that would be pretty rad also. Check out Los Alamos - Andalucia to see where I'm going to be.
Love the site Abbey, I'm so glad its finished. Now lets work on getting you on that list I joined last week :)