Today is my first time for blogging and because of the new site I am now on, I feel that I should introduce myself and become a part of the Farm Girl life, so thanks to everyone on MaryJanesFarm for the inspiration to get me moving and doing something I have been wanting to do for a very long time, now.

My name is Gayle, but have, for some odd reason, been given the name of GiGi and very affectionately, too, by the children who live in the home I live in. You see, I live with a friend of mine (my very best friend) and she has 3 small children and instead of confusing them about who their grandmas are, they decided to name me GiGi for Grandma Gayle. I like it, actually. And, since I already have 11 grandchildren of my own (with one more on the way), it just worked out to be best to call me GiGi. The interesting part is that the name has caught on in all circles of my life and now most of my friends here in Arizona and the people I work with, call me GiGi. But, I am NOT Grandma to all of them -- friends, for sure.

I am a mom to 5 lovely daughters and as said, 11 grandchildren with one more on the way. My daughters all live in different parts of the states and one is overseas, so this ole Mom gets quite homesick for them A LOT! One lives in Tacoma, Washington; one lives in Tremonton, Utah; one lives in Raleigh, SC; one lives in Tucson (yippee -- she is only 110 miles from me here in the Phoenix area); and the youngest lives in England where her husband is stationed at Lakenheath AFB, so needless to say, I have a lot of traveling to do. Oh, Darn! Just kidding -- I can't wait until I can travel more.

I was born and raised in Billings, Montana, but I have lived all over the United States. However, I love the western part of the United States the most and if I had my druthers right now, I would be living in Montana, Utah or Washington and the goal is to get back to one of those places and get to live closer to at least one more of my daughters. I just can't spread myself thin enough to be with all 5 of them at once.

So, with that said, I will end this for today, but will pick up more and write more as time permits and as I learn this "art" of blogging. Thanks for reading and I hope to get to know more people as time goes on.

Smiles and Hugs to all of you out there in blogland!

GiGi