Hi! I’m Lisa - and I’m the author of this blog. You needed to be told that, right? I started this blog in 2002 - you can see all the archives here, if you care to browse. Why is the name of my blog “Just A Girl” ? Because of this, of course
I live. . .
In a small town in Wisconsin, originally from a large city in Texas. I live in a sort-of remote area, but it’s close enough to a moderately sized city… and just a little further away from a large city - so I have most everything I need within a stone’s throw. Even though our nearest neighbor is about a 1/2 mile away from us - - we still get hi speed internet way our here - and that rocks!
I work. . .
I worked as a Registered Nurse for 10 years in the area of Home Hopsice, caring for terminally ill patients and their families in their homes. I founded E.Webscapes Design Studio in 1999 and went full time with it in 2004, after quitting my 10-year long career in professional nursing and pursued design as a full-time venture. I also founded Blogs About Hosting in 2003 - it is a moderate sized hosting company with an emphasis on blogs and bloggers.
I wrote…
I wrote
WordPress For Dummies, for Wiley Publishing; published in November 2007 - it delivers just what would-be bloggers need to get up and running with WordPress and start communicating with the world. Includes help on every aspect of installing and using WordPress, illustrations from real-world WP blogs, step-by-step tutorials on key topics, and insights from bloggers who use WordPress…..Read More About It »
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I love. . .
My husband, Chris and I got married in June 2006 in a beautiful outdoor ceremony in upstate New York. We’d been together for 5 years prior to the wedding - - so I guess we decided it was time I make an honest man outta him. He is the owner of a very successful business of his own. We both work out of our home offices - but suprisingly don’t get in each other’s hair. Each in our own office, we surface in the kitchen 3-4 times a day to share quick 15-20 minute coffee breaks with one another before hitting the grindstone for the day. He is the love of my life and my greatest love story ever told!
Before Chris? I was once married in 1989. Divorced in 1993. Big mistake, don’t ask. However, the part that was not a mistake was the product of that marriage - two bright and beautiful kids, Benjamin and Melissa. Ben was 1 1/2 and Melissa was 10 months old when I divorced. I have full legal custody and an ex-husband who is absent in the role of father. The kids are now 18 and 16 years old . . I’ve raised them by myself all these years and have the gray hairs to prove it!
I like. . .
Music! My first go-round in college had me majoring in Vocal Performance with a Music Education minor. I’ve studied vocal jazz, opera and contemporary. For 5 years, I made a living as the lead singer in various local rock bands: an ’80’s female rock cover band .. ya know, Benatar, Heart, Smyth..) . . . I also rocked out some blues in a band for awhile, and when I wasn’t busy, I belted out jazz at a local smokey jazz club, or hired myself out as a wedding soloist. I play the piano, also. Then I had kids - and I had to grow up and get a real job to make some real dough. Hence, nursing school. My favorites:
- Tori Amos
- Metallica
- Pink Floyd
- Rush
- Queensryche
- Norah Jones
- Andrés Segovia
Animals - I have a soft spot for critters. We currently own 3 cats and 2 birds.
Downhill skiing - I learned to ski at Lake Tahoe in 2002 and skied Heavenly and Kirkwood. We ski as a family - my son, daughter, husband and I try and go as often as possible - most recently we skied Gore Mountain.
Scuba Diving - I was OW (Open Water) certified on our honeymoon in Bonaire in 2006 and fell in love, instantly, with all things underwater.
My likes? Candles, Golden Margaritas - shaken, no ice.. no salt, Black Russian on ice, Jazz, Norah Jones, Tori Amos, snow, scuba diving (PADI OW certified - going for advanced sometime in the next year), downhill skiing, fishing, camping, gambling, chocolate, thunderstorms, Williams and Sonoma.
My dislikes? Marmite, polka music, jealousy, sucking up, insincerity, being tickled.
People who know me say I have no sense of humor. I know the truth, however - my sense of humor is very ecclectic and sorta fringe. Folks stare at me blankly when I say I didn’t like the movie “Stripes” or “Animal House” or “Throw Mamma from the Train”. The ‘comedy greats’ never really knocked my socks off . . like, Steve Martin, John Candy, Dan Akroid. Give me some Eddie Izzard or Lewis Black stand up comedy any day of the week … or even some classic Monty Python, and I’m happy.
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