“Face Behind the Blogger” collection was started by Dave Airey because blogging is truly international, and the chances of meeting the people behind your favorite blogs are slim, a face to the name of someone you haven’t met helps recognition and adds a more personal feel to your conversations. Stevie (revenge) tagged me with it about a week ago - I figured it was time to pony up the goods over here. It took me a while to find some older pictures of myself - - ones that were not scanned, I simply laid out on the table and took a picture of the picture (so I apologize for the quality of some of these photos!).
And you thought I didn’t spend any time away from my computer. Pfft! The pictures are chronological:
Most mothers aren’t thrilled to show photos of how they looked immediately after the birth of their child. I don’t remember, I think this may be a day after, not immediately after. Here are two pictures of me with my newborn son (who will be 18 in September) - this was 1989 -
I graduated nursing school in 1994 - here are few shots from the graduation ceremony - man was my hair short, and curly!
From right to left: My friends Deb, Val, Jennifer and then me.
To celebrate graduation - my boyfriend (at the time - his name was Joe) - took me to Florida. Here’s the gratuitous beach shot:
If you ever hear me complain of chronic back pain, I swear this is the weekend that did it. It’s 1995 and here, I’m up at my friend Deb’s cabin (northern Wisconsin) where her teenage boys introduced me to the joys of riding an ATV (all terrain vehicle). In no time at all they had me taking jumps and I was getting some serious air on those machines! The first time I did it - they didn’t tell me to lift my ass up off the seat when landing - - which, I didn’t and the landing jarred my back pretty damn good. I couldn’t move for a few days and I blame all my back problems on this day:
On the same ATV machine - behind a tree. And yes, I really did hit it and Deb though it was picture perfect:
We spent the end of the day relaxing by tubing in the river:
Those are all the past shots I could dig up for this little project of Dave’s. Here are a few more recent ones:
I LOVE to downhill ski. Here’s a picture from our trip to Lake Tahoe in 2002
Chris and I on a cruise somewhere in the Carribean. This is the trip he proposed!
Joelle of Moxie and I in Austin at the SXSW Interactive - 2006
My favorite topic - one of our wedding pictures from June 2006
Image of me under the sea, scuba diving in Bonaire - 2006
Some other ‘Faces Behind the Blogger’ participants you may want to check out (*List updated 6/7/07):
Gayla at Mom Gadget
Char at Essential Keystrokes
Paul at Reflections
Rob at 2Dolphins
Zep at The In-Sect
Ingo at Stixster
Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace
The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull
Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com
Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home
Dennis Bjørn Petersen at Petersen Inc.
Randa Clay at Randa Clay Design
Drew McLellan at The Marketing Minute
Becky McCray at Small Biz Survival
Phil Gerbyshak at Make it Great!
Steve Woodruff at StickyFigure
Dave Olson at Live the GREAT life that you desire
Greg at Become a Remote Control SEO
Ariane Benefit at Neat Living Blog
Genesis at the At Home Mom Blog
Armen at iFFECT.NET
Mihaela Lica at Online Public Relations
Tara at Graphic Design Blog
Doris Chua at Home Office Women
Edward Mills at Evolving Times
Tony D. Clark at Success from the Nest
Jonathan-C Phillips at SmartWealthyRich
Karen at A Deaf Mom Shares Her World
Lisa Gates at intrinsic life design
Rammel Firdaus at rammelfirdaus.com
Carol at Pentimento
Adam Kayce at Monk at Work
To keep ‘Faces Behind the Blogger’ going - I’ve tagged the following to keep it up:
Charles @ Charles Betz Blog
Charlie of the Turnpike
Mark Jaquith of TXFX
Superb! Well done for joining in - it’s great to put a proper face to the name, instead of a cartoon!
Thanks for the ping too!
Wait a sec… What the hell is a ‘Podcast Pickle’?
No. Actually… I don’t want to know.![:-\](http://justagirlintheworld.com/smilies/yahoo_question.gif ":-\")
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Lisa - It is great to meet the face behind the blog! You look like someone who is a lot of fun to be around and is not afraid to take risks.
It’s a pickle…who podcasts, of course. Duh.
Excellent Lisa!
Loving the shot of you mid-air on the ATV!
Thanks very much for continuing this little photo project. I’ll add you to the original list over on my site.
You’re a star.
Thanks for doing this Lisa, and for doing it so well!
Now if only I could remember the name of the actress you remind me so much of in your graduation pictures, I wanna say Ally Sheedy but I think that may be wrong.
You look so glowing on the photo with your newborn son. Very nice collection of photos you’ve posted here, Lisa. They show different sides of you as a person. They tell me that you’re a loving mother and wife and an adventurous person who’s fun to be with
Great pics, Lisa! Love the first couple after having Ben. The ones I have of Mrs. Knight after she had the Mite are still some of my favorites of her.
I had to laugh at the ATV tip– I also crashed my butt on one and have wondered if my aching back was a result of that.
I am flattered you’ve tagged me…
After pondering the idea over the weekend, I am regret I cannot participate. In spite of Mr. Airey’s assertion, I have come close to meeting a few of my readers (i.e. I was invited to a bar-b-que). While others may leap at that prospect of meeting face-to-face with other bloggers, I have some specific reasons not to reveal the identity beneath the pseudonym.
No, there are no delusions of superhero grandeur here. Just privacy concerns, and, well, truth be told: I am one ugly guy.
Completely understood, Charlie - privacy concerns are totally valid.
Way to go girl! I scuba dived for the first time in Hawaii and what a blast, saw a about 40 different varieties of fish and a Green Sea Turtle bumped into me while I was watching a Hawaiian Lion Fish.
Very memorable. Congrats on finishing your book! I look forward to buying and reviewing a copy.
Thanks,Greg! Diving is the BEST - i love the relaxation found under the sea!
Thank you very much for the link love.
A Podcast Pickle??!!
Thanks for stopping by, Dennis. Guess ya had to be there to understand the podcast pickle.
Needless to say, though, the pickle was a HIT!
Hey Lisa..great to ‘meet’ you. I read your blog regularly - though I guess I’ve been more the lurker type. Which is odd since I’m a huge conversationalist around the blogosphere. Maybe I’m just shy sometimes.
Hey Dawud - thanks for stopping by.. and I love delurkers!
I’ve dropped by your blog, as well… let’s resolve to talk more, shall we? 
Hi, Lisa, thanks for the link. It is really fascinating to see what people are really like! I love the wedding photo, it is beautiful.
Hi Genesis - thanks for stopping by. I agree with you on the fascination of getting to know these bloggers through their photos and the stories they share along with them.
Thanks!
Great photos Lisa! Looks like you’ll be heading off to the x-games atv competition pretty soon!
Wow, you have a great collection that really shows many facets of your life. Nice display.
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