“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
8:37 pm on May 22nd, 2007
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!
8:41 pm on May 22nd, 2007
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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8:43 pm on May 22nd, 2007
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.
8:46 pm on May 22nd, 2007
It’s a pickle…who podcasts, of course. Duh.
5:39 am on May 23rd, 2007
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.
5:48 am on May 23rd, 2007
…Gayla at Mom Gadget Char at Essential Keystrokes Paul at Reflections Rob at 2Dolphins Zep at The In-Sect (very creative Zep!) Ingo at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World…
9:53 am on May 23rd, 2007
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.
7:50 am on May 25th, 2007
[...] kindly participated in my Face Behind The Blog meme and you can view her great insight here. Lisa has also removed NoFollow from her blog comments, something I’ve previously written [...]
8:04 pm on May 25th, 2007
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
11:14 pm on May 25th, 2007
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.
6:38 pm on May 28th, 2007
[...] Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World [...]
11:24 pm on May 28th, 2007
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.
11:27 am on May 29th, 2007
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.
2:39 am on May 30th, 2007
[...] In-SectIngo at StixsterStevie at Lost In CyberspaceThe Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper BullLisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The WorldDawud Miracle at dmiracle.comWendy Piersall at eMoms at HomeDennis Bjørn Petersen at Petersen [...]
9:08 am on May 30th, 2007
[...] Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home Dennis Bjørn Petersen at Petersen [...]
12:13 pm on May 30th, 2007
Completely understood, Charlie - privacy concerns are totally valid.
9:42 am on May 31st, 2007
[...] Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World [...]
4:44 pm on June 4th, 2007
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.
4:51 pm on June 4th, 2007
Thanks,Greg! Diving is the BEST - i love the relaxation found under the sea!
4:59 pm on June 4th, 2007
Thank you very much for the link love.
A Podcast Pickle??!!
5:19 pm on June 4th, 2007
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!
9:03 am on June 5th, 2007
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.
9:32 am on June 5th, 2007
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? 
1:02 pm on June 5th, 2007
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.
2:04 pm on June 5th, 2007
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!
1:31 pm on June 6th, 2007
Getting to know you…
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2:29 am on June 7th, 2007
[...] Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper BullLisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The WorldDawud Miracle at dmiracle.comWendy Piersall at eMoms at HomeDennis Bjørn Petersen at Petersen [...]
8:10 am on June 7th, 2007
[...] Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home Dennis Bjørn Petersen at Petersen [...]
6:05 am on June 8th, 2007
[...] at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
11:51 am on June 9th, 2007
Great photos Lisa! Looks like you’ll be heading off to the x-games atv competition pretty soon!
7:48 pm on June 9th, 2007
[...] Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
10:02 am on June 12th, 2007
[...] at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
2:51 pm on June 12th, 2007
[...] Ingo at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home Dennis Bjørn Petersen at Petersen [...]
12:02 am on June 14th, 2007
[...] Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home Dennis Bjørn Petersen at Petersen [...]
12:43 pm on June 19th, 2007
[...] Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
2:34 am on June 20th, 2007
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12:05 am on June 21st, 2007
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6:07 am on June 23rd, 2007
[...] Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
6:03 pm on June 24th, 2007
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8:10 am on June 25th, 2007
[...] Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
2:54 pm on June 25th, 2007
[...] Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
8:08 am on June 26th, 2007
[...] Ingo at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home Dennis Bjørn Petersen at Petersen [...]
2:41 pm on June 27th, 2007
[...] Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
12:44 pm on June 28th, 2007
[...] at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
6:51 am on June 29th, 2007
[...] few of the blogs I regularly read have already taken part including Wendy Piersall, Rory Sullivan, Lisa Sabin-Wilson and Randa Clay but I thought it would be nice to see some more so this is the virtual gauntlet [...]
12:15 pm on July 1st, 2007
[...] Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
12:36 pm on July 2nd, 2007
[...] has been just over a month since the 2,000th comment was left here and I gave a special mention to Lisa Sabin-Wilson. I’ll do the same if I’m able to reach 4,000 as it’s just another way to give a [...]
1:43 pm on July 3rd, 2007
[...] Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com [...]
9:50 pm on July 3rd, 2007
[...] Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home Dennis Bjørn Petersen at Petersen Inc. [...]
11:27 am on July 4th, 2007
[...] Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com [...]
10:05 am on July 11th, 2007
Wow, you have a great collection that really shows many facets of your life. Nice display.
3:23 pm on July 14th, 2007
[...] Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
1:04 pm on July 17th, 2007
[...] Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
1:02 pm on July 23rd, 2007
[...] In-Sect Ingo at StixsterStevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper BullLisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The WorldDawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at HomeDennis Bjorn Petersen at Petersen Inc. [...]
3:58 am on July 25th, 2007
[...] In-Sect Ingo at StixsterStevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper BullLisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The WorldDawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at HomeDennis Bjorn Petersen at Petersen Inc. [...]
10:12 pm on July 25th, 2007
[...] In-Sect Ingo at StixsterStevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper BullLisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The WorldDawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at HomeDennis Bjorn Petersen at Petersen Inc. [...]
10:12 am on July 30th, 2007
[...] Ingo at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home Dennis Bjorn Petersen at Petersen [...]
10:52 pm on July 30th, 2007
[...] Ingo at Stixster Stevie at Lost In CyberspaceThe Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.comWendy Piersall at eMoms at Home Dennis Bjorn Petersen at Petersen Inc. [...]
9:43 am on August 1st, 2007
[...] In-Sect Ingo at StixsterStevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper BullLisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The WorldDawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at HomeDennis Bjorn Petersen at Petersen Inc. [...]
11:27 am on August 2nd, 2007
[...] In-Sect Ingo at StixsterStevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper BullLisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The WorldDawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at HomeThe BetaNews Randa Clay at Randa Clay [...]
4:35 am on August 3rd, 2007
[...] at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
5:05 am on August 3rd, 2007
[...] at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
6:38 am on August 3rd, 2007
[...] at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
2:49 pm on August 3rd, 2007
[...] Ingo at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home Dennis Bjorn Petersen at The Beta [...]
10:20 pm on August 3rd, 2007
[...] at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
12:13 pm on August 6th, 2007
[...] Ingo at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home Dennis Bj�rn Petersen at The Beta [...]
1:22 pm on August 6th, 2007
[...] at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
10:57 am on August 7th, 2007
[...] In-Sect Ingo at StixsterStevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper BullLisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The WorldDawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at HomeDennis Bjorn Petersen at Petersen Inc. [...]
2:25 am on August 8th, 2007
[...] Zep at The In-Sect | Ingo at Stixster | Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace | The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull | Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World [...]
9:14 am on August 8th, 2007
[...] Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home Dennis Bjørn Petersen at Petersen [...]
6:53 pm on August 9th, 2007
[...] Ingo at Stixster|Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace|The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull|Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World|Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com|Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home|Dennis Bjorn Petersen at Petersen [...]
11:33 am on August 10th, 2007
[...] In-Sect Ingo at StixsterStevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper BullLisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The WorldDawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at HomeDennis Bjorn Petersen at Petersen Inc. [...]
11:33 am on August 10th, 2007
[...] In-Sect Ingo at StixsterStevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper BullLisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The WorldDawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at HomeDennis Bjorn Petersen at Petersen Inc. [...]
10:05 pm on August 12th, 2007
[...] at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
5:50 am on August 20th, 2007
[...] at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at [...]
6:52 am on August 24th, 2007
[...] In-Sect Ingo at StixsterStevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper BullLisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The WorldDawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home The Beta News Randa Clay at Randa Clay [...]
8:40 am on August 27th, 2007
[...] In-Sect Ingo at StixsterStevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper BullLisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The WorldDawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at HomeDennis Bjorn Petersen at Petersen Inc. [...]
11:32 pm on August 28th, 2007
Hi! Just posted Face behind the blog as to follow your meme, do visit my blog to know more about me, thanks
Lonely hurts
7:36 am on October 27th, 2007
[...] Ingo at Stixster | Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace | The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull | Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World | Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com | Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home | The BetaNews | Randa Clay at [...]
9:10 am on October 30th, 2007
[...] Zep at The In-Sect | Ingo at Stixster | Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace | The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull | Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World [...]
2:24 am on November 27th, 2007
[...] Ingo at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home Dennis Bjørn Petersen at The Beta [...]
1:24 pm on December 14th, 2007
[...] Zep at The In-Sect Ingo at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World [...]
1:35 pm on December 15th, 2007
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9:37 pm on February 25th, 2008
[...] Ingo at Stixster | Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace | The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull | Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World | Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com | Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home | The BetaNews | Randa Clay at [...]
12:17 pm on June 10th, 2008
great pics here lisa. keep them rolling. and keep on adding more.
12:04 pm on June 21st, 2008
[...] Ingo at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home Dennis Bjorn Petersen at The Beta [...]