Lisa. 37. Married. Green-eyed redhead. Pagan. Gothic chick. Gemini. ER RN/CEN and Paramedic (NREMT-P, baby!). Military brat. Former desktop publisher, webmistress, graphic artist. Avid intermediate belly dancer. Tattooed and pierced. Caffeine addict. 4'11"—really.

Me and my beloved, May 2007. Yes, those are real tattoos. ;)


  • HollyBrooke (my adorable nieces!)
  • Casey
  • Angela
  • Art and Carly
  • Art's Woodworking
  • Jewel
  • Miramar
  • Lunachick
  • Inkubus

  • Excelsior College
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  • Lynn's CPNE Workshop
  • Tina Wirsa's CPNE Workshop
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  • GothAuctions
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  • Translator

  • The Open Hearth Foundation
  • The Witches Voice
  • Religious Tolerance

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  • Baby Medic
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  • Meat in the Seat
  • NYC EMS
  • Ventricular Entropy
  • 4.16.2010

    Spring is really here! So far. :) Still getting a little chilly at night, but hey ... it beats three feet of snow.

    Michael has a website: pain and sorrow dot net -- we're going to work on his portfolio soon! :)

    Life here is pretty good ... I finish my BSN on June 21st! Hooray! That also happens to be our 5th wedding anniversary. Wow, time flies. :)

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    2.10.2010

    Pugs in sweaters!

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    2.08.2010

    Just a few more winter images


    The mother of all icicles!


    Michael defeats the mother of all icicles!


    More icicles on our porch

    And now, time for coffeeeeeeeee.

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    2.07.2010

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    2.06.2010

    Yeah, so we got some snow ...


    Holy crap, lots of snow!


    The front yard this morning


    Michael with shovel action!


    Michael, up to his thighs in snow!


    Michael and Calliope -- she is getting so big! She's 9 months old now.


    Michael and Clio, who is a year and five months old. All grown up!


    LaserPugs!


    Pretty cardinal in the snow.


    Isn't the "I <3 Mountains" bumper sticker funny in this context? :) That's Michael's Jeep under there.


    That's my Toyota Highlander under that mound of snow. And visible up on the hill, a snow plow! More like a tractor ... they're not messing around in our neighborhood.


    Sunshine!!! The snow stopped and the sun came out around 4:45 this afternoon. :)

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    1.26.2010

    It has been far, far too long since I last updated! Good grief. We now have a second Pug, Calliope, who is Clio's younger sister (same parents, later litter). I'm still working in the same place, still working on my RN-BSN, but I'm closer to being finished!! I'll be done June 20th, less than 6 months. Amazing!!

    Michael is now tattooing in West Virginia, at Skratchers Tattoo in Martinsburg. I'm making him a portfolio site: Pain and Sorrow Tattooing. There isn't anything there yet, but soon. :)

    I've also started running! I just finished the 6th week of the Couch-to-5K plan: check it out! Seriously, if my short-legged self can do it, anyone can.

    I really will try to update this more often! And get some pictures up, too.

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