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Michelle

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Title: Kickapoo River
Level: Senior Crow
Staff: Administrator
Joined: 03/17/2007
Posts: 3144
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Birthdate: 
November 1, 1971
Gender: 
Female
Occupation: 
SAHM
Children: 
Have Child(ren)
Education: 
Completed College
Ethnicity: 
White
Status: 
Married
Orientation: 
Straight
Politcal Leaning: 
Too apathetic
Religion: 
Don't belong to organized religion, but lean towards Christian
Zodiac Sign: 
Scorpio

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About

I'm a stay at home mom to two boys, one 4 and one almost two. I've lived in the Coulee Region since moving out here to go to UWL right after getting married in 1995. We originally just came here for school, but my husband found a job here and we ended up staying. I really like the area, and I think it will be a great place to raise our kids.

I've been online since using BBSs back in the 80s and 90s and found the internet around 1993. It wasn't long after that I got into building websites for fun, though I never did much with it until recently. In 2005, I found a CMS called Drupal that is just awesome. Using a CMS is 100 times better than doing sites from scratch. I've used it on a bunch of hobby sites as well as a little bit of freelance work here and there. My kids keep me pretty busy so freelance is very part time. Once they're older, I hope to be able to work from home building Drupal sites.

Interests

My main hobbies are computers and photography. I've been using computers since I was a teenager in the '80s and have been fascinated by the web since I first stumbled on it around 1994. I've putzed with web design since 1997ish but only got really serious about it a couple years ago when I was pregnant with my son and wanted to make a family page. Since then, I've been actively learning and hope to make a business of it some day.I also really love photography, though I don't have a lot of time for it between chasing a toddler and working on sites. I started doing mostly nature but got interested in children's photography when my son was born. Most of the photos I do are of my son or friends' kids these days. I had toyed with the idea of making a business out of photography but I decided I really want to keep it a hobby.

Topics I've participated in:

TypeTitleRepliesLast Post
Forum topicCount to a million 156854 min 31 sec ago
Blog entryPhotographing the Onalaska, Wisconsin fireworks in 2009 456 min 15 sec ago
Forum topicBear shot in Myrick Park 41 hour 32 min ago
Forum topicLa Crosse named one of the top 10 places to live 41 hour 35 min ago
Forum topicAmish asked to pick up after horses 218 hours 27 min ago

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Welcome to my guestbook. Please leave a message.

Ahh, I remember chasing the little ones. I miss those days. Enjoy them because they go by way to quickly.

Hey Michelle,
Don't you think Crawford county is in the Coulee Region?

If you want to hand it over, that would be great. Since the acreage figure will always be needing updating. Thanks.

Hi. Nice site. The code/ templates etc work pretty good... must take alot of time to get something like this site up and running, compared to the
simple stuff I do.. is there software package or something that builds this after a person enters some details? Anyway nice site and it's good to see someone making something that can be a service to the community / tri-state area.

Dave

I use Drupal for a CMS, so it was a lot easier than starting from scratch, but I've still put in probably 1000 hours customizing the site over the last couple years. And I'm still not done! I've got big plans but only small bits of time. So it's a very looooong term project. This guestbook is one thing on the to do list... I don't like how this works at all. I don't know if you'll even see this comment since it has no way to notify you.

Hi: Nice to meet you Michelle . I read about your family which must keep you very busy.
We had a large family which made life interesting to say the least.
We had 7 children 5 boys and 2 girls.
Now that I,m retired we can spend time with the grandkids and enjoy my hobby of ham
radio and electronics.
I also like to use to internet to further my interest in the hobby.
I have a link on Echolink too.
Jerry w0sat

Wow, 7 kids! I have my hands full with just 2. Congratulations for surviving until retirement. Smile

Michelle - just wanted to say HELLO and of course THANKS and maybe even be cheeky enough to say XXX

I've been playing with your Advanced Forum Module for the last couple of days and have rolled it out live (*gasp*) onto 2 websites so far...

Great stuff, your efforts are much appreciated!!

Cheers.

Hello Michelle,

Just checking out your latest work. Currently trying to get my hands around Drupal after using Mambo and Joomla for so long. Keep up the good work.

Thanks, MrKhay! Glad you like it. Smile

Michelle

Hi Michelle,
looks like a nice site. neighborhoody!
MrKhay