It was a dark and stormy night...

Well, no, actually, it was a sunny afternoon in El Paso, Texas, when I entered the world. From Texas to the suburbs of Philadelphia, I led a fairly typical life in a suburban ranch house. A natural tendency to ask "Yeah, says who?" when given any directive or told that "this is how it is", I didn't enjoy school too much, but I went to college (Penn State) and painted, sculpted, and drank beer. When I got out of school, I had no career plans per se, but ended up landing a horrible job that did provide one good thing -- a chance to learn about computers.

After escaping that first job (with a little help), I moved into the computer training field, and ran training centers for two large computer resellers. After seeing how much money the freelance trainers were making, I decided to leave my job (that "Yeah, says who???" thing again...) and become self-employed.

Since then, I've been training people to use computers, writing books about software and the web, and in 1992 formed my own company, Limehat & Company, which provides training and web development services. Since 1997, I've written and co-authored more than 25 nationally-published books on computers and software, and have created online and CD-based training products, too. A new service we provide, which is one I really enjoy, is photo and document retouching and restoration. I especially love fixing vintage photos and documents, bringing history back to life.

As for my real life (not related to work), I met my husband, Robert Fuller, in 1995, and we were married in 2003. We moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 2004, and live with our three cats, Calvin, Daisy, and Willow (see their pictures below). We're still trying to find the time to remove decades of wallpaper (Daisy helps!) and to repaint -- after which we can completely unpack all our stuff. We hope to have our 1880's Victorian restored soon.