As stated in the history, this whole site came about by accident, only 2 months after getting my first computer.  And they were extremely trying months while I attempted to learn the basics.  If it was possible for something to go wrong, it did.  And I had no idea how to fix it.  I virtually lived on the computer, searching web sites like ZDNet and Microsoft, trying to find answers to questions that I didn't really know how to ask.  I felt I was beginning to develop a 'relationship' with some of the tech support people.  I spent more time talking to them than I did my friends.  But eventually I got through it, and things started to make sense.  Five years later, I have small network of computers, a web design firm, and have even salvaged some ‘prehistoric’ computers, turning them into working units.  None of this would ever have come about had the first computer I bought worked properly from the start.  It was not some low-end, budget unit, either - it was a state-of-the-art machine that still serves me well today for site testing purposes.  Ultimately, it turned out to be an incorrect bios setting done by the tech at the store when the system was built.  But in the beginning, like most people, I assumed that I must have been doing something wrong.  And because of that, it sent me on a quest to determine what my inexperience had done to foul up the computer so badly.  What I have learned has provided me with an insatiable curiosity on all things related to the IT field as the more knowledge I acquire, the more I realize I still have to discover.  I would someday like to make this more than a hobby.

It may seem odd to you that this late in life someone would even consider such a drastic career change.  In 1996, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and truly thought my life was over.  Fortunately, I survived, after chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation treatments with the help of my husband, who gave up his career for 2 years to look after me.  The initial prognosis was not good, but I believe that you can help yourself to heal.  Half the battle is in your mind.  Not all though, because without proper medical attention, all the wishful thinking in the world won't do any good.  Because of that experience, I no longer put off things that I want to do.  There may not be the tomorrow that we all take for granted.  Never mind a life threatening illness, what's to say you won't walk out your door and be hit by a truck?  In my late teens and early twenties, I was a model and used to hate the thought of getting older.  You know what?  The alternative is a lot worse.