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 was born as an "empty nest" child, the 3rd and last of 3 daughters.
My father was the garage superintendent for Kroger's Midwest region and my mother was a full time stay at home mom.
We moved to St. Louis Missouri when I was just four years
old. I grew up and spent most of my life there until just recently when my
husbands work took us off to Nashville TN. My parents, who are now getting into their twilight years, are very dear to me and I try to spend as much time as I can
with them. I love them tremendously and they are a major part of my life. After a mostly unremarkable childhood, I graduated from Lutheran North high school
in 1983 and then went on to Nursing School at Missouri Baptist.
I graduated and passed my State Board exams in 1986, to become a
Registered Nurse.
However, I discovered during the course of my education that I had no real love for the profession and thus decided to bypass a nursing career in favor of marriage.
I got married in June of 1986 and spent the next 13 years as a housewife (no kids) and then found myself
facing an unwanted divorce and no career to speak of. My ex-husband helped me get a job in customer support for a medical computer company and it was while working at this job that I fell in love
with one of my co-workers ( my current husband). After a year and a half of romance we tied the knot and decided to start a family
together. After of 7 years together we have grown apart and our lives
seem to be taking us in different directions. The last few years has been a
struggle and we even separated for a short time but in the interest of
the kids, we have decided to try and stay together even though we really
can't stand each other anymore.
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I now have a wonderful son named Logan and a
beautiful daughter named Teagan. They keep me busy all day as I am now a devoted full-time
mom. I also have a cat named Shadeaux
who is just a tad psychotic. He is the most recent addition to a long line of pets that I have loved and cared for over the years. I have always had a great love
and respect for nature and animals (I started at a very young
age) which is why I have had so many pets over the years including pygmy opossums, Egyptian spiny mice, snakes, rats, hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, gerbils, degus and many more.
I spent 6 years as a volunteer doing wildlife rehab for injured and orphaned wildlife at The Wildlife Rescue Center in Ballwin, MO. Click here to see some of the photos I
have taken of animals at the center. I specialize in the care of the North American
Opossum, which is my favorite animal.
If I had to describe myself to others I would say that I am a fairly playful and quick witted woman who has an offbeat sense of humor. I am also very literate
and enjoy stimulating conversation on a variety of subjects. I have a strong
interest in things magickal and supernatural. I'm deeply spiritual (though not
traditionally religious). I tend to be reserved
with strangers but usually let loose with friends. Those who choose to get to know me often discover a very different person than the one they expected. You
just have to be patient with me. Good things come to those who wait.
Some of my interests and hobbies include
computers, movies and TV (specifically Science Fiction), wildlife, wicca,
cryptozoology,
ufology and the paranormal. I know, I know.. I'm one of "those" (LOL) I also enjoy playing Magic The Gathering (a collecting card game). My musical tastes include
"total dreck" (as my husband refers to it) - this is top 40 pop music
and
80's music. Some of my favorite songs include:
"I Hate Myself for Loving
You" by Joan Jett, "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks, "Torn"
by Natalie Imbruglia, "Imaginary" by Evanescence.
My television tastes include most Sci-Fi shows (All the Star Trek series,
Battlestar Galactica,
Supernatural, Reaper,
Ghost Whisperer, Moonlight,
New Amsterdam),
Paranormal shows (Ghost
Hunters, Destination Truth, UFO
Hunters, MonsterQuest, Paranormal
State, A Haunting etc..) I also enjoy
the USA original series "Monk" and
"Pysch" (mostly because it reminds me of my son Logan).
My computer interests include web design and
ecommerce. My introduction to computers came right after I was married. My ex-husband is a computer programmer and so I naturally became curious about what it was he saw in them. Computer Bulletin Boards
(aka BBSes) were a natural progression for me during the late 1980's when BBSing was reaching it's pinnacle. I was a housewife at home most days and had little opportunity for interaction with other people. Therefore this was a very good way for me to meet people and talk as there was no easily accessible "internet" or "world wide web" in those days.
One of the first things I needed in the BBS hobby was a computer screen-name or alias to protect my real identity. Even before the 'net' happened - you had to be careful who you gave information to, so we did not use our real names. Even back then psychos, weirdoes, and malicious hackers lurked the cyberspace as they still do today.
Only the SysOps (system operators) of the BBSes knew who everyone "really" was. Other users knew you only by your handle or screen-name. For many years I was known in the local cyber community as "Fire Escape"
which was followed by "SugarBane" during my Low Carb
years (hence my domain name). Now I am called "Tanis".
Tanis, is the Greek form of Tanith -
derived from Semitic roots meaning "serpent lady". This was the name
of the Phoenician goddess of love, fertility, the moon and the stars. Serpents
have of old been associated with wisdom, secret knowledge, magic and rebirth. I
was born during the year of the Snake according to the Chinese Zodiac and Tanis
has a numerical value of 6 which is my Life Path or Destiny Number according to
Numerology.
Although I am no longer active in the BBS community my old BBS,
Fire Escape, is still online. It is kindly still hosted by my
ex-husband. It is available dial-up at 314-588-0780
or via the internet at http://www.fehq.org. My
Low Carb site is also still online at http://lowcarb4life.sugarbane.com.
My pagan site is available at http://blessedbe.sugarbane.com.
You can find me on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/tanis65
Well, that's my life in a nutshell folks. My story, my family, my hobbies, and my
interests. Hope it was enlightening for you and if you have any questions, please feel
free to E-mail me
anytime or Sign
my Guestbook. Don't be afraid to say hi!
Last revised: May 02, 2008.
Copyright Tanis, 2005
