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Player Spotlight – PTD889096

First name: Lisa

Screen name: PTD889096

Tell us a little bit about yourself : I am a single Mom of 3, & my screen name is a combination of my kids’ initials and birth years. I am also the mother of 3 fur-kids – Chase, a 6 1/2 year old black & white tuxedo cat who I adopted in 2008, Roscoe, an 8 year old Chihuahua mix who I adopted in 2010, and Luke, a 1 year old Pit mix who I adopted 4 weeks ago. Chase & Luke came from a kill shelter in Baltimore County, and Roscoe was adopted from a no-kill shelter in Baltimore City.

I work in a library, but am not a librarian. My job title is Circulation Assistant IV, and my duties include supervising the part-time Circulation staff, and assisting customers when they have problems with their library accounts. The job is very rewarding, even if I do get mistaken for a librarian on a daily basis.

6 weeks ago I fulfilled a life-long dream and purchased my own home. It is a townhome built in 1957, and has been completely renovated. The neighbors are quiet, yet welcoming, and it is literally up the street and around the corner from the apartment that I called home from September 2002 until the day that we moved in here. The best part about that is the fact that my youngest did not have to leave his friends or change schools. Life is pretty good right now.

State, Province or Country?  Maryland

Astrological sign? Virgo

When do you usually play on Pogo.com?  Any time I’m not at work or chauffeuring the teen.

What did you have for breakfast this morning? Leftover spaghetti

Do you have a life philosophy? Success is the best revenge!

What is your favorite Pogo.com game? Do I have to pick just 1? Favorite game that I have finished all ranks – World Class Solitaire (Please add more ranks!) Favorite games that I have not finished ranks – Trizzle, Clue Secrets & Spies & Claire Hart: Soul Searcher

What’s your favorite TV show? Current shows – Hawaii 50 & Blue Bloods, Older shows – CHiPs, Dukes of Hazzard & Knight Rider

What’s your favorite drink? Pepsi Max

What’s your favorite season? Late Spring/Early Fall – not too hot, but no jacket needed.

Apart from Pogo, what are your hobbies?  Playing with the fur-kids, chauffeuring the teen & reading.

What’s the last good book you read? Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts

Who’s your hero or heroine and why? My Aunt Carol. She raised 4 kids as a single parent, and made it look easy.

If you could be invisible for a day, what would you do?  Drive my car & record the shocked look on people’s faces.

If you could gently remove any celebrity from the spotlight, who would it be? The Kardashians

Do you have a clean joke you can share with us? Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 8 9.

How long have you been playing Pogo? Since April of 2002.

What makes you a unique Pogo fan? I am a Board Assistant for a Pogo fan site (Pogo Addiction) & I run a contest every week that requires participants to achieve a specific goal in a Pogo game that I choose.

I can usually be found on Pogo.com playing: Anytime I’m not working, chauffeuring, walking dogs or sleeping.

Coffee, tea, or soda? Diet soda or iced tea

Sugary treats or salty treats? Depends on my mood

Cat, dog or small rodent? Dogs & cats

If you could remove any emotion from mankind, which one would you choose? Anger

 

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16 Comments

  • Lisa, I enjoyed reading your bio. You sound like a wonderful person. Congrats on the purchase of your new home!

  • Good for you Lisa on all that you have accomplished.Thank you so much for adopting from a shelter.

  • Lisa, I enjoyed reading your bio as well, I agree with you on more ranks in World Class! Congrats on your new home, I have been renting the same 3 bedroom brick ranch sense 1978! LOL, I think by now I own it & call it MY home! God Bless & Take Care… Good Luck in Pogo!

  • Nice to meet you Lisa. Hope to see you around. Enjoy Life.

  • Lisa, You sound like such a fun person. A great sense of humor and personality. Congrats!!! on that you have accomplished and your outlook on life. Your great. Maybe we will be in a Pogo room one day.

  • You sound like a great person. Anyone who is a single Mom is great. That takes a lot to do…

  • Hi Lisa, Congratulations on your purchasing your home. It is a great step for you and everyone in your family. I admire you being able to be a single parent who seems to have it pretty much together. I was a librarian and am also a Virgo so we have something in common. I love animals but cats are out because of allergies. I do have a great dog who is learning to be my assistant dog. I hope to run into you in a Pogo game sometime,I think we could be Pogo friends. Good luck with everything.

  • Lisa, Your joke was one of my Mom’s favorite teases! She could always get the grands and adults with that one. I think about it all the time. She is gone now, but she lived to be almost 99 years old and she still told her jokes at every family gathering up until she passed. I just had to tell you this because you like it too! Good luck in your new home and with your three children! Stay strong!!!

  • Hi Lisa — Congrats on the new home !!! Wonderful to hear of someone adopting animals from a shelter — they ALL need a loving home.

  • Wow Lisa
    U R such a beautiful young lady inside an out… Im so thankful to JESUS for Lady’s an all folks like you that adopt them furry babies from the shelters… they R just so precious an GOD sent them all for us to care for.. all furry babies are our best friend after JESUS because they love you unconditionally..
    Pogo you did a awesome job on this weeks “SLP”…
    Congrads on your new home.. Wow to work in a Library must be so rewarding.. all them great books to read an helping folks are much appreciated..
    Love the joke.. it was to cute.. made me laugh an thank you kindly for that..
    I must also agree with you on removing one of many “ANGER”…
    Thank you for sharing a part of your life with us.. I know your Teen is just as proud of you as we the pogo family is.. Im a September baby to.. it seems like a lot of us are Virgo baby’s..
    May U an your family enjoy your blessed new home an always let JESUS rule it..
    May the Peace of GOD Be with U an Your Beautiful Family Always
    Blessings Two U
    Sandi

  • Hi Lisa and congrats on your awesome spotlight feature! I did not even realize there were Pogo fan sites out there. I will have to check that out!
    Also congrats on purchasing your dream home. It sounds amazing. :)

    Have a great day and I hope to see you around Pogo soon!

    Rachael

  • Congrats on being Player Spotlight, you did a fabulous job! Hope to run into you in Pogoland one day ✿´¯`*•.¸¸✿

  • Hi Lisa! First I would like to say your one strong cookie to do all the things you do for everyone!!! :) I also want to tell you congrats on the new house…and it is so wonderful to have adopted pets and for you to give them new meaning to life…I adopted a very abused dog from the Animal Shelter and he was like a little lovable puppy (he was a 2 year old kurr…made for hunting and not to be a house dog) when we first seen him we decided he was abused way to much to be a hunting dog and decided to take him home with us to see if we could make him our family dog…we already had a cat and ended up getting 2 more cats lol anyways our dog “Hunter” had a couple mishaps of eating clothes when we brought him home but he stopped shortly after getting to know us and has become a wonderful family pet and I’m so thankful to have saved his life. Thanks for everything you all do at “Pogo Addiction” as well…Love yall there!!! Hope to see ya around and to play sometime ((Hugs))

  • Congrats on being in the Spotlight! Loved your joke and can’t wait to tell my G-daughter! lol

  • Congrats on your spotlights .it look like you do any thing for your kids and dogs [animals] like me.my husband always tell you go to heaven foresure .I stop for turtle that try go across the road her in florida,it is nice to meet you ,hope someday I meet you one of the pogo rooms good luck Lisa..

  • Congratulations on owning your own home! You are an inspiration to single mothers! :)