It’s time to meet Lisa Martin – the owner of this blog. Lisa Martin, a native of Wisconsin, now resides in the Chicago area (Chicago south suburbs aka Chicagoland) with her husband and two children, born in 2004 and 2007. As a work-at-home mom, she leverages her skills and talents for freelance and consulting jobs, typically juggling three or four projects alongside her blogging.
Lisa began blogging in April 2006 to keep in touch with long-distance family and friends. In July of the same year, following some personal challenges, she discovered she could help others by sharing her experiences through her blog.
Events and Projects
- Pampers Bloggers Event (2009)
- Epson Event in Chicago (2009)
- Stouffer’s Event (2009)
- Yacht ride with Lands’ End (2009)
- 1-800-Baskets Event (2009)
- Spoke on the doterati panel at Blog Marketing Demystified (2009)
- Mrs. Prindable’s tour (2010)
- Hallmark Event (2011)
- PopCap Games Event (2011)
- Chicago Cubs Mastercard Priceless Events (2012)
- Rug Doctor (2012)
- Disney Blogger Conference and Cruise
- Zootopia Event (2016)
- Nintendo Event in Downtown Chicago (2020)
- Worked with Nutrisystem on a weight loss project for a year, enabling her to lose almost 80 pounds
- Worked with Buick, Chevy, and Sprint as a brand ambassador.
Disney Press Trips
Disney Frozen Event
- Announcement Post
- Saving Mr. Banks Review
- Disney Studios Tour
- Frozen Starring Lisa . . . As Olaf
- Frozen Review
- Get A Horse short
- A Sneak Peak In Disney Animation
- What Is Rigging?
- Frozen White Carpet
Guardians Of The Galaxy
The Good Dinosaur
McFarland USA
- McFarland USA Announcement Post
- McFarland USA Review
- Interview with the real-life people from McFarland USA
The BFG
Cars 3
- Cars 3 Announcement Post
- Behind The Scenes
- Cars 3 Red Carpet
- Cars 3 Review
- Cars 3 Toys
- NASCAR Pit Crew Experience
Interviews
- Scott Adsit
- Michael Aguero
- Cristela Alonzo
- Sergio Avelar
- Ruby Barnhill
- Dave Bautista
- Kristen Bell
- Director Chris Buck
- Ian Chen
- Jemaine Clement
- Kevin Costner
- Lea DeLaria – 2nd interview
- Producer Peter Del Vecho
- Vin Diesel
- Hector Duran
- Ray Evernham
- Brian Fee
- Nathan Fillion
- Santino Fontana
- Ginnifer Goodwin
- Ryan Green
- Mike Greenholt
- James Gunn
- Director Don Hall
- Rebecca Hall
- Armie Hammer
- Daniel Henney
- Kourtney Kang
- Nahnatchka Khan
- Richard Kind
- Larry the Cable Guy
- Director Jennifer Lee
- Steve Loter
- Rafael Martinez
- Pete Menefee
- Director Dave Mullins
- Producer Dana Murray
- Director Niki Caro
- Johnny Ortiz
- Patrick Osborne
- Ryan Potter
- Chris Pratt
- Carlos Pratts
- Kevin Reher
- Ramiro Rodriguez
- Mark Rylance
- Zoe Saldana
- Phyllis Smith
- Steven Spielberg
- Jay Ward
- Kerry Washington
- Forrest Wheeler
- Isiah Whitlock Jr
- Makul Wigert
- Director Chris Williams
- Owen Wilson
- Penelope Wilton
Quotes and/or Featured In
- The New York Times
- Southtown Star
- The Chicago Sun-Times
- inside have interviewed her.
- Amazon even picked up her article on frustration-free packaging!
Now that you can meet Lisa Martin, you can reach her at mythoughtsideasandramblings@gmail.com
Hi Lisa! I admire your entrepreneur-ship of creating a great work-at-home job for yourself and your family!
Oh my gosh. You do so much and I can barely keep my little blog going. lol. Gotta go follow you!
Hello from one Chi-town blogging mama to another!
Great blog Lisa and a nice story too! Love to see people blogging and carving their own path in life, well done! Will be checking out your posts.