This is literally me in the hotel at Tinley checking forums. Photo by former ks.com staffer Clint Gilders

There was going to be a final Herp photo of the day, but I couldn't decide. Anything I post will have memories and a farewell anyhow.

For 28 years, I have started most of my days with Kingsnake.com I say most because well, we used to only have 10 hours of internet a week. I only visited a few times a week back then. My original username was faustcorpus and I read a lot and hung out on the original Iguana forums. You need to look back at our first archives. I was also a member of the original NRAAC for WI. I climbed the ranks here from volunteer to part timer to site coordinator/goddess/mom that you know and love. Jeff was the maser but I like to think I was (that hurts to say) the face, heart and soul of the site for a little over 2 decades. Even the short time I left, I still checked the site daily first thing each morning. My browser has 4 kingsnake windows open daily. My processor will be pleased tomorrow.

As the weeks have passed since the announcement I have been working on going through my things on the site. Searching for old posts, saving threads here and there, saving my photos. As I am in crunch time, I am looking back and remembering everyone again. All the people who we have helped, known, and some sadly lost. The kids who are not adults. The breeders who are no longer in the community. 28 years is a long time.

I want to thank all the volunteers that worked with us and all the chatters who were there. My forum pains in the butts who made my life spicy some days. And even those who came up to me every show to complain that they were banned again. I want to thank every single person that came to our chats, forums and classifieds. I want to thank everyone who read everything I wrote and posted all the time. WHo interacted with me at shows, traveled with me on this crazy ass trip.

From the forums to the field trips at conventions to the amazing auctions. I have laughed so much this past few weeks looking through the site but I have also cried a few times too.

Most of all, I want to thank you all for accepting a girl who never bred a single animal in her life as you mom.

While Jeff may be riding off into the sunset, you are not quite rid of me! You know exactly where to find me come March! But for now, the tears are flowing, my heart is hurting.

But as The Family Says... Cheers Mother F'ers.