Westsyde Web Designs

Westsyde Web Designs is a small company I started in 1998 when we moved to our current location.

I'd worked full time since I was 18 and was now about to be a stay at home mom.

I started by mainly doing websites for friends and relatives.

People found my web site on the internet and started asking me for quotes.  I had done any advertising but the way I coded my site drew people to me.

Quotes? LOL I had no idea what to charge. At the beginning I bartered my services for things we needed. If it was a photographer, my family had portraits done, etc.

I did provide free estimates eventually and have designed sites for numerous customers. Some have gone out of business and as I explain on my site, to promote your business, you still have to do all the traditional marketing and hard work. Having a web site didn't guarantee that millions of people would see it. I was able to place their web site on the first few pages of Google however, which is almost impossible. Further to the marketing - they didn't really do any marketing on the side and gave up on their dream.

I don't give up though and over the years even though my fibromyalgia would flare up and I would have to stop working on it, it's still up and running...click on my link to check out my site: http://www.westsydewebdesigns.com/

Animal Talk - What is it?

Animal Talk is the website of a good friend/client of mine: Lauren Bode.  She has given us information on our cat Apache (also know as Patch) with only knowing his name and seeing a picture of him.  She had never seen him in person nor had I conveyed any information about him.  Perhaps, because she is psychic she was able to read me?  Not sure how she was able to do it but am happy she has this special ability.  


What she told me was truly unbelievable and using techniques she suggested, I have been able to train Apache to listen to what I tell him.  Really!  See this post I called Patch our Wonder Cat.


Lauren is like a horse whisperer - she works with other animals but specializes in horses.


Lauren speaks for animals. She willingly provides a voice for the non-human creatures of our world in the hope that she may assist them to obtain greater health, better understanding of their expected roles and better relationships with their human partners. Through her classes and daily contacts, she encourages others to develop closer bonds, appreciation and mutual trust with animals, and a respect for all life in this world.