Laurie Roberts, Neighbor

Laurie is a mom, wife, volunteer, and all-around troublemaker, in the nicest truth-will-set-you-free kind of way. She has lived in Albany for 14 years in the same little house, even though the number of inhabitants has grown from two to five (if you count the needy girl-cat). Laurie enjoys being a judo/baseball/basketball mom, cooking, knitting, working in the yard (even though it doesn't look like it), and hanging with the folks in her oh-so-cool neighborhood. When she's not in Albany, she's busy doing the education thing in a place she can ride her bike to. 

In her off time (what off time?), Laurie likes to volunteer. Yes. You read that right. VOLUNTEER. Read all about it on Albany Patch!

If you think Laurie sounds interesting, follow her on Twitter, where she is better known as Trumom. Fun fact: "Microblogging" in Spanish is "microblogging".