Day 01 - Introduce Yourself

Day 01 - Introduce Yourself

Hello, my name is Tonja Elizabeth Keene.  I am 26 years old.  I was born in a red Ford Festiva in Bury St. Edmunds, England.  I live in Provo, Utah, but Washington State will forever be my home.  I have a 15 month old daughter named Ayla Marie Salazar.  Her father's name is Eugene Joseph Salazar (he goes by Joseph) and I love him very much.  I work at Pinnacle Security, which is an alarm company.  I schedule installs for our inside sales team.  I have a cat named Malky.  Cat's are my very favorite animal, though I am obsessed with animals in general.  I drive a 1998 Subaru Forester and I love it.  I have a mom named Melanie and a step dad name Kurtis.  I have a dad named John and a step mom named Syl.  I have two little brothers, Brandon (23) and Chad (20).  I have 4 step siblings(I may be wrong on their ages); Adam (27), Aaron (25), Rachel (21), and Haleigh(18).  My favorite colors are green and orange.  My favorite season is fall.  My favorite holidays are Halloween and Christmas.  My favorite bands are Bright Eyes and The Beatles.  My favorite TV shows are How I Met Your Mother, Pawn Stars, The Shield, Weeds, and Arrested Development.  I love to daydream.  I LOVE to read.  I love music.  I love love love coffee.  I am scared of the dark.  I worry a lot.  I love the rain.  I am happiest when we have an overcast day.  I used to be a night owl but lately have a hard time staying up past midnight.  I am a lot more shy than you would think.  I love to be social, but it's hard for me.  I have a hard time expressing to people how much I care about them.  I love to be affectionate, but again, it's hard for me.  I love to be creative and I try so hard but my projects always end up looking like that of a 10 year olds.  I am not a good cook and I do not have any desire to be, but I love to eat good food.  I like to bake.  I love chocolate milk.  I would rather have fruity candy than chocolate.  I get way too involved in reality tv shows (American Idol makes me cry every week).  Having said that, every thing makes me cry.  Seriously, since being pregnant and having a child I am that girl, the one that always cries.  I am obsessed with Target.  My eyes are a dark forest green.  So are my daughters.  I love make up.  I have no patience.  Sleeping is my favorite activity.  I love New York City and it would be a dream to live there.  I want to go to Italy.  As a young girl I was a Scotish Highland dancer and I would love Ayla to be as well.  I want a Golden Retriever more than anything but must wait until the dog could have a great non-apartment life.  I love my family more than anything.  I love my friends almost as much as my family.  :)

And that's about all I can think of right now.

Day 30.

The very last day!  HOW SAD!

Day 30 – A photograph of yourself today + three good things that have happened in the past.




In the bathroom at work, just for this blog post :) 12/9/2010

 3.  I discovered blogging!
2.  I learned to read.
1.  I had a beautiful baby girl named Ayla Marie.
 
Those are very general answers, but all very good things that have happened to me in the past!
 
I will miss my 30 Days of Blogging assignment... If you have any suggestions for things that I should write about leave a comment and let me know!  I will make a post just for you!

Day 23.

Day 23 – 15 facts about you.

1.  I hate water touching me.  Obviously I bathe, but I just hate water touching me.
2.  I am impatient.

3.  I am obsessed with animals.  All animals.

4.  I love to be social, but I have a hard time with it because I am extremely shy.

5.  I love coffee.  Not just drinking it, but I love the actual process from which a cherry-like fruit becomes an aromatic delightful beverage.  And I know the entire process start to finish.  Starbuck's Black Apron, baby!

6.  Just like I hate water touching me, I actually hate drinking water.  Weird.  Again, I obviously drink water because it's necessary, I just never enjoy it.

7.  I used to be a Scotish Highland dancer and dance at Highland games/competitions.

8.  I have two favorite colors.  Orange and Green.

9.  I love to watch documentaries.  About anything and everything.  I never met a documentary I didn't like!

10.  I don't notice when people call me "TonJa", emphasis on the "j".  People think they are being funny but I have been called that so often that it doesn't even phase me.  It does not offend me, however, it's not my name.  (If you don't already know, my name is pronounced "TonYa".)

11.  I excell in American Sign Language.  I took two years in high school and it seemed to come naturally.  I am constantly signing to myself and seeing the physical sign of words/phrases in my mind.

12.  I am terrified of the dark.  Embarrassingly afraid of the dark.  Even if there is someone with me I need to have some sort of night light.  If I wake up in the middle of the night and the room is pitch black I will have a full-on panic attack.

13.  I am obsessed with paranomal things.  I love to watch all things haunted even if it means not sleeping for nights at a time.

14.  I was introduced to the spelling of my daughter's name by The Shield.  In the 3rd season there is an Armenian girl named "Ayla" pronounced "Eye-la".  I already wanted to name my daughter Isla (I was about 3 months pregnant when I discovered the spelling), but fell in love with the meaning behind this Armenian spelling.

15.  I love to sing, read, write, dance, and laugh.

12/01/2010

Day 19.

Day 19 – Another picture of yourself.

Girl's Night Out!  Playing in the snow. 11/20/2010