Webmistress:
Name: Joni
Birthday: October 2, 1972
Age: 33
Location: U.S.A.
Status: Married With Children
Occupation: "Mommy"...or, as my husband likes to call me, "Domestic Godess" (*snicker*)
Height: 5 feet (and no more)
Weight: None of your business!
Eyes: Blue (behind glasses)
Hair: Short, Strawberry Blonde, very straight, sometimes spikey
Religion: Mormon
Interests: The internet, reading, writing, pixeling, watching movies, playing video games, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Star Trek...
The Long Version:
That was just the short list, now I'll give you the more detailed information about me...if you care to read that much!
I was born in Anchorage, Alaska. My dad was in the Air Force and stationed there so that is how I ended up being born there. My dad still lives there, in fact, so I think he really likes it. I only lived there myself for about four years until my parents divorced and I moved with my mom and younger sister to Oregon. I spent all my growing-up years from that point in Oregon, in the Portland area. I still like Alaska and it will always be my native land, but it's really too cold there for my taste.
In Oregon I learned to love the rain and lots of green trees. I never knew how green it really was there until I moved away and then came back and marveled at the beauty of it. I'd move back to Oregon in a flash if the oppurtunity presented itself, but as it is I am content with where I am in life. I graduated high school in Oregon. Most of my teen age years were spent taking gymnastics and dance and then migrating into being more interested in swimming. I swam for my high school team for three years, earning a varsity letter each year, plus I worked as a lifeguard at the high school pool for four years and a swimming instructor for three years.
I stayed very active in swimming until my freshman year of college when, while on the college swim team, I messed up my shoulder and was forced to quit competitive swimming. At the time I was devastated, but in the long run it all turned out okay. My specialty stroke was backstroke and it can be very hard on the shoulders if you aren't careful. Given that I am so small (just under five feet) I had to work extra hard just to keep up with the taller swimmers (even in swimming, height makes a difference) and I had to work even harder if I wanted to win. My poor body just couldn't keep up. :(
College ended up being a bit easier without having to worry about a sport on top of it all. My freshman year was tough and I didn't make very good grades. During my sophomore year I finally decided the school I was going to was not for me and I transferred to a school in Utah and way away from home for the first time ever. I really flurished there and my grades improved. I majored in sports medicine so I still got the chance to be involved with sports without actually having to be in the sport. I worked as a student athletic trainer at two local high schools helping out with soccer, basketball, wrestling, and track and field. Then I worked at the university in the rehabillitation room, with the football team, and with the rugby team. Overall it was a great experience and I earned my Bachelor's Degree in Sports Medicine in 1995. To this day I still love sports of just about any kind.
Also while I was in college I met and married my husband. We also had our first child, a son, while I was still a student. I'm kind of proud of the fact that I was able to do all of this and still graduate. I knew lots of women who dropped out to start a family, but to me it was very important to earn a degree and so I did it. My husband also earned his Master's Degree during that time so it just proves you can do anything if you just put your mind to it.
When we were all finished with school we moved to Colorado. There I decided I really wanted to be a stay-at-home mom and it's a job I love more then any job I could imagine, and at this time I really don't have the desire to do anything else. My two other children were born in Colorado, a son and a daughter. Since then I haven't had the inkling to have any more childrent, but I'm still young and you never know what could happen down the road.
Now we all live in Texas, near the big city of Houston. I am amused that a Northern girl like me ended up way down here in the hot, sort-of south. I never thought I would like it here, but I have really enjoyed being in Texas.
For the most part, I'm a fairly solitary person. I don't like large groups of people, crowds, or lots of noise. I guess you could call me a loner, but I really just take a long time to make close friends. For the most part I think I'm just kind of shy and have some anxiety when it comes to meeting new people. When I do make friends I am very loyal and value the friendships a great deal. However, I am a highly distracted person with an active imagination. You could say my head is in the clouds a lot of the time. I like the think I'm a kind and caring person, but I'm not perfect. I also don't tend to seek friendships with people who are arrogant, bossy, and selfish. I also have very little patience for people who complain a lot. I can tolerate a certain amount of self pity but after a while if all a person is going to do is complain instead of act and make it better, I get very weary of listening to them and my patience runs thin.
My free time is spent reading, fooling around on the computer, and doing various other hobby-like activities. I have many interests and my attention wavers in and out of them all. Sometimes I like sewing and doing crafty-type things. Sometimes I like doing origami. Sometimes I just want to sleep! Other times I like to exercise. Then there are times I just want to curl up on the couch with a cup of hot chocolate and watch a movie I've already seen a hundred times. In general I like movies, but not TV. I also like music, but I don't think I have a very specialized taste, most of what I like has been on the radio. Still, I enjoy my ipod and at least what is on it I can call mine even if it's not very interesting to other people. I love books about fantasy and science fiction, but I won't say no to a nice tear jerker every now and then. I'll pretty much read anything as long as I find it interesting.
So that's me, for the most part! My future is yet to be and I really don't know where I'm going from here. I would like to try my hand at writing a novel, but I haven't had much luck getting that kind of project off the ground yet. I'm also interested in going back to school and earning an advanced degree. For now, I just am who I am.
My Dogs:
I won't post pictures of my kids (it's a personal thing), but here are some snapshots of my dogs...take a look:
This is Pepper (aka: Psycho-dog). She is a pure bred Manchester Terrier, weighs 7 whole pounds, and acts like she is a 90 pound doberman guard dog. You should see her "playing" with the big dog...I'm telling you, she has a serious superiority complex. She is five years old (as of writing this 8/30/02). We are toying with the idea of getting her a studded collar and calling her "Killer" just for the heck of it.
This is Buster (aka: The Big Doof). Where Pepper is our so-called guard dog, Buster is just a big fuzzy wus. He might try to act tough, but it's just an act, he doesn't really know what to do with himself. He is an Australian Shepherd mix (okay, so he's a mutt...we think he is at least part Springer Spaniel, but it's just a guess). This is the dog who tries to snag the chocolate cookies off my kitchen counter when I make them. In this case we have a dog whose bark is worse then his bite (meaning he barks at everything, but never bites). He is the neediest creature on the planet as well as being probably the most pathetic, too. We still love him, though. He is three years old (as of 8/30/02).
Other Stuff:
I'm Kanga, who are you? Take the 100 Acre Personality Quiz
I like to make little blinkies, here is a sample of what I've made:
According to this website, my IQ is 146 (so, I'm supposedly a genius...yeah, right!). According to this website, my IQ is 112 (which is probably a bit more realistic).
Robohouse.com tells me I am really a robot under my skin...check it out:
Fuali.com says I am 35% addicated to the internet...that's not as bad as I had feared!
I am worth: $1,665,550
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