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Well overdue for a revamp I am considering a switch to WordPress but soooooo much content - where to start ?

Sock Animals Posted on 25/04/2013 by Tonya

New fun with socks. No sock is safe in our house any longer. They get turned into fun animals. Then they get pinchy fingers and little arms testing out their durability and huggability. Thank you baby Twinkle x

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Sock Animals And Friends

Tweets by @SocAnimalsTweet

2013 - Sock Animals And Friends Website

To try and give myself something to occupy my hands, have fun and maybe set up a nice little cottage business for the future I have created Sock Animals And Friends. Visit my new site here SockAnimalsAndFriends and check out all the wonderful soft toy creations.

For Fun follow the adventures of Cheery Monkey

Tweets by @CheerySocMonkey

2012 - My boy & new baby Seren-Grace

Zachary & I are happy in 2012 to welcome baby Seren-Grace into our little family. Zachary is so happy to have a little sister :. She is a carbon copy of me (Tonya) when I was little - slightly worrying.

I have not changed my site for a while so have decided to do a bit of work. My family has expanded this year so to welcome Seren-Grace I should also add her story to my family / kiddie pages. I also need to sort out the gallery (which doesn't really work) & may well resort to an external add on site. Some research is in order - meanwhile watch this space. I have also added a graphic background :)

Blog code <<New Blog Pages>> Posted by Tonya March

I have been working on blog code. I can now look up all the previous years archives. All the photo's should enlarge when you click on them. I used the lighthouse code which is free & can be downloaded. Check out the blogs here. blog

Tonya's Gallery Pages - My Mum's parents Mary & Albert Smith

I looked up Tonya in Wikipedia the worlds largest online encyclopedia (May 2007)

These were the two facts I found about Tonya:

Tonya is a town and a district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Check this out about Tonya (Τόνγια) or Byzantine Thoania (Θοανία).

Tonya Harding is an American figure skater.

I had no idea there was a place called Tonya! Note to contact Wikipedia and ask to be added? LOL

<Tonya, Zachary's New Blog / Journal for 2007 > Posted by Tonya Nov 2006

These days I only have time to keep Zachary's Blog updated so I have decided for 2007 to combine the two and start to work on a baby gallery. I need to practice my PHP & CSS Gallery coding anyway so this is the best place. Besides I have so many lovely photo's of Zachary to share. Here is my Blog .

Zachary's Blog << Baby Zachary born at 30 weeks - almost 10 weeks premature >> Posted by Tonya Feb 2006

Baby Zachary could not wait to join the world. Having a premature baby and sitting next to an incubator was not part of the plan and it was hard work but baby Zachary is none the worse for arriving 9 weeks premature. In fact now in 2006 he is growing into a lovely chubby baby. Read the story here

Pregnancy Diary & baby pages - Posted by Tonya July 2005

I thought it would be neat to add some baby pages recording my experiences as a new mum. I have started a pregnancy diary, 'Tonya's diary of a pregnant woman' and hope to continue with pics and diary of a newborn baby. Just so my friends and family can keep up with where I am at.

Tonya baby ultrasound

20 week ultrasound on baby page 7 Posted on 12/9/05 by Tonya

Had my 20 week ultrasound which went absolutely fine. Baby appears fine no obvious problems and they are aprox 75 % sure of picking up most obvious defects etc. Plus was able to confirm my own feeling that its a baby boy ! Cool huh!

Charity Event Pages Posted May 21st 2005 by Tonya

New section on Charity Events & Challenges that Tonya takes part in. Have had to cancel my entry to the BUPA Great North Run due to the baby. I did absail down South Stack Lighthouse with the Royal Marines 22nd May 2005 to raise money for Seafarers UK and Breast Cancer.

Why I am called Tonya.
The meaning of the name Tonya Posted June 05 by Tonya

Tonya is often referred to as a shortened version of Antonia. Antonia is the female version of Anthony. Anthony happens to be my Dad's name ! he he. In Slovakian Tonya means fairy. In latin Tonya means worthy of praise or priceless. I was named Tonya after one of the Characters from Doctor Zhivago. It was the only film playing at Bangor Cinema and Mum saw it lots of times. The two lead female roles are Lara and Tonya. Mum and Dad decided if I was born blonde I would be called Lara. I was born with dark hair so they called me Tonya. Tonya is the character played by Geraldine Chaplin. (Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin) and Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) in Doctor Zhivago )

Personal websites - 21st Century Diary by Tonya

I am intruiged by the idea of personal websites like mine here on tonya.me.uk. I am planning a feature over the summer on people and their personal websites. If you have a personal website, family site or simple blog site then let me know about it and I may feature it. [email Tonya at work@tonya.me.uk]

These are Tonya's top 3 websites of the week.

To check out my other website links go to FAV Links.

www.Tonya.me.uk - Disclaimer & Link to old Tonya site layout.

This is my personal site and collective. I am now first & foremost a mum! I am or was a freelance IT Consultant & IT Trainer / Web Site Developer and in my spare time I am studying for an Environmental Science Degree. Phew !! This Site is dedicated to me & my family. Its kind of a fun thing that started as work back in 2003, then took on a life of its own and evolved into a place to have fun & keep a sort of 20th century diary / blog.

Personal websites are like a form of 21st Century Diary/ Scrapbook. This is Tonya O'Donnell's! It is personal use. Really I dont expect anyone to read it or use it other than my family & me. If you do then thanks for visiting and add your name to my Guest map if you like. The content of Tonya.me.uk is purely for personal use and is the personal opinion of Tonya & written without prejudice. MY photos are mine though(those that I have taken & are of me & mine) & therefore are copyrighted to me - if you want to use them then simply email me & ask. Some of the info is gleaned from other sources - I have added some references on my admin page - apologies if I nicked pics or other stuff to use!

Tonya O'Donnell