The Great Blog Challenge lasts for 30 days and the goal is to share a bit of yourself each day, following the prompts given. To see the full list of guides for each day, read my April 1 posting. I am loving the Great Blog Challenge, and truly think you would too. So join at any time throughout the month... you will learn alot about yourself but also have fun doing it :)
Day 4: My siblings
So this is the day in which I celebrate my siblings. I have two: Traleathea my older sister and my younger brother Geoffrey who is deceased. I am the middle child who enjoyed having the best of both world's an intelligent older sister to look up to and a younger brother who was very similar to me.
Traleathea is my free spirited sister. She is serious, funny, caring, a world traveler and someone who loves and understands me. She is my best friend and even though distance keeps us apart a day does not go by when I don't think of her and smile. We fight, we laugh, we dance, we will be there for each other until the day we die. I wish my sister the best in all that she does because she is a beautiful person. I love you sis :)
Geoffrey was taken away too soon but I cherish the times we had. The fights the competitiveness and the brother/sister bond that we shared. I see him in every bright star and know that he is okay and looking over me. I love my family with their quirkiness, seriousness, humor and all. They mean the world to me.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Dear Moma :)
The Great Blog Challenge lasts for 30 days and the goal is to share a bit of yourself each day, following the prompts given. To see the full list of guides for each day, read my April 1 posting. I am loving the Great Blog Challenge, and truly think you would too. So join at any time throughout the month... you will learn alot about yourself but also have fun doing it :)
Welcome to Day 4: Who are your parents?
Well, I am the daughter of Bernard Fairbanks but my mother Debra Rayford raised me. My mother was a single parent who overcame alot in her life to pave the way for her children. She struggled, she conquered and took no prisoners at times. My moma is not the warmest woman in the world, we do have our issues but I truly and forever love her.
She raised three children and taught us the value of education and pursuing what we want in life. She is a hard woman but I must say that for being a teenage mother to 2kids and having a third child at 20, my moma raised me to be a woman who loves unconditionally, desire to help others,and to be me. I love my moma and even though she is not the kissie, bake cookies, Susie Homemaker, she is a wonderful, funny, successful lovely lady and I am blessed to have her.
Welcome to Day 4: Who are your parents?
Well, I am the daughter of Bernard Fairbanks but my mother Debra Rayford raised me. My mother was a single parent who overcame alot in her life to pave the way for her children. She struggled, she conquered and took no prisoners at times. My moma is not the warmest woman in the world, we do have our issues but I truly and forever love her.
She raised three children and taught us the value of education and pursuing what we want in life. She is a hard woman but I must say that for being a teenage mother to 2kids and having a third child at 20, my moma raised me to be a woman who loves unconditionally, desire to help others,and to be me. I love my moma and even though she is not the kissie, bake cookies, Susie Homemaker, she is a wonderful, funny, successful lovely lady and I am blessed to have her.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Here's to you Christopher
Welcome to day 3. I hope you have been enjoying what has been going on so far. Today is the day I talk about my first love. As a child I had so many crushes but never felt that I loved them. I can say that my first crush was a junior at Alma College name Christopher.
He was just awesome, funny (loved Chewbacca hence the picture) athletic, and ambitious. We met the summer of 1999 and started off as friends. We had great chemistry, conversations and I truly thought that I was in love with him. Our relationship was brief and fraught with tension due to race. He was white and I am clearly not. I knew when I met his parents that it would never be anything more. In addition when issues with race came up in school we fought and I could not stand it anymore. I don't even remember saying goodbye and I regret that now.
He transferred from Alma and I never saw him again. I am not happy with how things ended but I can not change that. He passed away in July 2008 at the age of 30. I look back at our time together and I realize that I was way to immature for the relationship and he was too. I can see that now with new eyes. I can also see that in reality, I was not in love with him. 19 year old Keyta in all of her wisdom about love believed that she was in love which is why Chris has the title of my first love, but after being with someone as great as the guy I am with now, I can say that I truly distinguish what a first love is. So here's to you Caleb Michael, I love you :)
He was just awesome, funny (loved Chewbacca hence the picture) athletic, and ambitious. We met the summer of 1999 and started off as friends. We had great chemistry, conversations and I truly thought that I was in love with him. Our relationship was brief and fraught with tension due to race. He was white and I am clearly not. I knew when I met his parents that it would never be anything more. In addition when issues with race came up in school we fought and I could not stand it anymore. I don't even remember saying goodbye and I regret that now. He transferred from Alma and I never saw him again. I am not happy with how things ended but I can not change that. He passed away in July 2008 at the age of 30. I look back at our time together and I realize that I was way to immature for the relationship and he was too. I can see that now with new eyes. I can also see that in reality, I was not in love with him. 19 year old Keyta in all of her wisdom about love believed that she was in love which is why Chris has the title of my first love, but after being with someone as great as the guy I am with now, I can say that I truly distinguish what a first love is. So here's to you Caleb Michael, I love you :)
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Meaning behind my blog name
So what is the meaning behind my blog name "The ending of an era and the beginning of another"? Well, I came up with this blog name to capture the spirit of what I was attempting to chronicle. I started this blog in April 2010 and the goal was to blog weekly the activities I was accomplishing for my 30 by 30.
The blog name was to give tribute to the ending of an era meaning my 20's and celebrating and embracing the beginning of another which would be the lovely decade of being 30. The aim of the blog was to also give me something to look back on and to celebrate what the era of my 30's and more will bring.
The blog name was to give tribute to the ending of an era meaning my 20's and celebrating and embracing the beginning of another which would be the lovely decade of being 30. The aim of the blog was to also give me something to look back on and to celebrate what the era of my 30's and more will bring.
Friday, April 1, 2011
The beginning of the great blog challenge... Day 1
Happy April 1st all!!! I can not believe that it is April already. Three months has passed and I continue to feel blessed and loved. I am also blogging more which is a great improvement and a nice stress reliever. But now to get on track.... today starts the beginning of the Great Blog Challenge (I know, the title of the posting gave it away...lol). So brief summary, this is a 30 day challenge in which I will blog about a predetermined topic. I am doing this with my best friend Kara and some other wonderful individuals. I am really happy and hope that you all enjoy the 30 days :)
~Day 1: Introduce myself, submit a recent picture and highlight 15 interesting facts
I guess an introduction is in order. My name is La'Keyta but I go by Keytabell. I was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio in December. I was the middle child and with that I always felt like I had the best of everything in that I had an older sister to look up to, but also a younger brother to model appropriate behaviors and also have fun with. I consider myself a pretty easy going individual, humorous, extremely verbal and compassionate. I enjoy traveling, reading and being around awesome people :)
Here are 15 interesting facts about myself:
1. I picked my undergrad college because it started with an "A".
2. I was voted funniest in high school.
3. I did not get my driver's license until I was 23 after failing the first time because I drove too slow.
4. I joined the sorority Alpha Gamma Delta at Alma College because I wanted some positive people in my life...I can truly say that my sisters saved me
5. I have legally worked since the age of 14
6. I typically will move every year because I want to experience a new neighborhood and I just love moving.
7. I am working on my Doctoral degree and after completing my dissertation I will require people to call me "doctor"
8. I got my first car at age 25 and I just paid it off..woot woot
9. I love electronics more than jewelry
10. To unwind from a hard day at work I typically watch crime dramas which ends up making me cry or a bit more paranoid than I already am
11. I have only lived in 5 states
12. My goal is to visit at least one new state a year
13. My nickname growing up was "Fatty" affectionately given to me by my Uncle Jeff
14. I want to be major of Cincinnati but realistically know that that would never happen
15. When I see the brightest star in the sky I believe that it is my brother letting me know he is in heaven and is okay.
Thanks for reading my day one...come back and see what's going down for tomorrow
~Day 1: Introduce myself, submit a recent picture and highlight 15 interesting facts
I guess an introduction is in order. My name is La'Keyta but I go by Keytabell. I was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio in December. I was the middle child and with that I always felt like I had the best of everything in that I had an older sister to look up to, but also a younger brother to model appropriate behaviors and also have fun with. I consider myself a pretty easy going individual, humorous, extremely verbal and compassionate. I enjoy traveling, reading and being around awesome people :)
Here are 15 interesting facts about myself:
1. I picked my undergrad college because it started with an "A".
2. I was voted funniest in high school.
3. I did not get my driver's license until I was 23 after failing the first time because I drove too slow.
4. I joined the sorority Alpha Gamma Delta at Alma College because I wanted some positive people in my life...I can truly say that my sisters saved me
5. I have legally worked since the age of 14
6. I typically will move every year because I want to experience a new neighborhood and I just love moving.
7. I am working on my Doctoral degree and after completing my dissertation I will require people to call me "doctor"
8. I got my first car at age 25 and I just paid it off..woot woot
9. I love electronics more than jewelry
10. To unwind from a hard day at work I typically watch crime dramas which ends up making me cry or a bit more paranoid than I already am
11. I have only lived in 5 states
12. My goal is to visit at least one new state a year
13. My nickname growing up was "Fatty" affectionately given to me by my Uncle Jeff
14. I want to be major of Cincinnati but realistically know that that would never happen
15. When I see the brightest star in the sky I believe that it is my brother letting me know he is in heaven and is okay.
Thanks for reading my day one...come back and see what's going down for tomorrow
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Been a while...
Oh man, it has really been a while since I last posted. I guess life has kept me busy. This will be short but pretty much a precursor to next month's event. Thanks to my bestie Kara, I will be posting every day for the month of April on different subjects. I am really excited for this and I hope that you enjoy reading my thoughts. Here are the subject matters to be discussed this month:
Day 1: Introduce, recent picture, 15 interesting facts
Day 2: Meaning behind your blog name
Day 3: Your first love
Day 4: Your parents
Day 5: Your siblings
Day 6: A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 7: Favorite movies
Day 8: A place you’ve traveled to
Day 9: A picture of your friends
Day 10: Something you’re afraid of
Day 11: Favorite TV shows
Day 12: What you believe
Day 13: Goals
Day 14: A picture you love
Day 15: Bible verse
Day 16: Dream house
Day 17: Something you’re looking forward to
Day 18: Something you regret
Day 19: Something you miss
Day 20: Nicknames
Day 21: Picture of yourself
Day 22: Favorite city
Day 23: Favorite vacation
Day 24: Something you’ve learned
Day 25: Favorite memory
Day 26: Picture of your family
Day 27: Pets
Day 28: Something that stresses you out
Day 29: 3 Wishes
Day 30: a picture
I hope that you enjoy reading while I take this journey and if you want you can come along :)
Day 1: Introduce, recent picture, 15 interesting facts
Day 2: Meaning behind your blog name
Day 3: Your first love
Day 4: Your parents
Day 5: Your siblings
Day 6: A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 7: Favorite movies
Day 8: A place you’ve traveled to
Day 9: A picture of your friends
Day 10: Something you’re afraid of
Day 11: Favorite TV shows
Day 12: What you believe
Day 13: Goals
Day 14: A picture you love
Day 15: Bible verse
Day 16: Dream house
Day 17: Something you’re looking forward to
Day 18: Something you regret
Day 19: Something you miss
Day 20: Nicknames
Day 21: Picture of yourself
Day 22: Favorite city
Day 23: Favorite vacation
Day 24: Something you’ve learned
Day 25: Favorite memory
Day 26: Picture of your family
Day 27: Pets
Day 28: Something that stresses you out
Day 29: 3 Wishes
Day 30: a picture
I hope that you enjoy reading while I take this journey and if you want you can come along :)
Monday, January 3, 2011
Still posting...happy 2011
So it is officially a new year, Happy 2011. I feel blessed to be able to live another year with the wonderful people in my life. My 2010 was a great year, so first and foremost I want to thank GOD for blessing me. I am truly thankful for all that he does. I pray for a good 2011, not just for me but for all of you.
I have decided to make some resolutions based on categories so that I can hopefully clean and update areas in my life that I tend to not monitor so well. The four categories are: Physical; Emotional/Mental; Spiritual and Financial. All of these areas are in need of readjusting, reassessing and tweaking. So with each category I am going to list bullet points of how things I want to do to improve on the area.
In addition this year I am going to finish the remaining items from my 30 by 30 list. But also there are many items on my list that I liked so much that I want to continue doing so, so in this posting I will incorporate them in my four categories of resolutions.
Physical:
1. Lose at least 25 lbs: I have found that I am slowing regaining all of the weight that I had in the beginning of 2010. Call it happy couple weight, laziness, or whatever I just need to lose.
2. Take part in at least one competitive running endeavor (possibly do the Cincinnati 1/2 marathon in October).
3. Incorporate more strength training in my workouts but also workout more.
4. Go hiking more and camping while I am embracing the outdoors.
Mental/Emotional:
1. Continue to be myself and not ashamed of that.
2. Seek out help when needed.
3. Spend time with friends and loved ones.
4. Journal at least once a month.
5. Don't let my anxiety take over.
6. Try not to be so in control.
7. Work on being an optimist for myself because I can be the biggest optimist for others.
Spiritual:
1. Attend church weekly when able.
2. Have one on one talks with God at least monthly.
3. Take part in the all church journey.
4. Spend more time out in nature.
Financial:
1. Pay off my car.
2. Save at least $1000.
3. Pay off bills/expenses.
4. Start budgeting monthly.
5. Keep my second job to reduce bills.
6. Move into a less expensive apartment.
7. Pay down some of my student loans.
Incomplete 30 by 30 items that I will do:
1. Be a vegetarian for one week
2. Go camping
3. Learn some vocabulary and sentences in Spanish
4. Switch my license, my plates and my tags to Kentucky
5. Finish decorating my house, if I move decorate new place
6. Have a total spa day: full body massage, mani, pedi and hair
7. Make something, be it a pillow or a quilt
8. Take my grandma to lunch or dinner
Ultimately, my goal is to have a great year spending it with people I love and pushing myself to self care, love and grow. Happy new year all :)
I have decided to make some resolutions based on categories so that I can hopefully clean and update areas in my life that I tend to not monitor so well. The four categories are: Physical; Emotional/Mental; Spiritual and Financial. All of these areas are in need of readjusting, reassessing and tweaking. So with each category I am going to list bullet points of how things I want to do to improve on the area.
In addition this year I am going to finish the remaining items from my 30 by 30 list. But also there are many items on my list that I liked so much that I want to continue doing so, so in this posting I will incorporate them in my four categories of resolutions.
Physical:
1. Lose at least 25 lbs: I have found that I am slowing regaining all of the weight that I had in the beginning of 2010. Call it happy couple weight, laziness, or whatever I just need to lose.
2. Take part in at least one competitive running endeavor (possibly do the Cincinnati 1/2 marathon in October).
3. Incorporate more strength training in my workouts but also workout more.
4. Go hiking more and camping while I am embracing the outdoors.
Mental/Emotional:
1. Continue to be myself and not ashamed of that.
2. Seek out help when needed.
3. Spend time with friends and loved ones.
4. Journal at least once a month.
5. Don't let my anxiety take over.
6. Try not to be so in control.
7. Work on being an optimist for myself because I can be the biggest optimist for others.
Spiritual:
1. Attend church weekly when able.
2. Have one on one talks with God at least monthly.
3. Take part in the all church journey.
4. Spend more time out in nature.
Financial:
1. Pay off my car.
2. Save at least $1000.
3. Pay off bills/expenses.
4. Start budgeting monthly.
5. Keep my second job to reduce bills.
6. Move into a less expensive apartment.
7. Pay down some of my student loans.
Incomplete 30 by 30 items that I will do:
1. Be a vegetarian for one week
2. Go camping
3. Learn some vocabulary and sentences in Spanish
4. Switch my license, my plates and my tags to Kentucky
5. Finish decorating my house, if I move decorate new place
6. Have a total spa day: full body massage, mani, pedi and hair
7. Make something, be it a pillow or a quilt
8. Take my grandma to lunch or dinner
Ultimately, my goal is to have a great year spending it with people I love and pushing myself to self care, love and grow. Happy new year all :)
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