Hello! My name is Ilona but somewhere along the line I got tired of having it mispronounced and mispelled so I use Loni. I'm a software developer turned IT project manager, which means I am a geek (and darn proud of it). How much of a geek? I read theoretical physics - for fun. I spent the weekend of my senior prom at the Atlantic Regional math meet on the NY Math team...and had a better time than I would have at the prom. I grew up with computers (yes, even at my age) and back in the day was a hacker...but always a white hat. When I'm not being a geek, I teach at the Dog Training Club of St. Pete and compete in agility, freestyle and flyball with my dogs. The dog count in my household is now at three: Dylan a standard poodle (my dog) Wizard a Belgian Tervuren (my daughters dog) and Jester a yellow lab (my husbands dog) They're all spoiled rotten (and they are all really Momma's boys). We live in Florida (aka Hurricane Alley) but my heart is in New York where I grew up. I miss good rye bread, real bagels and decent pizza. I do not miss winter, although around the holidays I wouldn't mind a little bit of snow. I love San Diego (I spent 4 years making monthly treks to the 'left' coast for my previous job) and fish tacos (something else you can't get in Florida) but I didn't like the cost of living or I would I have transfered out there. I love swiss chocolate, a good steak (rare), old cabernet and older single malt scotch.I got my layout at Cleanupmyspace.com
