My name is Shelby Dakota. I am 12 years old, and in the seventh grade this year. I live in Watkinsville now but am originally from Nashville, TN. Nashville is an interesting place to live, even if you don't care for country music. We have lots of other music festivals at Riverfront Park. We had a theme park called Opryland that was pretty cool but the owners took it all out to build yet another shopping mall. As if we need another one.
We moved to Decatur, GA in the fall of 2001, then moved to Watkinsville this past fall. I found lots of interesting things to do in Atlanta, but like Watkinsville much better. Check out my TRAVEL link, to see pics of Stone Mountain State Park, the Atlanta Zoo and more cool things to do in Atlanta. There is also some good pics of camping trips in Tennessee and North Carolina. We like to camp a lot and have some pics of our trips in my CAMPING link.
I play the clarinet for my school band, this is my third year in band. We have played several concerts, at our school and at the Oconee County Civic Center.
We went to Carowinds Park in North Carolina this past March 2003 for our band trip. We had lots of fun at the park and got to play in a band festival. We were rated excellent.
I am going to tryout to be a Cheerleader this year for next years Cheerleading squad.
I was a cheerleader a couple years ago with the Bellevue Steelers Single B Football Team. There are lots of Photo Galleries taken of our team and cheerleaders on our Bellevue Steelers Gallery Website. We have Photos from our Homecoming Parade, including games, floats and player/cheerleader presentations. It was a lot of fun and I hope I make the squad this year.
My mom's name is Cindy. She is an artist, computer illustrator and web site designer. She works at home doing freelance work. She has had several drawings published as cover illustrations on magazines. She helped me build this web site; she did the coding and the graphics and I picked out the photos and wrote most of the text. She has also done quite a few other sites for me - my Bellevue Steelers Football/Cheerleading Gallery Site,
my Girl Scout Troop Site,
my old school's website and more.
My dad's name is John. He works for Opryland. He loves to hunt, collect guns and work on his old cars and trucks. He is really a Dodge man!! He named me after a pickup truck, the 1990 Dodge Shelby Edition Dakota Pickup. He said that if I was a boy he had planned to name me John Dodge. He has a new Bright Yellow Dodge Ram Truck now.
My parents don't live together anymore. I live with my mom and stepdad Tim. He is really nice and fun and I like him. I have a Miniature Pinscher named George. He is black and brown and looks like an eight inch tall Doberman. He is kind of aggressive, I guess he thinks he is a real doberman. He sleeps with me every night and keeps me warm. He likes to play, he will fetch his toys, and jumps like he has springs for legs. He is fun to play with. He knows lots of tricks; he will sit, jump up, lie down, get down, speak and even go around the pole on the porch when you tell him to. He is very smart.
I hope you enjoy visiting with me, meeting my friends, and sharing some of the things I enjoy. I've got some pics and more info on my Gallery Pages. My previous "About Me" page, from when I was in the 5th grade is here. And don't forget to sign my Slambook so I can find out more about you. You can e mail me at shelbydakota@yahoo.com. I would like some e mail pen pals.
