Miami and Key West trip... WOO HOO!

My trip to Florida in pictures and a little text

Flight to Atlanta. Before I thought I was going to die.

Me sitting on the Hollywood, FL beach... perfection...

Shot of the ocean. First time I'd ever seen it/been in it.
Gray haze on horizon on far right is a cruise ship.

Fresh seafood join on Islamorada Key. Food: eh. Mango Colada: DELICIOUS!!

Famous sunset in Key West. There's a sunset celebration every night.

Robot guy and kid he interacted with. Kid was thrilled.


Elvis is alive! And in Key West!

Lots of cool architecture in Key West. Lots.

Mile Marker '0' on US 1. From inside a car, on the way out of town.

Keys and ocean on our way back up to Miami


Love the architecture and the rustic-ness.

Beautiful. Wish I was there again. Look a little familiar?
That's because those mango coladas were *so* good,
we stopped here on the way back up, too!

The only thing that would make this place better is a
hammock between 2 palm trees and me in that.

Lili, Patty, Me.

Versace mansion in South Beach, Miami


Art Deco architecture in South Beach


Peacocks @ Everglades fan boat tour place.



Close-up of peacock


Pretty grackle on a faux totem pole (hey, we had to do a lot of waiting)


Greg, our captain


Pic of tour place


Pretty bird, right near shore


Fan boat! 1,000 hp!


GATOR!!!

There's a tree lizard hiding in there


Where the top layer of silver is is how much the Everglades have drained in 16 years. Sad.


Guy with a bachelor's from the University of Massachussetts in Psychology
sticking his hand into gator's mouth. Shockingly, he still has all his fingers.


More amazing feats with a gator


That's right. His head is in the gator's mouth.

In case you're wondering, all pics copyright ME 2009.

Not much new...

That's the reason why I haven't updated recently. Just overall a pretty boring life! The most exciting things lately is that a couple of weekends ago, Andrea and I finally got to hang out again. Busy busy schedules! We ate at the Chatterbox, and then went and walked around Patina. I so <3 that store. Got to do it again sometime!

That night we did the Tombstone Trail with Shaun's friend Raska and my friend Peebs. It was a lot of fun. This year it was down around Rochester, so it was like, a two hour drive. Peebs just moved back up here from Arizona, so he wasn't at all used to the cold weather. And that had been the coldest night by far that night. We felt like we were doing horribly, it was the worst feeling. And the roads were scary! We'd be going up a hilll around a corner, and then all of a sudden they'd drop and turn. I think that all of our sphincters got a lot of exercise that night. We didn't get the mystery question, which probably means that our letter questions were all off. At any rate, as we were pulling up towards the end, Shaun told Raska to fill all of the questions out. I felt a faint niggling thought about that, but being caught up in the moment, I was urging Raska to hurry and get it filled. As it turns out, that was against the rules, to just guess at the answers (unlike college!!!). So because one other team was 1.5 hours late, we ended up getting the Dead Last award. Cool!!! The funny part is that the award for Dead Last was cooler than the awards for actually placing. Overall, it was fun, and Peebs and Raska were impressed and faintly shocked that the TT was actually challenging and fun. The people who won the costume award wasn't (or at least we don't think) it was the same people as last year. The winners were dressed up as 'Trailer Trash'. They were standing in line behind us, and they were HILARIOUS. What a great idea. Can't wait for next year.

Last weekend was season opener, and Shaun has so far managed to be the only person out of my family to provide meat for us in the upcoming year. What a great provider. Our apartment is still great, still like it a LOT better than the last one. I love the fireplace. I'm sitting with it on next to me as I am typing, and its warming me up. The cats love staring at it, too. Silly kitties!!

I don't know what we're doing this weekend, since Shaun really doesn't have to sit out in the woods again. Some time to finish my other paintings would be nice...! Anyway, take care, all!



P.S. Dora's an internet star!
http://www.stuffonmycat.com/index.php?itemid=5495&catid=6

The post I promised!

So here it is. Nothing too terribly fantastic.

Went on vacation a couple of weeks ago. That was a great respite. It was so nice to be able to relax and not have to think about work the entire time. Shaun and I went for walks a few of the mornings. It's a habit I have to pick up again. I went out on the boat once, and got sunburned pretty good that Wednesday. I purchased two pyrex dishes, so now I have something new to collect, apparently. LOVE them.










Then it was back to the same 'ol, same 'ol.

Got to hang out with Jennifer and her roomate Emily last weekend, we went to the Minnesota zoo. I remember it being a lot cooler as a kid. But it was fun to hang out and joke around with friends again. Gave the cats a bath that same weekend. Boy oh boy, that was fun. It's amazing how much skinnier they are when wet. I promise that we didn't give them a bath for no reason - they were kinda greasy and smelled smoky from their stay at my parents'. They were not too happy, but Dora took it better than Cora.

Please, please let me out!

Eh, this isn't so bad!

ME NO WANT!

What happened to you?!

What is that thing?

You shall pay. Oh yes, you shall pay.

This weekend we went to Firestone Friday night (because Shaun's car's running again! YAY!!!), and then up to Hinckley because my aunt and uncle from Colorado were supposed to be in town. Actually, they'll be here tomorrow, so we'll have to go up again next weekend to see them. Which is fine. We don't have any plans anytime soon. The only plans we have to make are what weekend Shaun's going hiking with Rob, when I'm going to go see Le Miz and take classes at Archiver's with Andrea, and plans for our costumes to do the Tombstone Trail. Fun Fun Fun!

A month!?!!?

I completely didn't mean for it to be a whole month between posts, but it is anyway. I meant to create a quick post before we left on vacation (two weeks ago already) but Shaun hustled me out of the apartment before I was able to do so. I don't have the energy to do much more tonight than say that a good post is on its way this week. Ciao for now!

Thoughts & Prayers