A little silliness keeps things light

Sometimes it's fun to just get a little silly. At least, I like to think so. The next series of pictures... well... it's very difficult to describe how they came about - but every time I see them, I giggle.

I'm not sure if I ever wrote about "Dollward" on here before. He is my 10-inch Edward Cullen doll. I bought him last time I went to Florida. He often just hangs out in my purse, awaiting his moment to be photographed. "Sharkey" is Amy's. He came in a drink she ordered when we went to Joe's Crab Shack one night for dinner.

I present to you: Dollward vs. Sharkey vs. Us.

Dolphin Watching! (AKA: not letting the rain get to you)

So, for anyone who was following our tweets, you'll know that we got A LOT of rain while we were down in Florida. We had to work around it as best as we could, to fit in all the things we wanted to do and see.
One of Amy's big "to do's" was a dolphin excursion around the Clearwater Harbour. On Canada Day, we set out pretty early (for us, anyway) to accomplish our mission. We called the good people of the Little Toot to see if they were operating (because the skies looked a little grey, though it wasn't raining yet.) - they told us to come on down for the 11am ride.

It was us and one other family of 3 on the boat. And wouldn't you know, just as we climbed aboard... the rain started.

We waited it out for a little bit, but a mutual decision (by the captain, and the passengers) was made that they would just refund us our money, because it didn't look like the rain was going to let up. This is what we thought of that:

The next day, the skies looked promising yet again. Amy called them up again (and they remembered exactly who she was!), and they told us to come on down (yet again!)

Amy crossed her fingers hard enough for both of us... and it actually worked! We ended up with a perfectly clear boat ride (though it did rain later that day!) At first, we weren't even sure if we would see any dolphins. The tour seemed to go on for a while, and all we saw were some sights of Clearwater, and some famous peoples' homes (I don't actually remember who's was whose anymore. I know some of the homeowners were Tom Cruise, John Travolta & Hulk Hogan, among others)

We waited, and waited, and then finally, la piece de resistance! Someone shouted "Over there! There's one!"

And then they all started coming out and splashing all around us. There must have been at least four different dolphins (including a little baby one!), or maybe more. They are absolutely beautiful creatures.

It was a pretty awesome experience! I can't believe it was my first time doing that, in all the years that I've been going down to Florida. I'm so glad Amy decided that we had to!

Here's a link to a video that she shot and, as always, more photos right this way!

Here, fishy fishy fishy!

Well, we have made it back, safe and sound from our Wild Ride! For those of you who were following our tweets, you may have caught a glimpse of what we got up to on the trip, but my plan is to update this blog with some of the best stories and experiences from the trip. Today, I begin with our trip to the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.





Amy had looked up the aquarium before we left, and we decided it would be a great place to check out. We stayed overnight at a hotel about an hour outside of Atlanta, and arrived at the Aquarium for around 10am. Did not anticipate the 30-45 minute lineup that we waited in (really, who goes to an aquarium that early in the morning when they don't *have* to!). When we finally got in, I was definitely impressed. There was so much variety in the sea life - I didn't even know all these fish existed.





There were several interactive exhibits as well. I touched a stingray! I could have also touched a little shark, jellyfish, or an anemone (among other creatures that I can't remember anymore), but I was a bit too chicken. I think Amy has video of me touching the stingray though.





It's tough to say what was the most impressive though... the sharks... the gators... the reef... I think my absolute favourite were the jellyfish though. Those things were so pretty and graceful - I just loved them!

Check out more pics here. More trip updates to come!

5 more days!

Counting down to the next Florida roadtrip - this time with Amy!



Should we blog/tweet from the road? Anyone else have any fun ideas for our roadtrip?

That's a Wrap!

And so ends one more show! This time, I was working on a show called Qubit that will begin airing on the Discovery Channel on July 4th. It's an awesome gameshow (with a hologram!) that I definitely recommend you check out. I had such a fantastic time working on it with some of my favourite peeps from shows past, and some new friends that I hope I will work with again!

Sadly, with the show ending, it also means I'm moving away from my downtown life and back to Suburbia. Definitely not looking forward to that... I mean, sure, I miss my family. But I am definitely a downtown girl at heart, and I will miss being able to walk out my door and have everything I need or want to do within walking distance. Everything I've done in the last month, I've been able to walk to! It's fantastic. I suppose this month will give me more motivation to actually get cracking on buying a place of my own, which is my ultimate goal. (And for everyone who thought that I would starve living on my own, I present to you some of mine and Elliot's fabulous food forays)

One thing I am looking forward to over the next little while is my roadtrip to Florida with Amy! We leave on the 26th. We need a name for our trip - anyone have any suggestions?