belated birthday at myakka

Due to my stupidity I had missed most of my sister's actual birthday and told her that I wanted to make it up to her one day with a special brother sister activity.  That day came on sunday and I took my sister to myakka.

We drove around mostly, we walked down one trail and then went out to the dam that I seem to always find myself going to.  The trail we walked down was the first one we got to and was chosen rather arbitrarily.  It ended up being a great walk though.

The path kind of rambled along side the river and had it not been for the water being there I'm not sure we would have felt comfortable trekking as far as we did.  Especially because myakka isn't like disney world, there is no barrier between you and the wild.  At one point I looked across the river to find this:

So creepy.  It looks like a dragon or something, all you can see is the huge reptilian tail curled in the grass.

There were more people at the dam area, some even brave enough to be out in boats even though it was quite windy.

And over at the dam there were a couple families fishing so of course there was a crowd of hopefuls gathered around the pier including this guy who was a lot bigger than he appears in this picture:

I should have gotten a bird in the picture or something for reference as to how big he was.  He was just camped out there right underneath where some children were fishing.  So hopeful.

Allegedly on our way out there was a baby alligator in the grass along side the road but neither my sister nor I saw it so I am not going to count it on our list of things we saw at myakka.  So overall the adventure wasn't terribly out of the ordinary, but it was a great way to spend some time with my sister just talking and enjoying the sunday morning drive through the country.

comfortable?

This is how she lays, I didn't snap this shot mid stretch.

Oh it's adorable all right, but I'll tell you what's not adorable, the constant howling all night long.  It seems Miss Kitty has caught a bad case of spring fever that has left her able to do only a handful of things.  Sleep, eat, poop, and crawl around with her butt in the air howling and purring in tandem.

It's gotten so bad that there are now other cats from the neighborhood creeping around the house.  I keep hearing andrew's voice in my head saying, "You're one cat closer to being the crazy cat lady"

If she weren't so adorable this wouldn't be so hard.

virgin and not

Coconut, mango, pineapple, and banana.

I think my favorite part about mix n' match tervis tumblers is matching the cup to the beverage inside.

And as the thermostat climbs, the amount of drinks being made increases.  Tropical fruity wonders in the morning, transitioning into frosty boozy concoctions for the afternoon.  Speaking of which, I've got a jug of sangria brewing in the fridge as we speak...type...as I type and you read...  Whatever.

I bought triple sec for the sangria and had some left over so I used it to make this cocktail:

orange and grapefruit juice with vodka and triple sec.  Quite refreshing, and I think the color compliments the hibiscus nicely.  

Gotta get my fill of delicious high quality beverages before I head to the desert and the land of cheap drinks.  

friday

I swear I never listened to this song or watched the music video so this is pretty much my first real exposure to the melody of the song, but I gathered that they are doing a pretty good summary of it anyways.

I love the cheerleaders.  I hope I come back in my next life as a Laker Girl.

haha what?

It seems like every few months Fantasia shows up on my radar and I always forget how much I love her.  It always takes me like 30 seconds to get back in to the flow of all that is Fantasia, but then by the end of the song I'm a full fledged fan again.

I love her facial expressions.

Thank you Jonathan.

I forgot

Here's your April Barbie.  I really like the look on Ken's face in her dress.  So disapproving.

rabbit rabbit rabbit

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I only have two months left before i hit my one year anniversary and I'm only 1/3rd of the way to my earnings goal.

How exactly does one go about becoming "viral"?