tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3370782668849284292024-03-13T05:00:16.533-04:00The Curious KatieCollection of curious moments in my life!Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-54182500019069351882012-06-02T22:21:00.000-04:002012-06-02T22:21:26.439-04:00The Corgis Return to the Beach<object height="480" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmagnoliafly%2Fsets%2F72157630019670406%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmagnoliafly%2Fsets%2F72157630019670406%2F&set_id=72157630019670406&jump_to=">
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<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=109615" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmagnoliafly%2Fsets%2F72157630019670406%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmagnoliafly%2Fsets%2F72157630019670406%2F&set_id=72157630019670406&jump_to=" width="640" height="480"></embed></object>Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-40682222888872125682012-04-17T10:11:00.002-04:002012-04-17T10:17:43.825-04:00Movie, Restaurant and Cleaning Tool Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://geekadelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cabin-in-the-woods-poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://geekadelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cabin-in-the-woods-poster.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Friday night we saw <a href="http://discoverthecabininthewoods.com/" target="_blank">Cabin in the Woods</a></b>. I like most horror films and I was curious to see what Joss Whedon had put together. I'm a regular listener to the Doug Benson helmed "Doug Loves Movies" podcast and they talked about it when Doug was at South by Southwest film fest. Thankfully they warned everyone to avoid watching clips, trailers, seeing film posters, etc. because it would spoil the film for you.<br />
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There is a big twist in the film and it kind of goes off the rails after that. So worth it! It isn't super scary horror, it's more gore and intrigue with lots of comedy added in. So far this has been my favorite film of 2012. If you are a Joss Whedon fan (he did Firefly, Dollhouse, Buffy etc.) go see it!<br />
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Saturday night we went to see a show down at The Capitol Theater located in Downtown Clearwater. I'd never been to downtown Clearwater so it was quite an experience since it is pretty much Scientology headquarters. We got there early and wandered around downtown a bit before heading into a restaurant to kill some time before the show. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.merchantcircle.com/25791394/tony2010_full.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://media.merchantcircle.com/25791394/tony2010_full.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://tonyspizzaclearwater.com/" target="_blank"><b>Tony's Pizzeria Ristorante</b></a> is located right on Cleveland Street in the heart of downtown. It's a good sized restaurant with really friendly staff. We showed up around 4PM and wandered over to the bar area to get a few beers. We ended up staying for dinner after having such a nice time.<br />
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Our friendly bartender recommended a few appetizers including the garlic knots and he didn't have to go any further after that. They arrived hot and plentiful with a good serving of homemade marinara sauce to dip them in.<br />
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One bite of that little knot full of garlic and I fell in love with the marinara sauce. I don't know if I was because I was insanely hungry or it really is that good but I couldn't believe how good it was!<br />
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<a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/30/345323/restaurant/Tampa-Bay/Tonys-Pizzeria-and-Ristorante-Clearwater" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Tony's Pizzeria and Ristorante on Urbanspoon" src="http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/345323/biglink.gif" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; height: 146px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 200px;" /></a>I had another beer and my husband ordered a White Russian because he hadn't had one in quite a while and apparently had been staring at the bottle of Kahlua behind the bar for 30 minutes thinking about one. We relaxed a bit more before ordering entrees.<br />
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I had the veal scallopini piccata and Ringo had the spaghetti and meatballs. My piccata sauce tasted wonderful and had lots of capers in it. I didn't try the meatballs but Ringo reported they were amazing. I would definitely go back. I was sad I was too full to try the dessert but the food was so good I couldn't eat anymore. Before leaving we even got to meet Tony the owner who works in the restaurant every day usually helping to cook back in the kitchen. You can tell he loves his restaurant and works very hard.<br />
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Eat at the bar! I think we got great service because of that.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdn.nathosp.com/images/uploads/11966_1395_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cdn.nathosp.com/images/uploads/11966_1395_large.jpg" /></a></div><b>And now for a cleaning tool review! </b>I've been battling hard water stains in my master bath toilet forever and finally found a tool that takes care of it without using any chemicals. I tried all sorts of chemicals and nothing worked! After doing some internet research I discovered lots of people use this little tool called a <a href="http://amzn.to/HQVLB5" target="_blank">Pumie Scouring Stick</a>.<br />
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This little stick scrubs the hard water buildup right off like magic. It doesn't harm the finish of tile or porcelain either. Sometimes you can find them in ACE Hardware or Wal-Mart stores but they sell out quickly. I order mine online from Amazon. Keep several on hand since as you are scrubbing they do wear away. I still think it is less expensive than using chemicals and you don't have any fumes to have to worry about. <br />
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I'm going to try it on my tile grout next!Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-21063293318905538502012-03-18T10:25:00.000-04:002012-03-18T10:25:45.681-04:00Photos from the Poochie PaddleI took the boys to the March poochie paddle! Here are some photos.<br />
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<object height="525" width="700"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmagnoliafly%2Fsets%2F72157629610545527%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmagnoliafly%2Fsets%2F72157629610545527%2F&set_id=72157629610545527&jump_to="></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=109615"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=109615" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmagnoliafly%2Fsets%2F72157629610545527%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmagnoliafly%2Fsets%2F72157629610545527%2F&set_id=72157629610545527&jump_to=" width="700" height="525"></embed></object>Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-64239291339853231702012-03-04T08:15:00.002-05:002012-03-04T08:22:43.906-05:00Photos from our Epcot trip<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/6950424965/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="Epcot Trip - Feb 2012 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Epcot Trip - Feb 2012" height="160" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7206/6950424965_c6aa9fd832_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>We did a late Valentine's Day and spent part of the day at Epcot in Orlando. I brought along my camera and decided to bring only my 50mm 1.8 lens to see what kind of photos I'd get. It made the photography challenging at the fixed focal length and the fact I wasn't able to get any wide angle shots but I still think I got a few decent photos.<br />
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I played with a few filters in Adobe Lightroom when I was editing so some of the photos have a "1980's" feel.<br />
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We road on the GM Test Track, Spaceship Earth (inside the big ball), Nemo and Friends, and Mission Space. We also saw the original 1986 Captain Eo show starring Michael Jackson in 3D. I'd never seen it before but my husband loved it. <br />
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<object height="413" width="550"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmagnoliafly%2Fsets%2F72157629509183153%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmagnoliafly%2Fsets%2F72157629509183153%2F&set_id=72157629509183153&jump_to="></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=109615"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=109615" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmagnoliafly%2Fsets%2F72157629509183153%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmagnoliafly%2Fsets%2F72157629509183153%2F&set_id=72157629509183153&jump_to=" width="550" height="413"></embed></object>Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-39639493816713417722012-03-01T12:25:00.000-05:002012-03-01T12:25:25.351-05:00Doggie update<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/6251488113/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="CorgisHaveaVisitor-0659 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="CorgisHaveaVisitor-0659" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6098/6251488113_15cf6b9c8a_m.jpg" /></a>Basil got good news at the surgeons checkup last month. We have another four months of recovery before we can see how good he is going to be. Crossing my fingers his other knee stays healthy. Dogs with one torn ACL have a 30% chance of tearing the other so I'm hoping we beat those odds. He is in good spirits and is enjoying running around in the yard again.<br />
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Byron is doing great in agility class. Last night we made epic progress on the baby teeter totter. He walked down it himself and tipped it himself three times. The fourth time he hesitated and scared himself a bit backing up but he recovered and tried again. I'm happy to see how much progress he has made since December. His little brain has matured and he can focus for nearly a full hour now. He loves his contact obstacles!<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/6798337943/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Corgi by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6798337943_cf2bec9b77_m.jpg" /></a>Weaves are probably going to take another 12 months or so but I'm not in a huge rush for anything. With him being my third dog I want to enjoy the process more and have fun with him rather than rush to competition. When he's ready I'll know. Our major issue with competition is going to be other dogs nearby so I may do some Control Unleashed exercises and see if I can get him to learn to stay with me no matter what pretty Aussie is sauntering by the ring.<br />
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Bernie is typical Bernie. I took her to agility with me last night just to run her through some obstacles. She did her typical thing where she ignores me and then runs back when she feels like it. I ran her through all the contacts and did some jump sequences before she decided to go say hi to a new student there. That was probably the highlight of her evening.<br />
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Those are some recent iPhone photos of her relaxing! It's what she's good at.<br />
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The boys did have fun playing with their new Chase It toy. I'm glad I got a new one. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/6798337435/" title="Corgi by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi" height="333" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7146/6798337435_49dfca9399.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-61044506709967486532012-01-30T10:05:00.001-05:002012-01-30T10:06:56.201-05:00Movie Review - The Grey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/2012/1/25/885a2938-fa8c-4c1c-b949-038a5fbefe58.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/2012/1/25/885a2938-fa8c-4c1c-b949-038a5fbefe58.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was talked into seeing this movie over the weekend - the last movie we saw wasn't that great (Young Adult bleh) so it's been a while since January is a slow movie month typically and things don't start warming up till March.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regardless, the hubs read the <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_grey_2012/" target="_blank">Rotten Tomatoes numbers</a> to me and surprised I was that it had gotten such good reviews. I wasn't quite sure how both critics and users had agreed that it was 77% fresh but I decided it was worth a shot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Liam Neeson has never let me down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In fact... I'm surprised there is still <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2012/01/25/145837558/what-should-liam-neeson-punch-next" target="_blank">a list of things that Liam Neeson should punch</a> that he hasn't punched. Pretty sure all of those items are on his 2012 goal list.</span><br />
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<a href="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrwbappv5U1r3aiu9o1_r1_500.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrwbappv5U1r3aiu9o1_r1_500.png" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh was I doing a movie review? Oh yes. We don't know much about the dude Liam Neeson is playing other than he's suicidal, he keeps having flashbacks to a wife under a white sheet that likes to stare at him a lot, and he works in a really, really cold place with a bunch of other hardass dudes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For some reason they allow planes in the air during blizzards and of course, things do not go well once the plane hits the ground. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this alternate universe folks don't get frostbite if they leave their faces uncovered in the bitter cold for days on end, wolves are the size of small buildings, falling into a river doesn't result in immediate hypothermia, and you can successfully detonate a shotgun shell with a pointy stick. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first half of the movie is awesome. Then it slows down while you wait for the really annoying survivors to be eaten by wolves. This takes a long time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It starts to pick up towards the end before you're given another gigantic let down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I won't spoil the ending but let's just say that this movie has no replay value. Watch it once and you're done. You got all the info that you need. There is no Inception mind twist in this movie. Still - worth at least one watch for the Liam Neeson punching value. </span><br />
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I was pleasantly surprised during the film. The villain was very "villainesque", we were given a pretty rainbow bridge to look at several times until the dude broke it, and I got to see an unrealistic learning curve of someone from another time adapting to the modern age. Sir Anthony Hopkins deserved more screen time.<br />
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I'd see it again. I did end up liking the film despite my best effort not to. It was one of my favorites of 2011. Also looking forward to seeing him again in The Avengers.<br />
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For the most part the film did pretty well. The epic battle was pretty epic. I enjoyed the speech Voldemort gave at the end. I think my favorite bit was the scene inside the goblin bank vault.<br />
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My husband said this movie was his favorite because it was the last one he'd ever have to see of the franchise. Lets hope J.K. doesn't let him down.<br />
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Chris Evans has done some geeky roles so when we saw how beefed up he got for this one I'm sure we were not the only ones that thought "steroids". Scientists (Stanley Tucci) came up with their own steroid delivery system to turn a geeky kid into a photoshopped fantasy of himself.<br />
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For some reason they decided to turn Mr. Smith from the Matrix into a German villain with some added steampunk references. I've never read the comics so hopefully they didn't veer too off course with the crazy car that was featured in the film.<br />
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It was fun to watch but it does make me miss geeky Chris Evans. Another of my favorites for 2011 though.<br />
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Anyhoo - the film was well acted and directed. The writing kind of threw me at the introduction of spider aliens (meh) but I held on to the end.<br />
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This one is more of a rental. J.J. you've done better work. The best thing in this movie was Elle Fanning. I'm not sure how the Fanning family managed to mutate their offspring into incredible actresses but they did.<br />
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I'm not sure if it was the soundtrack (Emily Browning was featured in many of the tracks) or the awesome cutaways to the action scenes but I loved the girl power throughout the film and the cool action sequences. <br />
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If you rent this movie I recommend seeing it on Blu-ray so you can get the full HD effect. Most would consider this a throwaway but it crawled its way into my heart for whatever reason and is there to stay.<br />
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I'm not sure why the movie didn't do well and was panned in many venues but we liked it. A good blend of comedy and action sequences that weren't boring made the film palatable. Watch it if only for Jay Chou's incredible fight scenes.<br />
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I hope they do another one or he gets put in some other American films because he is amazing.<br />
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The film is not for everyone (lots of raunch, cursing and such) and it pushes the envelope way past where the first film went. The writing was good though and they managed to achieve what I didn't think was possible.<br />
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We recently picked up the Blu-Ray edition of the film and enjoyed it again. It makes me want to visit "Thighland".<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FIq8jxttvWt2tu_3_d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FIq8jxttvWt2tu_3_d.jpg" /></a></div><b>Limitless - March 18, 2011</b> - We saw this film right before taking a cruise and I was able to finally download an electronic version of the book that the film is based on and read it on the cruise so I could compare the two.<br />
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There are some massive differences between the movie and the book (some of which I really like the movie version better) but the overall feel is fantastic. I love the way the photography was done to capture the feeling of skipping time, of being on the smart drug and of being off the drug.<br />
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The book I feel was more realistic but the movie had a more satisfying ending. I was actually angry when I read the books ending and I'm glad they didn't use that in the film. Definitely a film to see.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FIb5dhdjqqLFeb_3_d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FIb5dhdjqqLFeb_3_d.jpg" /></a></div><b>Rise of the Planet of the Apes - August 5, 2011</b> - I'll be honest, we saw this film out of boredom while we were at Cocoa Beach visiting Kennedy Space Center. There wasn't much else playing at the theater so I convinced Ringo to see it even though he was totally against it. We both were skeptical about the incredible reviews the movie was receiving.<br />
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We were both totally wrong about the film. It had a great feel to it, great writing and great acting. You totally wanted the apes to destroy the world by the end of the film after seeing what had been done to them. I don't think they really needed Malfoy to make a cameo appearance though. This was a surprise favorite of 2011 for me.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FI0jf516g8lx20_2_d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FI0jf516g8lx20_2_d.jpg" /></a></div><b>Priest - May 13, 2011</b> - I'm a huge vampire and zombie movie fan. For months I'd been inundated with the trailers for this film and was so excited to see it.<br />
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I was sort of let down when I did. Paul Bettany did what he could but it just wasn't that compelling of a film when it comes down to it. Typical Western "Damsel in distress" with a shake of vampires and other creatures added to it. Meh.<br />
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I wanted to like this film but I had a hard time doing that.<br />
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It would make an entertaining rental but not something I'd want to see more than once or twice.<br />
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It was a great continuation of his story, the animation was really nice and they continued with the awesome scenery that I loved so much in the original.<br />
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I can almost say I liked this one more than the first one. It is too close to call. The story of how Po came to be raised by a crane was cute and his journey to find his family home was very sweet. If you have kids you probably already own this one. One of my favorites for 2011.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FI5IFaaehOjD88_2_d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FI5IFaaehOjD88_2_d.jpg" /></a></div><b>Hanna - April 8, 2011 </b>- Another female heroine film that was featured in 2011, Hanna is about a girl you don't want to trifle with that has a serious score to settle.<br />
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Speaking of scores, the Chemical Brothers did an amazing job on the music for this film.<br />
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This little girl is such a fantastic actress and action star it makes me want to stand up and cheer with each bad guy she takes out. I love that Cate Blanchette plays a villain in this film too - she does a great job of making you hate her. This was another 2011 favorite.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FIJiyMLQXDnOOJ_4_d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FIJiyMLQXDnOOJ_4_d.jpg" /></a></div><b>Insidious - April 1, 2011</b> - The trailers for this movie completely freaked me out so I had high hopes for this film every time I saw the trailer.<br />
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85% of the movie is fantastic. Then it gets ridiculous at the end and the costuming of the "demon" makes the film take on a 1970's vibe with the bad clown makeup on him. I couldn't hold back a laugh when I saw how ridiculous it became.<br />
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That being said - the film is good and for most of it you're gonna be pretty darn scared. The ending is left open for a sequel. I'm not sure I'll see it if they make one because of the high possibility of them making it pretty bad. A good rental if you watch it in the dark.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FIm2LvmnwRPLqn_1_d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FIm2LvmnwRPLqn_1_d.jpg" /></a></div><b>Take Me Home Tonight - March 4, 2011 </b>- This was one of those films that will sneak past you if you aren't paying attention. It came and went pretty quickly. Fortunately for us, my husband is a huge 80's fan so we ended up getting to see this gem before it did the disappearing act.<br />
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If you love the 80's rent this film. Great soundtrack, great comedic actors and pretty good writing. Topher Grace gets to break out of the typical "goodie two shoes" role and play a guy that is kind of at a dead end in his career without any real direction in his life except towards a hot girl from high school.<br />
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The situations are funny and Anna Faris adds a lot to this film as does her husband Chris Pratt. Rent it, you won't regret it.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FIOA8VPQeimqSP_1_d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FIOA8VPQeimqSP_1_d.jpg" /></a></div><b>The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - December 21, 2011</b> - We saw this last weekend actually and both of us were hesitant to even bother since we've watched all of the Scandinavian versions of the films and really loved them. I was afraid to see what an American team did with it.<br />
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It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I don't think they captured the raw feel that the Scandinavian film did but Rooney Mara made up for most of that with her amazing portrayal of Lizbeth Salander. The story seemed to have a completely different pace than the Swedish version. It was kind of hard to grab on to in the beginning they were going so fast. It is worth a comparison to the original version and if you haven't seen that you might enjoy it even more.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FIitdlmpJBSFlr_2_d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FIitdlmpJBSFlr_2_d.jpg" /></a></div><b>Bridesmaids - May 13, 2011</b> - This movie had amazing writing in it. I was surprised more guys didn't want to see this movie. So many people referred to it as a chick flick when it clearly is not. <br />
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Watching a train wreck happen on screen becomes fun when Kristen Wig and Maya Rudolph have anything to do with it. It probably should be nominated for an Academy Award in something.<br />
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Anyone that has been in a wedding or has had one of their own will understand so many things that happen in the film. The end sequence is totally cute too. One of my faves.<br />
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We're huge fans of Simon Pegg and his faithful sidekick Nick Frost so we naturally flocked to the theater when this film was released and we were impressed with the results. The collaborative writing between the two of them is real magic and I was happy to see that Universal gave them a budget to really make it look good on screen.<br />
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The addition of Kristen Wig's character is so funny. If you are a sci-fi nerd and don't mind a little bit of raunchiness in your films you should see this one.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FI2tja2a1oGz47_1_d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FI2tja2a1oGz47_1_d.jpg" /></a></div><b>The Adjustment Bureau - March 4, 2011</b> - They should call this "the love story on the run" because there is a lot of running around that occurs. I was surprised by how good this movie was because the trailers were not that great. I think I was even more surprised that my husband liked it since he normally hates films that involve any sort of love story.<br />
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The film presents an interesting concept and Matt Damon carries it out quite well. I think the casting choices were very smart and that kept the movie interesting and compelling.<br />
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It makes me want some sort of fancy hat every time I see it.<br />
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When Anthony Hopkins can't save your movie you know you're in trouble. He tries really hard though and the only scenes worth watching are the ones with him in it. I found the main character annoying however and kept hoping a demon would take him out.<br />
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Not worth a rental. Just skip this one.<br />
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I think that just about sums it up - its a quirky film with all sorts of stuff happening in it. Not a bad film per-se but not a great one either.<br />
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Rent it but don't buy it. They kind of ruin the movie adding in the love story element when all I wanted to see was him doing crazy stuff.<br />
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Oh well.<br />
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I love gnomes. I love animated movies. They took two things I love and combined them into something completely adorable.<br />
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I wish I could add gnome sound effects to everything I did in real life, I think it would make my day more interesting.<br />
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The husband didn't care for it but I thought it was awesome. Rent it especially if you have kids.<br />
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Some of the jokes fell flat and the story wasn't that great. It is mediocre writing with mediocre acting even by James Franco. <br />
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My husband thought it was totally awesome so guys will probably like this film a lot. IMO skip it.<br />
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I found the story incredibly long and drawn out. It took forever to get anywhere and I found myself wondering how long I'd been sitting in the freaking theater.<br />
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If you love cat jokes, puns, sad stories and references you will probably find it completely amusing. I did not.<br />
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Skip it.<br />
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I lured my husband to the theater by telling him Christopher Waltz was in the film and played a villain. I felt bad by the end of the movie that his part had been so watered down there wasn't much he could do with it. They should have left some of that water for the elephants.<br />
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Walking out of the theater my husband said "So that was Fried Green Tomatoes but in the circus." I had to agree. Some of the photography in the film was beautiful to watch though. The book was better in this case. They had to take too much out to make it PG-13.<br />
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I will say, my exception was worth making to see this film. We've all had terrible bosses in our jobs and this film is no exception. I think Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Anniston and *cough* <i>ok I'll say it - </i>Colin Ferrell did a fantastic job portraying bosses we all can't stand.<br />
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Watching three guys try to plan and execute a way to take out their bosses was worth stomaching a little bit of Colin Ferrell.<br />
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The story is okay. <br />
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Probably more a date movie than anything else though. Its a cute date movie. I ended up with the Blu-Ray because I liked it a lot.<br />
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This movie is a rollercoaster ride of laughs and confirms that Jesse Eisenburg is a great actor. Aziz adds a lot of good comedy to the film too.<br />
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I'm not sure why my husband likes Danny McBride as much as he does but whatever his reasons are I'm glad that he does a good job in a movie like this. I think any movie where Danny McBride handles explosives it makes sense for his character. <br />
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Worth a rental.<br />
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It's a really dark comedy but Ellen Page adds so much to it I love it. Rainn Wilson owns this character and he did a great job on the film.<br />
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I know in listening to Doug Benson's podcast that the filming for Super wasn't easy and was miserable at times to do the weather and the production time available to film but it was totally worth it. I really like this movie. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FIKzCpRccWgvOL_3_d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FIKzCpRccWgvOL_3_d.jpg" /></a></div>Paranormal Activity 3 - October 21, 2011 - I'm a big Paranormal activity fan even if I came late to the game. I didn't discover the film until it was available on Netflix streaming but I found it so creepy I went home and made my husband watch it so he could be creeped out too.<br />
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Good films are ones that you share with others so they are as freaked out as you are.<br />
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The 2nd one was kind of a let down but I liked the 3rd film better than the 2nd. Most of it had me grabbing my husbands arm until they got to the ending which was kind of weird. I didn't really care for it. I also know a lot of people got kind of upset that trailer footage didn't match what was shown in the film and I kind of agree. Still, worth a rental if you saw the first two.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FIlH3oll1rz2nt_1_d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FIlH3oll1rz2nt_1_d.jpg" /></a></div><b>In Time - October 28, 2011</b> - I'm a big Andrew Niccol fan. I love his concepts and most of his other films. Gattaca is one of my all time favorite movies and one of my fondest memories that I have from my teenage days.<br />
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In Time has a cool concept and Niccol plays on the separation of wealth that exists now but in a different medium - minutes of your life. Instead of dollars separating the poor and the rich you've only got time.<br />
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I do think my glowing arm would give me issues while trying to sleep. Anyway - I liked the film a lot and I think Niccol did a good job writing it. The acting in it is pretty decent too. Worth a rental.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FI4mtd5c7PbK6c_1_d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.teasers.posters/FI4mtd5c7PbK6c_1_d.jpg" /></a></div><b>Drive - September 16, 2011</b> - I'm going to wrap this up with my favorite movie of the year. Drive is another one of those sleeper films that not many people knew about. It didn't have a huge marketing push. I'll be honest, we saw it because Albert Brooks is in it and he's one of our favorite actors.<br />
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I was pleasantly surprised at the story and how it is woven together. Refn put his own directoral spin on the film in such a way that created pure magic. The soundtrack added so much to the film and the way he chose to let some scenes just have silence as a background too - it was done very well.<br />
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Arthouse meets action - it just grabs you from the very beginning. I think it would surprise most people to know that it's really a love story when you get down to it but it is done so well. I do warn you, there is violence and gore involved. You're totally cheering for The Driver when he starts on his rampage.<br />
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Worth owning. I have it on pre-order. And that's it for 2011! I hope 2012 brings many good films my way.Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-25983732790945580972011-12-14T08:54:00.000-05:002011-12-14T08:54:56.014-05:00Basil UpdateBasil's ACL has been slowly tearing since January. The orthopedic surgeon told me it could completely tear at any time and there was no telling when it would happen. Well, Sunday it happened. You can see in the video him not wanting to put any weight on it or resting his toes on the ground on his right hind foot. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sunday they called me back after I left a message and asked me to bring him in Monday morning. Monday they called to confirm his ligament had torn completely and he'd be having surgery the following day. His ACL was repaired using the suture technique where two strong sutures are put in to mimic his ACL. Dr. Hay said this technique was highly successful in corgis since they typically have lots of muscle mass to handle it and recover quickly. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Last night I called and the tech said he was doing great. He ate all his dinner and went potty for him. Said he was a happy little guy and he'd give him a kiss for me. (I'm definitely sending a huge thank you card to Dr. Hay and his staff). </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Today he comes home! I set up a little area in the back room where he will be for several weeks when we are at work. The real danger with ACL tears and recovery is reinjuring it on a slippery surface. Anywhere Basil needs to walk in the house has to be covered with rugs or towels to prevent him from losing traction and slipping. I've washed all the crate towels and blankets in the house and he will get my old bath towel to sleep in so he feels safe. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">The other doggies haven't acted any different. Secretly I think Bernie is hoping Byron disappears as well so she can go back to being an only corgi. I hope they let him rest when we get home and don't annoy him. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I plan on swimming Basil in the big garden tub once his incision heals to help him rehab his knee and keep his leg strong. I think him wearing the life vest it'll be deep enough that he can't touch the bottom and I can have him swim in place for a few minutes at a time. He likes to swim as long as I'm there with him so I don't think it'll be stressful. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Byron is doing well! We haven't been to agility in several weeks unfortunately due to various things but he is having fun at home running around the yard with Bernie. Sometimes I catch them playing together. I think she actually likes him! </div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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At 1PM we had the pleasure of listening to Gary Stern talk about his company Stern Pinball, the only manufacturers of pinball machines right now. He told us a little bit about how sales are going, their design process, and what they see in pinball's future.<br />
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In lieu of getting a photo with him I later ended up playing pinball right next to him!<br />
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Afterwards we had a few beers at a nearby Irish pub and then called it quits. It was a really fun day. I was happy to see Ringo even try playing pinball. He enjoyed some of the older machines more than the newer ones. We both really liked the new Tron LE table and Lord of the Rings. I hope one day we can get a table for the house rec room. <br />
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In other news, Basil had his 6 month checkup with the orthopedic vet. His condition has gotten worse with his right rear knee. The limping is more pronounced and he doesn't like to put weight on it. Dr. Hay recommended trying a month of steroids to see how he responds and if that would give him any relief. I immediately saw a difference on the first day of steroid use. I'm hoping this will keep him comfortable until it is time for ACL surgery. That might be a year away.<br />
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Today I've got a meeting at 1PM with the current vice-president of my quilt guild to go over some things I'll be taking over from her starting in January. Then I get to come home and start working on a few sewing projects I've got going on.Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-14343864976069894112011-11-05T18:03:00.000-04:002011-11-05T18:03:21.250-04:00Corgi Photo Post Again!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got a new lens hood for my 50mm 1.8 lens and wanted to try it out. I lost the light about 10 minutes in but I got some good photos before that happened. </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/6315887087/" title="BY-Corgi-lenshood-0960 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="BY-Corgi-lenshood-0960" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6038/6315887087_3952580581.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/6316373852/" title="BY-Corgi-lenshood-0918 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="BY-Corgi-lenshood-0918" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6044/6316373852_163a059d18.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-28475494058012094122011-10-29T22:05:00.000-04:002011-10-29T22:05:03.903-04:00Corgi + Water = Fun (Photo Post)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of my favorites from our outing today:</span><br />
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</div>Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-16058135900179548952011-10-16T20:00:00.000-04:002011-10-16T20:00:08.090-04:00Corgi's Have a Visitor - Photo Update<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know I haven't posted photos in forever - it's because I haven't been using my camera much. Now that the weather is getting better I'm hoping I can get back into the habit of pulling out my camera more frequently!</span><br />
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<br />Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-70646547759555601532011-09-11T09:17:00.000-04:002011-09-11T09:17:13.034-04:00The Trip Around Florida<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the end of August we took a trip to Tallahassee, St. Augustine and Cape Canaveral. Here are some of my favorite photos from the trip!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We stayed at a Bed and Breakfast called <a href="http://www.44spanishstreet.com/">44 Spanish Street Inn</a> and booked a room called the Rosewood Suite. We ended up also getting the room connected to it due to a problem with our bathroom (previous guest broke the faucet off in the tub) so we would have a bathroom to use. It was a nice layout and I would stay there again.</span><br />
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Immediately upon getting into the room I found our first ghost and caught him on film!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We wandered around the place for a bit and then went over to <a href="http://www.nps.gov/casa/index.htm">the old fort</a> to look around.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fort is simply massive. You can walk all around the outside for free and then they charge you to go inside but it is only like $6 so we decided to go explore it some more. It was interesting looking at something with so much history. I can only imagine the number of battles they had to fight there.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think I enjoyed photographing the old cannons the most - I loved the designs they had carved into them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We ate our dinner at The Columbia since we could never get into it in Tampa as it was always booked solid. Ringo loved the 1905 Salad and I enjoyed Gazpacho for our starters. Then we dug into some paella!</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/6133425466/" title="St. Augustine Trip by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="St. Augustine Trip" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6169/6133425466_ac0f8e4b7b_m.jpg" width="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/6132879497/" title="St. Augustine Trip by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="St. Augustine Trip" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6188/6132879497_b2ee06068c_m.jpg" width="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/6133426400/" title="St. Augustine Trip by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="St. Augustine Trip" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6154/6133426400_323bf5d32e_m.jpg" width="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/6132880429/" title="St. Augustine Trip by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="St. Augustine Trip" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6077/6132880429_3312a77e08_m.jpg" width="240" /></a> </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sidewalks are rolled up around 6PM if the stores were even open at all on a Monday. Most stores in the area are closed on Monday/Tuesday and open the rest of the week. The following day we looked at The Oldest House (oldest surviving Spanish dwelling in Florida) and a few of the other historical houses before heading to a local quilt shop. I purchased a pattern and a kit from them and then we headed over to Cape Canaveral!
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Cocoa Beach we stayed at Country Inn and Suites. The room was inexpensive and relatively close to the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex. We spent a whole day there and had a fantastic time. I highly recommend it if you have any interest in the space program at all. </span></div>
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Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-31884052024910074352011-08-15T09:47:00.000-04:002011-08-15T09:47:58.471-04:00Byron Turns One!<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I meant to post this on Saturday but belated is better than never - our Cardigan Welsh Corgi Byron turned 1! We celebrated by taking him to <a href="http://www.woofgangbakery.com/locations/lutz.asp">Woof Gang Bakery</a> and picking out a few things. He was a little unsure about everything going on but by the end of it started taking food and was checking stuff out. He loved the car ride home because he got to enjoy some ice cream given to us by the nice people at Woof Gang!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He enjoyed his birthday a lot. Here he is in his favorite spot:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/6045762544/" title="Untitled by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6204/6045762544_7be9d84f16.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br />
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And a little video if you haven't seen it already:<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Y6FibcAGkoc" width="560"></iframe>Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-11434873678966430842011-08-08T12:01:00.000-04:002011-08-08T12:01:25.136-04:00A fun and yummy anniversary<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Each year, my husband and I like to celebrate another year of not killing each other so we tend to make it an entire day of fun stuff. This year was no exception and both of us had been looking forward to it for months as we were trying a new restaurant that we'd heard was an excellent eatery.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6063/6021738009_dc934be1d1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6063/6021738009_dc934be1d1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Saturday morning we made our way to<a href="http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/downtown-disney/"> Downtown Disney</a> and worked our way over to the <a href="http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/rainforest-cafe-downtown-disney/">Rainforest Cafe</a> to try and snag some lunch. Last time we were there you couldn't get into any of the table service restaurants as all the reservations had been taken and a walk-in would have to wait 3-4 hours before getting into dinner. This time we only had to wait about 5 minutes to get in for lunch. We were sat by a bubbling fountain with a Greek looking statue. Service took a while but the food was all right once it got to our table. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The inside of the cafe is decorated to make it have a rainforest feel with vines, fishtanks, and animatronic creatures that will occasionally move and make noises. Every half hour a thunderstorm comes through complete with rain and lightning. We both had burgers for lunch and headed over to the bakery shop across the way for a dipped rice krispy treat for dessert. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After that we headed to the other side of the complex by taking the water taxi and lucked out by being the last two people on the boat chosen ahead of a larger family because he couldn't fit all of them on. I asked if I could ride in the hot air balloon since it was actually open this time (before there were always high winds preventing the ride from being open) and Ringo relented even though he thought it was going to be pretty boring. He had fun though! I took a little video once we got to the top. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" height="225" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=ef08d7b954&photo_id=6021745239&hd_default=false"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=ef08d7b954&photo_id=6021745239&hd_default=false" height="225" width="400"></embed></object></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We left the balloon area, looked in a few shops and tried to get a drink at Raglan Road the Irish pub on the property. I didn't bring my purse because I find it annoying to carry around and of course they <i>would</i> card me at the bar even though I don't look anything like I'm under 21. We ended up having to leave because I couldn't be served. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We bummed around Downtown Disney for a while longer before deciding to call it quits and then we drove North to Winter Park and found our restaurant. Since we had an hour and a half to kill we found an Irish Pub (I brought my ID with me and of course, did not get carded this time) and had a few beers before going to dinner. I think that was Ringo's highlight of the trip, he really liked the atmosphere and the bar decor. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Our highlight of the evening (in my opinion) was our dinner at The Ravenous Pig. It is a gastropub located in Winter Park that we found on Urbanspoon several months ago. At that time you couldn't get a reservation for at least 3-4 weeks in advance so you really had to plan ahead. I asked him if he wanted me to plan our anniversary dinner there and he agreed to try it out so we took the plunge. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thankfully there isn't a strict dress code so I didn't feel too bad walking in with the comfortable clothes I was wearing from Downtown Disney - though I did feel a bit under-dressed. Most people were dressed in business casual attire. We were treated equally well so that was nice since I didn't bring an extra outfit to change into after walking around the park all day. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We were immediately seated and our drink orders were taken. They offer a nice selection of locally brewed draft beers and microbrewed bottled beers. I tried a bottle of Dogfish head and he got the usual Sam Adams Summer Ale that he likes. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We started the meal with an order of the Pretzels with stone-ground mustard and a beer/cheese dipping sauce and Veal Sweetbread with Potato Gnocchi and Spinach. I liked the pretzels but loved the veal sweetbread so much. I don't know what sort of sauce it had on it but it paired with the lovely flavor of the sauteed spinach very nicely. The gnocchi was very nice and tender. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Our entrees quickly followed after and he ordered the steak frites (flat-iron steak with truffle fries) and I had the pork porterhouse which I didn't realize would be enormous. My dish came with a salad of cantelope and watermelon, it had a chiffonade of basil and another herb I couldn't place along with some nice thinly sliced banana peppers. The description of both entrees don't do them justice. The flavors work together with each piece of the dish and create a really lovely story on the plate. I ended up taking over half of my pork porterhouse home because I wanted to save some room for dessert.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/6021754457_113dfc10b3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/6021754457_113dfc10b3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We waited a while for dessert but were surprised when it was brought out as each plate had a special message written on it in chocolate for us. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I ordered the chocolate caramel tart with ice cream and he had a blueberry peach cobbler. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I really enjoyed eating everything there and hope we can go back soon since there are so many great dishes I want to try and they change each month based on what is seasonally available.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6076/6022325848_6bfa7c5a0e_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6076/6022325848_6bfa7c5a0e_z.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Then we came home to the corgis who were very happy to see us and checked to see where we had been. Little Byron got neutered earlier last week so he is not too thrilled with having to wear the cone but he keeps picking at the sutures so I have to keep it on him until next Friday when they can come out. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He looked so pitiful when we first put it on him, he didn't even want to move and just laid down on the floor. Now he will get back onto the ottoman and even tries chewing on his toys and things with it on. He still runs into my calves a lot though as I walk around which hurts. Five more days!</div><br />
Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-4459372438709398052011-07-21T16:34:00.000-04:002011-07-21T16:34:30.391-04:00Tripping<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KKOJQX80CzzLNXa87GKSz1jKYk-oNTW6U1rfk5wqMIa0PkhE3IzuxJ9hfbB7g_Flsp3poJUpXWJSsY5J3e5inzrMwtuPcKxlt1olyi_1YUBcvr9iQe_5ZHZFdgn5MeJNK6_kzH2xD6E/s1600/nyc+skyline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KKOJQX80CzzLNXa87GKSz1jKYk-oNTW6U1rfk5wqMIa0PkhE3IzuxJ9hfbB7g_Flsp3poJUpXWJSsY5J3e5inzrMwtuPcKxlt1olyi_1YUBcvr9iQe_5ZHZFdgn5MeJNK6_kzH2xD6E/s400/nyc+skyline.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We try to plan one to two trips a year to get out of Florida and I love planning things extremely far in advance. Since next year we aren't taking a cruise we decided to do a land trip somewhere and after tossing around some ideas we settled on going back to New York City. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We first went to NYC in 2003 and the trip had a very rough start, enough to make us consider packing our bags and leaving the day after we got there. We made some crucial mistakes while trying to save money and learned from those mistakes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Things we learned: staying in one of the outer boroughs can cost you lots of time and money getting in and out of the city, it's important to know whether you are heading uptown or downtown before going through a subway turnstile, there is a big difference between the local and the express train, ten blocks may not look like much on a map but walking it is a different story, and ambulances are fearless in the city.</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Once we figured out how to travel around (we exclusively took the subway and walked everywhere) we were good to go. I wasn't of legal drinking age last time we were there so I'm hoping we can have fun in a few nightspots this time around and I don't have to worry about getting carded this time. We are also booking a spot in Manhattan to save on commute time and money since last time we stayed in Jamaica, Queens and that got expensive taking the Long Island Railroad in each day as the A train took forever otherwise. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There are lots of things we weren't able to get to last time we were there so I wanna list things we're hoping to do this next time:</div><ul style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><li>Ellis Island/Statue of Liberty tour (it was partially closed in 2003)</li>
<li>Go inside the Chrysler Building</li>
<li>Hit up <a href="http://www.cityquilter.com/">The City Quilter</a></li>
<li> Visit some textile shops and that amazing notion shop I keep hearing about</li>
<li>Eat: <a href="http://ilovepeanutbutter.com/">Peanut Butter & Jelly Co</a>, <a href="http://www.magnoliabakery.com/home.php">Magnolia Bakery</a>, <a href="http://www.asaltandbattery.com/">A Salt and Battery</a>, <a href="http://www.shopsins.com/">Shopsins</a>, <a href="http://www.clubasteak.com/">Club A Steakhouse</a> and whatever else we fall into. </li>
<li>Drink! </li>
<li>I'd like to do the <a href="http://www.foodsofny.com/">NYC Food Tour</a> of a few different areas and a <a href="http://www.sweetwalks.com/">Chocolate Tour</a></li>
<li>Revisit Central Park, Macys, Grand Central, the Library, Trade Center Memorial, Times Square</li>
<li>Try to do a few TV shows if we can get tickets (hopefully can do Daily Show again and maybe get into Colbert)</li>
<li>Do another Circle Line cruise</li>
<li>Self-guided bar crawl tour thingie</li>
<li>Visit some of the big stores like Apple, Toys R Us etc.</li>
<li>Play some pinball at <a href="http://reciprocalnyc.com/">Reciprocal Skateboards</a></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm sure I'll be adding to the list as we get closer to February. So excited!</span>Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-72920075239339313862011-07-10T18:54:00.001-04:002011-07-10T18:55:56.709-04:00Grassy Photo Post<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't believe it has been over a month since I've pulled out my camera to snap photos of the corgis. Decided to take a few minutes and see what I could get - the rain has made my grass grow super high! They love it though. Basil modeled the most for me this time - Byron was not that interested in cooperating in the camera. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These were all taken with my 18-55mm kit lens and edited in Lightroom.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5924072756/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/5924072756_b5b07075a6.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5923513633/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6016/5923513633_4de95b3ea4.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5924078602/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6020/5924078602_cdb5346909.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5923520221/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6138/5923520221_89025e35d6.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5923520633/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6025/5923520633_4964a476d9.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5923521313/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6146/5923521313_106321ce61.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5923522197/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6132/5923522197_3eb87fd616.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5923523461/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5923523461_fe69c831f6.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5924088012/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5924088012_cb33d7622b.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5924089238/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/5924089238_d0d31dc662.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5924089994/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6008/5924089994_b0546c57e4.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5924090618/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/5924090618_7e655f37f5.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5924091674/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6132/5924091674_f26f86a412.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5924092070/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6129/5924092070_b70ce61f73.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5923528445/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5923528445_9930231499.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5924093304/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/5924093304_89baa189b7.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5923530483/" title="Corgi Backyard Play by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi Backyard Play" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6145/5923530483_ce084f132c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-14125131758231867282011-06-06T08:41:00.000-04:002011-06-06T08:41:26.139-04:00Beach Invasion Photo Post<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Saturday the corgi meetup went to Fort De Soto beach in St. Petersburg so I took my camera along. I decided to see how I would fare with the 50mm prime lens on it the entire time. It made shooting tricky since you have to be a certain distance away but I managed to get a few decent shots. Next time I'll just take my kit lens with me so I'm not missing shots. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The corgis had fun. Basil immediately ran into the water and swam around as soon as we got onto the beach. Bernie found the nearest person to sit beside and pet her. Byron adopted an entire family (mostly their dogs) and nearly left the beach with them. By the time I left around 1PM I was exhausted keeping up with all three corgis. I'm glad I went but I'm also glad I don't go to that park that often. It is a workout getting there and back. Now for some the photos (if you want to see all the photos I took for the meetup you can look at the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#%21/media/set/?set=a.211270375578445.56132.106967516008732" target="_blank">Facebook Photo Album</a>):</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5801671865/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9534 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9534" height="333" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5156/5801671865_8111f8e6bb.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802229772/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9541 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9541" height="333" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5070/5802229772_a33d2beb7c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802231314/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9545 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9545" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2318/5802231314_3e5e78054e.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><a name='more'></a><br />
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802231982/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9552 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9552" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2033/5802231982_e1477e58ab.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802232602/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9556 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9556" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2208/5802232602_ea6fae98cc.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Someone brought an adorable 4 month old tri-color corgi puppy to the meetup. I wanted to steal him.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5801676927/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9564 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9564" height="333" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3545/5801676927_a62418a981.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802235776/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9576 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9576" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2164/5802235776_053f7654dd.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802234728/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9571 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9571" height="333" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3066/5802234728_50c43aeff8.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Bernie in her beloved dirt pile:</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802238250/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9600 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9600" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2554/5802238250_fab0c7f292.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5801682613/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9615 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9615" height="333" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3475/5801682613_377f23e2ee.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802243568/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9623 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9623" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2706/5802243568_6205b866c8.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802244216/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9624 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9624" height="333" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/5802244216_9d5da32ed5.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802245526/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9627 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9627" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2444/5802245526_75aa144e3b.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5801689695/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9631 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9631" height="333" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3662/5801689695_8129fbeb09.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5801691649/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9636 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9636" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2192/5801691649_d1c22f5372.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5801693911/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9642 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9642" height="333" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5271/5801693911_84dcca70b5.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5801694629/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9644 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9644" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/5801694629_71d318f59d.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5801695977/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9649 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9649" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2548/5801695977_8e42e2c77c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Bernie is actually happy though it doesn't look like it. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802252554/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9656 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9656" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2631/5802252554_43c1be6515.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">She loves shaking off though.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5801697295/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9665 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9665" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144/5801697295_1fbefea472.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Byron hesitantly making friends</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5801698611/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9689 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9689" height="333" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3559/5801698611_686dce9328.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802255258/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9690 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9690" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2058/5802255258_ae30c87897.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">One of the people Bernie adopted for the afternoon. Had you not known she was my dog you would have assumed she was with this guy.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802259122/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9699 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9699" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2085/5802259122_08474163b0.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Byron fell in love with this white dog. I had to put him on leash a few times to stop him from humping him. He kept trying to do it even in the water.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802260832/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9727 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9727" height="333" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/5802260832_9e75ee8706.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5801706877/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9731 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9731" height="333" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/5801706877_335666ac49.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Happy Basil</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5801710195/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9737 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9737" height="333" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/5801710195_a15c2fe4a5.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802267632/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9746 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9746" height="333" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5266/5802267632_a96d499fda.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5801712557/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9747 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9747" height="333" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5316/5801712557_b0a9995a58.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5801715249/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9586 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9586" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2268/5801715249_f9afe04593.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802272254/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9626 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9626" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2434/5802272254_397ea3abfa.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802273814/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9633 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9633" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2372/5802273814_da8ffbb440.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5802274620/" title="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9659 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="FtDeSotoCorgiMeetup-9659" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5229/5802274620_64a03b9c82.jpg" width="333" /></a></div>Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-91155103589756094782011-05-17T20:24:00.000-04:002011-05-17T20:24:02.387-04:00Photo Post<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5731533363/" title="Corgi-BY-Play-9424 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi-BY-Play-9424" height="333" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5731533363_4ffc4e1707.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5731545263/" title="Corgi-BY-Play-9504 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi-BY-Play-9504" height="333" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3618/5731545263_19288a0547.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-69381390616830744312011-05-09T06:00:00.000-04:002011-05-09T06:00:11.565-04:00Photo Post<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5700785225/" title="CorgiM-WestPark-9229 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="CorgiM-WestPark-9229" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2717/5700785225_2c9b877202.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnoliafly/5701736486/" title="Corgi-PoolVisit-9404 by MagnoliaFly, on Flickr"><img alt="Corgi-PoolVisit-9404" height="333" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5701736486_aeeebcbe3f.jpg" width="500" /></a>Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-90421291833218866042011-05-05T07:00:00.000-04:002011-05-05T07:00:03.872-04:00Photos from DaytripPhotos from our recent trip to Downtown Disney, the Contemporary Resort and the Polynesian Resort.<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span id="goog_1409865463"></span><span id="goog_1409865464"></span>My friend Cat gave me a great recommendation of a bed and breakfast to stay in while we are in St. Augustine - <a href="http://www.44spanishstreet.com/">44 Spanish Street Inn</a>. <strike> I haven't yet searched for quilt shops to visit while I'm there but I know there are bound to be some nice ones to pop in to.</strike> There is one right around the corner on King street! I'm set.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We are only staying in St. Augustine one evening and will shop a bit the next day before driving down to Cape Canaveral. I think we'll be staying at </span><a href="http://www.casacoquina.com/" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Casa Coquina.</a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The website brings back memories of the many websites created with Geocities in the 90's. But who can complain for $89 a night? It looks cute and the gardens look very nice.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/images/Space-Shuttle-LC39_rdax_239x181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/images/Space-Shuttle-LC39_rdax_239x181.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've never been to Kennedy Space Center but I've always wanted to go. My grandfather worked for NASA back in the Space Programs hayday. I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a little girl. I'd often jump on my dads recliner with his belt strapped around me pretending I was on a space walk tethered to the shuttle. Then I found out astronauts have to be incredibly good at math and realized it probably wasn't meant to be.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ringo has been to Kennedy a few times back in the 80's so we are both excited to see what they've done since then. You can have </span><a href="http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/lunch-with-an-astronaut.aspx" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">lunch with an astronaut</a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">! I'm definitely doing that. They also do </span><a href="http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/guided-tours.aspx" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">two different guided tours each day</a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> and we are staying for two days so we can do both of them. Also featured is something called Star Trek Live and I'm wondering how different it is from what we did in Las Vegas at the Star Trek Experience before they closed it down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">August is going to be full of traveling across Florida and of course I'll have my camera in tow. Last night I had a dream we went on a cruise to the Caribbean and London (don't ask me how my brain works I don't know) and I apparently forgot my camera and nearly had a breakdown in my dream. </span>Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337078266884928429.post-7254540064821534992011-04-22T10:00:00.000-04:002011-04-22T10:00:49.634-04:00Basil Agility Videos - NADAC Trial from February<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5098/5422976271_e37c65abee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5098/5422976271_e37c65abee.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">These are videos from Basil's last agility trial in February 2011. I finally got them! It makes me sad to know we won't compete or do agility again but I'm glad to have the memories of the fun we did have together on film so I can watch and enjoy. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3TEUzmuhOLc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Basil was kind of over Start Line Stays for this run and just decided to go. He was a little stressed out at that ring due to the amount of activity going on in the parking lot adjacent. Missed his weave entrance but got it the second time (we were still working on off-side weaves). He was pulling to tunnels the entire course and took two off courses. I got good speed and he did many obstacles for me before we were finished so I was happy with that. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AR0jI_NG_gw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I got a fantastic start line stay and good distance on the first gamble line. Then I forgot my course and had to turn him around and he got a bit of the zoomies. Some nice rear crosses in here too. After our first off-course I just had fun out there trying to get the best distance I could knowing I already NQ'd. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NClyz2Kt51g" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Another great start line stay! We actually received a qualifying score on this run. I made a mistake pushing too much into him at the hoop after the clear tunnel so he shot past and I had to do a circle to get him through again. He had a great discrimination at the Dog Walk entrance and didn't pull to the clear tunnel. I was so proud! We had great speed on the closing. This was such a fun run to do. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ajUwRGcymTs" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Great start line stay on this run too! I signaled for a rear cross too late so had to double back and get that jump in the middle. On the very last jump Flying Arm Syndrome kicked in and he ran past it due to my bad flying arm. :( It was such a great run though. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hyABXaypUmY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I had to do a running start because he just wasn't listening to me at the start line. Something had him a bit spooked. I managed to get my send to the clear tunnel before he ran off. It was the parking lot distraction again. Then he came back at full Basil speed and I got my distance on the discrimination between the clear tunnel and the dog walk entrance! I was so excited. He was speedy on this run.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Z9bFcFFQxBU" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He was tired so I knew I wasn't gonna get a start line stay. This was the last run of the weekend so I decided to do a running start and see how it went. Once I caught up to him at tunnel 3 we were doing good. He got a qualifying score in this run.</div>Katie Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03353588072383206614noreply@blogger.com0