Undersea Hotel...hmmm

so they say "if you're gonna dream - dream BIG!" ...so I decided to come up with a ridiculous goal for myself today.  I googled "underwater hotel" and came across this  undersea resort off an island in Fiji.  At first I was like SCORE! it was gorgeous and seemed so amazing...to be able to wake up with dolphins fish sharks and more all swimming around my little bubble under the ocean...

until I realized that as beautiful as that would be, it is COMPLETELY unnatural.  There's a reason humans weren't built to breathe under water...and why fish werent built to survive on the land.... because we're not meant to disturb eachother's habitats!!!!!

I think I would fall over dead if I was walking down the street only to see a sandshark slithering down the sidewalk in my direction....so why in the *beep* would a fish, shark, or anything else want to see me sleeping in the middle of its territory?! the rooms and resort are 40 ft below the surface - well into the middle of a coral reef.  This would disturb the habitat of so many creatures - I couldn't imagine being a part of it.  As beautiful as it SEEMS...I leave it at that.  I can't condone disturbing an environment nature intended to be beautiful and undisturbed!!!!!!

Poseidon Resorts

Gorgeous, but at what cost?!

a day at Shy Wolf

I spent today at Shy Wolf Sanctuary doing a training course.  We learned about animal handling techniques and how to handle situations which may arise.  There's so much going on at all times there!  I of course expected the wolfdogs, wolves and cougars to be noisy since 20 people were crowded around their homes...but I didn't take into consideration all the liveliness around them!  Squirrels were just hanging out around the trees...seemed as if they were playing tag lol...the prairie dogs were rambunctious as well.  Seemed as though all the animals were super happy to have visitors (even though I'm sure they're used to it with all the group walk-throughs!)

I love the sense of nature I get when I visit Shy Wolf.  It's amazing to me that it's in someones back yard, yet can make me feel like I'm in the middle of a jungle...like the wild animals are not in our territory, but as if I'm invading theirs!

busy busy busy

so between 3 jobs and school I've slightly slacked on blogging over the last week...but I'm back now :) Since I don't carry my computer in my purse at all times there's a few things I'd like to point out that I stumbled upon over the last week.

First off, we had our fundraiser at Petco for Shy Wolf last weekend and it was a success! We had wolfdogs at the table with us which drew a very large crowd!  We raised a lot of awareness about the mis-care of exotic pets and promoted our fundraiser event for March 5th and 6th.  I'm super excited - hopefully it goes off with a bang!! (flyer below...I designed it!  Publisher creativity at its finest!)

On another note, I saw a REALLY awesome looking bird yesterday while driving to my second job.  I wanted to pull over and take a picture, but there was no shoulder for me to do so :(  It was large and black with white markings on its wings.  It seemed like it was doing a mating stance or something.  There was another one across the lake but all white just staring at the black one.  I wish birds could talk so I could understand what was going on! LOL...

On a note-so-awesome note, I saw a dead animal on the side of the road yesterday.  At first I thought it was a raccoon or possum (because they are EVERYWHERE)...but as I drove past, I realized it was a cat :(  I called animal services to have it removed from the roadway :(  I have 5 cats myself and it saddens me when I see things like that :(

This weekend is the first weekend in months I'll have a day off to myself.  I'm highly considering going to the beach to clear my head.  The sound of the waves and the Western sunset always calms my nerves and brings this serene feeling to me.  I'll have pictures to post then :)

back from Denver

Denver was simply fabulous.  The weather was -1 to 27 while I was there and I wouldn't have had it any other way.  I haven't seen snowfall like that in DECADES.  I miss the cold.  Being there for a week just made me appreciate the weather even more.  I was the one driving so it made it difficult to stare out the windows of the car...but I still snuck in peeks when I could!  The mountains were snow covered with trees running down them...the air was crisp and cold..it almost hit me like a frying pan to the face when I left the hotel on the first morning.  I miss no humidity..its been 13 years since I was in a climate with no humidity...and now all I want is to go back!  The black ice was slightly scary, but the snow made it all worth it!  I attemted snowboarding and quickly learned that just because I can skateboard does NOT mean I can snowboard.  Activities in the snow are like activities on the beach...MUCH harder than on asphalt! While I was treking up the side of a mountain, all I could think of was long walks on the beach and how it was SO much harder than regular walking!  The snow slows you down and takes the wind out of you, just like the sand!  I found it interesting that I could find a comparison to Florida while in -1 degrees LOL...pix to come soon :)

on a last note, I will live in Colorado one day.  Boulder would be nice...definitely Winter Park or Fraser if I could manage to find a job.  I can't think of anything more fulfilling and wonderful than waking up every day to mountains outside my window!

Colorado!!!

...is ABSOLUTELY amazing!!!! i never want to go home!! I spent the day driving from Denver Intl Airport to Winter Park (about 2 hrs west) and loved every second of the drive!!! The mountains are simply breathtaking and the snow is OBSCENE! I remember snow from when I was younger in New Jersey but it was NEVER like this...especially since they got hit with 24" of snow yesterday lol...simply beautiful..cant wait for snowboarding tomorrow!! All the snow looks so white and fluffy...im excited to go mess it up!!  Its amazing to me that I left 80 degrees in Florida this morning...and now its 10 degrees here in Colorado!!!!

Denver in 2 days

So I'm supposed to be going to Denver in 2 days.  While I'm here complaining of sweating in 80 degree weather in the beginning of February, the midwest is getting slammed with the great blizzard of 2011.  Unreal.  I hope we even make it there and our flight doesn't end up being cancelled.  Temperatures are in the negatives...highs are in the teens.  I can't believe this was our bright idea 8 months ago...didn't seen so bad then! LOL...  I watched the live weather cams in Denver and it's beautiful, yet frightening all at the same time.  Bottom layer of ice, covered by a few inches of snow, which was then frozen over to make an icy top layer.  I really hope I don't end up hurting myself!!!!!

I'll have much more to report once I'm there and experiencing the weather first hand.  I've spent the last 3 days shopping for much warmer clothing than I had anticipated needing originally lol...even with 3 layers, I still don't think I'll be warm enough.  It's amazing to me that in a 1300 mile span, weather can be so drastically different! 80 warm and sunny here....-11 frigid and a winter wonderland there!

MOTHER NATURE IS CRAZY!