Stuff the Magic Dragon
No seriously.. sing the title. It’s fun.
During the Orlando Magic vs. Detroit Pistons game on February 17, I spotted Stuff sitting near/on some girl and then walk away with her purse. Stuff… were you flirting/trying to get a girlfriend??
After Orlando WON the game, Stuff was then found strutting across the court. That is one busy dragon.
We were lucky enough to be given some tickets for the game (thanks Justin!!) and we found out friends of ours were going as well. We all went together and then split ways to find our seats. Us up top, them about 15 rows from the court.
He is 6′8 (yep, I ask him all the time) and could not get comfortable in his seat at all. There was no leg room what so ever. So they moved them up a bit to where there was WAY more leg room and we got to sit in their kick ass seats. Seriously, awesome.
We’ve only had seats down there once before and THAT is the way to watch a game. You may get yelled at for taking pictures with an SLR, but it is so worth it. Just being able to soak in the game and seeing the players up close fist bump (terrorist fist bump style). So now.. some pictures from our closer seats.
Relay For Life 2010
On May 21, 2010 I will be taking part of Relay For Life in Orlando, FL. This is the first year that I have done this and I want to raise some money to kick cancer’s butt!!
It’s official!! I am walking in honor of Becci Godwin. A former co-worker, but ALWAYS a friend! She has survived breast cancer and has had an amazing attitude through the ENTIRE thing! I couldn’t even tell you how many doctor’s visits and surgeries she’s had, but she always kept a positive outlook about it. She is a fabulous quilter and made me a very special quilt a few years ago. No matter what is going on in her life, she always makes time to do things for others. Becci is a very strong woman and has a very supportive family. Seeing as though there isn’t much that I can do for her.. Becci, this is for you!!
I need your help and in return you’ll get a really cool gift! <I think it’s cool at least>
How about a print from peglegpug.com or peakarts.com
For a donation up to $9, you’ll get a 5×7 print
For donating $10 to $24, 8×10
For donating $25 and up, you’ll get a print that’s 13×19
Anything above $75, will get 13×19 from both peglegpug.com AND peakarts.com
For every $5 that you donate your name will go into a hat and the name that’s drawn will get a very special surprise gift!
So please, donate away. ANYTHING would be wonderful!! We need this! We need to get cancer under control!
If everyone that followed me on twitter donated 50 cents, I’d be well over $500, however I know that is not going to happen, but YOU can help me to closer to my goal.. 50 cents at a time!
If you do not want to donate online, please let me know so we can set something else up. There are pages that I can get to you so that you can fill it out for Relay For Life.
For you have ANY questions, please e-mail me at kelly @ peglegpug . com
From peglegpug.com
Tommy Turned 30!
December took November over so quickly that I never had a chance to post anything about our friend, Tommy, turning 30. He’s old now. Ok, maybe not. But it’s fun to tell people they are old.
Here are some fun pictures of what went down that evening… and no, not much craziness!
Christmas Photo Contest!
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Competico. All opinions are 100% mine.
There isn’t a better way for a photographer to bring in the new year than entering to win up to $50,000!!
Competico’s Winter Holiday Photo Contest 2009 has started and you have until January 12th, 2010 at 9PM to enter. You can submit your favorite picture of your family around the tree, your dog in a Santa hat, your niece opening up presents, or your dad hanging up lights on a tree and falling off a ladder while doing so (I really wish I would have been there to see my dad do that, so I could have snagged a picture!)
Once you submit your photos, other photographers vote and at the end the judges combine their vote with the previous votes to find the top photo. The entrance fee is $100 per photo, but if you submit your photo now, you get to submit TWO for the price of one, but you only have until December 17th, 2009 at 9PM!!
So go! Find your favorite picture, even if it’s not your wonderful father falling, and get your picture included.
The winners will be announced on January 15th, 2010. The top 3 winners get awesome cash prizes ranging from $1,500 to $50,000. Think of all of the post New Year gifts you’ll be able to buy everyone. 
Crazy Week Couple of Weeks
I haven’t updated in quite a while. So here it is, picture style.
I started a new job at IZEA, where I work three days a week. The people are lovely and e-mailing people is right up my alley. Here’s my desk (yes I know, it needs work!)
I got a new car! 2003 Toyota Corolla. It only had 24,000 miles when it was purchased. It has a few more miles now.
And then about a week after that it got towed. And then a week later I got rear-ended. Time to take it back??
A group of us ventured out to Willow Tree in Sanford again. Had a great time and wonderful food, but it was kinda sad because we didn’t all get to sit together. But the boys got a 3 liter boot of beer and did their happy little march around the restaurant. And politely chugged the beer. Oh and some random lady decided to get in on the phone, kinda strange, yet fun.
I got a chance to help out Adam Wiggall take some wedding photos for Caitlin from Healthy Tipping Point and her husband. While we waited, Adam tried out some techniques and Jeff was the stand-in bride.
Over the past few months I have been trying to eat healthy lunches and dinners. It doesn’t help that Jeff lives off of steak and/or any type of meat. No veggies for him. So, I got some frozen Healthy Choice steamers (and soups), which are quite tasty (or the two that I have tried) and very easy to “make”. Along with those, I have enjoyed the 100 Calorie Starbucks Frappucinos! They make my day, though they have to be a treat since they can be a BIT on the pricey side.
I got the chance to see Boyz II Men again! They are just wonderful!!!! Oh yea, and we enjoyed some food and wine beer at the Epcot Food and Wine Festival. The food was the same, but the Strongbow tasted wonderful! The guys enjoyed sitting in Germany while Ashley and I enjoyed B-B-B-Boyz II Men!
I had a root canal, which was finished over the past two weeks. Yippee right? Not so much. Pain is still kinda there from all the digging and drilling and whatever the hell other tools he used. I know I looked completely crazy, which is why I took a picture to share with you.
Here I am fully smiling, yet the Novocaine hadn’t worn off yet!
Work has been crazy, yet I am still looking for more, editing audio/video. Have a camera to buy! $2,000 where are you? Can’t someone just drop me some money in the mail??
Oh and Jeff has been busy keeping me entertained.
He has been playing with the cat:
Wearing wigs:
Cleaning vents (which is was supposed to do before his birthday in July):
Oh and I just got a new camera! Can’t wait to do a post with some of the new pictures!! Canon 7D, you are amazing and I love you
Headaches
The past few weeks I have had horrible headaches. I’m starting think it’s due to my glasses.
Sadly, I can’t afford to go out and get new glasses every year. One ear piece is broken, yeah and? I don’t care. What I do care about is my head throbbing and being almost in tears in pain. I have indents behind my ears where the ear pieces go. I’m pretty sure they aren’t supposed to be there. My glasses are obviously too tight for what I guess would be my too big of head (which I don’t think is really that big, but that’s besides the point).
Every year or so I start getting these headaches, I change out my glasses when they fall to pieces and the headaches seem to go away. Seems as though that would be the logical answer, but is it? It seems like a cycle. A never ending one.
Would lasik eye surgery help? Would I stop getting headaches? Would the indents behind my ears go away? However, lasik is quite an expensive thing to get.
Is there another option besides getting new glasses? Oh and I don’t have insurance. Score for me, right?
My Biggest Fear
Know that if you read any further you are agreeing to never show me one of these, real OR fake. I do not want a book with a picture shown to me. I do not want to have any jokes made about this. NOTHING! Got it?
Besides myself or someone in my family/friends getting hurt or dying, this is my biggest fear. You can laugh to yourself all you want, but after reading this paragraph, you agree to not make fun. Putting my fear out like this is kinda hard to do, because I know all my smart ass friends will have a ton of things to say. Well, say it in your head and get over it.
I have no idea why I am afraid of what I am afraid of.
No, I do not have any childhood memories of one of these scaring me.
I just think they are utter disgusting and I am deathly afraid of them.
Every time I see one I feel as though I’m going to throw up. No joke. It’s not a good feeling.
Whether they belong in a tree, pond, pre-legs, whatever stage of life. I don’t care. Frogs are gross. Just the word freaks me out.
Ever since I can remember, when I walk to the front door, I stomp. Why? To scare the frogs away. They are horrible things that should just disappear. Forever. Horrible, gross THINGS.
Why do I bring this up tonight?
I always have Jeff go to the door first at night. I figure they will hop away from him, so then I should be in the clear. Not so much. It never happens, so I just learn.
Tonight while getting out of the car, I noticed a frog on the front door the size of my fist. I was back about 20 feet away from the door and I didn’t ever get any closer. Gross. Jeff went to open the door so he could go in and open the garage. Well, opening the door meant that the disgusting thing on the door may hop inside. After screaming and freaking out at 11PM, while the neighbors are outside probably wondering what in the world is going on, Jeff started to throw things at the door in hopes that the thing will hop away. But NO! It was asleep!
Sticks, dirt, soil, Mountain Dew. Everything was thrown at the door. So then, Jeff used a spoon and it fell, which completely grossed me out seeing it all open and it’s gross legs and body flying everywhere. (Please remember, I am still standing by the car, at least 20 feet away.)
I’m then screaming at Jeff to hurry up and open the garage. Well the image started sinking into my head and as I was waiting on the garage to open, I freaked. The tears started flowing and I felt like I needed to wash myself just thinking about this horrible, disgusting thing that was attached to my house.
So there you go. That’s my fear. And yes, this has happened more than once. I had one hop on my foot a year or two ago. Talk about a panic attack. Holy crap, it was a night from hell.
This is why I don’t like being out after dark. I also don’t like rainy nights. Ugh!
Where Does The Time Go?
The past month I have had a lot on my plate. It’s full and I am NOT hungry anymore!
Between taking pictures for Kernel Encore (which are not done) and editing them (which are not done as WELL) and spending all weekend at IZEAFest/SeaWorld, I have been one tired girl.
Tonight starts more craziness, Rock For Hunger VIP Party. Tomorrow, Rock For Hunger Fest concert. 5-12 (Hope you’re there!) Jeff and I will be there running around like crazy people getting video and pictures. Sunday equals sitting at home working on Kernel Encore pictures and RFH pics and vid.
THEN, Patrick from ChefPatrick.com wants to shoot a video, so within the next couple of weeks we’ll be doing that!
But wait, there’s more! October 24th I’ll be working on a shoot with my good friend, Pam. Woohoo!
So, all of this, plus: my house needs to be cleaned like whoa, the old fridge STILL needs to be moved to the garage, scanning in a crap ton of old pictures, digitize some old home movies so they don’t go bad.
Oh and did I mention.. I would like to take a vacation sometime! Maybe next year?
Camera Dilemma
A little over two weeks ago, Jeff plugged my camera into the computer and then it died. Not sure if something happened once it was plugged in or if it was just the camera’s time to go.
I was and am still not a happy camper. Not one bit. I don’t like borrowing things from people nor do I like asking. Thankfully two friends have let me borrow their cameras, yet I have more photography work to do and then have been asked to photograph an event this Saturday coming up. So what do I?
Wing it.
I have no other choice, I don’t have the money to be shelling out $1,700 for a Canon 7D. But I thought I could maybe get some help, but that didn’t go over so well. I was told everything except “F**k no.” Yes, I know I’m not a professional thank you for shoving that in my face, but if I’m going to get a new camera, it’s not going to be a step down or the smallest step forward that I can take.
So what do I do? Pay my bills, it’s all I can do. Put some money aside, but it won’t be enough to get a new camera this year or the next. Thankfully I just started a new job, so I have MORE money coming in than a month ago. But still, not going to happen anytime soon.
Oh and my 300 lens stop working about a week before the camera stopped. Amazing!
On that note, anyone want to donate to the “I Need A Camera” fund?
Long Weekend Ahead
Tomorrow (Thursday) starts a full weekend of IzeaFest. Now that I am working at Izea, it’s all I hear and think about. And yet, this weekend, it’s all YOU will be hearing about. And then following that, that’s all you will be seeing pictures of!
I’m excited since it’s my first IzeaFest. I wasn’t expecting to be working it, but once everything starts rolling tomorrow and I start meeting everyone and screaming my head off at Howl O Scream, it won’t be like working at all!
Thursday night is an evening at Busch Gardens.
Friday is all day sessions, lunch with @Shamu and a party at IceBar.
Saturday includes more sessions and yet more fun at Howl At The Moon.
Sunday will be even MORE fun: SeaWorld!!
Hope to see you there! If not, read the twitter streams of: me (@peglegpug), IzeaFest (@IZEAFest), IZEA (@IZEAInc).
“I’m Not A Famous Blogger” Team will unite!
