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Is it Time for IZEAFest Yet?

Is it Time for IZEAFest Yet?
Photo-A-Day #1595

Because we are heading to SeaWorld in Orlando in October Eva is getting very excited. Eva is now very much smitten with watching Youtube videos of Shamu and the other SeaWorld Orcas. I’m sure that someone is going to tell me that this is not Shamu and that is fine. I’m not going to go telling an almost 2 year old, “now honey that is not actually Shamu that is Kayla or some other Orca.” The response that I will get is “Shamu!” And basically that will be the response you get from me too. Every Killer Whale in that show is Shamu to a little kid. Shamu has the best PR people. This was the video she was watching.

Oh and she asked me to put the stickers on, this is not some sponsored post. I’m an IZEA Insider and as such I have promotional materials for IZEA that I give to people when I talk about IZEA. I was doing a project with the stuff and Eva wanted a sticker so she ended up with a bunch of them. The Ted Murphy one however, I made those. Eva loves to wear Ted Murphy stickers. In our house Ted Murphy is as recognizable as Winnie-The-Pooh, Mickey Mouse and Curious George.

Speaking of Curious George Eva loves watching that show. Now we’ve discovered PBSKids.org and all the things that you can do there. I guess we never have to buy another coloring book again because you can print out pages to color for all the PBS children’s shows. She is also a huge fan of Sid The Science Kid too.

Today I worked on a project in gratitude. I’m very aware of how fortunate I am for people in my life who have helped me along the way. And I am also very aware of the great people online who have helped me with this blog, whether by supplying prizes or just keeping me motivated. So I worked on a little gratitude project.

When I think about Gratitude I immediately think about Ed Gerety. Ed wrote a book called Combinations and it has a ton of great ideas and stories and combinations for being a great leader. It is written and geared towards student leaders but it can be read by bloggers and applied to leaders in the blogging space. Ed is a great guy and I am happy to say that I’m now working for Ed. I’m working on his blog and each week I post up some awesome stuff that Ed writes. I also transcribe Ed’s inspirational videos. A new one is going up tomorrow. Ed is a fantastic inspirational speaker and I love that he’s doing more videos on his blog.

Visit Kissimmee, for Free

Growing up my family went to Florida a couple times. One time we went down and stayed in Kissimmee, Florida. I remember that we stayed at the Days Inn. I loved those trips. We were able to go to all the major theme parks in the area and we saved a great deal of money by staying in Kissimmee.

I learned about a contest to win a free trip to Kissimmee. Actually there will be three (3) weekend getaways (3 days/2 nights) for two (2); and two (2) weeklong vacations for four (4). Drawings will be held on or around 4/15/09 and 5/21/09. That is a great deal especially for a family of four or a couple wanting to get away. And once you are in Kissimmee there are tons of things that you can do for free as well.

If you are into rollerblading you can take advantage of the perfect weather of Kissimmee and head over to Kissimmee Lakefront Park, there is over 3 miles of paved walkways to enjoy.

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Even though there are many free things to do in Kissimmee you also will probably want to live it up a bit and be carefree. For a carefree indulgence I am all about visiting theme parks. One of my favorite places to visit would be SeaWorld. The reason that I pick SeaWorld over places like Disney or Universal is primarily for Eva. Eva fell in love with the dolphins at Sea World on one of our past trips and any chance we can have to bring her back to see them is worth the trip. And at SeaWorld I have the chance to take some phenomenal photos of the animal shows. How else could I have captured this image of Kayla, one of the orcas.

Shamu! - PAD #1058

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