past travels part 1!

hey everyone!

i promised that i would make a post about my past travels a few days ago, and to be honest, i forgot to post the first part, so my apologies! i've just been a little busy the past couple of days, so here you have it.

as you all know, i have a habit of rambling on and on and making my posts much longer than they possibly could've been, so i am going to try my hardest to keep this post short and sweet.

i thought since i have talked a bit about my past travels and travels to come that i would talk about all my past travels. i have been very lucky and have travelled to a number of awesome places. travelling is awesome and i love it, but i must admit i am a horrible traveller. the whole process of getting to the place we're travelling too, the waiting in the airports, flights, adjusting to the time changes, all that jazz, turns me into an extremely grumpy bunny. i don't do it on purpose i swear! i just don't function very well on lack of sleep, and that seems to be a thing you have to be able to deal with while travelling. but, aside from that, once i have adjusted to everything, i am extremely excited and ready for adventure!

so, let's start from the beginning shall we?

my very first travelling experience was in the 6th grade (age 11 or 12) and it was to New York. i was unbelievably excited as i had never really been anywhere other than up to Muskoka to visit my cottage. since we live pretty close, my parents decided it was probably easiest to just drive there. if i remember correctly it felt like the longest drive ever. my sisters and i were on the verge of killing each other from being in such close vicinity for so long and my parents wanted to kill us for being so annoying. once we got to our hotel, which was actually in New Jersey we were quick to throw our bags in our room and jump on the ferry that would bring us over to New York City. it was like nothing i had ever seen before, people were so...well...crazy! everyone was so themselves! that is the only way i can describe it, they weren't like the "cookie cutter" people i would describe where i come from. nobody there cared what anyone thought. i loved that about it, it was so free. also the shopping there, absolutely unreal. the stores were huge and sold everything you could ever imagine. i was so young that i only bought stupid things like stuffed animals but it was still an awesome experience just walking through the stores and feeling the atmosphere. we visited time square, the place where John Lennon was shot (sad i know), and spent one day in central park. sadly i can't find one single picture from the trip to show you guys!! i'm always the photographer on trips but i wasn't really into taking pictures back then so whatever few pictures that were taken are m.i.a. right now.

the second trip i ever went on was to Florida when i was 13, we drove there also. yeah, that trip to New York which felt like the longest drive ever didn't even come close to the length of the drive it took to get to Florida. that was by far THE LONGEST i have ever been stuck in a car with my family, i mean i love them and all but i hope i never have to be trapped in a car that long with them or anyone for that matter ever again haha. it was the first trip to a warm place i had ever been though and i loved it. except that it made my freckles come out like they never had before haha! our next couple of family trips were to Florida as well. i've been there a total of 3 times (2007, 08 and 09). all were great but the last time i went, we got to go to DisneyWorld and i felt as though my life was complete after that.

Tampa, Florida 2007

Orlando, Florida 2008

Orlando, Florida 2009 pictures i cannot find :$

in 2008 i also went to Cuba for the first time with my cousins, and thankfully this time we flew. we went to Cayo Coco, Cuba and the resort was awesome. the beach was close and there were plenty of places to just sit and relax. this was the first tropical place i had ever travelled to and i thought it was pretty cool being on an island. i'm really close with my cousins, they're basically my siblings we all grew up together and even lived together for a little when we were younger, so it was especially fun to have them on the trip with us.

me and two of my cousins

as much as i loved cuba, i got the worst sunburn there and was a lobster most of the trip. 

lobster me

after travelling to all these wonderful places i was bitten by a bug...the travel bug muahaha. i got urges to go to places that i never really thought about before, places much further than New York, Florida or Cuba. but you'll have to wait until part 2 to hear about that!

thanks for reading

and

stay cheeky!

Movie Talk

Hey CC Readers!

So if you remember, I mentioned in last week's post that I was going to the movies with my best friend a couple days ago to see Despicable Me 2 which was awesome and cute! But it got me thinking, maybe I should make a post about movies I love, and movies I want to see!

I don't know about you guys but I feel like I get asked the question "what's your favourite movie?" quite often...that is seriously the worst question in the world. I don't think I know one person who has just ONE favourite movie. I have many. I also wouldn't say I have a "type" of movie that I like, for example I don't just like comedies or action movies, I like a wide array of films. I do however have a slight obsession with kids movies, they are my favourite, especially Disney movies, they just make me feel like a kid again!

Here is a list of my fav Disney movies (these aren't in order of favourites, they're just random)

1. The Lion King (I cry every time I watch this)
2. Robin Hood (awesome flick)
3. Mary Poppins (she's so cool)
4. Sleeping Beauty (I wanted to be Aurora)
5. Peter Pan (I wished I could fly like him and now I wish I could go to neverland)
6. The Santa Clause (I love Christmas movies..)
7. Hocus Pocus (actually I like holiday movies in general)
8. Pocahontas (she's the s***)
9. Toy Story 1 and 3 (loooooooooooooove)
10. Tarzan (so cute)
11. Finding Nemo (sad but awesome)
12. Monsters Inc. (who doesn't like monsters?)

......perhaps I should end that list there, I have many more though ;)

I also really like movies with aliens and powers and stuff like that! I love all 3 Men in Black movies, all the X-Men movies, and all the Harry Potter movies. I can watch all of them forever and ever. I also have an obsession with the movie Tangled, I don't know if it's possible to be jealous of a cartoon but I want to be Rapunzel UGH SHE'S JUST SO FLIPPING BEAUTIFUL AND HER HAIR... please.

Recently I saw the movie ParaNorman which came out a year or two ago I believe? maybe it was this year but anyway I love it so much! I love stuff with Mediums I just think that shiz is so cool, have you guys seen Theresa Caputo the Long Island Medium (her show makes me cry like a little baby), well this movie is like a kids version of that show, only with ZOMBIES which I also love love love. (Walking Dead is one of my favourite shows of all time!!)

This post is getting a little erratic. It's hard for me to talk about all my favourite movies because there are just so many! I'm even throwing the odd tv series in there! So before this post gets outta hand I think I'll just finish off by giving y'all a couple movies I'm looking to see this year!

1. After Earth

Now I'm not really a fan of Jaden Smith but I do like Will as an actor. I saw the trailer for this movie and it looks sick!


2. World War Z

I AM SO SCARED THIS IS GOING TO BE OUT OF THEATRES BEFORE I GET A CHANCE TO SEE IT CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE ESPECIALLY GOOD TO WATCH IN THEATRES. But yaaa...I really want to see this. I like zombies in case you can't tell...

3. The Wolverine

Hugh Jackman. That is all.

Let me know of some of your favourite movies, movies you've seen recently or movies you want to see! I'd love to read and answer your lovely comments!

Stay Cheeky!

*I do not own any of the pictures used in this post