HGTV Comes to Visit.

It was big day at my apartment today. HGTV's Small Space, Big Style came to visit! The folks at HGTV invited me to be featured on the show, which was quite exciting and surprising. I was thrilled! However, nobody told me how hard I'd have to work! I'm not one who even enjoys having my photograph taken, so to have to ad lib into a camera lens for about nine hours was pretty darn hard. But indeed fun, I must say. It's just harder than you might think to act naturally with a giant lens staring you in the face, a microphone battery attached to your bum and a boom hanging over your head. Whew. Even when you're up on the subject you're speaking about, in this case my apartment, I found myself quite tongue-tied. I think I may have actually made up a few words somewhere along the line. I'm exhausted and so is Coop - he was my very talented co-star. Although they did let us relax in our trailer in between takes (er, uh, I guess that was the bedroom). I did wear uggs while resting - just like the real stars! I shot 'b' roll, walking & talking and a little (actually a lot) of faking doing things, like looking at the view, reading a magazine, blogging. Do you have any idea how hard it is to do nothing, naturally?

I'm not sure yet when my episode on Small Space Big Style airs, but a big thank you to Nicole for inviting me, Robin for calming my nerves, T-Bone for the battery on my bum and Gary for the giant lens and for not making too much fun of me and my goofy expressions. It was a blast!