doing: finishing up the Knoxville Dance Teams Calendar! I have 2 more "months" left to design... and only one picture. we might have a problem.....
feeling: tired!
wanting: FOOD!
today has been long to say the least. we were up super early to go and photograph the kids in PlayShop (local 5 and under preschool). its always fun and the kids are always entertaining, but it was early and neither of us felt like it! but it went very smoothly and we'll be there again tomorrow!
i realized that my last entry was on Ethan's birthday. since that was quite a while ago i thought i should update you on my life.
we've decided to take our house off the market for the winter. we had a glimmer of hope with a trade, but it didnt' end up panning out. so we decided to not renew, take it off until spring and then it'll be all new and fresh! aanndd we'll start all over. Matthew told me today that my "problem" is that i only think in absolutes. either we sell or we dont. either we live here forever or we get out. theres no middle ground. while that is true to some extent i could tell him the same thing. i say, lets build on, he says- we can't. i say - lets check with the bank, he says- we wont get anything. so--darling--if you are reading this, lets try to be more positive with each other.....
i try to think of ways to make our situation better or different and the answer always seems to be 'no' or 'we're poor'. its ebbing at my patience on the matter and thats the exact reason why i become shrill and bitchy when we "talk" about it. (i put talk in quotes because that really means fight and yell.) sure my suggestions may not be the best or thought out toally, but its only a suggestion. not like i went to the bank behind his back and am like "hey! we got 30K to build onto the house!"
thats not what i meant to talk about. mainly it was we're trying with the house selling again in the spring.
as for work. we just got back from our Fall Seminar, it was Nov 1&2! we always look forward to these simply because we aren't in the office! we dont HAVE to work and we can just be dorky and talk about photography ALL DAY LONG!! and everyone we talk to there loves it as much as we do!! we had 2 great speakers this year, Kirk Voclaine and John Hartman.
Kirk is a fabulous senior photographer! he has a smart head on his shoulders and it shows! the funny thing about him is that he is NOT even close to who you'd think of when you see his images!
http://www.kvphoto.com/ <-- Kirks website
http://seethelight.ca/img/speakers/kirkvoclain.jpg <-- Kirk
we got to hear him talk about his studio, his business, his photographing techniques and his photoshop work. it was all interesting and i got some good notes out of it!
John Hartman was our other speaker. he talked mostly about the business part of it. he told us how he shoots and a little about selling. i got some good notes from him too!
http://web.mac.com/jrhartman/Contemporary_Photography/Home.html <-- John's website
all in all-like we always do-we came back inspired!! now, like always, we just need to find an outlet and time to put all this stuff to action!
the other "fun" part of Seminar (i put fun in quotes because i mean not-so-fun) was that Jeff-being on the board-is in charge of hospitality this year. this means that he--WE--have to pick up speakers from the airport, get food and drinks ready for the hospitality room that's open most every night and a bunch of other little things. since Jeff is SUCH a generous boss.. he LETS me help him. lets just say i was up at 2am on Monday morning washing dishes in the hotel bathtub. and that was only one night! at Winter Seminar there are 3 nights. we have to have a meal plan and hope we dont run out (which we did this time) and have plenty of booze because, lets face it, photographers like to drizink!
well, i have an order coming in soon and then i get to go home! i'm SO hungry! and i have a church meeting tonight. it never stops does it! hopefully i'll be home in time for Glee! that will make my night!! I LOVE GOOD TV!!!!
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
" did you see did you see did.. you.. see?"
doing: designing. i'm working on tapping out my brain on designs this week! and its working!
feeling: C-O-L-D!!
listening to: baby ducks chatting up a storm
hey! baby ducks are here this week!!! starting today, with family, begins our Easter Special! tomorrow i have 2 appointments and then Saturday i have 3! not terrible, but it could have been better. I'm still hoping that a few more people call! baby ducks are TOO cute to not be photographed!!!
well my computer is running super slow and i'm colder than a polar bear. i think its because i dont have any socks on, my feet ususally regulate how cold the rest of my body is. i should start packing socks in my purse for days like this!
just a little update on the studio situation. my boss had a chit chat with the owners and it went.... well it went. they showed very little acknoweldgement that they even did anything wrong considering the window. boss told them we were unhappy with their actions and they said "oh, we don't have a copy of the release so we didn't know the window was yours...." stupid.
theres a whole lot wrong with that statement and it doesn't make me happy at how ignorant they are acting! like they've never delt with actual people before! COME ON!
so boss made some comments and threw out some ideas. basically asking for compensation for them being stupid, but still trying his hardest to work soemthing out with them so we can co-habitate! in my option he's bending over backwards for them and it should be the other way around. they should be coming up with reasons and ways to work with us!!
we do have an entire half of the window back, and now all my extra stuff is up in our camera room (thanks to them moving it.. i wasn't about to!) they added one more thing into our side of the window... but funny thing, the bench that sits outside is COMPLETLEY on our side of the window! that dang bench always seems to move its self...... funny how that works.
so, i'm still pulling hard to find somewhere to move. i think a pros and cons list is going to be in the works soon. boss' biggest issue is paying rent. we've had this place for 6 years and the rent hasn't changed a considerable amount. so now when we are ready to move somewhere the rent is going to almost double, and thats hard to imagine! i'm still going to try though. i really dont think this situation is going to work for us at all... even for another year.
finally. its April. where did time go?! however.. its SNOWING today.. and that just shouldn't be! April showers bring May flowers.... and all that.
i'm going to be working on our newsletter here soon! i'm trying to think of things to put in it, so any ideas send them my way!! also, if you want to be on the newsletter list just let me know and i'll get your email added!! :) its our first actual newsletter. the last two have just been about Kids Contest and Ducks! oohh meet Jeff and Tracy! how fun and lame! ...... i'm doing it.!
well, off to create some more... i think. or album work. thats always fun too!!
have a good one!
feeling: C-O-L-D!!
listening to: baby ducks chatting up a storm
hey! baby ducks are here this week!!! starting today, with family, begins our Easter Special! tomorrow i have 2 appointments and then Saturday i have 3! not terrible, but it could have been better. I'm still hoping that a few more people call! baby ducks are TOO cute to not be photographed!!!
well my computer is running super slow and i'm colder than a polar bear. i think its because i dont have any socks on, my feet ususally regulate how cold the rest of my body is. i should start packing socks in my purse for days like this!
just a little update on the studio situation. my boss had a chit chat with the owners and it went.... well it went. they showed very little acknoweldgement that they even did anything wrong considering the window. boss told them we were unhappy with their actions and they said "oh, we don't have a copy of the release so we didn't know the window was yours...." stupid.
theres a whole lot wrong with that statement and it doesn't make me happy at how ignorant they are acting! like they've never delt with actual people before! COME ON!
so boss made some comments and threw out some ideas. basically asking for compensation for them being stupid, but still trying his hardest to work soemthing out with them so we can co-habitate! in my option he's bending over backwards for them and it should be the other way around. they should be coming up with reasons and ways to work with us!!
we do have an entire half of the window back, and now all my extra stuff is up in our camera room (thanks to them moving it.. i wasn't about to!) they added one more thing into our side of the window... but funny thing, the bench that sits outside is COMPLETLEY on our side of the window! that dang bench always seems to move its self...... funny how that works.
so, i'm still pulling hard to find somewhere to move. i think a pros and cons list is going to be in the works soon. boss' biggest issue is paying rent. we've had this place for 6 years and the rent hasn't changed a considerable amount. so now when we are ready to move somewhere the rent is going to almost double, and thats hard to imagine! i'm still going to try though. i really dont think this situation is going to work for us at all... even for another year.
finally. its April. where did time go?! however.. its SNOWING today.. and that just shouldn't be! April showers bring May flowers.... and all that.
i'm going to be working on our newsletter here soon! i'm trying to think of things to put in it, so any ideas send them my way!! also, if you want to be on the newsletter list just let me know and i'll get your email added!! :) its our first actual newsletter. the last two have just been about Kids Contest and Ducks! oohh meet Jeff and Tracy! how fun and lame! ...... i'm doing it.!
well, off to create some more... i think. or album work. thats always fun too!!
have a good one!
Friday, January 16, 2009
such is life
doing: at work. trying to decide the next most important thing on my endless list.
feeling: like crap! it just hit me like 20 minutes ago, the aches the pains, how crappy is that?! wheres my boss and his zicam when i need it?
listening to: nothing. i'm thinking about watching a show online.. but i haven't gotten around to it just yet.
well today i've been working on getting our Club Wrestling orders finished up. there are 2 orders being sent to the lab right now and i still have to design trader cards for 13 kids!!! that's the most, i think, that we've ever had order traders! my computers have been running slow today so the wrestling is pretty much the only thing i've accomplished. ah well... theres always next week right?
speaking of next week. next week and the following week is going to be crazy. we are wanting to sell all of Al's old negs so next week we get to start pulling them down from storage! yippee.... then we have to find tables and space and make signs and all that other stuff that goes along with a sale! i'm kind of excited, because it will make me feel like we're actually DOING something! especially since my boss thinks that we're going to turn that back room into our office... we need to get it cleaned out! on top of that i thought that it would be a good idea if we also sold our old display prints that we don't need. i'm thinking that every February we will have a display sale. that way old prints wont get piled up in the back room, people will get their display stuff at a reasonable price, and we can always use a little money in February!! i hope that people flock to this like i'm thinking they will!
i need to post it on our blog.....
other than that work has been good. we're slow right now which is FABulous!! i don't feel rushed for anything. i'm actually a bit behind on stuff.. but i'm getting work done... eventually! we had a wedding show in DM last Sunday and another one in Pella this Sunday. last weeks went pretty well. we haven't had any calls from it like we were hoping for.. but its only been a week. Jess is coming to help me out with this weeks. Jeff's in CA golfing.... kick him right?! it'll be fun! plus we get to sample good food and cake! aahhh cake!!
well it's almost 3 and i should start on something else. its hard to be motivated to work when no one is here telling me i have to! i might be going home early tonight.... yeah i most likely will!!
have a good weekend! stay warm... yeay for being in the 30s this weekend!!! (its sad but its true....)
feeling: like crap! it just hit me like 20 minutes ago, the aches the pains, how crappy is that?! wheres my boss and his zicam when i need it?
listening to: nothing. i'm thinking about watching a show online.. but i haven't gotten around to it just yet.
well today i've been working on getting our Club Wrestling orders finished up. there are 2 orders being sent to the lab right now and i still have to design trader cards for 13 kids!!! that's the most, i think, that we've ever had order traders! my computers have been running slow today so the wrestling is pretty much the only thing i've accomplished. ah well... theres always next week right?
speaking of next week. next week and the following week is going to be crazy. we are wanting to sell all of Al's old negs so next week we get to start pulling them down from storage! yippee.... then we have to find tables and space and make signs and all that other stuff that goes along with a sale! i'm kind of excited, because it will make me feel like we're actually DOING something! especially since my boss thinks that we're going to turn that back room into our office... we need to get it cleaned out! on top of that i thought that it would be a good idea if we also sold our old display prints that we don't need. i'm thinking that every February we will have a display sale. that way old prints wont get piled up in the back room, people will get their display stuff at a reasonable price, and we can always use a little money in February!! i hope that people flock to this like i'm thinking they will!
i need to post it on our blog.....
other than that work has been good. we're slow right now which is FABulous!! i don't feel rushed for anything. i'm actually a bit behind on stuff.. but i'm getting work done... eventually! we had a wedding show in DM last Sunday and another one in Pella this Sunday. last weeks went pretty well. we haven't had any calls from it like we were hoping for.. but its only been a week. Jess is coming to help me out with this weeks. Jeff's in CA golfing.... kick him right?! it'll be fun! plus we get to sample good food and cake! aahhh cake!!
well it's almost 3 and i should start on something else. its hard to be motivated to work when no one is here telling me i have to! i might be going home early tonight.... yeah i most likely will!!
have a good weekend! stay warm... yeay for being in the 30s this weekend!!! (its sad but its true....)
Thursday, October 16, 2008
"yeah i can't hear much but the melody coming from you..."
doing: trying to work. all of my drives seem to be full and its slowing me down!
listening to: my ipod featuring The Damnwells! (in LOVE!)
feeling: awful. my whole body aches,.. and its a stress ache. my body is slowly closing in on itsself.... and its pretty much my fault.
this month has sucked ROYALY. and it's not just one thing, its everything! every little thing triggers something else that triggers something else. its endless. however, i do hope that once this month is over it WILL stop! i hope i hope i hope.
we have just had a ton of things going on this month. every single day, not kidding, jeffs had a shoot. its either a newly scheduled one or a rescheduled senior. then our double wedding on the 11th really killed us (both went well, but we were stressing) and the Komen Race is on the 25th. Fall Seminar is the 26th and 27th and yet more appointments until November.! we now have 2 inturns that are doing a great job at whatever we throw at them! and they are both so up beat that it keeps us grounded just having them around! fantastic is a word to describe them!
on top of all of my work stuff i have to worry about family stuff. matt and i have been pretty good for the last few weeks/months. we've just been good. until i ask for something, then it turns into something thats neither here nor there. lets just say i didnt sleep well last night. i try to impliment that "never go to bed angry" thing.... sometimes im up for quite awhile....
i'm feeling pretty anxious about the whole situation, so hopefully we'll be able to talk about it tonight, but i'm so tired of this circle that we're in. we have been doing great though. this might just be a speed bump that we have to get over.
such is life.
on a much brighter note... ETHAN TURNS 2 ON MONDAY!!! my baby boy will be TWO! and official toddler! he's growing up TOO FAST!! just recently his sentence structure has gotten better! sometimes we still can't understand him... but he tells us what he wants pretty well!
he's still a total boy, into trucks and tractors and race cars! he loves his Disney Movies too! his new favorite is Peter Pan! hopefully he'll get a few more for his birthday because he loves watching movies!!
well, now i have to go do some work. hopefully my computer will cooperate with me! they haven't been too happy about working these last couple days!
have a good week and weekend!
listening to: my ipod featuring The Damnwells! (in LOVE!)
feeling: awful. my whole body aches,.. and its a stress ache. my body is slowly closing in on itsself.... and its pretty much my fault.
this month has sucked ROYALY. and it's not just one thing, its everything! every little thing triggers something else that triggers something else. its endless. however, i do hope that once this month is over it WILL stop! i hope i hope i hope.
we have just had a ton of things going on this month. every single day, not kidding, jeffs had a shoot. its either a newly scheduled one or a rescheduled senior. then our double wedding on the 11th really killed us (both went well, but we were stressing) and the Komen Race is on the 25th. Fall Seminar is the 26th and 27th and yet more appointments until November.! we now have 2 inturns that are doing a great job at whatever we throw at them! and they are both so up beat that it keeps us grounded just having them around! fantastic is a word to describe them!
on top of all of my work stuff i have to worry about family stuff. matt and i have been pretty good for the last few weeks/months. we've just been good. until i ask for something, then it turns into something thats neither here nor there. lets just say i didnt sleep well last night. i try to impliment that "never go to bed angry" thing.... sometimes im up for quite awhile....
i'm feeling pretty anxious about the whole situation, so hopefully we'll be able to talk about it tonight, but i'm so tired of this circle that we're in. we have been doing great though. this might just be a speed bump that we have to get over.
such is life.
on a much brighter note... ETHAN TURNS 2 ON MONDAY!!! my baby boy will be TWO! and official toddler! he's growing up TOO FAST!! just recently his sentence structure has gotten better! sometimes we still can't understand him... but he tells us what he wants pretty well!
he's still a total boy, into trucks and tractors and race cars! he loves his Disney Movies too! his new favorite is Peter Pan! hopefully he'll get a few more for his birthday because he loves watching movies!!
well, now i have to go do some work. hopefully my computer will cooperate with me! they haven't been too happy about working these last couple days!
have a good week and weekend!
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