Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 08:19PM When I am at Camp. In fact, I love the rain here... especially at night. Since the windows are always open you can't help but take in all the glorious smells of the rain blowing into my room. It is wonderful to lay in bed and fall asleep to the sound of rain falling and the creek flowing outside the window. My own natural sleep machine!
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 08:51AM Once again I am in Mountains for the summer. I can't think of a better place to be. The weather is much cooler... nothing but nature all around me.. Just a piece of heaven. Photos need to be taken.. words need to be written...
Today is the 2nd day we woke up with a chill in the air. Campers come to breakfast in their footy PJ's, Sweaters and sweatshirts. They are worn until the day wakes up and layers are shed. Just the way camp should be... in the Mountains.
Sunday, January 2, 2011 at 11:00AM New Year ...Clean slate.
So there is something about January 1st that screams NEW BEGINNING. I know every ad and talk show throws it in our face "New Years Resolution" "what will you change" etc... but January 1st has always had that sort of effect on me.
For me, after all the craziness, clutter, stress and gluttony of the Holidays, in order to stay sane a clean slate has to be made.
Since I can remember the Christmas tree has been taken down on January 1st. All the Christmas decorations are taken down and packed up to wait another year to be seen again. After all the craziness of the Holidays... after all the mess of opening presents... after all the food has been made and leftovers eaten... I clean it all up. Clean living space... clean mind. Clean mind... happy thoughts.
Another good thing about the new year is I know that after the Winter solstice the days are going to get longer. I always start to get depressed in September. I love the Fall weather but I hate the shorter days. January means it is only going to get better because in 2 months Spring will arrive. And oh how Spring make me HAPPY!
Clean Slate does not mean forget the mistakes of the past year... all mistakes were made for a reason, they help me become a better person so I can handle the mistakes I will inevitably make this year. I do not think of mistakes as a bad thing... (this is good since I have made more mistakes in my past than I care to name.)
All of this makes me excited to start new. This year I am putting together a studio . We have an extra room and I am making it mine. I need a place to play, create and be inspired. (I will be posting photos on the progression of my studio.) This year I am also going to continue to think positive (thoughts become things) and being thankful everyday no matter what and making my dreams come true...
So I raise my glass for the start of a clean slate.. a new year.. a new decade and all the great things that are about to happen!! *click*
Black Eyed Peas and Collard Greens.. Bring in Luck for the new year!
Friday, December 31, 2010 at 06:19PM Since it has been months since my last post... more Like 7... I thought I would end the year with a new blog post. I am making plans to do much more of this.
After seeing a friend's status update, I started thinking about this past decade. (Wow d e c a d e = 10 freak'in years!!) In the last 10 years I have birthed two babies (now amazing kids) started a fairly s u c c e s s f u l business that I L O V E D , owned my first house, got a divorce, lost my best friend (not to death), lost my business, lost my home that I owned, moved to a new place and became a single mother. I saw my highest h i g h s and my lowest of lows.
I also l e a r n e d that I am one of the luckiest people in the world. I learned that every negative would eventually turn into a positive. I learned that I can make way better friends! I learned how important family is(even though I don't say T h a n k Y o u nearly enough) I am learning to really like who I am. I learned that I am Not P e r f e c t and that is O K ! (with me anyway) And I learned that I am a g o o d mother (because I have two fabulous kids).
So would I go back and do the last 10 years again? A B S O L U T L Y!
Here is to an exciting, scary, sad, happy, p r o s p e r o u s next 10 years!!
Happy New Year!!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 08:22PM Annie was born in March. In this photo shoot she is 2 weeks old. So I went to her house and photographed little Annie and the whole family. I Love this family!
She is so tiny...
Sweet Annie...
Had to put her in the flowers..
Now there are four! What great kids!
Watch the slide show to see some of the others from the photo shoot.
Book your photo shoot soon.. May is filling up fast!