December 24, 2010

Happy Holidays!

Jeremy & I are fortunate enough to only have to travel a whopping 2 hours up the road to Durham for Christmas. Both our entire families are there. We’ll be celebrating the holidays there & then heading back home for some R&R next week. Hope you and yours have a delightful holiday! (stay tuned for Chris & Anna’s wedding coming soon!)
December 6, 2010

December Goals & Sneak Peeks!

Alrighty…. I’m a few days late, but that’s ok…. let’s revisit those November goals…. 1. Finish info & pricing guide to mail/email to prospective clients (almost done!) Redoing it. 2. Get a chalkboard to make a visible to-do list in the office. Couldn’t find a chalkboard, so I got a whiteboard.3. Order a sample Finao album. Done! Can’t wait for it to arrive!4. Edit our vacation pictures & blog them. Negative 🙁5. Edit the Carolina Balloon Fest pictures & blog them. Done!6. Edit photos from Dad & Gloria’s party. Done!7. Work on Christmas gifts. Worked on them & almost done!8. Edit Casey & Andrew’s wedding & blog Done!9. Be in bed by 11 each night. I did REALLY well!10. Complete client orders. Done!11. Order our own Christmas cards to send. Took the photo & designed them, but have decided to re-take the photo.12. Order new business cards. Done! Yay letterpress!13. Photograph Kristi’s new paper goods. Don’t have yet.14. Photograph Anna & Chris’s wedding 🙂  (#7 for the year!) Done & currently editing!15. Photograph Molly’s Family. Done & edited… blogging soon!16. Deliver the Barber NC State Fair photos. Done!17. Photograph Emma Rae’s 1st birthday! Took a few, but no formal shoot yet.18. Host Thanksgiving dinner for our friends. Done!…. not too shabby!On to December goals!1. Edit & deliver Anna & Chris’s wedding.2. Edit & deliver Jacquelyn & Jon’s holiday/winter shoot.3. Finish our Christmas cards & send them out.4. Finish decorating for Christmas.5. Photograph Jennifer’s holiday cards & deliver.6. Photograph Kernersville Living cover & deliver. 7. Clean out my car.8. Clean up my desk. 9. Book at least 2 more weddings 🙂10. Spend more time with friends. 11. Enjoy the holidays with my hunny! Finally got around to doing some craft projects today for Christmas…. here are the the trees I made 🙂 Sneak Peeks!The Thompson Family, Anna & Chris’s Wedding & Jacquelyn & Jon’s winter/holiday shoot
November 9, 2010

Carolina Balloon Fest!

A couple of weeks ago we went to the Carolina Balloon Festival in Statesville. I was SO excited to go to this event! I am just facinated by hot air balloons, they’re so pretty, but simple. I am dying to go for a ride, and am determined to make it happen at next years festival!  We went on Friday, opening day because it was free to get in 🙂 I couldn’t have asked for better free entertainment!  on to the pretty sites….. we weren’t really sure where to sit, so we camped out right in front, and waited for the action to begin…. When we realized where the balloons were taking off, and heading over the hill, we headed up the hill! I can’t wait for next year!!!!
November 3, 2010

A First…..

Yesterday I did something I’d never done before. I voted. Before being involved in an agriculture, politically minded organization, and before being a property owner, and before being a small business owner…. I didn’t care AT. ALL. about politics. I pass my voting place going to and from work each day- just as normal, I passed it yesterday morning. It had a healthy handful of cars in the parking lot, so I drove on to work. I decided I’d come back on my way home. I did, and ended up waiting over 30 minuets. But it was well worth it. It was nice to know that I was an equal in that line. My vote mattered just as much as everyone elses. I can say I don’t regret voting in the last few elections. I wasn’t educated on the issues, & I would have made uninformed decisions. I also was too transient to make decisions about an area I would just be leaving soon- Greensboro while in college & Wilmington after college. Now that I am settled, I feel like I need to give my opinion. I made Jeremy take a photo of my sticker 🙂 I hope you all made informed decisions yesterday!
December 24, 2010

Happy Holidays!

Jeremy & I are fortunate enough to only have to travel a whopping 2 hours up the road to Durham for Christmas. Both our entire families are there. We’ll be celebrating the holidays there & then heading back home for some R&R next week. Hope you and yours have a delightful holiday! (stay tuned for Chris & Anna’s wedding coming soon!)
December 6, 2010

December Goals & Sneak Peeks!

Alrighty…. I’m a few days late, but that’s ok…. let’s revisit those November goals…. 1. Finish info & pricing guide to mail/email to prospective clients (almost done!) Redoing it. 2. Get a chalkboard to make a visible to-do list in the office. Couldn’t find a chalkboard, so I got a whiteboard.3. Order a sample Finao album. Done! Can’t wait for it to arrive!4. Edit our vacation pictures & blog them. Negative 🙁5. Edit the Carolina Balloon Fest pictures & blog them. Done!6. Edit photos from Dad & Gloria’s party. Done!7. Work on Christmas gifts. Worked on them & almost done!8. Edit Casey & Andrew’s wedding & blog Done!9. Be in bed by 11 each night. I did REALLY well!10. Complete client orders. Done!11. Order our own Christmas cards to send. Took the photo & designed them, but have decided to re-take the photo.12. Order new business cards. Done! Yay letterpress!13. Photograph Kristi’s new paper goods. Don’t have yet.14. Photograph Anna & Chris’s wedding 🙂  (#7 for the year!) Done & currently editing!15. Photograph Molly’s Family. Done & edited… blogging soon!16. Deliver the Barber NC State Fair photos. Done!17. Photograph Emma Rae’s 1st birthday! Took a few, but no formal shoot yet.18. Host Thanksgiving dinner for our friends. Done!…. not too shabby!On to December goals!1. Edit & deliver Anna & Chris’s wedding.2. Edit & deliver Jacquelyn & Jon’s holiday/winter shoot.3. Finish our Christmas cards & send them out.4. Finish decorating for Christmas.5. Photograph Jennifer’s holiday cards & deliver.6. Photograph Kernersville Living cover & deliver. 7. Clean out my car.8. Clean up my desk. 9. Book at least 2 more weddings 🙂10. Spend more time with friends. 11. Enjoy the holidays with my hunny! Finally got around to doing some craft projects today for Christmas…. here are the the trees I made 🙂 Sneak Peeks!The Thompson Family, Anna & Chris’s Wedding & Jacquelyn & Jon’s winter/holiday shoot
November 9, 2010

Carolina Balloon Fest!

A couple of weeks ago we went to the Carolina Balloon Festival in Statesville. I was SO excited to go to this event! I am just facinated by hot air balloons, they’re so pretty, but simple. I am dying to go for a ride, and am determined to make it happen at next years festival!  We went on Friday, opening day because it was free to get in 🙂 I couldn’t have asked for better free entertainment!  on to the pretty sites….. we weren’t really sure where to sit, so we camped out right in front, and waited for the action to begin…. When we realized where the balloons were taking off, and heading over the hill, we headed up the hill! I can’t wait for next year!!!!
November 3, 2010

A First…..

Yesterday I did something I’d never done before. I voted. Before being involved in an agriculture, politically minded organization, and before being a property owner, and before being a small business owner…. I didn’t care AT. ALL. about politics. I pass my voting place going to and from work each day- just as normal, I passed it yesterday morning. It had a healthy handful of cars in the parking lot, so I drove on to work. I decided I’d come back on my way home. I did, and ended up waiting over 30 minuets. But it was well worth it. It was nice to know that I was an equal in that line. My vote mattered just as much as everyone elses. I can say I don’t regret voting in the last few elections. I wasn’t educated on the issues, & I would have made uninformed decisions. I also was too transient to make decisions about an area I would just be leaving soon- Greensboro while in college & Wilmington after college. Now that I am settled, I feel like I need to give my opinion. I made Jeremy take a photo of my sticker 🙂 I hope you all made informed decisions yesterday!