Dear Friday…

I cannot believe you are here. What is going on?! Where did my week go?

Dear Lilly I really don’t appreciate your whining every single morning at 6 AM sharp, especially when my back is as sore as can be. I do appreciate your snuggles thought, after you’ve been let out and realize that you are NOT getting me out of bed. Dear husband, thank you for letting the dog out this morning, and for making delicious dinner tonight. Dear baby Matthew, thank you for letting me get a few good shots of you, even though you kicked and screamed and hollered the whole time. AND then fell asleep as we gave up on you.

Dear baby Logan, thank you for actually posing for me. Who knew that an almost two week old could be such a great model. We’re going to have lots of fun for your six month and one year photos!

Dear blog friends, thank you for being here, for supporting and inspiring. Dear Sal Cincatto where have you been all my life? Thank you for giving me a good business lesson and sending me on my way to success. Dear Lightroom 4, are you worth the $79 upgrade from Lightroom 3?

Office colors & It’s Okay Thursday

I am not really sure where time is going, but I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s flying. I’ve got too many things to do and not enough hours in the day.

This week has been full of work, changes to the photography biz, and workouts. Yes, you heard right, this lazy butt is back in the gym. AND it’s very evident in the way that I walk hobble around.

I think I’ve finally decided on the colors I want to do my office in, and might have even found furniture for it all. Along with artwork and so on.

Here are the different color set’s I’m considering:

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Here is the bookcase I am thinking about. I also found a plain black writing desk and a file cabinet.

 

And here are two of the photos I’ll have printed, mounted and framed.

   

So what do you think? I’d like to incorporate a little bit of red into the colors buttt not too much. So I’m thinking the print may be all I have with red in it. Let me know your thoughts!

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And now to move on to It’s Okay Thursday

It is totally and completely okay that I had a slice of tuxedo turtle cake with my tea last night. If you haven’t had tuxedo turtle cake (from Fry’s/Kings Soopers) you are missing out. It’s life-altering. SOO GOOD.

It’s okay that I’ve decided to change out my selling structure for my photography biz. It’s scary not knowing how clients will react to it, but as a business I need to go in a different direction to ensure that I can pay my bills.

It’s okay to be stern with co-workers, even though I feel guilty. BUT come on, if you want to take on a new task, you better do it 100%, not call me and expect me to do your job for you. It wastes my time. I’d rather just do the task myself, and not sit on the phone for 2 hours giving my input.

It’s okay to be super excited about my trip back to Colorado in two weeks time!!!!

It’s okay to have drank a whole pot of tea by myself. What can I say, I love tea.

And it’s totally okay to be incredibly in love with my hubs and dog. It may be a little ridiculous the things I do and say, but at least it’s all out of love.

Hope you all are having a wonderful Thursday. I’ll be working my tail off today with lots of Chimpsy things to do and a newborn shoot late on this afternoon.

9 Loves!

Happy Hump Day All! It’s now officially the second Wednesday of July! This past weekend was my grandmothers 80th Birthday and as well as my mother in laws birthday (not quite 80 yet). I’m a little sad that I’m so far away from my grandmother, and this July 8th, marks 5 years since I’ve seen either one of my grandmothers. I plan on making a trip out to Armenia in September. Keep your fingers crossed that it doesn’t cost me an arm and a leg, and possibly my first born child.

To continue on with the challenge, here are 9 loves!

1. First and foremost I love my husband, more than anything in the world. He drives me insane sometimes. He also makes me so bad I probably shoot sparks out of my ears. But I love him through it all.

2. My family. This is a no brainer. I could list out every single one of them individually, but that would be cheating. I have the best family ever. Really, my parents and brother are my best friends. There is no way around it. I tell them everything and know everything. I love them to the moon and back.

3. My Lilly Bug. Of course she gets her on point. I don’t know what I’d do without her around. She keeps me sane.

4. Good food and friends. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love good food and good company.

5. SHOES! If you know me even a little bit you totally know and understand this.

6. Reading. I love love love a good book, almost more than anything else!

7. A good glass of wine and my hubby’s margaritas. You have not tried a good margarita until you’ve had one of my hubby’s creations. Let me tell ya! This man can make a mean margarita!!

8. Cooking. This one doesn’t really warrant an explanation. I love food, therefore I love cooking.

9. Photography.

 

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I love lots of other things, but these are the first nine that popped into my head.

Hope your Wednesday is filled with lots of love

Sunday Social–TV edition

Hi Sunday, you’re here again and this weekend, unlike the last I am not on call. Which means that yesterday, I actually got to enjoy my day. I’m once again up at the crack of dawn, because Lilly thinks that it’s the perfect time to go out a pee and do a bit of surveillance work around the backyard. She doesn’t realize that mom likes to sleep in, and has decided to never ever ever let me sleep in again.

Today’s Sunday Social is all TV. Now, if you know me in real life, you know that we’re not huge TV people. We love movies and certain shows, but paying for cable is really not for us. We had cable for a little while, and paid $200+ a month for it and never really used it. So we turned it off, and haven’t missed it sense. It’s cheaper to watch our favorite shows on their site, or through my dad’s dish subscription online, or just go out and buy the season on DVD and have it to watch on our own terms.

  That being said, here are my answer.

 

This Weeks Questions:

Favorite TV show of the past?

Favorite show of the past would have to be Sex and the City. I never really watched the whole thing when it first came out but a few years ago, I got the whole collection and I love just popping it into the DVD player and watching an episode here and there. I love looking back at the style and seeing how it’s changed over the years.

 

Another one would have to be House. I just love the sarcastic, asshole personality of Dr. House.

Favorite TV show currently?

Game of Thrones has got to be the best show out there right now. We love it. We’re also loving Suits and Burn Notice.

      

 

Which Reality Show would you NEVER do?

Any of them. I never got into the whole, let’s watch other peoples lives. I read about them here and there so I know which ones are out there. BUT really, what’s the fascination with sitting on the couch and watching other people live their lives. I’d rather be out there living my own life.

Which Reality Show would you LOVE to do?

Again, reality TV is not my thing. BUT if someone was going to pay me to do a reality show, I wouldn’t say now. And honestly, wouldn’t really care what it was about considering I’d be getting paid. That being said, I totally do not blame the likes of Kim Kardashian and Snooki for milking the reality tv industry.

TV personality/character that you feel is most like you?

Hahaha. Hubs and I were just talking about this. It’s got to be Donna from Suits. Hubs said that I’m just missing the read hair and the ability to raise just one eyebrow.

TV character you'd want to date?

Humm, this is a good one. Harvey because he’s practically my husband just with a law degree.

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Hope you all have a great Sunday.

We’ll be cooking, cleaning and getting things done today. I start my next class tomorrow morning, and I can’t tell you how much I am not looking forward to having school work again. But got to do what I got to do.

Have I told you I love dogs?

It’s true, I love dogs, possibly more than I love children and humans. But I do love children and humans too. I didn’t really know what to title this post, so I went ahead and thought I’d throw out a fact!

Yesterday was the 4th of July. Having a mid-week day off threw me off, and it was strange. I don’t remember ever having a 4th of July that wasn’t attached to a weekend. We did a whole bunch of nothing, and because it started pouring like crazy we (the neighbors and us, we’ve decided we’re just one big household) decided to just get Olive Garden takeout instead of grilling. It was a good decision, and as D pointed out a “very traditional American dinner” … takeout.

In the morning, I met up with Tina, who I bonded with over the hate of hot weather, the love of children, photography and dogs, to take some kiddo only photos.

This beautiful girl is Harley. The baby of the family. She’s a 6 month old Mastiff who is the sweetest thing in the world.

The eldest child and the only girl (not four legged) in this bunch. Maddie is not only beautiful but she’s also the best big sister ever. She’s one of the select few people who can make Lucas (the baby) laugh!

DJ is the middle brother, and he loves his hats and posing.

Lucas, also known as Baby. He’s a very quite little guy who likes to smirk, and sometimes lough and smile, but it usually involves Maddie doing all kinds of dances and goofy faces in the background.

This handsome boy is Jacob, he’s the oldest of the brothers. He takes care of Baby and helps his mama out.

To see more a few more of this beautiful family check out my photo blog HERE.