Friday Photo Bliss

Inspired by Soule Mama and Rita at The Coffee Shop

~no words just a moment in time I want to freeze and keep forever~

Thankful Thursday!

In my journey to become a better blogger I have been reading LOTS O BLOGS! I came across this idea at Elle's Studio (if your crafty you'll love it!) and thought it would be a fun weekly addition...

I have lots to be thankful for today.

1. I am thankful for FACEBOOK!!! yes its true... WHY? because it has the ability to bring together people who have lost touch over the years. Like my cousin Lane and I. Last time I saw her was when we were 11. I was moving cross country from California to Virginia with my father in his beat up '49 Chevy pickup...in AUGUST...with no ac...and I had a really bad blistered sunburn on my back. It was not a fun trip. When we got to Arkansas I met lots of family I had never met, and I got to see lane who had moved with her family from California to Arkansas a few years earlier.  We went to the Demolition Derby that night. Vowed to keep in touch, and that was that...18 years later (I shutter to think of how long that really is!) I get a friend request from her on FB! May we always keep in touch!!!!!!!!!

2. While Michael and I dream of owning our own home someday, we are thankful for an amazing land lord! SHE IS AWESOME! We have been doing some work on the yard and she was so thrilled she told us to take $100 off next months rent! AND she has asked me to do 2 possibly 3 photo shoots for her between now and Christmas...AND she is putting in wood floors down stairs...AND she hasn't raised our rent in going on 3 years...AND I think she is awesome... did I already mention that!

3.I am thankful that my hubby has a job even if he is currently on night shift...I shouldn't complain because any job in the economy is a blessing.
 
4. I am thankful for all my friends and family who believe in me and my abilities even when I doubt myself. They hold me up and push me forward to greatness.. LOVE YOU ALL



Happy Thankful Thursday everyone...Please share what you are thankful for today

Building a better BLOG!

In my effort to complete my goals for the next year in business...I am tackling #1 right away... Be a better blogger. This begins by me actually BLOGGING! My first mini goal is to blog twice a week, about whatever suits my fancy...along with blogging about every shoot. AND being a better blogger to me means having a better BLOG layout...that being said I have a design in my head and am trying to find someone to help me make that design happen, because I am HTML challenged to say the least! Til then...I will probably be trying out new freebie designs (like the current one which I really think is fun! courtesy of Mckenna Dawn Blogs).

Let the blogging begin....

Today was supposed to be filled with cleaning the garage, but was side tracked by an impromptu visit to the vet with Super Buddy Bolt, aka our bullheaded bulldog!  

Vet visits are never very fun....this one started out by me not being about to put Buddy in his carrier because it was out in the rain all night and it is cloth so that went out the window...The Budster got to ride in the front seat, which was ok, except the reason we were going to the vet is that he kept sneezing and shaking his head....I needed a bath after that car ride! Turns out its nothing serious....just a bad allergy season for the K9 members of the family. A few bottles of meds, shampoo, flea treatment, and medicated face wipes (usually hypoallergenic baby wipes work, but he has been digging at the roots of the palm tree out back so he needed some extra soothing special doggy face wipes at $50 a canister!!!)  and we were back in the car on the way home.

I took a little leap of faith, stopped on the way home to meet up with my good friend Hayley and left Buddy to watch the car...for those of you who know bulldogs this was probably not the smartest thing I have ever done, and given my BAD luck with leaving K9 type animals in my car only to find that they have EATEN half the front seat, it was pretty DUMB....BUT much to my surprise he was happily drooling in the passenger seat of the car when I got back in (thank goodness for leather seats),  GOOD DOG BUDDY he gets extra treats!!! 

Calendar

I am sure at some point I may have mentioned that I was going to be shooting a calendar....Well I started today. We got 4 months down, and will shoot the rest next week. But as I was sharing pictures with friends it hit me, this will be my first "published" work. A WHOLE calendar of my work! How friggin cool is that????

Today was also a day for reflection on how far I have come in a year. I launched Serendipity Pixx on October 26th, 2009. So in 10 days it will be my 1 year of business anniversary. In this year I have done so many things I never even thought of. Like shooting not 1 but 3 weddings. NEVER EVER did I think I would be a shooting weddings....and here I already have 3 booked out for next year! Who'd of thunk I could build a website??? With the help of a super cool computer program thingy I did! (and it rocks).

My business has grown because I have amazing friends who tell everyone they meet (ok not every one, but sure seems like it) about my and my work. Also because I have a super great husband who believes in me and takes care of the kidlets on his days off so I can shoot (lets not forget the super great kidlets who behave them selves when Mommy has to take them to shoots on occasion). Credit must be given to those who kick me in the tuckus when I need it, Megan that would be you, if it weren't for you mad obsession with the blogosphere  I would have never found half the great info that is out there, or my new hero Jasmine Star seriously genius, or showit!

So for the next year in business my goals are...

1) be a better blogger.....no one reads lame blogs! 
2) advertise a little somewhere...somehow...get my name out there!
3) give back whenever possible
4) be thankful everyday for the super cool and supportive friends and family I have (and not whine about stupid stuff!)
5) make my bed every day :) silly I know but hey it could make me a better person.

AND finally to thank all you crazy people who just read that novel....a couple pics from the calendar shoot....

Busy day!

Today was super busy, but very very rewarding. I started my adventures in Nojoqui Park, Santa Ynez, Ca. One young man and two little boys made for a fun shoot. Then I headed north up the coast about an hour to Avila Barn, where I photographed the stunning Amanda and her pixie like little girl Ayden!