SESSIONS UP!

OK... my butt is numb. I have spent nearly the entire weekend at my computer trying to get caught up on photo editing. I am ALMOST done.. and then my website uploader now is giving me problems... and of course they are based on the east coast, and Heaven forbid they have anyone working on a weekend. UGH! Well I got a wedding gallery of over 1000 images up. That is a huge weight off my shoulders. I did not have time to give the pics as much "love" as I would have liked running them through Lightroom... but I did several in photoshop anyway.
I photographed a co-worker's 1-year old... and was AMAZING! Dang every 1 year old should be such a joy to photograph! So as soon as I get my dang web company to figure out what is going on (I am sure I missed some update as usual) I will get their gallery up.
So I have a 2 year old little boy I have left, and hope to get his session edited this week. 
Zander is on Spring Break right now, and he is mad we are not going to some island, because you know, all his friends are all going someplace. LOL! But he is excited to go to the new daycare with his sisters. He has never been, and is super excited to go. So we will see what tomorrow brings.

Monday

This weekend kicked my butt. We went to the Ice Out hockey fundraiser on Saturday night. Left about 11-11:30pm, so not out terribly late. Sunday had to be at the rink by 9-9:30... and humm we were 1st ones there. Got the ice-out cleaned up and transformed the Civic Center into a FUN room for the kids party. We had a stage for them to walk up on for their trophies & awards, bounce-house inflatables, and PIZZA!... did I mention Pizza? We had WAAYY too much pizza. The kids had a GREAT TIME! We were suppose to do all the clean-up tonight, but decided to do it after the party BEFORE our kids' last game... which meant only 3 of us families stayed... which was fine... no complaints. It all worked out WONDERFUL! I am usually sad the end of the season... not this year.. so glad to have it over. Now we get to think it over if we want the girls in hockey as well... or something else. They will be 4 next year, same age Zander was when he started. Ugh... how can they be getting that old already? At the moment, I am totally fizzled out. Could so take  nap at the computer. Ever have those days? Had a guy come all the way from the cities to fix my computer... and was AWESOME! He fixed it in under an hour, and only charged me $60! It was GREAT! So I am keeping his number to pass out to anyone needing computer issues solved. I had to give the guy a hug I was s glad he came out! I know... guy probably thinks I am nuts... but it is the pits to have your computer fail.
Well... I am off to Dunn Bros to get a 'pick-me-up' jolt of caffeine... Enjoy the rest of your Monday!

New Daycare

Anyone in the Buffalo area looking for a new daycare, check out Creative KidZ Family Childcare. She is in Buffalo, and has a few openings left! The owner is a friend of mine & is running a GREAT daycare!

I am so READY for hockey to come to an end. There has been DRAMA with team managers that just should not be, so hopefully next year it will be better! Tonight is the big ICE OUT where us hockey parents get to go spend money, drink, dance & have a great time without any kids! I am excited!! It is open to anyone 21 and over, so if you are looking for a fun time, come to the Buffalo Civic Center tonight!

Tomorrow is Zander's last hockey game, and his end of the season party! We are all looking forward to this as well. The only bummer is we have gotten to be such good friends with other families on our hockey team that we are hoping to get together with them out of the hockey season as well. 

Well, the two sessions we did last week I hope to get sneak-peeks of soon. I am trying my darndest to get my latest wedding finished up... then I have a computer glitch & holds me back! I despise computer problems! I have a guy coming out tomorrow to fix the computer (Thanx for referral Judy!)

Have a great weekend all!!

Last night I went to the Central Minnesota Wedding Association Bridal Panel. WOW do I have things to change. It was great to hear what real brides are doing to find vendors to service their wedding. It was confirmed with a full 6 thumbs DOWN to NOT have any music on the website... which was told to me from Jeremy who went to this Bridal panel last year. To watch all brides give the thumbs down when asked "show with a thumbs up or down, Do you LIKE music on sites you are browsing?" was amazing. One bride admitted to doing a lot of web browsing not just for her wedding... and she said she hears the music, she immediately clicks off the website so she does not get caught browsing the net online. It was great to hear the opinions of these newlyweds! Has my head spinning in several changes that I now want to make! :) It was also great to see several fellow vendors who were at the Buffalo Area Wedding Showcase! EACH one I spoke to HAS gotten bookings from the showcase! So that news for me to hear was WONDERFUL!

Thursday morning... or is it still night?

It is 4:30 am.. I have been up since 3:30. Ugh. This past weekend, we were up in St. Cloud for Zander's Hockey Jamboree tournament. He did good. The last game he played in the tournament... for a mite game was intense. I was hollering & almost lost my voice! It was such a close game too, but they lost by 1. They got to get their medals & had a great time. We stayed in a hotel that many kids were at, so the energy level at the hotel was high. The kids all wanted to live in the pool... AND somehow we got a pool view room. So our twins sat on the table in the window spying on all down below like two birds in a tree. Kinda Creepy... as the would NOT move!
On the way home, Zander of course gets sick. It NEVER FAILS... any time we are in St Cloud Zander gets sick in my truck!
Anyway, Monday I go into work & my back was hurting. Started out just a dull pain, then was so intense I was nauseated. I had to go home. Monday night I was up all night in pain & being sick. Not sure if the sick was from the pain or if I had two things going on. Tuesday I was home , and texted at 7am to say I was not coming in, 10am got a drink of water, and did not wake up until 3:30!

So now what's on the agenda... well we have 3 sessions at the studio this weekend. Two 1-year-olds, and a 2 year old. We have a former BRIDE coming in with her two year old for some pics! We are excited!
Then the following week is the end of the season hockey party. This season has simply went on WAY TOO LONG. I just want it to be over, and have one less thing to do during the week. We did however gain some awesome new friends this season thru hockey. It will be a sad season next year when the friends we gained have kids at a higher level.  It is also neat as I have some friends from high school who just started hockey this year, so it has been fun to catch up with them a bit. Well... Happy Thursday everyone! I am going to go back to sleep for an hour.

the 350 project

We copied this from info@ the350project.net. CHECK IT OUT!!

3:    What 3 independently owned businesses would you miss if they  

       disappeared? Stop in. Sayhello. Pick up something that brings a smile. 

       Your purchases are what keep these businesses around.

50:   If half the employed population spent $50 each month at locally owned 

        independent businesses it would generate more than $42.6 billion in  

        revenue. Imagine that positive impact if 3/4 of the population did that.

68:   For every $100 spent in locally owned independent stores $68 of that  

       returns to the community through taxes, payroll & other expenditures. 

       If you spend that at a nation chain,only $43 stays here. Spend it online, 

       and NOTHING comes home.

1:      The number of people it takes to start the trend... YOU!

Pass the info around!! PLEASE SHOP YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES!