Well Hello There!

A month? Really? I havent posted for a month?! I dont even know where to start now. Life's been fun tho. Driving the cobra top down. Photoshoots. Softball. It's been alot of fun. I was just updating the photography blog and I've got lots of stuff scheduled to post over the next few days. Over the next month or two I've got a couple bridal sessions and engagement shoots and a wedding scheduled. This softball season is coming to an end but the next one is starting in June. And this weekend is the Pasadena Strawberry Festival! We're playing mud volleyball for the first time ever! It's going to be a good time. Also this weekend - our 1st wedding anniversary! We've got volleyball and softball games so im not sure what else we'll be able to squeeze in there, but I'll let you know later. I'll see if i can't update this thing a little more regularly ;)

Life in the Fast Lane

Literally. I know you know how busy i am. But we got a new car. yes, it's a mustang. One of our dream mustangs and then some. We got....

a 2003 Mustang Cobra Convertible. Dark Shadow Grey. #2473 of 5082 verts that year. of those verts...446 of them were DSG. Semi rare car. hehe!

Check it out:

Sorry..i dont do that whole, posing in front of my car in the bikini thing. HA! And what a beautiful weekend it was to go cruising with the top down! Come on summer!

With the arrival of the cobra, one of the other 3 mustangs has got to go. Justin's silver supercharged 2000 GT is leaving us...but we know where she's going, and we'll see her often.

We've had some great photoshoots lately, softball games have started, and my bestie is getting married this weekend!! Hope you are all getting more rest than I am :)

Insanity = My Calendar Lately

Ya it's been a little slow on the blog. Let me tell you why.

My best friend is getting married one month from yesterday and I'm the matron of honor! I shot her bridal portraits the weekend before last and I've been planning her bridal shower, which is this Saturday (will post pics afterwards). I need to tan, get my dress altered, and find shoes and jewelry still. She has a couple's shower on the 26th. and then the 27th is her bachelorette party! She still doesnt quite know what all's planned for her that night. hehe! Now, in the midst of all that...

Uh - it's Rodeo time in Houston! I love rodeo time. We had tickets to Kenny Chesney, but didnt go...but we did go Monday to Tim McGraw. We saw him last year also. This year was great again. He seems like such an awesome guy to be friend's with. Alot of the rodeo artists go greet the fans in the action seats and everything - but he did something I've never seen - He started at one end and walked the entire arena shaking everyone's hand. If your hand was out, he didnt just touch it, he shook it. Very very cool. We gave away our tickets to Rascal Flatts last night, but tonight we're headed out to see Brad Paisley - we've got suite tickets! mmm! We saw him last year too and he is faaaantastic.

I've also got...what...3 photoshoots scheduled between all of that? I just finished my first quinceanera, and now ahead of me ive got a cute set of twins, some handsome brothers, and an e-shoot! - with some more inquiries as well.

And get this - im playing softball this year. That starts the 21st. I'm pretty excited about it tho. It's a co-ed team made up of my co-workers mostly, and Justin's playing too. I havent played on an actual team in quite a few years!

And last but not least - Vegas is calling my name for a 3rd year in a row. 2 weeks after Amanda's wedding - we're heading back. Gonna do some more sight seeing, probably visit Hoover Damn and stuff this time and not spend so much time at the hotel.

whew! Once May gets here, im going to be exhausted. and it's going to be awesome. I like being busy!

Photo Overload.

Last month I attended a photography workshop - hosted by my oh so lovely wedding photographer Leslie Spurlock. I've started blogging the images from there. I look at these photos and smile. I feel quite accomplished looking at how far I've grown as an artist in a year or so's time. I hope to just continue growing and learning as much as possible. I love it so much. I dont have any plans to make the jump to being a full time photographer anytime soon. I dont need to. I enjoy it almost as much as i enjoy my day job, and sometimes those two worlds collide too! So until those world's become one, if they ever do, - I'll just keep pushing forward with both. I already feel like I've succeeded in both, so anything further from here is just a plain ol' blessing.

If you'd like to check out the cool stuff from the workshop, hop on over to my photo blog!

The Great Toilet Paper Debate

Toilet paper oh toilet paper. not a big deal...right?! I'm not talking about the over or under thing..that's a whole other thing on it's own...and frankly, i dont quite care...i just care that it's ON the rolly thing it's supposed to be on...as I am continuously putting it back after Justin takes it off because he says...it's easier to use that way. and i havent yet been able to get him to put it back on the holder when he's done.

When i moved in...I brought my Angel Soft with me. It's cheap. It works.

Apparently, Justin is much more picky when it comes to what touches his bum.

He insisted we buy something else. He picked Charmin.

I hate it.

You see - Justin had gotten sort of used to the Angel Soft and it being...thinner, he says. But when we got the Charmin...he used the exact. same. amount. of tissue. Which led to the toilet being clogged. all the time. i think we're finally getting somewhere and improving that tho.

Until yesterday.

The weather here is AWFUL right now, and has been for weeks, if not months on end - and there was just no way we were going to the grocery store to get toilet paper last night. But...we needed gas in one of the vehicles for me to drive today - and i made Justin run into the convenient store and grab some TP. They must not have had Charmin.

He came back with Quilted Northern. I think this is a brilliant compromise between the cheap thin Angel Soft and the too freaking fluffy Charmin. He agreed we could buy this one from now on.

Hallelujah.