Vacation aka creative refill!

Home again! There is absolutely nothing like a 9 day adventure followed by a 6 hour drive to clear your mind and allow the creative juices to flow. As I sit here listening to my new cd (Adele) I find that I am stoked for wedding season!!!! I can't wait to see Angela on Saturday and photograph an amazing bride and good friend.... it's just soooo exciting!!! Wooohoooo!

Ok so my vacation didn't so much as start out as bumpy, let's call it..... ROCKY! Cruising out of NJ sounded like a good idea, until the tornados came through and we ending up in.... what did the captain call it?? Oh yeah "gail force winds!!" yeah that's what we went through! You know it's bad when you start down the steps and have to walk around people throwing up in baggies that the cruise ship ties to all the stairs! No I did not get sea sick......THANK GOD!!! And the waves were AWESOME!!!! I was thinking "ok no big deal I got this!" You should never ever say that..... never, ever.....because I got food poisoning! WTF! I made it through GAIL FORCE WINDS!! Now I'm throwing up!!! What!!! Yep that was my vacation! I totally missed Bermuda (my favorite place ever) but by the time we got to St. Marteen.... it all started to come together. We saw St. Marteen, St. Thomas and San Juan......I thought I would share with you :-)

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!! HAPPY MONDAY EVERYONE!!

Pee, poop and biting....

It's been a while since I've been able to write on my blog. Life has kinda taken over lately, however today left me inspired. To say that I've had a really rough week is an understatement. I felt like my life had been picked up, turned upside down and shaken violently until I could no longer recognize it as my own.

I started my morning wallowing in self pity with an overall poor pitiful me kinda attitude. I got in my stupid car this morning.... drove my sad self over to Natalie's house to do a photo shoot. I was feeling sad.... pitiful.... pathetic..... moody and plain annoyed with my life. I stomped up to the door and knocked. I was met by one of my favorite people on the planet. She was smiling.... I sighed and smiled back.... feeling a little less sorry for myself. She sat down on her couch and gifted me with her sweetness...... my mood improved (slightly)..... Benji came down the steps and handed me Emma..... I looked into that tiny little face and fell in love. All my problems and bad attitude was washed away. Natalie's dog HATES me..... hates me so much she bit me (again). Yep.... she is a short Chihuahua that wanted to bite me so badly she jumped as high as she could to bite my knee..... but I didn't care. She made me laugh.... Emma pooped on the blanket we were using.... I laughed then she peed on my blanket and I laughed.... for the first time in 24 hours I was laughing. Natalie had given me a gift I will never be able to pay back. She made me realize that there are things in this world WAY more important than my petty problems. No matter how big they seem to me.... they could be worse. My life is blessed with friends and family. I don't say I love them enough, I need to say it more.... and realize that sometimes being baptized in baby poop, pee and dog bites is what it takes to make you appreciate your life :-)