five on friday!

I am going to have to force myself to blog.... I swear I am.
I have just been way too busy recently & haven't really felt like doing a whole lot. not to mention the cyst is back bugging my in my wrist so typing doesn't feel very good...   1. recolored photography logo yes I had the logo redone to go with the new website layout that will hopefully be going up in the next couple weeks!!

 

2. new website layout

here is the new website layout... it is completely customizable and I am really excited about it!

 

3. thanksgiving holiday is next week and I am so excited for a short, three day week!!! !   4. new years eve... yes, early to be talking about it but I will be photographing at the dance studio all evening for it so that should be kinda fun since I usually don't do anything but sit at home!   5. boston boston is almost here... come on December 3 :)    

five on friday!

I totally woke up thinking it was Saturday this morning! much to my disappointment when I realized I had to go to work this morning!! this morning totally called for hot tea when I got to work.   1. longest week ever this week has just been insanely long. work has finally slowed down a tad bit which is finally nice. it is back to what it normally is.   2. video shoot & family shoot last weekend was the wedding on Saturday, this weekend it's a video shoot with adam on Sunday & a family shoot right after. things are picking up in the photography world over here & all kinds of exciting things are happening. I am really loving working with adam & this partnership is going really well. he got a call for a big wedding next year that will use the both of us so I am excited about that! here are a few of the photos I shot at the wedding last week for him, thought I would share with you:  

  3. the band speaking of photography & my friends that play in the band... they are playing tonight & tomorrow. those photos I took last weekend of them that I shared?? well here is their promo for tonight's gig downtown! looking forward to doing a real set of promo shots with them soon!

4. iphone drama my phone has been all sorts of drama in the last week. first the sleep/wake button at the top broke so off to apple we go... well they fix them now and give you a loaner phone for 7-10 days... so yesterday I went to get it back & before I left the mall made a phone call & couldn't hear... turns out they busted the speaker in the process of fixing it. luckily they gave me a new phone which took care of the whole issue but it was still an entire process.   5. insomnia my insomnia has been back all week.... it has been a week of pretty much no sleep until last night... I finally got some sleep last night & feel a bit better today. not completely normal but better. this stuff gets old quick!    

five on friday!

I really never thought Friday was going to get here this week!

this has been the longest week ever!!

so here we go!!!

 

1. the fault in our stars

I started reading this last night (yes I know I am late to the party) & couldn't put it down. I finally had to make myself put it down & go to sleep & I was half way through!

I don't know what I am going to read when I am done with it!

I wanted to make sure I read it before seeing the movie.

it is such a good book!

any suggestions as to what to read next?

2. wedding weekend

I am working a wedding tomorrow with my mentor Adam Brennan. go check out his work! he is amazing! I am really looking forward to photographing with him & learning from him! it should be a good time & a beautiful day for an outdoor wedding!

 

3. summer

I have been loving the summer weather recently. it really makes it not so bad after work, mainly because most of the year it feels like, when I leave work it is dark outside. nice to enjoy the weather after work right now.

 

4. horses

the horses are all good right now. another show here in a few weeks and then nothing until august but training.

 

5. weekend

hopefully I can enjoy a bit of this weekend... I haven't gotten to do that in a while. it might be a bit busy but hopefully not too bad... we will see. I feel like I don't get to just enjoy them any more... sometimes I wish I was more of a normal person.

   

five on friday!

happy Friday! it is a cold Friday here! it is in the 50's! what is up with that?! crazy I say! I can't believe it! I was out at the barn this morning before work & freezing!   1. photoshoot Sunday I am shooting in Louisville on Sunday & am very excited about it! cannot wait to show you all!   2. new logo & watermark now that the new photography website is up... see here I am finishing up design with someone on the new watermark! I can't wait to show you all!   3. lunch on Saturday I have a lunch meeting tomorrow but it is at one of my favorite places from college that I don't get to go to very often any more so I am super excited about that!   4. horse show next week one of our biggest horse shows of the year for us is next week so if I go a little MIA from Wednesday on that would be why! I will try to post & have some great photos for you all... that is the goal :)   5. warmer weather I will be hoping for warmer weather over the weekend. I am over this cold spell we have had the past 48 hours. I have some friends at a show up close to Chicago and they said they have seen some snow!!!     

happy friday!!!

happy happy Friday everyone!
so happy that it is Friday! it has been an extremely long week with a lack of sleep to go with it! it has been our first full week at the new farm and it has been wonderful!!   1. opportunity I have gotten a really neat opportunity to work with a photographer out of Louisville that has done some work for the place where I work. I met him through here and is very willing to work with me & teach me some things. I am going to have the opportunity to work for him at a wedding in june & I am very excited about it! He is becoming a mentor to me & he has been a huge inspiration for a long time. go check out some of his work here: Adam Brennan   2. an overwhelming peace there has been this overwhelming peace that has come this week knowing that we have moved to a new farm. still a lot of unknown and a lot of change but everyone seems to be handling it well.   3. exhaustion I have been absolutely exhausted all week. between the move & the not sleeping this has been crazy!     4. water I absolutely hate my water bottle yesterday. in the time it took me to walk from my car in the parking lot into my office building, my gym bottle decided to spill in my bag & ruin my agendas :( sad day yesterday   5. relaxing I am hoping to relax at some point this weekend. especially with all of the stress that has been going on recently. however one less stress release is that I am done with school forever!!!! & I am so happy about it! it has been nice to not have to worry about homework in the middle of everything else. I do need some me time I think to just do nothing. it might make me feel a bit better.   anyone have any good ideas for a bit of me time this weekend?    

five on friday!

yeahhhhh Friday!! however, once again, it is supposed to rain some, but at least it is warm!  sorry to all of you for my lack of posting recently. with all of this stress going on I really haven't had much time!   1. moving. well it looks like we have found a place to move all of our horses and our training business to. we are taking our clients out on Saturday after the horse show to go look at it but I think on Monday it will be a done deal so we can begin moving everything. insert exhaustion now. there is so much stuff to move. my mom has been at the barn we are currently at for 28 years so you can imagine.   2. horse show! first show of the year is this weekend in the middle of all of this chaos! in some ways it is nice that it is in the middle of it to give us a break from all the stress but in some ways it adds to it. thank goodness we are going to have really nice weather this weekend! hopefully everyone has a good time & brings home nice ribbons!     3. capstone paper...  while we are talking about stress.... let's just add to it for a minute. my capstone paper to graduate from my master's program is due on Sunday. so let's just add that right on in there.. I will be so glad when this is over!   4. new neurologist & migraine medicine. I finally got an appointment with a neurologist on Tuesday about my migraines and the fact that they have gotten worse. I don't mind taking my imitrex when I have to but the fact that I get 9 pills and I am having 3-4 migraines per week isn't helping. my general doctor had tried another medication back in the fall as a daily preventative but it made me incredibly sick so we stopped that. let me tell ya. I LOVE this new lady! I have never had such an awesome doctor who explains everything so well. she explained all of the options & why at this moment she doesn't feel the need to do any scans. so now I am on Topamax. Topamax is a seizure medication that is approved for use in migraine patients as well and is well known for it and so far so good. I took my first one on Tuesday midday and then took one Wednesday morning. I have decided that how it effects me I am going to take it at night before I go to bed. I haven't had any major side effects but just the way my body is adjusting to it, I feel like that is the best option... so here is to hoping it works & so far I haven't had a migraine!   5. a few photos here are a few photos from the week :)  

 

 

tiny sneak peek from my engagement session I did on Sunday, once this weekend is over I will get these edited & share some with you!

my client alexa's horse cody has been with me all week before the show!

yesterday morning before work. it was gorgeous!

 

 

five on friday!

it is a very rainy and gross Friday here in Kentucky! either way... happy Friday!   1. UK basketball that would be right, our final four game is tomorrow night! hoping we can pull this one off and if we do I hope we play florida again!   2. engagement shoot sunday I have an engagement shoot on sunday that I am looking forward to after having to reschedule it from last week due to all of this rainy weather!   3. long week it has been such an incredibly long week. there has been so much going on in my personal life as far as dealing with my friends death and some other things going on with my moms business. I am glad it is Friday & glad to have a night of nothing going on.   4. bright nails I went and got my nails redone last night. so happy spring is here so I am into the bright colors now! it makes me so happy.   5. horse shows next weekend is the first horse show of the year. not sure if I am ready yet or not but I am glad I will just be coaching :)    

 

five for friday!

thank goodness for a Friday with better weather!

granted it is raining outside but it is warm!!

this Friday consists of 5 quotes off of pinterest :)

 

 

 

 

longest week ever!

I have never been so happy to see a Friday!!

this has been the longest, most stressful week I have had in forever!

and to make today better...it is supposed to be 66 degrees out!

enjoying it while we have it, next week isn't looking too promising!

I have some photos from the photo shoots last weekend to share as well!
maybe I will get those up over the weekend... which reminds me I still need to post about florida!

 

so.... five for Friday!

 

1. basketball

EKU & UK both play today & I happen to have a EKU tshirt and UK sweatshirt on today.

cheering them on all day!

 

2. work

this week has been the most stressful week in a long time. a lot going on at work but thankfully I got caught up for the time being.

 

3. weather

I keep hoping for spring but not getting my hopes up because we keep getting so close and then it goes away! enjoying the weather today after work. Sunday through Wednesday have snow on the way but then back up to being warm.... let's hope anyway.

 

4. music

its been a day of music today... all kinds anyway. started with garth brooks in the car this morning, which if you didn't know, he is moving to Nashville & going back out on tour!! now I have moved on to counting crows. they are super awesome in concert if you have never seen them!

 

5. stress

my personal life has been one big stressor this week. it is a bit better now but not as calm as it should be. it has been filled with a lot of confusion, frustration and stress. I don't have time for that but I guess I need to sort through it & hopefully figure it out.

 

five on friday!

woo! happy friday!!!

 

1. warmer weather

yes!!!! finally! this week has been kinda miserable here in Kentucky.

we are supposed to get warm weather today & then next week!

bring on spring!!

 

2. photography

if you were around yesterday I posted about my photography problems here.

I am doing a shoot this weekend for someone so that is good but I am still a bit unsure what is going on with my photography in general.

 

3. glasses

I got new glasses & I couldn't be more excited about them! one new pair & new lenses in the rest :)

 

4. UK basketball

well we play today so we shall see how the SEC tourney goes for us!

 

5. work

work has been so busy this week so looking forward to a relaxing, yet busy weekend!

 

 

five on friday!

happy friday!!!!

and what makes it even better is we are getting warm weather for the next few days!!!

 

1. warmer weather
this is going to make this weekend so much better! however the mud that we are going to have from all of this snow melting is really going not be fun!

 

2. UK game

the last regular basketball game is tomorrow against florida at noon...

not sure how I feel about this but hopefully the boys can pull it off!

BBN

 

3. weekend

it's almost the weekend! nothing else needs to be said about that.

work has been insane this week!

 

4. school

my weekend will consist of some school work but we are almost done!

the light is at the end of the tunnel and I can start to see it finally!

 

5. prayers

please keep a fellow dressage rider friend of mine in your prayers this weekend.

she had a freak accident Wednesday morning and has suffered some trauma and a brain injury.

doctors are being optimistic about her recovery right now and waiting to do surgery.

 

 

five on friday!!

happy friday!!!!!!!

I hope everyone has had a great week!

sorry I have been a little non existent but since I have been back at work things have been crazy!

 

one.

I have got to unpack this week!

I have stuff all over the place from florida and it is a little bit crazy!

 

two.

school. yes school. you don't hear me talk about it too much but I am in the final 8 weeks of my masters so I will be cranking on my capstone paper to graduate!

 

three.

weather. I so wish I was back in florida!!!

the weather has been cold but not too bad since I have been back but Monday is supposed to be horrible :(

 

four.

dance. I am so excited to get back to the dance studio!

it has been almost two weeks!

so excited to go tonight :)

 

five.
grocery store... I so have to go sometime this weekend because there is nothing to eat in the house!!! but I also have to go before it starts raining. I mean who likes to go when it's raining.

 

 

 

 

five on friday!

horray for Friday!!

a long weekend at that!

 

one.

yes it is valentines day & no I don't love it.

however my mom & my coworkers are the best :)
my mom knows how much I love owls & my coworkers love candy!

 

two.

I have a three day weekend, which means no work Monday!

so close to being time to go to florida!!

 

three.

florida... bring it on Wednesday!!

when that clock ticks to 4pm on Wednesday I am off work & out the door to the airport :)

 

four.

snow? yeah apparently we are supposed to get two inches of snow starting this afternoon :(

 

five.

this is post number 100!!! crazy to think that it is number 100.
you guys are the best :)

 

 

five on friday!

 

 yay for Friday!!!!! 

1. my neighborhood still looks like the photos below from the other day... & work is not much better.

 

2. speaking of the work parking lot, I fell yesterday morning & now both of my knees are black/blue & I have a huge gash in my hand.... waiting to see if my left knee is going to be okay since it is the knee I had surgery on before.

 

3. the baby pony got a big boy ribbon yesterday for national end of the year awards!

 

4. I actually got riley to sit on the couch with me last night & somewhat cuddle while watching the Olympics.... at least she looks like she kinda likes it below.

5. I get to spend most of my weekend working on my capstone paper for school!!! bring on april!! I am so ready to be done.