happy bday little sister

Happy bday connie sue. I was going to try and call you but not sure about dialing $%&*)4840330t57363839 hahah might be long distance on that..lol Anyways hope your enjoying your first bday in dubai

Happy Birthday...

to you... happy birthday to yoooooou! You live in a zoo!

What does one do for a bday in Dubai?

Have a good one!

Guess what?!?!

Tomorrow is a big day for me! Shooting my very first wedding all on my own. Well, with an assistant... but I'm the man in charge, and only me. I have been very relaxed and excited about it. Not nervous I mean. Which is awesome. I feel very prepared and am looking forward to getting a solo shoot under my belt to prep me for next year!

Booking for beginning of next year are still coming in. I'm even having to turn some away now. Still lots to fill, but they're coming!

Kim, you still planning to come here? Beginning of Jan would be a great time! I have no weddings yet, and can stay open if you decide to come. What do you think?

Ok, wish me luck! Thanks.

Going out to "Taste of Playa" in a bit. Just restaurants with taste testing. Should be delicious!!

from sunny mexico

Morning. I'm up at 8:00 this morning! That's what happens when I go to bed at 10:30. Rained most of the day yesterday... it was sooo nice! Until i went out for KFC. Newly opened in Playa. I was so excited to try it. But it bombed... different fries, different gravy and dark meat big crunch. Yuck yuck yuck... All bad.... Guess I'll still to McDs and Burger king!

Going to get my xmas tree soon. As soon as I see them in stores. Why not?!?!? I love the pretty lights at night. Reminds me of when we used to rearrange presents for hours and practice waking up at night and checking for stockings. Hhahahh.

My new website/company is up and running and taking booking for 2011!

Site: www.SweetFirePhotography.com

Email: Lori@SweetFirePhotography.com

Bookings are going good. Got a couple more deposits last week! Shooting my first solo gig on Monday the 22nd. A little scared, but mostly excited for that! Getting together with my assistant today to go over some things.

I'm doggie sitting peanut this week because Lincoln is gone to see his parents in the Dominican. I imagine his mama is making his coffee and meals! Lucky. Oh, speaking of :-)... I had a maid in last week. 20 bucks, 8 hours, clean house!!! aaaaaah, gotta love it. I promise to hire her next time someone comes to stay with me.

Talked to Connie... she likes to call at 1AM or 8:30 am... so watch out!

Later

Yesterday

I talked to Connie yesterday. She couldn't get her skype to work. We think probably just because of a slow connection. We used another program online and were able to communicate by voice only. Video was too much I guess cause it was all choppy and freezing. Our voice convo was pretty much perfect though.

Also had a little Spanish/English date last night. A girl I met has been wanting to learn english and I am, of course, wanting to learn Spanish. So, we got together to do, part english and part spanish "lesson". We have conversations in Spanish. It takes a little longer to explain and understand simple stories... but this will be good! I will make a friend and a teacher at the same time. And I can't teach her english in return. Perfect trade off!

I haven't done yoga, or any kind of exercise in like 3 months now. I feel like crap... yuck. My yoga teacher is on holidays right now but returns on Friday, so I'm starting again then!

Been shooting lots of weddings. We were busy at the beginning of this month (and again in the beginning of Dec). We shot 3 weddings in 8 days, ending it off with a 10 hour package.... Yikes! Thats a long day. And it was a small nightmare as well. It extended an extra hour with a very drunk bride.... I won't type the story... just in case someone can find it by googling my name. Might not be good for business.

See You Connie

Happy to see your reading this today. I knew your flight would go smoothly. Was Gavin at the airport to meet you? What about Sisqo? Maybe it was a good thing you lived in Houston for awhile, the heat shouldn't be quite so hard on him now. So, tell me, what was the first thing you thought of when you landed? Good luck to you and Gavin in the new venture. Like Lori, a new language to learn, a new culture to get accustomed to, life goes on and you as well have widened your horizons....let me see, both from Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, Canada. Although your all away from us, we are very proud of everyvbody's accomplishments.

Bye

Well... goodbye Connie... This part of the world is gonna miss you. Safe travels and let us know when you and Sissy land safely. Enjoy your new place on the palm. What is new and exciting over there!?!?! Fill us in when you get a chance.

And congrats again Darin and Andrea. (Oh, that reminds me, I need to add Andrea to the blog still)