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My Friday Deserves a BIG ‘ol “Oof Da”

Oct 28, 2008 | , ,

Goodness gracious! My weekend was a blast and frustratingly eventful at the same time. It all started Friday with something as innocent as spilling my tea all over my desk at work. And it escalated into nearly slamming into a deer on the highway resulting in my car down a ditch and me covered in mud almost to my knee.

“I know this isn’t a great way to start a story, but I am ok.” That was the line I chose to break the news to my dad via phone.
So as not to bore people reading my blog, I will give the Cliff Note version: 2 deer – 1 in each lane. Me in right lane going 73MPH. Hit breaks a wee bit too hard. Spin in car. Go into ditch backwards. Land in mud.

After that, I was pretty terrified, and had I not been 1/2 way, I probably would have seriously thought of turning around. But I figured I was that far, I might as well not spoil my weekend by skipping the festivities including babies, pork and dog photos. The next morning we were up pretty early despite getting in quite late. After breakfast, I got to work taking pictures of the pups. Kubota was not so thrilled about my camera so pictures of her are few and far between. Lopey though turned into a ham! He was a little shy at first but quickly warmed up to me my lens.

This guy is a tried and true family dog. According to Murray, he has the most stamina of any animal ever. Lopey has survived a few car accidents and seems to be quite happy in life. And boy, do I have lots of pictures to show!

Well, I am quite excited about the outcome of these photos! I hope to be able to edit these this weekend or later this week once I catch up on sleep and my work load dies down a smidgen.

But another oh so exciting thing happened this weekend! I got to meet little Barrett Raymond Curtis who is 3 weeks old today (Happy Birthday Little One!). He is adorable and so mellow.

Thanks to the Perdue’s (both people and animals) for a lovely weekend!
Roast On!

Off and Away

Oct 24, 2008 |

Good Afternoon to Friday. I am quite excited to report that my work day is nearly 1/2 over, and I will be leaving at the end of the night for Iowa. I will leave you for the weekend with a new one of the pup.

Have a wonderful weekend, and I hope the weather is nice and dandy. I will have some fun new pictures when I return of 3 canines in Iowa.

Chao!

Chocolate Moose Images

Oct 23, 2008 |

An update to my “latest and greatest” ….

Tonight I started working out some more aspects of my new business, such as what I will really call it. That meant that I should do some research to see what is out there already. Well, bummer, JMN is a common set of initials. In fact there is a JMNPhotography.com already. Shoot! And a JMN Photography and Design. Crud!
My plan? To keep JMN Photography as my main company name (which includes my fine art photography and general design items) but then to have a branch off that for my Dog Photography which will be “Chocolate Moose Images.” Don’t you luve it? I totally do. And anyone who knows how much I am eager for 2 litter mate kitties may recognize the name combo. I created an informational card this weekend with basic information about me and my biz. I have posted the front of it for your viewing pleasure at this time.

Another thing that is super cool? When researching names, I found these guys! The Original Traveling Photo Booth. It is settled! When I get married, I totally have to have something like this there. How much fun would that be?!

I hope everything is going well with anyone who happens to be reading this! I am losing steam as my night forges on without permission. I’m sure everyone has this where there is just so much to get done, either for need or desire, it would be nice if time stood still, just for a bit. I crave weekends because it is usually a bit of down time where I can think and dedicate some time to my ideas. Work has been super busy this week which is nice during the day because 8.5 hours seems like 3 but I get home and don’t really want to do too much. So on that note, I will probably get going to bed. I hear the jingle of Roux’s collar, meaning she has been roused from her sleep, noticed the light is still on in the dining room, and will soon be by my side, nose in lap, begging me to go to bed.

Life with a pet is grand, indeed!

Monday Night Blues

Oct 21, 2008 |

It’s Monday. And boy, did today feel like a monday! …

This week at work, I have specific work that I must work on. This work entails recontacting clients to ask them if the work they sent us is really the work they want printed. It doesn’t sound like much, but when you have several orders, and phones ringing off the hook, it’s work! So needless to say, I was quite busy today.

Hopefully, my week will go fast, as I am looking forward to seeing the new baby Curtis this weekend in Iowa, seeing good ‘ol Mur and having another Poochy Photo Booth shoot while I’m there. (Bear with me as i figure out the names for things… I can guarantee there will be lots of silly ones before there are good ones! Poochy Photo Booth — Exhibit A)

I hope everyone had a swell weekend. I myself had a nice relaxing couple days. Friday night was a work extravaganza at a corn maze in Hastings, MN. Afterwards I trucked over to my Aunt and Uncles (Aunt— as in Aw-nt … not ant, that is a bug) in Riverfalls, WI where I crashed (as in sleep, not car)! In the morning Carol and I took lil miss Ahni out for some pictures in their front yard. It was a bit of a challenge because Ahni can’t hear as good as she used to so getting her to respond to me was a challenge. I did get some keepers though!

I’m pretty happy with a lot of them. Thanks Carol and George!! You guys were great hosts and dog parents. I hope to do more with her, should time and weather allow. Maybe Thanksgiving? When we are all stuffed to the brim? And hopefully not freezing our petuti off. So why did I title my post Monday Night Blues? Because I am tired enough that I don’t have much energy to do anything productive or even creatively fun, yet not tired enough to throw in the towel and go to bed. So alas, I create a blog post. Maybe after this and the rest of my cider I will get to a scrapbook page or 2. Tis the weather for cider! AND my latest obsession, Chai Tea Lattes (with a shot of coffee — all made from home). De-licious.