America, you did well!!!!

EXCELLENT JOB CHOOSING DAVID COOK LAST NIGHT!!

I am so thrilled and excited to see what this guy has in store. I already bought about 7 of his singles just from the show. I think he epitomizes the term "American Idol."

What a great ending to an entertaining season. w00t!!

Slacker=me

Actually, I've just been really busy updating my other blog. Anyway, I'm getting a blue slushie after work. I thought you'd all like to know!! :D

Holy pressure, Batman!

My friend Karyl asked me back in February if I would help her shoot another wedding (I helped her out about a year ago as well). Today we met for lunch to go over the details. She starts out "I'm going to mainly be there as a guest, but I will oversee you and the other photographer who will only be there for about 3 hours." Ok, whatever, that's not terribly odd I suppose.

Then, she drops the bomb... "It's my daughter's wedding." !!!!! "I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to back out." LOL, oh man.

So I stick with her and we go over the necessary shots, schedule, map of the country club, etc. So far I feel pretty good about it, but this is going to be slightly nerve-wracking.

If anything, I will need comfortable shoes (my normal wedding shoes have never been all that comfy), so I'm going to go shopping sometime over the course of the next week and spend a little $$ on some solid, long-lasting shoes. If I have to be worried about pleasing the bride and (almost more importantly this time) the mother of the bride, I'd better at least have good shoes.

I forgot to add: I am incredibly humbled and honored that she asked me. I think the first thing I actually said to her was "I'm glad that you trust me enough to do it." She is what I would consider a "high-end wedding photographer" for Champaign-Urbana, and I've only been doing this a few years and can't even make a living at it yet! :) Maybe this will open up some major doors for me, who knows?

Stimulated by the US government

Got my extra refund today! I didn't exactly use it the way GWB intended though... :) Instead, I put a chunk of it into my savings account and used most of the rest of it to pay bills. Hey, I'm still paying off this Macbook Pro I bought last fall.

Holly Birch Photography has been busy!

And it's only going to get worse for the next 6 weeks or so. I have been updating my business blog much more frequently than I have my personal one, so if you want to see what I've been up to, you should go there. I've also updated my website too, changing out some old samples and putting more of my recent work up. My web designer is supposed to be updating the flash photos on the front page for me this weekend... it's going to look awesome!!

Wedding season officially starts for me tomorrow. It should be fairly easy -- I'm working for Scott at Memory Lane again but shooti--er--photographing with my friend Rob. Rob will be the primary photographer and I'll serve as the secondary, floating around doing candids and getting those off to the side shots while the bridal party is posing for Rob. And it's just off Mattis and I don't have to be there until 1:30 and I think I'll be done by 10. So, not a bad day's work.

Then, since Aaron is at drill this weekend, and it would probably be good for me to get away from the house and do something by myself, I'm going to treat myself to a trip up to Ikea. I've had a bunch of stuff to return for a while, and I'd like to stock up on little things that I've been needing around the house. I can't tell you how many times since I've moved in I've said "man, I KNOW I could get that at Ikea," or "I could get this SO much cheaper at Ikea," or "I know Ikea has exactly what I want." So, I'm going. Hey, I get my economic stimulus check in like 7 days anyway, right? :)

Alright, back to the boring world of PG...