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i will NOT power through december this year...

December 1, 2015 Arlene Giddings

this really has nothing to do with the post below EXCEPT that it IS a wedding photo and one that i kind of fell in love and one that reminds me why i love doing this...despite the stress...(plus this bride is one of the SWEETEST brides i have EVER dealt with...)

every year since I started doing weddings,
i have found that by the end of november,
beginning of december
my train of thought is
full-steam-ahead editing.

i know that most of my weddings don't have to be done for Christmas.
i allow 20 weeks for editing time
because I work full time as well
AND i have learned the hard when my husband had his motorcycle accident
that life can sometimes throw you a curve-ball...
a rotten horrible but-could-have-been-worse curveball
RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF WEDDING SEASON.

but the truth is...i want to be able to give people their discs before Christmas.
i know they would like to use them as gifts and cards...
so i really, really, really try to get them done before Christmas if I can.
it's not always possible, especially with the weddings that occur in October or later.
but I still try....
which results in me stressing out, working a full day at my day job and coming
home to edit for 4-5 hours in the evening, plus all weekend...
and my mentality starts to be
"just get through December.  just get through.  just power through.  just get through December".

and i hate being like that.
i love Christmas. 
I don't want to "power through" it anymore....(insert whiney voice here)
so i made myself a list (yes, i am a list person, ok!)  :)
a list of little things to make sure i do this december...before it's gone...

MY "DO-NOT-POWER-THROUGH-DECEMBER" LIST
Dec 1-Jan 1

not in any particular order

  1. watch the grinch (the cartoon...not the movie...i hate the movie)
  2. wear christmas t's (smurfs, etc) on fridays
  3. photo session with pets (with props!)
  4. drink hot chocolate with marshmellows
  5. put up tree
  6. decorate mom & dad's tree (try to steal big bird ornament)(get foiled once again)
  7. listen to christmas music
  8. bake cookies
  9. watch elf
  10. drive around to see christmas lights
  11. go visit each of my brother's to see their trees
  12. make a gingerbread house
  13. make a christmas card
  14. cut out paper snowflakes
  15. get christmas pjs
  16. watch a muppet christmas carol
  17. make a snowman
  18. eat a meatpie
  19. visit inlaws
  20. eat a candy cane
  21. make popcorn garland
  22. watch miracle on 34th street (the newer one...i love that one)
  23. watch charlie brown christmas
  24. shoot a wedding on NYE (kind of cheating, already had one booked)  :)
  25. drive out to the country to look at the stars
  26. Stirling's family for Christmas Eve
  27. have a paper snowball fight
  28. have coffee at least once with the bffs
  29. go shopping with my mom
  30. go to the farmers market in summerside
  31. watch a muppet family christmas  --watch out for the icy patch!!
  32. write my new year's resolutions and pick my "word" for 2016  
     

 

In list-me-up, slow down for december! Tags december, don't power through december, Christmas, the life of a wedding photographer
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