Wordless wednesday

i will NOT power through december this year...

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  
     

and just like that...

nablopomo is over.

i did it!  I posted every (except one, i think)
for the month of november!
yay me!
mind you, sometimes it was just a photo
but
i still made it here
every day (except one)!

now...
what to do for december?

:)

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the kittens are thwarting my editing attempts... {nablopomo day 29}

so...i'm trying to edit...
and the kittens are poking at the keyboard
and playing with the strings on my hoodie
and trying to catch the cursor
so I put on a bird video for them...

but i still managed to finish two weddings today!
YAY me!
there is a very faint but very distinct light at the end of the tunnel...i can see it!
 

a list.... {nablopomo day 28...almost there!}

of things i may do with all my free time

{when i am no longer editing 24/7}

• build and furnish a doll house
• act in a play
• hone my ninja skills
• write a story
• create elaborate costumes for the pug and kittens
• learn to swim (actually...nah...probably not.)
• walk all the trails on pei
• camp/roadtrip in a big old bus
• tree-go
• buy a farmhouse...and a goat
• plant a bigger garden
• become a yoga master
• take a self defense course
• build a tree house
• learn to solder
• drive a race-car
• zipline
• make my own coloring book
• get a degree...in...something...
• buy a trampoline
• enter a smash up derby
• build a robot

DISCLAIMER:  Although this list is quite comprehensive and a fair representation of what is to be achieved, it is not to be considered complete at this point in time.  Management reserves the right to add to or remove items based on a pure whim.