Since I am averaging about 80 views per day on this blog (it must be all the real estate posts…) I have to keep up with my posts.
Today, Jesse and Courtney and Michael are at a Lenten Retreat. I, however, heard the alarm go off at 7am and part of my soul died. I am SO in need of a break from all the craziness that my life is. Just to recap: Currently, I am working full-time teaching at St. Peter’s, teaching private piano lessons to 25 students, taking an English grad class at UD, taking voice lessons, and singing in the choir 2x/week. I also try to make it to Curves 3-4x/week.
The nicest part about being a teacher, sad to say, is not the students:) It’s their looong paid breaks. We get a week off at Thanksgiving, 2 at Christmas, 1 in the Spring, 1/2 of one at Easter, and then 3 day weekends whenever there is a holiday. And don’t forget, 2 1/2 months of summer.
This next week is Spring break, and BOY DO I NEED IT. This last week, I graded all of my students papers not once, not twice, but 4 times, mainly because I had them do so many rough drafts. By the time it came down to assigning them a grade for their Final Draft, I felt like I could have quoted their paper verbatim, bad grammar and poorly proven statements and all.
So, as I am sitting here, punking out of what promised to be an amazing retreat hosted by the man who is most likely going to become our future bishop, I am getting a sense of satisfaction. Yes, I have thrown off the bonds of obligation. Yes, I have claimed for myself ONE SATURDAY to sleep in until noon. Yes, I am stating that I would rather sit around nursing my headache than be spiritually fed.
Of course, when you say it like that…
Moving on. As I was surfing the internet over my bowl of soy milk and Life cereal, I decided to read Cameron Ingalls’ Blog. For those of you that don’t know who he is, Cameron Ingallas is still, in my opinion, even after all these years, the best wedding photographer in the US. Seriously, I haven’t seen anyone who knows how to capture people the way he does. Sure, now that he’s famous, he comes with a hefty price tag- I think it’s up to $7k/wedding. But still, his photos and the artistic talent behind them often leave me dumbfounded. I love our wedding and engagement photos, and would not trade them for anything. In fact, Jesse and I have talked about doing a “pre-baby” photo shoot with him someday when we are out in CA <Disclaimer Pre-baby does not mean we have a plan. Well we do. But this plan does not include you>.
On his blog, he has this thing called “Super 8”. Now, when I was planning our wedding, I remember being distinctly put off by “videographers”. I intentionally decided not to have one (which is why I only have video of me walking down the aisle- nothing more. The battery of our handheld ran out. You’d think the wedding was all about me, or something 😉 ). To me, they seemed cheesy and overdone, like the bride and groom are movie stars with a camera and photography crew following around, capturing every sneeze.
However, this “Super 8” thing looks pretty darn cool. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. If it had been around 3 years ago, I am pretty sure that I would have done everything in my power to have this (and Dad, if you’re reading this, I also would have done everything in my power to not go thousands of dollars over budget, or invite 200 more people than we had room for..!). Instead of the typical wedding video where they narrate it or put the Father Daughter Dance to “Butterfly Kisses”, they make it like an old vintage movie. The bride doesn’t look “perfect”, she looks classic. Like the couple is taking their place in history, side by side with billions of other couples.
Check it out. Go the bottom and click, “Super 8”. If you want, you can even swing by the Engagement Pictures section and find the one of Jesse and I 🙂 You’ll recognize Jesse, because he still has the same shirt, 3 years later. You won’t recognize me though, I had long hair.
And while you’re at it, take a look at this adorable picture of Clarabelle sleeping. Can you tell that we are totally in love with our dog?
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