Merry Christmas

 Working on Christmas cards while listening to Justin Bieber

 Self-portrait

I can hardly believe it's that time of year again.  I knew once September hit and I began to see all the Christmas decorations going up in the stores that time would fly by and I'd be stuck wondering how the holidays came up so fast!  Like my mom used to say, "Christmas is the same time every year... you have a whole year to prepare for it!"

Around here, the decorations are up (except for the Santa cover that goes on the toilet lid my kids talked me into getting), gifts are bought and wrapped, cards have been sent out and almost all the food is ready to go.  There was a time I thought I'd have a break-down trying to get it all done!  Now... I feel such a load lifted and am ready to look toward a new year with so many possibilities.

Over the last few years, I've pretty much laid down my camera except for a few special occasions, not knowing if I'd ever pick it back up for work again.  I'm pleased to announce that next month, I will be launching a new area of photography that has been on the back-burner for quite some time.  For whatever reason, I've never felt the time has been quite right to venture out.  However, what is it I always say???  Now is the time... the time is NOW!  So, here we go!  After the holidays are over, I will be diving in and working to get a new blog and website up and running, along with everything else that a new business entails.  I'm now ready and looking forward to this new adventure!  More details to come...

As for the holidays... I'm ready.  I'm ready to see the grandbabies tear into their gifts, hear the screams of little Abri as she sees what's inside.  Watch Lincoln as he tears through the house with his Spiderman mask and cape.  Hear my youngest play her guitar for the first time in public.  Smell the cakes and pies baking.  Watch my daughters helping in the kitchen.  And probably my favorite, besides just being together, is laughing uncontrollably at stupid stuff no one else would understand.

Does it get any better?  Not for me.

Merry Christmas everyone!

S.