Pieces of my heart

These two little boys are growing up so quickly!! Just had to snap some photos of them (a couple of weeks ago) while waiting to go to their fall festival at school.

Day 20...Night light

Um....here's another commercial :)

Just playing with some light. You can tell it's a heart, right?

Can you guess what the light source was?

It's the blue circle from the DirecTV box. :)

Mani?? Yes, please :)

Yesterday was exciting. For Christmas my husband got me a gift certificate to My Retreat Day Spa. I love his little gifts that come in the form of a spa certificate :) Usually he gets me a half hour massage. Lately he's been adding a little more. Looovvveee it!!! He must know that I love to be pampered. :)

After weeks of finding time to actually go, and also when the manicurist is actually there, I booked an appt.

I thought I was going to be late because my husband and I had to go and sign some papers (taxes finally done...whew!), but I got there about 10 minutes before my scheduled appt.

I love My Retreat Day Spa because right when you step in, you're greeted by one of their staff. I check myself in and sit in the waiting area. Their waiting area is tiny, but cute. They have some products lining the walls and makeup on the counter. They also have lots of magazines (good ones too), but I was interested in catching up on Draw Something game on my phone (if you don't know about Draw Something, I suggest you should download the app right now. It's like Pictionary!). Anyhow, when I take my phone out I found I had a voicemail message.

I listen to the message and it turns out to be my manicurist. She's running late and wanted to know if I could come in at 12:30. It was barely even 12 and I was already there. No biggie. Gives me enough time to play my games, check up on Facebook, and see if I have any emails.

A member of the staff walks into the waiting area to give me a message. My manicurist is on her way. "No problem" I say. Then I continue on my phone.

A couple of minutes later she arrives, introduces herself and apologizes for having me wait. I again say it's okay. When I finally go back I sit in the chair and get ready to be pampered.

I look around at all the colors they have. They are all OPI and China Glaze brands. Hmm...which do I pick? There were a lot in the red family, but did I want red? I saw a gold, blue, a couple of browns...I sit and just look because I'm still unsure of my color of choice.

After removing my old polish, filing and putting some cuticle oil (I believe), she moves on to the scrub. Oooohhh..it's an OPI Papaya Pineapple Scrub. Not only did it smell FANTASTIC, but it left my hands feeling super smooth! Loovvvee it! May even pick some up myself!

My manicurist notices that there's a few colors that she hasn't seen before. She says that maybe one of the girls went and bought some new ones. The first one she pulled out looked really nice. I decided to go with that one. I believe it's called Fun with Fusion.

At the very end of putting polish and the top coat, she sprays this rapid dry spray. OMG...that's 2 things that I need to get: the scrub and the rapid dry spray. :)

This visit was a great one. This was my first time getting a manicure there. She was awesome, talked about work, kids, and nail polish (even gave me some advice). :)

I can't wait to go back because I love to get pampered! Hopefully my future calls for a facial! (hint, hint!!) :)

Here's what the finished product looks like.

New year, new problem, new solution

Happy New Year Everyone!!! It's the 3rd day of 2012. Is everyone still excited for this new year and all the new possibilities and opportunities it has to offer? I am...well, sort of. :) Let me explain.

I've been, I guess you could say, lost...or in a funk, for about 2 weeks. Yes, over the holidays. What joy, huh? The reason...my laptop gave out. My laptop, my everyday computer. The thing I sacrificed to lug around, to bring to work daily so that my boys wouldn't get to it and break it. Why? Why me? Why at the end of the year when it's time to do a "year in review"?

So...I've been...lost...

Good news is, a good friend will be helping into restoring my lost data. He's a genius! Lol...Thank you friend :)

Other good news, I've been sharing a computer with my husband (prior to the laptop dying) and looks like I'll be taking that computer over soon. And because of that, we went out last week to purchase a desk and chair of my own. Yay! I finally got a desk (and chair) of my own :) Now it feels like a real "office". Ha ha ha....

I guess if there's good news, there's always bad news around the corner, right? The bad news is pretty much all this will be hurting our wallets. :( Fun, fun, fun....

Overall, I guess you could say this will be a great start to my new year! :)

Three words... Twilight: Breaking Dawn

The time has finally come...and I'm soooooooooooo excited!!! Twilight: Breaking Dawn is finally here :)

I wanted to catch the midnight showing, but I knew that I might have fallen asleep. Edward deserves my full attention :)

I wanted to catch the first showing, but my niece would still be in school.

* That little boy is excited about my growing collection :)

Luckily, it's a minimum day for her so we get to watch it right after she gets off. Bonus points because it's still a matinee showing.

Hope all you fellow Twilighters/Twihards/Whatever the name is enjoys the new movie. :) Are you Team Edward or Team Jacob?

Time to pick up the niece. :)

YAY!!!!

A special message...

Kind. Friendly. Bubbly. Beautiful. Smart. Creative. Funny. A-type.

Mother. Wife. Daughter. Sister. Aunt. Best Friend.

These are just a couple of traits that describe a great gal, and my photo BFF.

We met at my current job (her previous). I was the receptionist, she was a coordinator. I didn't speak with her much other than sending calls to her and teaching her some job functions.

I'm not quite sure when our friendship blossomed. All I know is I was creative, with a love of clip art, font, and different types of paper. And she was creative, with a love of clip art, font, and different types of paper. HOW AWESOME IS THAT, RIGHT??? :)

Somehow I believe it was her who brought up photography. Or maybe it was me when I brought my Nikon D60 to a staff appreciation day. It wasn't long til it was "Jasmine Star" this, and "Melissa Koehler" that. And "did you hear about WPPI in Vegas?" Both dreaming of attending and the day our photography dreams were a reality.

We planned, drooled over other photographers' work, did some mock shoots, met over Starbucks Frappucinos and yummy pastries.

It has been over a year since we've been at this. We've learned a lot in that year, with a lot more to learn in the future.

Thank you Lateisha Plascencia. Thank you for always being there for me, to critique my work, to offer advice, to being my second shooter, and to everything else you do.

Thank you for being you!!!

With that said, I'd like to wish you (another) HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! This time on my blog... because you are THAT special :)

Happy Birthday girl!!! Can't wait to pick you up from the airport so we can chat away. Have a safe flight!

I'm switching gears...literally :)

Hi all,

What lovely weather we're having, right? Ha, ha... yeah right. Thanks to this weather I had to reschedule two shoots. Not fun.

The only thing that this weather has brought is some good online shopping. :) I am so excited because I was finally able to get new gear. What did I get? A Canon 7D :) YAY!!! And yes, that does mean I'm switching sides. I currently have a Nikon D60 and although it isn't the best camera, it has gotten me to where I am today. So, thank you my D60. Thank you for bringing me to where I am today. I will never, never forget you. You may even be there for when I need a back up. :)

The reason I went over to Canon is because it was more my price range. I actually wanted to get the Canon 5D Mark II, however, I couldn't find a reasonable price that my husband wanted to see. After some consideration, I decided to go with the 7D and a good lens. It also works out too because I can save up money and get the 5D Mark III, whenever that will come out. :)

So, until my new camera comes, it'll just be me and my D60. :)

What's new???

Wow, has it been a while again? Two words... writer's block. Or another pair of words would be, been busy. :)

I have been working on putting some shoots together. Because I'm still "new" to the business, I'm still trying to expand my portfolio. There are different types of shoots that I haven't done yet and so I'm trying to gather people to help me fill the void. I'm also trying to expand by offering more within my shoots. What am I talking about? I would like to offer professional hair styling and makeup with my shoots. I think these services are great to include because not only does it enhance the photo, but it makes the subject feel more beautiful, therefore making them shine more.

If there is anyone who would like to be a part of my little projects by being a model, or providing services like hair and makeup, please send me an email at veronica@veronicahudleydesigns.com. Even if you're not professionally doing hair and makeup yet, but love to play around with it, email me. I would certainlly support you in building your skills and portfolio.

On a side note, I would like to wish everyone attending WPPI in Vegas a great time. When I officially started doing photography last year, I just missed the last WPPI convention. I promised that I would attend the next one. I was all set to go, sort of, but things changed. I'm super sad that I can't attend, but hopefully I'll be more prepared to go next year. In the meantime, I'll just attend the WPPI Road Shows and numerous other workshops... hopefully. :)

Enjoy your 3 or 4 day weekend!!! I know I will :)

Full moon = wonderful things?

Wherever you may live, did you happen to notice the moon last night, as well as tonight? Last night's moon had a nice yellow-orangeish glow around it.

It's these times when I wish I had my camera with me...with a really nice zoom lens (*hint hint). Luckily, I had my phone with me and took the above photo. It's not the best photo, but at least you can see the glow. Very nice :) Sometimes I want to just sit on the sidewalk and look up at the moon and stars. Maybe when summer comes...

As for tonight's moon, WOW!!! I was on the way home from work, passing the first exit to go home and BAM! I saw the moon. The big rig next to me was kind of blocking it, but I saw it. It was humongous! It was orangeish and low in the sky. I sooo wanted to pull over to take a picture. Actually, I wanted to take a photo while I was driving...but I know better. Plus it would've came out blurry. Ha! :)

Anyhow... by the time I got to take the photo, the moon moved high up in the sky and turned white.

Love when the moon is full. Looks like a giant cookie in the night sky. :)

So what does the full moon bring? For me, it's bringing me loads of emails, texts and Facebook messages. Looks like the year is starting out nicely for me. I found several people to do some modeling for me (for something new), getting excited for the weddings that I have booked, and I found an old friend who's also in the business. As many other women who applied for the SOAR! Scholarship found out, we don't really need to win the scholarship to succeed. To my fellow applicants, I hope and know you will find success. If it hasn't happened yet, give it a little time. It'll fall in your lap as it did with me two nights ago.

As for me, I hope things pull through. You'll all be there to see if it's a success, or if I need to go back to the drawing board.

Good night all! Enjoy the night skies :)

Testing, testing... 1..2..3..

Hello...

This is not what I really wanted to blog about today, but I wanted to see if I can blog from my phone. :) Hopefully it works so that I can blog on the go! :)

It'd be nice to get a comment out of this... *hint hint ;)

Well, until next time. Stay warm!

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