Some of you may have noticed I shut my blog down for a day. (ha that last a long time, didn't it?)

I decided that...

I needed a make-over. And not just my hair (but yes, I did cut it!)

Just a new me. A couple months back I had said I was going to have a new look for my photography, a new blog/website, and a new me. I am partway there, but it's time to make the transition.

Wait! You just started the 365 day challenge! Are you giving up?

Kind of.

I have a zillion blogs. Ok, I have 3. But that's still too much. And I'm married now. No more blogging about my life in a singular form. It was hard to balance about what I would post here and what I would post on the married blog. This blog is just mainly focused on me and just me and I've outgrown this stage in my life. Sooooooo..

This is my last post!

I will probably still blog a lot. Maybe not every single day, but most days. You can now find me here --> click me!

Thanks a bunch!

Jostlyn

Day 12

Happy Valentine's Day!

I know, I'm a little late.

It's because I was too busy having a great day that I couldn't blog until now!

I had to work and Carson had school, so we decided for him to open up his present the night before. I got him a game and candy and a cute card :) Carson surprised me with a dozen roses today too :)

Today after work, we went on a Biolife date. How romantic is that? They even let us sit next to each other and he drew funny pictures on his iPad so I wouldn't have to think about the needle in my arm. But hey, blood is red... Valentine's are red... your heart is red... blood comes from your heart...

No? Still gross?

Just sayin' .... it was a good Biolife date.

We have been scrounging on our food the last couple days.. eating Ramen and such... because tonight we splurged and went to Orchid's! My, my... such fantastic food. Supa-fancy. They gave us a rose at the end of the night too.

Carson is so good about noticing and understanding my feelings. Always making sure I'm doing ok and if I'm not, he'll do whatever he can to fix it.  All this Valentine's Day stuff is nice and thoughtful, but just knowing he's mine forever and working together with me to make this marriage the greatest is all I need in life.

Who did I see today? - Carson, Mom, Carl, Kent, Maggie, Millie, Kylee
 
What am I grateful for today? - love

What am I glad I did today?- spend time with Carson
 
What do I wish I had done today? -gone to bed earlier

Day 11

Day 11

My.

Today was rough getting up. I have a cold and they suck! It's been a long time since I've had one and this one is just hanging on for dear life.

I found out I got a 56% on my accounting test. I. AM. SUPER. AWESOME

I also got 100% on my accounting quiz. Go figure... me getting a better score on something that doesn't have as much weight in the class.

Yep, I'm awesome.

Sooooooo.

I also found out that a fellow photographer in town deleted one of my clients(and friend) as a friend on facebook because she wasn't "loyal" to her photography business and chose mine.

1. We are not in the 5th grade
2. ..... We are NOT in the 5th grade!

It just makes me sad... St. George.. is... a scary place to be a photographer. It's scary.

But for real, that right there is lacking in maturity enough to go out of your way to delete that person because she decided to go with a different photographer. That is ridiculous! There have been many who decided to go with someone different than me, and yeah it kind of stings at first, but I rather have clients who love me than clients who are only going with me because they feel obligated. You know? And even my friends, I tell them, hey, it won't hurt my feelings if you go with someone else as your photographer. I understand completely that there are many different styles and you might not like mine as much as you like someone elses. Whatever tickles your fancy, go with it! Photos are a big deal and I would rather you go to someone else and be happy with them then use mine and regret not getting someone else. I've even had past clients go to other people! It happens! It doesn't mean I'm a bad photographer (well, fingers crossed haha), it just means that they have a different style in mind (or heaven forbid, their cousin has a nice point and shoot). Regardless the reason, I understand and would never "unfriend" someone over it.


Heck, I did that myself with choosing a photographer for my wedding. I had like 4 different photographers in mind, and of course couldn't have them all. They all were aware I was looking for a photographer, but none of them were pushy or rude about it when I went with the other person. Which was both professional and nice. They get it too. It doesn't mean they're bad photographers. HEAVENS NO! They all are amazing and talented in different areas and I'm a big fan of all their work. But I had to make a decision. Everyone does. And with this certain photographers business, it's not like she's hurting in any way with the amount of clients she has... take a chill pill.




Who did I see today? - Carson, Mom, Carl, Kent, Maggie, Millie
 
What am I grateful for today? - for my creativity

What am I glad I did today?- took dayquil, nyquil
 
What do I wish I had done today? -gone to bed earlier

Day 10

Happy day 9!

....Day 10!

I don't even know what day I'm on these days.

It was a good day today! I woke up sick though.. with a cold. Yucky stuff.

I had a bridal shoot this afternoon and it went fantastic! I was so nervous because the weather said rain all day long. Which it did rain all day long, but managed to be perfect for an hour and a half with no rain or wind the entire time. I think my prayers were answered!

On the way back home, I went to Carson's parents for dinner. I saw a double rainbow, so I raced there as fast as I could so he could take a picture of me with the rainbow as my pic of the day. I made it!

Excuse my haggard-ness. I'm sick alright? Sheesh.. give me a break! ;)


Who did I see today? - Carson, Marina, Jake, Marina's mom, Carson's whole family, my mom, carl, kent, maggie, millie, Dixie State testing center people
 
What am I grateful for today? - that the weather was perfect for my shoot!

What am I glad I did today?- went through with the photo shoot! we almost cancelled it
 
What do I wish I had done today? -gotten some cold medicine

Day 9

Day 9!

Today was a good day.

Initially, I didn't think it would be.

I woke up at 11 (which, I had a wedding to shoot at noon. I knew this, and I knew I was waking up at 11.. I would never miss a shoot, but nonetheless, it was 11). My eyes were puffy, my throat was sore, and I had slept with my contacts in like a ding dong.

I ate 2 bowls of captain crunch cereal with berries. That was yummy. Then got ready and went to the temple. It was Crystal's wedding and my goodness was it beautiful! I was so happy to be a part of their day and be there at the temple. I even wore her wedding colors (totally didn't even plan it). Here's a pic of it:

I totally love this pic. Slightly different editing than my usual, but I love it. I think from now on I'll start editing like this; airy, light, colorful. They are so cute.

Then I biolifed. It was such a good donation today too! The guy that stuck me did a really good job. I had no problems today.. I was done within 50 minutes, which it usually takes me like an hour and a half. I was really happy. Success! I even beat Carson tonight too. :)

Then went and shot Seth's headshots for his business card. Ciera hopped in the session at the end and I got this gorgeous, lovely shot:

Then went over to Ciera's house for Kiersten's birthday party. It was a lot of fun :) I won the game we played too. Woo!

Here's the pic of the day. We took it when we were on the session for Seth. I thought it was funny because a lot of people thought I was announcing I was pregnant the other day. I'm not. But I wore my preggo lady shirt today and forgot the belt I usually wear with it.. so... it worked out for the pic of the day:

Just admit. I'm sexy.

Who did I see today? - Carson, Crystal, Evan, their whole family and friends, biolife people, seth, ciera, kiersten, qualyn.
What am I grateful for today? - that my arm did so good donating plasma today

What am I glad I did today?- a lot of things! productive!
What do I wish I had done today? -edited more... cleaned the bedroom... studied more for my accounting test.

What are we on, day 8?

I failed yesterday.

Wanna know why?

We saw "The Vow"

The movie.

With Channing Tatum *sigh*

It just. really was disturbing. We didn't like it. I mean, it had it's cute parts and we laughed a couple times.. but. it didn't settle well. The ending just.. left me feeling empty.

The whole time I was putting myself in that situation.

Maybe it's because I'm married now and I couldn't bear the thought of that happening to us. Maybe had I not been married it would have settled differently.

I don't know. Carson and I were in a huge funk when we got home and had no desire to blog or do anything. We ended up just going to bed.

The one good thing about that movie is that it made us really think about our relationship and how important it is to really focus on each other and our feelings and well-being. To not waste moments. To not say "I love you" enough times. We had some good pillow talk before we went to sleep.

The fun part of the night was when we went to dinner with our friends. It was yummy :) The pic is all blurry and gross because we forgot our cameras, so good ol' phone pics are the best.

Who did I see today? - Carson, people tanning, my mom, maggie, millie, ciera, seth, kiersten, qualyn
What am I grateful for today? - my eternal marriage

What am I glad I did today?- got ready for my date.
What do I wish I had done today? -not seen The Vow

Not day 8.. not yet. Just a note :)

Apparently my little facebook post about me having to announce something important on my blog excited a few people into thinking I was announcing I was pregnant and wanted opinions on baby names!

hahahahhahahahahah!

Something you must know about me:

I am a really passionate person. About a lot of things. I always have something on my mind to say, and I hope one day I will be a bigger part of the blogging world. As for now, my little ramblings are what I can give from my busy, busy schedule. Nonetheless, I love to write about everything on my mind.

Renaming my business is going to be a huge step (if I end up going through with it) and I wanted opinions on it before I make my decision. Like I said before, I will do what's best for me, but opinions will help me see how others view this situation.

But it was so hilarious. One of the bride's I'm working with currently came in to my work to pick up a disc of her announcement design files and told me she was freaking out last night, refreshing the browser every so often, waiting for my post to appear. When her and her fiance got back to her home, the post was up and her fiance asked her to read it out loud!

I just feel so silly. I can just imagine their faces as they read the post and at the end exclaim, "That was it?"

Silly.

Carson and I are waiting like. 4ish years to have a baby.

Although the idea of it is nice. I think I would be a cute pregnant lady.

But of course everything seems to be all happy and glowy about being pregnant, but I know it's not. We've decided to wait until we're both mentally and emotionally prepared to have a baby. And truth be told, financially. They don't let you donate plasma while you're pregnant haha ;)

So maybe that's why I had like 150 hits last night on my blog. It was because Marina was refreshing her page a million times.

And here I thought people really liked to read my blog! ;) haha, one day!