Elaine Rohde Photography: The Blog

I am well aware that I’ve missed a couple weeks of Ten on Tuesday.  I’m not going to make any excuses, I just didn’t feel like writing.  I do apologize.  Let’s get on with this week’s.

1.)  As of Sunday, I am officially an aunt to the cutest little boy, Edward.  Edward was so anxious to to make his arrival into the world that he came EIGHT weeks early.  So, he’s just a little guy, weighing in at 4 pounds 5 ounces.  Needless to say, he has a little bit of a stay in the NICU ahead of him.  I haven’t been able to make the trip to St. Louis yet to meet him yet.  His stay in the NICU changed our plans a bit.  My sister and I had plans for me to photograph the birth, but since he was an impatient little fellow, that didn’t get to happen.  But, I am so excited to go see him!

Seriously, how cute is he?!?

2.)  We’re starting to look for a slightly larger house.  We’d like to move sometime in the next year or so.  Ideally, we’d like something that would allow me to work out of our house, but with a designated area just for the business.  Preferably with a separate entrance.  I like my current studio, but I’m tired of driving to and from.  And I’m definitely tired of paying rent.   We looked at a house tonight that might be perfect.  It’s in a nice, quiet area on a fairly large lot. It has a second driveway to a third garage and side door.  It’d be great for the studio entry.  I’d replace the garage door with windows and It’d be perfect for a natural light studio!  I’m trying to keep my excitement under control and take things one step at a time.  It’s hard though.  I already have furniture layouts in my head.

3.)  Over the weekend, we went camping at Johnson Shut-Ins State Park for the first time.  It’s a really nice park with a lot to do.  While we were there we also went to Elephant Rocks State Park.  That place was so bizarre -  huge rocks are just everywhere!  If you’re into outdoorsy things, I recommend you check out both parks.

4.) I made my first ever carrot cake on Sunday.  From scratch.  Chris loves carrot cake and his birthday was Saturday, so I thought it was a perfect time to give it a try.  It turned out delicious!  I’d eat it for every meal, but the icing alone would send me into a sugar coma for sure.

5.) Since I haven’t written in a bit, I never reported on how Bridal Spa Day went.  It was great!  I had a wonderful time talking with my brides and meeting the friends they brought along.  I think they all really enjoyed the day too! Everyone left looking relaxed, rejuvenated and with perfectly painted nails.  I’m already looking forward to next year’s event!

6.) I also haven’t gotten to write about my unhappiness about Elise being voted off American Idol.  Not a whole lot to say except that I am not happy.  I was also kind of surprised that Skylar went home, too.  I thought she seemed to be doing well.  I’m ready for Jessica to go home.  She’s got a great voice, yes.  But, I just can’t get past the fact that she’s only 16.  She’s just too young, in my opinion.  I think 18 should be the youngest allowed in the competition.  I fully agree with Jimmy’s statement from last week about her dressing to mature for her age.  Yet another reason to raise the age to 18.

7.) I got a phone call yesterday from the aunt of a past wedding client.  Her daughter has a birthday coming up and wants a camera because she wants to be a photographer.  Since she’s only ten, they’re going to get her a simple point and shoot – nothing too extravagant and complicated.  A good idea in my opinion.  Iit will give her the opportunity to practice and have fun taking photos, but without getting overwhelmed with camera features.   Anyway, she called to ask if I would be willing to give her daughter a quick tutorial on what makes a good photograph.  Which, of course I am!  I was so honored that they thought to call me and I’m really looking forward to meeting with the girl!

8.) Who noticed I missed Foodie Friday last week?  I forgot to pre-write the post before we left on our camping trip.  I’m really dropping the ball lately.  I’ll try to do better!

9.)  My husband is a Biomedical Tech at Southeast Hospital.  Biomedical Appreciation week is coming up and one of his co-workers is putting together an awareness board to display at the hospital.  They asked me to come take a few photos of each of the employees for the board.  It was fun meeting all his coworkers and seeing some of the machines they work on.

10.) I want another piece of carrot cake.  It’s just SO good!