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was wonderful…. tiring, but wonderful. I helped out with Youth Weekend on Friday night, spent the night with some awesome girls, got up, ate one of Mrs. Vath’s amazing waffles and then drove to Wake Forest, NC… shot Amber and Tim’s beautiful wedding, drove home at 1am, backed up images, slept for 4 hours, went to church, taught sunday school, worked on youth production stuff, choir practice, youth group, Red Robin and then ended the weekend with ICE CREAM. Wow.  Today I felt like I could have slept until 4pm.  It’s been a long few days and Michael and I are both exhausted…. but it’s a great kind of exhausted.

It’s one thing to work, work, work and feel empty and tired at the end of the day….but when you work, work, work at something that you love…. at the end of the day, you feel tired but FULL.  Doing what you love is rewarding and I wouldn’t have traded our weekend for anything. It’s our new life.

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This weekend marked the beginning of a very busy wedding season for me.  I realize that my weekends will probably never include Sunday afternoon naps or Saturday date nights with my husband… but that’s ok. We’ll fit those in during the week. We don’t live a normal life…. when everyone else is taking off and relaxing…. our busyness begins! We’re still learning how to balance that and this month will be a great test to see how we’re going to handle this crazy wedding season! I’m a few days behind but that’s ok… here are the APRIL GOALS and the MARCH RECAP!!!! (I know I struggled on the personal goals….a lot.  Those thank you notes WILL get done Momma!! I promise!)

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    BUSINESS GOALS | MARCH RECAP

  • Finish album designs… ALL OF THEM!!!! This is a MUST! (still waiting on some “favs” to be picked for some albums)
  • Update the Engagement gallery on my website
  • Re-order my personalized CD’s and redesign them
  • Purchase a DROBO (more professional backup system)
  • Fix my “about me” page on my website to say “husband”…. not “fiance’”
  • Design my DVD packaging, order a proof
  • Have a super fun and informative WORKSHOP on the 19th
  • Get my financial life straight with my CPA
  • Re-order Thank you cards with corrected color!
  • Create a client gift
  • Setup Smugmug (yes I have switched over) before April weddings begin!
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  • PERSONAL GOALS | MARCH RECAP

  • Write 50 new Thank You notes (I TRIED! I’ll do better this month!)
  • Edit Venice honeymoon pics
  • Edit MISC pics that have been living on my desktop for YEARS… literally YEARS!
  • Exercise 8 times…either gym, walks, runs… just do SOMETHING! (We went twice….uh, that’s horrible!)
  • Create a least 1/4 of our wedding video
  • Visit my sister at Tech (AND her amazing roomies:) (This is coming THIS MONTH! it’s on the CALENDAR!)
  • Make Michael put together our last IKEA chair…I will ask him nicely:)
  • Finish and blog the “Youth Room”‘s Before and Afters! (We need to make an IKEA run and then it’s DONE!)
  • Google “How to make a valance” and make two for the kitchen! (This may never happen)
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    BUSINESS GOALS | APRIL

  • Update the Engagement gallery on my website
  • Re-order Thank you cards with corrected color!
  • Design and order a 9×11 sample album
  • Design and order an new engagement guestbook sample album
  • Design and order another 10×10 sample album (sample albums are FUN!)
  • Shoot my 3 April weddings and do it WELL!
  • Enter expenses and mileage from JAN – MAR
  • Order albums that have been proofed
  • Finish my “PROJECT”:):)
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  • PERSONAL GOALS | APRIL

  • Write 50 new Thank You notes
  • Edit MISC pics that have been living on my desktop for YEARS… literally YEARS!
  • Workout 3x a week…. I know I have FAILED at this the last 3 months but I’m GOING to make this HAPPEN!
  • Get more frames for the youth room and BLOG it!
  • Drink more water daily… less Mountain Dew
  • Find someone to make our valances for the kitchen!
  • Switch Michael’s clothes to the downstairs closet (this would make sense if you saw our house!)
  • Create 1/4 of our wedding video…. I REALLY want to show off our wedding day… but this is taking forever!

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So here’s to a productive month!! My hopes are high…. especially for the working out part! I really need that to happen!!! Have a great week everyone!!

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Thanks for reading!

— Katelyn

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