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December Calm.

December 1, 2008 By Susan Leave a Comment

It’s pretty quiet around here today.
Megan ended up driving home last night and
Jo left yesterday afternoon to visit her
brother in Minneapolis then headed back
to Albert Lea.

Gary and I sat and watched the Vikings/
Bears game together on the porch with
Boo last night. It was nice.

Today I will get back to work, back to
the gym and get some control of things
around here. I get to take off my hostess
hat and get to my very long “to do” list.

I’m thankful that I’m really done Christmas
shopping so I’ll tend to the house, get the
tree up, deliver some final orders and
concentrate on 2009! Wow! It’s December today~
I have much to do this month in preparation
for the new year. Close out books and file
stuff away. It’s really been a terrific year
and I cannot wait to see what the Lord has
in store for me and Gary in 2009.

I will be closing the Studio the week between
Christmas and New Years. Any last minute orders
should be placed no later that Friday, December
5th without incurring a rush charge.
Note that rush charges can nearly double your cost.

I pray that everyone had a safe Holiday weekend!

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running with megan..

December 29, 2007 By Susan Leave a Comment

what a day we had yesterday.
first, gary to the surgeon…
ran home, took hobie to the vet~
then megan and i ran to southdale
to shop at macy’s and find boots
for her then we had to race back
to pick up hobie from the vet~
he’s now poop free!
then megan and i got back in the car
and buzzed up to crystal to meet
with sergio (her good friend) and
his girlfriend wendy for a bite at
“el toro” in robinsdale…
sergio had to work last night so
it was a quick bite and off to
ridgedale to get the shoes that the
southdale macy’s was out of stock on.
THEN i thought…wow, wouldn’t it
be fun to introduce megan to von maur!
so we hit that place too and we both
picked up some lancome! we were nearly
shopped out…
the following are some highlights from
my camera as we both brought along
our cameras for the day. i nearly got
kicked out of the macy’s at ridgedale
for taking pictures of shoes…yea, like
i’m going to, in my spare time, copy some
shoes and start another business…
megan and i just laughed!

today, it’s off to the hilton to drop off
some things for the new year’s eve event.
then….later we are to hook up with
sergio again and i also am going out
to excelsior to attend a belated “boxing day”
gathering at my brother & nicki’s home.
looking forward to an outing with friends!

megan is taking the train back home in the
morning and i will be heading back downtown
to shoot an event at the mpls hilton from
10:30 to 4. megan is shooting a wedding on
new years eve and i’ll be shooting the minnesota
miracle event at the airport hilton that night.
work, work, work…good thing we play hard!!

house guest…

October 19, 2007 By Susan Leave a Comment

megan is in town from chicago to shoot a bella
wedding on saturday up in stillwater. gary gave
her the low-down on stillwater (that it is the
oldest city in minnesota) so she’s actually
planning on going up much earlier that day to
hunt around for some cool spots for a photo walk
with the bride & groom, wish i was shooting with her!
‘sposed to finally be a nice day on saturday!
NOT gonna hold my breath!

i thought it would be fun if she came in a little
early so we could hang. her flight was delayed due
to high winds in chicago and ultimately called me at
about 10:40 when she landed so i zipped to the airport
and picked her up and brought her here. i hadn’t seen
her since the 22nd of september when we shot a
wedding together…wow!!
she brought me chocolate! bad friend BAD FRIEND!
we stayed up til 1 and she got to meet gary and
the two cats. and mirACulously…i know that
those of you that know katie won’t believe this..
but katie actually hung around and greeted megan.
megan got down on the floor and kind of crept up
to her and she stayed there and let her pet and
scratch her…i KNOW!!! so weird, right!?
anyway, i gave megan the nickle tour and showed
her her suite (complete with a cute basket of
towels, a robe and an overnight goodie bag with
shampoos, lotions and some of my “thymes” samples.
oh, and som 70% cocoa lindts chocolate. hmmm. theme?

she’ll head off to her hotel later today.
i’ve got some hair to do this morning and then
2 cancer families are checking into the hilton
today. one at 4 and one at 5 so i’ll be there for
a little bit today.

amanda’s bowling birthday party yesterday was
so much fun. i’ll have to post photos tomorrow,
as blogger is “aware and fixing the problem” of
not being able to post photos.
i think it’s because some folks have cracked
the code of posting larger images! tee hee stacey!

we are in for a hugely blustery day which in turn
should usher in the sun tomorrow, so….
bring it on i guess.

TGIF. actually lets TGFE (thank God for everyday!)

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