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I know…I know…you don’t need to tell me twice; I’m a bad blogger! BUT…to be fair, I’m only a bad blogger because I’m (at least somewhat) a good photographer!

But I did get my wrist slapped today for not “respecting my readership” enough to give you something other than the cute little horse to look at! My bad! So here I am…despite my writer’s block, with my sad attempt at keeping you informed!

We actually only just got back yesterday from our quick little trip to Tilbury and Port Elgin. Steve’s cousin, Sarah, got married last Saturday and we were all there to pay our tribute to Michael Jackson on their dance floor (even Grandma Smyth got her groove on…which is the first that I’ve seen!). Then it was off to Port Elgin to visit Colin and Sandra for a couple of days before making our way back to Ottawa. It actually took us nine painful hours in the car to get home yesterday. How sad is that?!?! This leads me to conclude that I despise two things; construction season and eighty-year-old women who drive ten kilometers below the speed limit. It’s infuriating. Not to mention that we hit Ottawa just in time to for rush hour which meant that it took us another forty-five minutes just to cross town.

On a happy note though; Tugger is still alive and well! He was a bit pissed that we left him for a week (don’t go calling the SPCA…we did leave him in the very capable hands of my father while we were gone!) and then eventually his grumpiness turned into an inability to walk anywhere without being glued to our ankles. Felines are so predictable!!!

Also, I returned home to receive word of four more confirmed photo shoots and another inquiry. I am officially booked solid until mid-September now with two more weddings, an engagement shoot, another maternity shoot, a family session and a couple more surprises that I’m not allowed to mention just yet (because the pictures are a surprise for someone!). I have to say that it was a pretty great way to come home!

I’m kind of surprised that I forgot to mention this sooner but, I’ve decided to go on a caffeine purge! I’ve been drinking oodles of coffee lately because of the crazy late nights that I’ve been pulling editing pictures and recently decided that I’m not cool with that! Coffee is okay…but sleep is better! Tilbury and Port Elgin provided the perfect places to start my purge because there isn’t a Starbucks anywhere within forty minutes of either place. As my reward though for not having coffee for an entire week, we stopped at the Starbucks in the Blue Mountains for a double chocolate chip blended cream frappuccino; the most calorie laden drink ever made but…completely caffeine free!!!!

As anyone who has ever kicked a habit knows very well; you need to substitute your previous behaviour with something new. In my case, I replaced coffee with vampires! That’s right…I caved and started reading Twilight! I’m about three quarters of the way through the first book right now and I’ll admit; I like it! I don’t “read-all-four-books-in-one-week-the-way-Jamie-did” like it…but it’s certainly charming in its own blood sucking kind of way! I don’t think that I’ll continue to read the other three books but then again, I said that about the first one too! I guess only time and caffeine withdrawal will tell!

It’s my birthday next week! That came as a bit of a surprise to me when my sister-in-law gave me an early birthday card while we were in Tilbury because my birthday being around the corner means that the second half of July is also just around the corner…which really blows my mind.

Perhaps my birthday resolution will be to post here more often…?!?!? Or not?!?! Two blogs sounds like a lot of work for a thirty-one year old!!!!