She's baaaaack (new and improved)!

So. I suppose I should start with an apology. I know there were actually a couple of you who were starting to enjoy this blog before I mysteriously disappeared for a year. What happened? A lot. But the answer the question of why I suddenly stopped blogging is simple. I started a 365 Day Self Portrait Project and got sucked into the world of flickr. My blogging continued, it just relocated to the space below my daily shots. But now that I have successfully completed the one year project, I feel it might be time to move back home to my blog. Lucky you! I may even start sharing some of my photography with you all!

So what have you all been up to? In the past year, I quit my job at the big firm in Kansas City and Fiance (you may remember him as Boyfriend - more on that later) and I moved back home to Michigan where we set up camp at my familys lake house for the summer. To describe those three months as heaven would be an understatement. By fall, Fiance and I were both once again gainfully employed, but due to the location of my job, we had to relocate into my parents' house for the time being. Right. Not so glamorous. Slightly embarassing. But financially necessary at the moment. That will be changing soon, though, as we are currently looking for our own place. You know, because it would be a little weird to come back to my parents' house and my childhood bedroom once we're married.

Which brings me to the other big news! Boyfriend finally popped the question! That's right. Your favorite thirty-something is now engaged! Could not be happier. So right now we are in the midst of planning our fall 2010 wedding. Venue, date, dress, wedding party, photographer are all taken care of. The rest...well, the rest should be fun and interesting. I'll be keeping you all posted as we go!

Also noteworthy over the past year: I've lost 31 lbs so far, and show no signs of stopping, especially not with a wedding looming on the horizon. I've started moving my photography from the purely hobby realm into the hey-this-could-actually-make-me-some-money phase. I've had a few childrens portrait sessions so far, and a pregnancy shoot lined up for next weekend. Photography is good for my soul. I'm going to need to start booking more shoots to make up for not having the daily pressure of taking a self portrait. My days already feel slightly aimless without my photography project to ground me.

Ok, enough rambling. Let this serve as my "sorry I left, but now I'm back and you know you can't stay mad at me for long" post. Let go of the frustration and let me back in! You know you've missed me!