A winning combination to bring me to the point of officially being frazzled.

It’s the end of February and we are enjoying temperatures on -35 with the windchill.
It has been cold for FOREVER. No really it has. Don’t argue me on this. I have 2 kids desperate to run, ply, to be outside. And I do take them whenever I can. But to be locked in a house with them day after day… and see their endless energy NOT being being spent, it feels like it has been cold FOREVER. To always be searching for that ONE missing mitt. The hat he has to have. The struggle to put boots on. To get hats on. To walk outside with one child who bravely wants to go play in the cold, and the other to be a whining sobbing mess who needs to be carried it it’s too cold. To be strapping kids in and out of seatbelts in winter gear. To realize you forgot milk after making the trek to the store in a blizzard.

Being sick.

Having my sister move to what feels like the other side of the world. To wish with all my heart that I will hear the front door fly open and hear ‘Aunty Kaffy!!!’. Comforting Kade when she just wants to see her Aunty or play with her cousins.

The usual craziness of kids. Who dumped ANOTHER toilet paper roll in water? Who painted the cupboards in green paint? Why is Kadence’s face covered in marker? STOP FIGHTING! Who lost the wii remote? Don’t torture the dogs! No really that’s not loving, she is telling you she is going to bite you. take a hint! Where is my makeup? WHY do both you have a pound of silver sparkles in your hair? Who took my contact case? Where are your drink cups? Kade, you CAN NOT wear all your clothes in one day!! PLEASE STOP FIGHTING!!!

Combine all this fun stuff with

My blog switch. Working my butt of trying to get a new blog all set up and pretty, getting my new branding all together. ONLY to run into problem after problem. People can see it. Now they can’t. This person can, This one can’t. Contacting my host, relaying messages. Contacting again.

My website. Proofing galleries are not allowing me to upload.

My camera. stopped focusing at my last shoot, I got some excellent practice with manual focus!

My studio lights…. battery in my remote stopped working DURING a shoot.

Learning a new computer, backing it up, redoing my actions.

It has been an INSANE week. INSANE. I hope that NOW I am on the path to good again I think I have served my time being stressed out, getting no sleep and freaking out just a little.

So now. You can see this. My camera is being fixed. Things are looking up!!!

I also got this GORGEOUS mongolian fur today.. and my kids let me snap exactly 2 pics on it! Well really I took like 42, but I got 1 of each of them smiling. They were so excited for the new rug they told me I could take pics Thought this meant I could experiment with some more dramatic lighting, but really it meant they would sit still for ONE minute and THEY chose which way they would face. So it’s dramatic, just not how I was picturing

Thanks for stopping by. I am happy you can see this. Please check out the the last few posts you may have missed!

Here is from going from frazzled to refreshed in the next few days!

And now…. time for sleep!