Hello December!

I'm simply amazed at how fast this year has slipped by. And jaw dropped that December starts tomorrow. The snow falling outside shows December, however my work says "Please can't it still be October?"
I was just telling my hubby the other night that I had such a productive day and listed all the things I accomplished and got done! He even said, "Wow that's great!" Then the dreaded, "What do you still have to do?" Ugh, my feeling of satisfaction with the days productivity was gone after realizing what still lays ahead.
Then I got right back at it again come the next day and still had a great day. I was really excited and wrote down all the projects that are still waiting for my attention; with it in the back of my mind that I'd like to have all of my projects to my clients by Christmas.
HELLO DECEMBER!!!! I've got a lot of work to do if I'm going to get this done by Christmas. I just want all my clients to know that I'm putting in lots of hours on the computer and trying to get things out as fast as I can.

But as it never fails nothing can work perfectly, don't get my wrong, I'm very thankful for the growing business and somethings do go right but I have a lot of trials and tests that I'm put up against. We took a trip out to see my sister and family, I was actually looking forward to the 10 hour/one way drive as it'd be a great time to edit. Needless to say; I edited from Dickinson to Jamestown and accomplished 10 minutes of wedding edit. I had to restart my computer over and over because the program kept "not responding". Then on the drive back I figured I'd try it again so from Fargo to Jamestown I tried again and only got 8 minutes edited in. The worst part is those clips where pre-ceremony picture footage! So I when I got back the laptop went in for a Dr. Appointment to Smart Computers and Consulting. I'm very happy with how fast they worked on my computer and it took only a week to get it back (with it being over Thanksgiving and two days they weren't open). But the bad news was my hard drive went out. So quite a few dollars later I now have a working laptop again. My only regret is that I didn't take it in prior to the trip, because I could've completed that wedding and worked on Wedding Photos.

But after discussing turn around time with other professionals and asking brides if they have their items back from other vendors, I'm happy that I am keeping up with my turn around time as I'm not doing this 10 hours a day. When the day comes that my business has expanded enough for me to make this my main source of income, my hope then is I can get products to clients sooner.

I'm very thankful to every one who has chosen to work with me, everyone who has helped me further my business and to those clients now who are being patient in waiting for their video.
This past week I was able to finish two wedding photography sessions and mail them out to clients. I will put up pictures after things are caught up.
I'm sacrificing my updates on the website and this blog a bit, to help me get a little ahead on the editing. After January, you'll be seeing more of my writing, photos and videos than you'll probably want to :)

Have a great evening everyone and Merry Christmas!
Take time after this Thanksgiving to keep being thankful to God and telling those you love "I Love You".
Have a Blessed Christmas,
Nikki