30 day photo challenge:: Day 4

Day 4: High Angle

So you may have noticed that I'm a tad behind on my photo challenge. Oopsie. With the gorgeous color the leaves are right now, this high angle challenge was an easy one for me. Every time I look up these days and see these colors I feel guilty for not just sitting and staring at them a little longer. There won't be too many more days left with these colors. The trees are already looking sparse, and are preparing for winter.

New Do.

Ahhh. Like a breath of fall fresh air. That's how my new hair cut feels. There's not a whole lot to say about this new do that can't be summed up with a few pics snapped with my trusty iPhone. What do ya think?

Before: It was getting a little too long. When I didn't spend quite a long time fixing it everyday, it just ending up looking... well, nappy. Nappy has been the word of choice for the last week. Alicia, my stylist & best friend, cut off between 4 and 5 inches! Yeah! It felt so great to get that weight off my shoulders. Literally off my shoulders.

After: My hair is anything but nappy. It feels SO much lighter because she thinned it a LOT. And you may have noticed the color is different. We went for a auburn autumn inspired color and I love it!

Happy Hair Day to you all! As silly as hair may seem (after all, they are just dead cells), it can make all the difference in the way you feel about yourself. So if you haven't treated yourself to a hair cut (or color) lately then go for it. You deserve it! :)

Let's talk about hair...

I know there are a million other things in life more important than hair but when you aren't happy with yours then hair is the only thing on your mind. I look at myself in the mornings and sigh. I've been waiting to get my hair done for a week or two now. You'd think I wouldn't have a problem getting my hair done since my hair stylist is my one of best friends from college. :) What can I say, she's good at what she does. She's worth the wait. But I will say that I have waiting too long. It's gone far to many inches. My eyebrows look like Sasquatch.

I am currently rocking the ever popular ombre look that I had my heart set on after seeing this pic on Pinterest. But lately I've been itching to cut my hair a few inches. I'm not sure why, other than I'm lazy, and I wear my hair in a ponytail 99% of the time. I have found if I have less of it, I am more likely to fix it.

So, my appointment is first thing in the morning and this is what I'm thinking...

Last fall, I went a little bit more red and loved it so I'm thinking I will go just a tad bit more red. We shall see! Hopefully I will have a before and after pics to show y'all later on this week. What about y'all? Do you go darker in the fall?

30 day photo challenge:: Day 3

Day 3: Clouds

I haven't particularly liked the clouds the sky has been throwing our way the past few days so instead of taking a new photo for day 3 of my photo challenge, I found 3 of my favorite cloud photos on instagram.

The first one was taken near my home in Benton coming home from Little Rock one day last month. The sky was just gorgeous. The second one is a bit more dated. You might recognize the historical landmark in the picture. It was taken at the St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square in New Orleans, Louisiana. Buie and I went there back in July for my birthday and our 3rd anniversary celebration. The third cloud pic I snapped about 2 weeks ago from the passenger seat while headed to a photo shoot in Jasper, Arkansas.

What's the weather been like in your neck of the woods?

30 day photo challenge:: Day 2 continued...

So...yesterday I was a slacker and well...you saw the post. Just to prove that I actually do shower (occasionally) and put on real clothes, here is my "what I wore" post. I'm continuing my Day 2 post for another day because...well, I can. :)

If you'd like to join me and my friend, Tricia, in a little photo challenge, hop on the band wagon and join the fun!

I pretty much live in dresses/tunics with leggings and boots in the Fall. This is just a simple black knit dress from Ann Taylor Loft with leggings, brown boots (yes I mix black and brown - I'm a rebel like that!) and the statement necklace is again from my favorite store - A.T. Loft. I am trying to remember where I snagged these boots last year and I have no clue...but they were a great purchase. I wore them all fall & winter long last year! Along with my cowboy boots...which are currently missing. :( Seriously. I have no clue where they are. This might just be cause for an emergency shopping trip. Anyone game?

Thursday Ramblings...

My mom has been in Thailand for like EVER! You know that saying you never know what you are missing until it's gone...well, I've wanted to pick up the phone like 20 times in the past week to talk to her and I can't. But thank goodness for the app "Hey Tell" because we discovered that it works even though we are oceans a part. My mom and I might have a difference of opinions and we might drive each other nuttso (love you, mom!) but when it is advice that I need, my mom is usually first on my list to call (unless of course it's has anything to do with money, then the phone gets handed to dad). Come home soon, momma! There are some things that momma understands that husbands just don't get...am I right, ladies?

Being a work from home photographer, on days that I don't have a shoot scheduled it can get kind of lonely just sitting in my home office editing ALL. DAY. LONG. Before this year, if you would have asked me I might would have told you that I was an introvert I know, right. Me? an introvert? It sounds crazy. But before I went full time into photography this past February, I was around people all day long. It was nice just to come home and not talk anymore. To fill the bath tub up with hot suds and just soak...sometimes for an hour. Heck, sometimes I wouldn't even talk to Buie that much when I first arrived home. I just needed some ME time.

Now all I have is ME time and too much of it. When Buie gets home, I literally throw myself into his arms and hug him, thankful that there is another human being present in this house. I found myself making small talk with the mail lady the other day, until I realized she probably had a route to get to and a schedule to keep. I definitely need people in my life. I am a social being... maybe not as much as my dear mother is...but to some extent we ALL need some sort of social interaction. I have just realized in the past couple of weeks that I need more than I have been getting.

source: etsy found on Pinterest

So what's the solution?:: Step away from the computer. Stop talking to the animals and go see people. I have made it a goal to have lunch, coffee or dinner with someone different each week. So watch out! If I haven't seen you in a while, you may be getting an email. It's time for me to catch up with my old friends... I mean, after all, being social is pretty much what I majored in in college. ;)

30 day photo challenge:: Day 2

Day 2: What I wore. Sock Monkey Slippers! Well, I didn't actually where these slippers all day. This is actually what I was wearing though when I remembered to take my day 2 pic. Yeah, it's only day 2 and I'm already forgetting. How am I doing huh? But at least I was wearing some cute slippers so show off, right? ;)

30 day photo challenge:: Day 1

Day 1:: a self portrait.

Right out of the gate I was not looking forward to this one. I haven't been feeling very pretty lately. My hair needs to be cut & colored, eye brows needs to be waxed and lately I have pretty much been living in my yoga pants. You all have day (or weeks) like this, too, right? Ok. just checking.

When I saw my neighbor's gorgeous red tree today I knew instantly that it must be in the background because this tree makes me happy. The past two and a half years we have lived in this house, each year Fall comes around this tree turns the most amazing color of red I have ever seen. I swear I could just stare at it forever.

30 day photo challenge

I've been in a rut here lately. With all of the editing I've been doing for my photography business, I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed. I haven't taken any pictures for fun...for me. In order to keep my creative juices flowing I'm taking Tricia Nae's 30 day photo challenge in hopes to shake these blues away. You should do it too!

Happy Halloween from the Buie's Zoo!

Trick or Trick from my little sheriff and my little prisoner. Aren't they the cutest? We reused Scooter's costume from two year's ago since it's so hard to find one large enough for him. The tshirt fits him so well but he HATES the hat. With enough treats, I was able to snap a few pics before he tore it off. Doesn't he look MISERABLE in this pic? hehe. I'm so mean, aren't I?! But this pic makes me laugh because Conner is definitely the sheriff over Scooter in our household. He may be small but that doesn't mean he's not bossy!
Happy Howl-oween from all of us to YOU! We hope you get lots of treats and not so many tricks tonight.