another one

so i've been out of the blog loop recently, but i have a good excuse! i love my photography website, but sometimes my edited pictures don't get displayed the best....so i was on the hunt for a new layout. it takes awhile to get used to a new editing program, so my time has been spent figuring out the new site. i like how this website looks and i think the contact page is neat because you can actually get ahold of me through the site, BUT i don't necessarily care for the url. also it takes a bit for the pictures to load because i'm sharing alot, but stick with it because once they're loaded it works great! please give me feedback...and if you know of any other free (key word) websites to try, i'm open for suggestions...

here are a few pictures from two weekends ago....we spent saturday in pontiac with our friends :)


(pictures thanks to kori)


website:
http://www.wix.com/esweitzer/emilysweitzerphotography

The Bachelor Finale

The Bachelor ended Monday night and Jake chose Vienna. So my pick from the beginning was Tenly, but I'm torn on his decision. Of course I thought Tenly was beautiful and a very nice person, but I could see the chemistry between Jake and Vienna. Throughout the season there were episodes where I really liked Jake and then one's I couldn't stand him. But I loved the last episode and he seems like a sweet guy. Not sure about Ali being the next Bachelorette, but I'll probably watch!

New Moon

Saturday evening my Aunt Debbie met my mom in Lexington to get my sisters for the night. They came to work to give me the low down on the night. They were going to get us a table at Joe's for supper and then we were headed to see New Moon (the 2nd Twilight movie). Ryan also joined us for the activities.

Before going into the movie we all clarified who we were rooting for:

JacobVSEdward

Elizabeth: Team Edward

Grace: Team Edward

Debbie: Team Jacob (booo)

Emily: Team Edward

Ryan: Didn't care

We all loved the movie. It was funny hearing all of the girls giggle when Jacob would take his shirt off. Especially the girls to the right of me *cough cough elizabeth & debbie cough* Ryan thought the shirts were off a little too much throughout the movie. We all had a great time and can't wait for the next movie to come out!

The girls stayed the night at our place, then Sunday the rest of the family came down to celebrate my birthday. It was nice to see everyone and spend time with my family. They came here first and I opened presents, then we ate supper at BWW. Sorry, I've been bad with my camera....no pictures :(

Good Times, Great Oldies

Ok, I don't want to keep you wondering any longer.....

Exciting News at Work-

So it seems like we are constantly having little contests at work to win free jewelry (which is fine by me!). When I first started there was a three month department incentive going on. If we sold $1000 worth of Lois Hill jewelry each month, then one month we would win earrings, another a bracelet and the other a necklace. Of course the only one we won I couldn't use because my ears aren't pierced.....HOWEVER, they called the other day and they had extra necklaces and since we were so close that month they gave them to us! Yay!!!

Previously I had told you about me possibly winning a Michele Watch, well I won! I'm still waiting to get it tho. They said it would take 6-8 weeks and this is week 7. *Side note: I hate it when customers come into work and want to send a watch or piece of jewelry in for repair and I tell them they will get it back in 6-8 weeks and their mad....now I kinda understand* Pictures to come....

Our last contest was for a brand called Crislu. People purchase Crislu for weddings or buy the rings for replacement wedding rings while on vacation. It's a sterling/platinum base with CZ's. Our department exceeded the goal and we all won necklaces. Then Heidi from the Von Maur center called the other day to congratulate me for being the 2nd top seller in the company! I got to pick another free piece on top of the necklace......woo hoo!!

Wedding Album Update-

It took us forever to decide on pictures for our wedding album, as there were SO many good ones! We finally forced ourselves to decide and recently received it in the mail. It's perfect! The book is 11X15 and the pages are a little thicker than paper which makes the book very heavy. We also chose a champagne color for the cover. Here are a few pictures...

Craft Projects-

A long time ago for Christmas Ryan had given me a jewelry box from K-mart, I believe, that has basically sat in the box since. Now that I'm going to be getting more jewelry I think it would be better if I stored it in something other than laying it across the dresser. It was a lovely oak (gag!), so I asked Ryan if he could paint the whole thing black and then stencil this

pattern somewhere on it. I'm so glad he helped do this. He had all the doors and glass panes out, and it was painted black before I knew it. He spent alot of time trying to get the stencil right, but it's a very complex pattern and his cutout just didn't work great. So I drew the pattern on free hand. I think together we did a great job!

(name that movie)

Photography-

So my photography business has been a little slower because of the weather, but hopefully soon it will pick up a bit. I did take pictures a week ago of a girl I work with's daughter, Bella. Last night I posted new pictures to my website. Be sure to check them out! Here are a few of my favorites.

New Hobby-
I have become a pool shark. Playing pool was just something fun to do, but recently I've been more into the strategy behind each hit and trying to improve my game. My brother in law Tyler plays the open mic night at Coconut Louie's on Monday nights and their pool tables are free all night. So we kill two birds with one stone! Also, we spent Valentine's day at Ride the Nine, which is a pool hall with around 13 tables. They have regulation tables there, which are bigger. I personally like the smaller tables because I can control my moves better, but it's still fun!

So there's my current life in a nut shell. Back to work....ugh

Pinky Promise

Sorry, sorry, sorry....I've been MIA recently. I had a photoshoot on Monday and every minute of my spare time has been put towards editting the pictures. Also, today I completed day 4 of 6 days straight of work. This coming Monday will be a much needed day off and I can sleep in and blog away! See you then :)

Things to look forward to:
- Exciting news at work
- Wedding Album Update
- Craft projects
- Photography
- New Hobby

tua

check out my brother-in-law ty and the unemployed architects!

Matchless
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9fIkspVcSA

*correction to my last post...Ryan got mad and said he was the winner in bowling...my bad! Way To Go Hunny!!*

quick recap

Sorry to blog and run...We've been up to a lot recently.

This past weekend was another Scrapbooking weekend with Theresa at Hawthorne Inn & Suites. We cropped from Friday night to Sunday afternoon. I worked on Engagement pictures the entire weekend, got 32 pages done, and I still have a stack of pictures left to do. We took a lot that day!!

Last week Ryan, Michael, Kearstyn and I went to Schooners for supper followed by a little bowling...(used a coupon for a free game, thanks to an e-mail from my Aunt Sheila!) I believe Michael won, Ryan got second, followed by us girls....go figure! It was a fun date night (sorry no pictures, forgot the camera).

The weekend before last we went home to see the family. I had Sunday off so we headed to Pontiac Saturday night. It felt like we hadn't been home in forever! The girls and I decided we would do a photoshoot on Sunday. So after church, we did hair and make-up, and had William drive us around town. Here are some of my favorites from the day (I will be posting them all on my website). They are so photogenic...we had a blast!

So Valentine's Day is coming up, which also happens to be our Anniversary (not wedding, but when Ryan asked me to be his girlfriend....6 years ago) It seems like yesterday we were going to the Sweetheart dance and I was so nervous....haha....funny how things change and how comfortable you become with each other after time. I miss that new/head-over-heels feeling. Don't get me wrong I love Ryan with all my heart, but there's just something about puppy love :) I have Sunday off work and can't wait to spend the day with Ryan.....I keep asking him if he's planned something big, which he replies with 'I better think of something fast'.....Stay tuned for a post-valentine/anniversary post (I'm kinda happy our dating anniversary is on Valentine's Day because then we can secretly still celebrate that date without people thinking were crazy....)