I had such a love wedding shoot this weekend. Compared to the disaster wedding of last weekend.....well, there really is no comparison. The only thing that went wrong was the pastor being about 30 minutes late. When the bride arrived the groom jogged out to stop the car and tell them to wait, and everyone yelled at him to stop. He turned around with an incredulous expression: "What?! Someone has to tell them...". "Yeah, but not YOU!" That was pretty funny.

Everything was beautiful, and it was a really fun and festive event....right down to the groom stripping down to his "little" Superman suit during his speech. (I'm very tempted to post a pic of that btw, but not sure it is appropriate lol).

I had the privilege to shoot the most incredible wedding this past weekend. And I don't mean incredible as in good.....I mean BAD! It was completely hectic. Everything that could go wrong, did. I felt so sorry for the couple.

The bride and her entourage arrived almost 45minutes late. They then had to wait for everyone to be seated Again. The wind picked up (it was an outdoor ceremony), and it did not take long for the (very time consuming to do) curls in her hair to disappear. The bridal couple went indoors to sign the wedding register, and in the meantime the little confetti girl was sent out so the guests could all get their handful of rose petals. But the little angel put down the basket somewhere, and then disappeared! When the bridal couple was ready to come out again no one had confetti, so they had to wait so the basket And the girl could be found.

The champagne ran out when only half the guests' glasses were filled (halfway I should add). The food was 2 hours late and ended up being served after 10pm! By then there were more than a few grumpy guests. The roses on the tables were wilted and browning. The DJ did not have the requested song for the couple's first dance...the song to which they practiced. The bathroom window (that looks out on the dance floor) did not have a curtain!

And the list goes on... You'd almost think the marriage was doomed. The couple have been together for 13 years though, and still very much in love. I hope their marriage runs smoother than their very memorable wedding...

Ohh...and apparently the couple canceled the honeymoon, because the groom's mom (who was going to pay for the trip) decided she was joining them... *frown*

Had a little surprize this morning at home. I heard some weird noises in the house and then thought: do we have a rat?! Sneaked up, wanting to see the damn thing....but when I slowly opened the door and looked in, it was no rat. It was a freaking burglar!

We stood staring at each other for a second or two...dumbstruck in disbelief. And then I chased him. I can be very scary at times LOL.

Only afterwards I thought about how I reacted, and how badly it could have gone if anything had gone differently. Unfortunately, in this country violent crime is at the order of the day, so discovering a burglar in your house could get really ugly.

Later we discovered that a bunch of stuff is actually missing, which means he must have been in the house before seeing as he was empty handed when I chased him. We suspect during the night, because the dog barked at one stage.

Fortunately nothing important or valuable is missing. We are moving soon, and the items that were taken were from the things I am planning to donate to charity.

So no harm done, but a little wake up call nonetheless...

"It is better to regret what you've done than to regret what you have not done" (or something like that).

I don't know who that quote belongs to, but I keep reading it...status updates on facebook, on twitter, etc.

Its speaking to me.

Gosh, its been almost a year since I last wrote! This is obviously not close to a priority for me. Oh well...

What a year this has been for us.... 2009 was an awful year, everything that could go wrong did. 2010 has been hectic, and not all smooth sailing, but its been an exciting year if nothing else.

Its the time of year now when everyone keeps commenting on how happy they are that the year is almost over, how they're looking forward to the holidays. Me on the other hand...the end of this year arrived way too soon. There is just too much unfinished business. I just want to pull the breaks and get stuff done without the world spinning so fast. I feel dizzy...