Good Morning All,
I am always amazed at how life works out sometimes. My wife and I were talking on Tuesday evening about saving a weekend in July/August for a short family vacation. I told her I would look at my calendar. Upon doing so, I realized that I have several weekends in late July and early August still open, with no weddings booked. This was good and bad. Good because it meant that we can now plan a trip. Bad because I still have several weekends open with now weddings booked.
Now here's the amazing thing: after making this discovery yesterday morning and feeling somewhat concerned, I receive a call yesterday afternoon for guess what? Yep, a potential August wedding. This one happens to be in late August, which I was available for, but that is besides the point.
The point is that life works out like that and has worked out like that for me for as long as I can remember. You could call it coincedence, good fortune, karma, divine intervention, or just plain luck. But whatever it is, I'm not going to knock it. Does life ever work out for any of you this way? Do you ever just casually speak something into the great void or think about how this or that would be nice if it happened. Not necessarily something that you are hoping or praying for with all your might, but rather a casual thought or simply words with no real consequence to them. I'd like to know what anybody thinks about this or maybe I'm the only one that this happens to. Who knows, maybe that right there is my simple request to the void.
These are pretty deep musings for an early Thursday morning. Needless to say, it has been a good wedding week. I have received 2 new contracts, had an initial meeting with a potential new couple, and received 2 new leads. The wedding world is moving along.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Happy Post Valentine's Day
Good morning. I hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's day with your sweetheart. I spent mine with my wife snuggled on the couch eating chili and watching the Olympics. Way to go Canada on getting its first home turf gold medal!
Here I am again after a long hiatus to work on my blog again. I think I have come to realize something about blogging. I was under the mindset that I needed to have earth shattering ideas and stories about how to make your wedding ceremonies better. I still feel that is part of my goal with this blog. However, I have come to realize that maybe part of this blog is not so much for me to be this all knowing ceremony guru, but to allow you to get to know me better as a person and wedding officiant.
So, that is my goal as I restart my focus on the blog and many other things in life. The question is where do I begin? Baring one's soul for the whole world to see is pretty daunting and makes me a little self conscious. I am also not the greatest speller or grammatical person and I apologize for that up front. I guess the best place to start is with today.
Today I have 3 ceremonies that I need to create rough drafts for and send back to their respective couples. I need to follow up with several potential clients whom I have not heard back from. I also need to get in touch with couples who need to begin working on their ceremonies. Wedding season is around the corner; I have already performed 2 civil ceremonies this year and my first full ceremony is coming up on March. I have 21 confirmed ceremonies with another 5 potential as of today. I have unfortunately had turned down at least 6 or more ceremonies because of prior bookings. Couples are being smart and booking services WAY in advance. I already have one booked for February of 2011.
It may not seem like a long list and I could probably complete it in a day, but on top of it I also have a Case Study do for class tonight and a 4-page paper due for class tomorrow night. I'll let you know how things are going tomorrow.
Here I am again after a long hiatus to work on my blog again. I think I have come to realize something about blogging. I was under the mindset that I needed to have earth shattering ideas and stories about how to make your wedding ceremonies better. I still feel that is part of my goal with this blog. However, I have come to realize that maybe part of this blog is not so much for me to be this all knowing ceremony guru, but to allow you to get to know me better as a person and wedding officiant.
So, that is my goal as I restart my focus on the blog and many other things in life. The question is where do I begin? Baring one's soul for the whole world to see is pretty daunting and makes me a little self conscious. I am also not the greatest speller or grammatical person and I apologize for that up front. I guess the best place to start is with today.
Today I have 3 ceremonies that I need to create rough drafts for and send back to their respective couples. I need to follow up with several potential clients whom I have not heard back from. I also need to get in touch with couples who need to begin working on their ceremonies. Wedding season is around the corner; I have already performed 2 civil ceremonies this year and my first full ceremony is coming up on March. I have 21 confirmed ceremonies with another 5 potential as of today. I have unfortunately had turned down at least 6 or more ceremonies because of prior bookings. Couples are being smart and booking services WAY in advance. I already have one booked for February of 2011.
It may not seem like a long list and I could probably complete it in a day, but on top of it I also have a Case Study do for class tonight and a 4-page paper due for class tomorrow night. I'll let you know how things are going tomorrow.
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