I had dinner and drinks with a great friend the other night, and he said something to me that rang true.  Something that he does with his Instagram, that I’ve always admired, is he posts when he feels like it.  What I mean is – he’s not always giving the world the play-by-play.  I won’t […]

Let me preface this post by saying this: I am not a person who readily admits that she’s wrong.  In fact, if you ask a majority of my friends, they’ll tell you that I always think I’m right, most likely to a fault.  Here’s what I’m ready to stand up and admit today: my friends […]

I’ve thought a lot about how to write this blog – what’s important is that you know that it took me a while to type out the words, to thoughtfully say the things that I wanted to say, and that I decided that I’d tell you the whole story. Owning a business is just hard, […]

I’m up early this morning.  Too early. 6am literally woke me up and told me to get out of bed and get to work so that I can enjoy time with my family later.  We’re going to see Santa, watch Norfolk’s Grand Illumination Parade, and have time with friends.  Tomorrow we’re going to go walk […]

I’ve talked about taking time off for yourself as a business owner before – but most of it has been a lot of talk – a lot of knowing that I need to practice what I preach.  Some of it has been my friends and husband in my ear telling me to work a little […]

It happened: Misty Saves the Day has made it one year, and has been far more successful than I could’ve dreamed. At the end of this first year, we have 1 employee and 2 interns. We have 28 amazing clients, and we’ve assisted or planned/coordinated 11 photoshoots with 7 more by the end of 2016. We’ve […]