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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 […]

December 26, 2016

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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, […]

December 15, 2016

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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 […]

November 19, 2016

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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 […]

November 2, 2016

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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 […]

October 20, 2016

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Today is my 9 year anniversary with my awesome husband, Chris. You don’t see him a lot when I’m out and about.  He stays in the background – or sometimes, he’s home with our little girls so that I can be out networking and making things happen for Misty Saves the Day. There are a […]

September 21, 2016