The Fuchs Update

I just had the most ridiculous two months. I believe I was sick 3 out of 4 days in January and February. I got into a routine of either being at work or being at home laying down. It’s hard trying to break the habit.

Seems like every week there is some reason not to go to church. KC and I went out of town Sunday morning. She gave me a guilt trip about church. I promised her we would go this Wednesday.

Speaking of KC, she is starting to read. Laurisa brought home some beginner readers and she actually reads them to me. Which now make her officially smarter then me.

This is our Christmas Card. I’m going to have to find a children’s photographer from here on out. They don’t pose for me anymore.

I thought by last monday night that if the power hadn’t gone out we were probably safe. Then it when out around 3 a.m. The first night we stayed at a friends house in Edmond. The next day Laurisa realized that she probably wasn’t going to be back at work for the rest of the week. So she did the smart thing and headed to Stillwater with the girls. I can’t imagine what they would have done all week.

So while they were out of town I stayed home. The way I see it I used to go camping in colder weather with less to work with. Here I had several blankets and running hot water. When I was camping all I had was a couple of friends and a thin blanket. Although those nights keeping warm with John, Loren and sometimes Tom produced some real good stories most of you will never here about. All and all it wasn’t that bad. I had a bunch of candles and warm cloths. In reality access to hot water made all the difference.

Laurisa came home Friday night and we stayed with the Banta’s friends from her work Friday and Saturday night. Sunday afternoon Laurisa went and got the girls and had planned to go back to the Banta’s household. But around 5 p.m. last night the power came back on. More importantly the cable came back on with it.

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I have come to the conclusion that what I do must seem very simple. Lately, at work, I have had a lot of people from the magazine tell me they can’t believe how long it takes to produce a picture. Really they are just starting to notice. The good news is that it seems that I am getting more of the writers and editors to schedule time with me instead of dropping projects in my lap the day before deadline.

It occurs to me as I write this some of you have no idea what I am talking about. The owner of the studio I work at started a magazine, distinctly Oklahoma. He originally wanted 5 hours a week from me to shoot for the magazine. It’s now up to 30 hours a week, on a slow week. That’s in addition to regular studio work. Right now having a day off means working less than 8 hours. Last week there was a 6 day stretch I was home less than 24 hours.

So next time you see me at church wake me up.

I have had a model of the General Lee in the box for a couple of years. KC has been bugging me to put it together with her for awhile but it wasn’t unitl last week I thought she could handle it. But even then I was wrong. We got it out of the box and there was way more peices than I thought. she immidiatly wanted to put the wheels on, which is the last thing you do. I tried to get her to help but she lost intrest after five minutes. I thought it was one of those simple snap together deals but it had a bunch of very small parts. I lost a handfull of engine peices. But at least KC gets to take credit for putting a model together.

It’s been awhile since we have updated but we have both been swamped. Laurisa has been back to school for a couple of weeks but got caught up on work just this last thursday. This last week has been a good one for me. I worked just a bit over 40 hours, the slowest week I have had in months.

KC got a twin bed this weekend. Laurisa took Avery’s crib down and she will be in the toddler bed. They have been with my parents and neither one of them has seen the new set up yet.

I watched “300″ this week. It’s now in my top ten. It’s one of the best movies I have seen from a photography stand point. If you decide to watch remember it’s not a kid movie.

1. I am a teacher

2. at an inner city school.

3. I will be teaching 1st grade this year.

4. This will be my 4th year to teach.

5. Until now, I have only taught Kindergarten.

6. I have two beautiful girls.

7. One looks a lot like me, the other a lot like Brent (so I’m told).

8. I adore them.

9. I think they are hilarious.

10. I love my husband.

11. We have been married for 7 years.

12. He works a lot.

13. I like to run on the treadmill.

14. I need to work up to running on the street.

15. I LOVE Grey’s Anatomy

16. and Army Wives

17. and Boston Legal

18. and Desperate Housewives.

19. I like to watch game shows, but…

20. can’t get into reality shows.

21. My new summer hobby is reading.

22. I love the author, Jane Green.

23. I like to go to Barnes and Noble and look around.

24. I could spend hours there.

25. I hate dripping faucets!

26. My kitchen sink started dripping a few days ago.

27. I love music (all kinds).

28. I love to buy music at the itunes music store.

29. My friend makes fun of me because I buy “songs” and not “albums”.

30. I was born and raised in Stillwater.

31. My mom, grandma and Brent’s family still live there.

32. I graduated from Oklahoma State University (GO POKES!).

33. Both of my kids were born in Stillwater even though we lived in OKC.

34. I had very easy pregnancies

35. and deliveries.

36. I have thought about being a surrogate mother, but it is not legal in OK.

37. We named KC after Brent’s grandma.

38. I have always liked the name Avery since 2nd grade…

39. My teacher read the book, Charlotte’s Web to us.

40. It is one of my favorite books.

41. I LOVE MY CAR!!

42. I bought it on my birthday.

43. I think all it needs is tinted windows.

44. I LOVE Diet Coke.

45. I think McDonald’s has the best Diet Coke.

46. I think the Diet Coke at Sonic tastes funny but…

47. I like their Diet Dr. Pepper.

48. I am addicted to Happy Hour at Sonic.

49. I love Mexican food.

50. I think I could eat chips and salsa all day.

51. However, I don’t know if I would really want to.

52. I love to try on clothes.

53. Sometimes KC and I will go try on big, puffy dresses at the mall for fun.

54. Lately, I actually like wearing dresses

55. and necklaces

56. and heels.

57. I never used to wear dresses, then I had 2 girls and

58. somewhere along the way, I turned into a more girly girl.

59. I used to swear that my daughter would never wear pink

60. and now I think 95% of their wardrobe is pink.

61. My favorite flowers are tulips.

62. Some of my favorite movies are Notting Hill

63. Signs

64. and Singing in the Rain.

65. I love musicals.

66. I took tap dancing lessons for 15 years when I was growing up.

67. I want to go to New York City before I die.

68. I want to see a Broadway Show or two or three.

69. Go shopping/window shopping at Tiffany’s.

70. Go to Times Square.

71. See the Statue of Liberty.

72. Go to the top of the Empire State Building.

73. But most importantly, see the Yankees play.

74. I LOVE BASEBALL!

75. I love the NY Yankees.

76. I like to take pictures of my friends and family.

77. I like to look at and critique portraits that my husband has taken.

78. I hate to listen to Brent talk computer talk.

79. I don’t like to cook.

80. I like to bake.

81. I Love to go out to eat.

82. I love to spend time with my mom, even though it doesn’t happen as much as it should.

83. I like to decorate,

84. but wish I had more money to do it.

85. My favorite color is purple.

86. I love Spring.

87. I have a thing for chocolate cake with white icing.

88. I am sarcastic.

89. I am a people pleaser.

90. I wish I were more artistic.

91. I want to go back to school to get my Master’s.

92. I want to be a Reading Specialist.

93. I don’t like coffee.

94. But I like hot tea.

95. I am a dog person.

96. I took a total of five years of French in high school and college.

97. I want to learn Spanish.

98. I miss hanging out with my brother-in-law (he lives in Alaska).

99. I made the curtains that are hanging in my kitchen.

100. I probably should have spent my time doing something more productive, but this was fun!

Someone else’s turn.

There is a new pattern that has formed at the studio. It works like this. On Thursday my schedule for the next week is near empty. By mid-day Friday it is completely booked. Makes it almost impossible to schedule employees in advance. The good news is I have only two employees. I’m most likely going to let my office manager schedule her own self since she is the one that schedules the sessions and such.

The rumor is I’m getting a new Fuji S5 sometime soon. Along with a Nikon 80-200/2.8 lens. I requested both from the owner and he said yes. Which was a huge surprise to me but they really are necessities.

Last night I went to see Transformers with Tim. The last three movies I went have been Spiderman 3, Live free or Die Hard and Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer. While each of these movies was good they were pretty much what I expected. Transformers was far better than I expected. It was very well thought out with out being overly weighty. It was well worth it.

I just love this pic and thought I’d share.

Avery is almost always happy. This week Brent and I noticed that she no longer walks down the hall, she runs. I like this picture because everytime we get in the car, Avery has to have her baby and blanket.