{"id":8311,"date":"2013-04-08T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/?p=8311"},"modified":"2013-04-08T07:03:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T11:03:58","slug":"meridith-mondays-vol-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/meridith-mondays-vol-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Meridith Monday&#8217;s Vol. 39"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just haven&#8217;t been able to keep up with blogging so this weekly post may turn bi-weekly for a little while. \u00a0Bare with me as I have a lot going on between freelancing in NYC 5 days a week, photography work, my mom still in rehab and my father getting open heart surgery in 2 weeks. \u00a0It is a lot to handle, but I am keeping up and looking forward to spring and summer as you can see by my photos this week!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8381\" alt=\"basil on the window\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/pics-week-39.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/pics-week-39.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/pics-week-39-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Anyway on a more cheerful note over the past 3 weeks I:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wore Neon Pink to try and channel spring, it&#8217;s coming sloooowly but surely:)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px\">Met with 2 wonderful couples about their wedding photography! \u00a0Both couples are planning smaller, more intimate weddings at venues I would love to work at. \u00a0I&#8217;m so lucky that I get to meet and work with couples who do not necessarily do things the way everyone else does when it comes to their wedding.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Photographed a small and really personal wedding at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotelbethlehem.com\" target=\"_blank\"> Hotel Bethleham<\/a>, a gorgeous historical building right in downtown.<\/li>\n<li>Went to Costco the day before Easter and it wasn&#8217;t too bad- I got there 5 minutes before they opened so I think that helped. \u00a0It&#8217;s always a zoo in there.<\/li>\n<li>Had a wonderful Easter Dinner at my mother in laws with my sister, dad, Kelli and baby Luke &#8211; who is getting bigger already! \u00a0Luke and Chris bonded over snuggles and feedings, too cute.<\/li>\n<li>Photographed the Allendale Womens Club annual fashion show at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seasonscatering.com\" target=\"_blank\">Seasons<\/a>. \u00a0What a fun filled event that benefits a different charity every year, this years charity was Family Promise of Bergen County.<\/li>\n<li>Watched Syracuse win and loose, it was a good year though and GO ORANGE!<\/li>\n<li>Watched the Season premier of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amctv.com\/shows\/mad-men\" target=\"_blank\">Mad Men<\/a>. \u00a0I can&#8217;t get enough of this show and now that we are all caught up I have to wait 7 days until the next episode!<\/li>\n<li>Found out our 2 best friends are having a baby in September!! \u00a0I can&#8217;t wait to meet him or her, we are super excited for them both and to become and Aunt and Uncle again.<\/li>\n<li>Watched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1217209\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brave<\/a>, which was really a cute movie for kids and adults too;)<\/li>\n<li>Read 3 more Nora Roberts books and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evanovich.com\/novels\/romance-novels\/co-authored-romance-novels\/dorien-kelly\/the-husband-list\/\" target=\"_blank\">this\u00a0Janet Evanovich<\/a> book &#8211; maybe I&#8217;m just a romantic at heart. \u00a0I never really thought I was though- ha! \u00a0I love the fact that I don&#8217;t really have to think too much when reading these books and it passes the time on the train.<\/li>\n<li>Wrote 7 blog posts and have them scheduled over the next 2 weeks &#8211; I&#8217;m taking advantage of scheduling things on my blog and facebook page. \u00a0It really helps me get things done!<\/li>\n<li>Purchased a basil plant for the kitchen window &#8211; I cannot wait for basil and tomatoes!<\/li>\n<li>Ordered <a href=\"http:\/\/www.garnethill.com\/garnet-hill-doormat-collection\/204199?defattrib=&amp;defattribvalue=&amp;listIndex=0\" target=\"_blank\">this new front door mat<\/a>&#8211; it&#8217;s so cheerful and fun! \u00a0I love it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just haven&#8217;t been able to keep up with blogging so this weekly post may turn bi-weekly for a little while. \u00a0Bare with me as I have a lot going on between freelancing in NYC 5 days a week, photography work, my mom still in rehab and my father getting open heart surgery in 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8311"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8394,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8311\/revisions\/8394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}