I've moved

So after a long time of trying to find my "blog home" I decided to start fresh! 

Hello Lovely Blog 

that's my new home, and after a few months this will be completely deleted, thanks for following. 

Oh Blog

Looks like you and I will be spending a lot of time together over the next 5 1/2 -  6 months.. A is deploying very, very soon. Which means that blogging may actually take a spot back in my life, maybe my heart? I know I've pulled away and been busy, but when you're faced with a full time job, side business and the prospect of a deployment you sorta say bye bye to the interwebs! 

On another random note.. I may need a new blog design, maybe? I need something.. I'm kinda off my "a game" for designing and working in general.. I'm blaming the November weather we have in May and maybe the whole I'm going nuts over life. This next year will be a lot of separation for A and myself.. after this deployment he starts training with his new job which is across the country.. then a PCS that I'm not 100% sure I'll be joining him on. You could pray for us, pray for a good location (not Washington) and a decent economy to find a job in. I can't just not work.... I feel useless and Lord knows I am not useless! Seriously, I wonder how people feel/get around knowing that they aren't living up the their full potential, it would bother me. But any ways if its west coast, I'll go with him :) but that's not until at least next summer.. maybe longer who knows! But I've gotta run, work is calling, not literally.. I just have to leave! 

-Acacia 

Happy feeling gone

Similar to Finding Nemo, when Marlin sees that creepy fish, last Wednesday was my "happy feeling gone" moment. See A was on the phone with someone he works with (because they all look the same, we'll refer to them as dude(s) so Dude was all "you have to deploy" and we're all :( sad face... you have no idea how much a of a freaking bummer that was! We had literally just started our vacation, only to be told that in a matter of weeks he'll be leaving out little "family" for the third time. Poop heads/bag of dicks.  

I'm mad at this new career field (yes, I can be mad at inanimate objects/jobs) because they said "don't worry about that thing, you're not deploying" so there I am, cloud 9, only to be shot down and set on fire by A's current job. Stupid. Bag. Of. Dicks.

I'm not happy, my heart is heavy and sad... I love A and don't like it when he has to leave so often, but through it all I will stand by his side... even if he's five thousand + miles away. 

So now what? 

Well blogging will probably become more relevant in my life and I will more than likely keep updating as time goes on. 

I guess that's all I can write about now, so .. thanks for reading. 

-Acacia

Washington

Life is something spectacular when you take the time to notice. Seriously. I love my drives home, especially during the spring/summer. I get to open my windows and blast some country music to rock out for 30-40 minutes of pure solitude.  

I've always loved driving. Its an escape and a luxury I can afford right now. I take the moments in, smell that sweet smell -I'm thinking its the flowers, but it could easily be a drainage system - and look at the clouds (super multi-tasker FTW) and just enjoy the fact that I am alive and I am here. 

I get to see Mt. Rainier on a beautiful day.. but also live so close to the water that seagulls play in our neighborhood and I can go swimming in "ocean water" whenever its warm. 

I'm lucky, but I hate the NW with a passion when it rains! 

So yeah.. random blog post, but enjoy it. 

Color Run

Whose all going? I know I am! 

I'm going with some amazing friends I've met in Washington, seriously, these ladies (and gents) have been there from the beginning or are recent buddies. I've been lucky for the last two years to have a group of friends who have been there for the rough stuff, the fun stuff and the down right weird stuff. I'll post pictures (hopefully) the day or so after, but then A & I are going on a little vacation to Oregon to relax and  enjoy each others company. We will find out for sure if he deploys next week too..  I am hoping for good news, cause they have people they could send and he has a far better opportunity if he doesn't. Plus with deployments always come fears of injury, so I say let him leave your stupid field! If you can't tell, I don't exactly like his career field, its not the safest and they deploy too much. 

-adios  

little updates

So if read my last blog you know my BIL (brother in law) has non-hodkins and hodkins lymphoma, the man is a freaking weirdo, and that he's been battling it for about eight years. My sister (his wife) and their two kiddos have been through seven rounds of chemo and just recently a stem cell therapy that will hopefully "reboot" his system and be all "eff you, cancer!" 

Last month after about 3 weeks in a nice clean (read scary clean) environment, two infections and massive amounts of hatred for needles and life, he came home! Though we don't know if the treatment has/will work, we're extremely hopeful, this is his "last chance" and he's even made it clear that if it doesn't work he doesn't want to continue treatment.. which I can understand.. from what I've heard chemo sucks. So this is the little update for those who were riveted by my BIL's ability to get two cancers in a few years.. I'm still impressed, the man just you know.. he saw what he didn't want and got it! -sarcasm- 

Other than that, A might still deploy.. thanks to his dick jobs of a squadron.. I'm just over the constant deployments, of watching my friends go through them too.. the supposed dwell time and deployment "promises" that never happen.. I sincerely think they suck. So at least you're all caught up.

Prayers would be greatly appreciated on all levels and I thank you for it.. it takes a village, right? 

-acacia

What I've been up to

Its a highly known fact that over the last year I've been establishing myself in the photography world. In fact I've shot seven weddings and numerous family sessions.. but now am trying to figure out where my "true calling" is for portraiture. 

which is really hard

This would be Lilly, I am stunned with the amount of eye contact that little girl made with my camera.. though getting her to smile was a challenge! Sister was such a great help, though. 

Meet the Willamette Valley Vineyard.. its breathtakingly beautiful with awesome staircases! Obviously a slightly more thought-out and artist shot..

 and last but not least (at the vineyard) Ms. Meghan and her boyfriend Tyler who hired me to do their "before prom" session so that they could have a HUGE family picture done.

very odd, but I was so down and so love that they were willing to be dorks and mess around :) 

So now that you know what I've been up to, tell me what you've been up to! 

PS: Washington (Western) I'm currently offering free prints with MAY sessions!