Mentoring Session Give Away!!!!

Happy Valentines Day!!!  To celebrate this wonderful day of love I'm giving away a free 90 min mentoring session!  Not that a mentoring session is romantic per-say but who cares!  The idea of this session is to have a sounding board, someone to push you to answer the hard questions, someone to hold you accountable for your goals and dreams, someone to be your cheerleader.  I've been lucky to have some of the best mentors in my life and it's about time I start giving back.

This session will be 90 mins and can be held in my studio in North Conway or via Skype for those of you who doesn't want an extra excuse for some tax free outlet shopping or skiing.  I'll send out a list of questions a week or so before our scheduled session to get those brain juices flowing.  Asking the hard questions.  Then we'll sit and chat for 90 mins about your goals, your strengths, your weaknesses and your dreams. The idea is to give you a chance to ask questions, push yourself to a new level and have someone there in your corner cheering you on and pushing you to take those next steps.

So the details:  to enter you just have to leave a comment below with one of your goals for 2013.  It's that easy... so what are you waiting for???  The winner will be announced next week!

XOXO Spring

Snow, Snow, more Snow and The Grammy's

For those of you in New England I hope you all faired as well as we did during Nemo! For those of you who are not in New England you may be wondering how a little clown fish decided to reek havoc on us!  Nemo was quite the winter storm and although he didn't dump nearly as much snow up here as it did on the coast and further south, we got our fair share of 12-15 inches through Mt. Washington Valley.  Of course shoveling and snowblowing are a blast no matter how much snow you get *insert sarcastic smile*  I spent a majority of my day saturday digging out and now looking out the windows there is this white stuff falling from the sky AGAIN! Don't get me wrong, I'm actually a fan of winter.  The cold doesn't drive me crazy and the snow is very pretty.  It's the cleaning up that drives me bananas!  Today we have 2-4 inches falling then turning to freezing rain and eventually just rain so I'm trying to time it just right to get the clean up in before the rain but once most of the snow has fallen so that it is easy clean up and doesn't turn our driveway into a frozen mess!

In the meantime, while waiting for this perfect clean up time to begin I'm enjoying playing catch up on last nights Grammys!  I'm a music lover and honestly can't get enough of the live performances.  I didn't watch last night as my husband would never let me change the channel when the Bruins game is on (which they won last night- GO B's!!).  So, I've been playing catch up on youtube all morning!  I have to say that my favorite preformance was the Bob Marley tribute.  Incase you missed it:

Wish me luck as I sing "Could You be Loved" and think of warm summer days while cleaning up the never ending piles of snow! XOXO Spring

Love of my life

We don't actually have that much in common.  He's more of the quiet, keeps to himself kind of guy.  I'm the loud one, the one who can talk anyones ear off for hours on end.  As much as we both love to curl up and watch a good movie we hardly agree on what defines a "good movie".  He works in the woods and I'd go crazy if I wasn't around people.  He's strong and I'm, well, not.  He has a pretty good handle on his emotions while I often let mine run ramped.  Yet somehow it works. He makes me smile, he makes me laugh and he makes me feel loved and safe.  I keep him on his toes and won't even let him claim to be bored.  When it comes down to it we want the same things.  We appreciate the others strengths and support their weaknesses.  We stand side by side, holding hands ready to take on anything as long as we are together.   We may not have a lot in common but we complement one another perfectly.  I didn't know that you could love someone this much until he kissed me.  I didn't know I was missing something until he was there.  I didn't know I could be this happy until he made me smile.

He is my husband and I'm the luckiest girl in the world to call him mine.

XOXO Spring

Valentine's Day Special

My business motto, and really my life motto as well is: It's all about love.  Because when you think about it... it is.  Love is the most important thing in life.  The love of your family, the love of your life, the love of yourself (yes sometimes a little self love is good for you).  Love is what makes the world go round and it's what I have dedicated my business to capturing.  The love on your wedding day, the love of your engagement, the love of your newborn and your family as a whole.  So to celebrate this wonderful day in February called Valentine's Day I'm offering a special.  If you are in love, married or not, if you have a beautiful family, if it's just you (remember I said a little self love is OK too) book a lifestyle session between now and Feb 14th and save $50 off your session fee.  Treat yourself, treat your family, your loved ones or a friend and celebrate the love in your life by capturing it for all of time!  Sessions must be booked before Valentines day and take place between now and May 1, 2013.   XOXO, Spring

This vs. That

Cats vs. Dogs:

I grew up with cats and now I have a dog.  I was one of those kids who begged their parents for a dog year in and year out through most of my childhood.  Don't get me wrong I loved my cats but I still wanted a dog.  My parents excuse was always "our family is just too busy to worry about taking care of a dog" or more directly from my mom "I don't want my house to smell like a dog".  So we've always had cats.  We have had quite the slew of cats in my life.  We started with Siamese, then on to two sister Abyssinian's and then a string of good old domestic short hair mixes and most recently two long hair fuzz balls.  There are a lot of things I like about cats.  They have their own personalities, not to say that dogs don't, but cats just seem to be more overt with theirs.  They don't' apologize for who they are and I think they even enjoy being a bit sassy.  My favorite thing about cats by far is their purr.  I think there is just something incredibly soothing about that sound, the soft vibration and the blissful look they have when you scratch their chin.  It seems like you have to earn their love and when you do it's a pretty great feeling.

The day that Silas and I got Coby defiantly changed my life.  I hadn't had a pet that relied on me every day, day in, day out.  Cats you can leave for a day or two no worries, clean litter box, food and water and you are good to go.  Dogs you can't leave for more then a few hours without coordinating someone to take them out so to say that I was a little overwhelmed and freaking out a little those first few days with a dog would be an understatement.  Now I dont mind it and honestly don't think twice about the change in my life.  I'm lucky enough to have a set of family and friends close enough by to cover for us if we leave town for a day or a week.  And as much as my mom would hate to admit it she love Coby (her grand-puppy).  I think it's mostly because he is lap size and also being a poodle mix has hair instead of fir which keeps him smelling less dog like then most K9's.  Coby is my puppy-child.  Silas and I don't have kids so Coby is for all intents and purposes our kid for now.  I spoil him with treats and toys and sometimes carry him around and talk in a baby voice to him (i know it's a little strange- but i'd be willing to bet a few of your doggie moms out there do the same thing even if you are not willing to admit it out loud).

So for my first this vs. that: cat or dog?  which do you have? which do you prefer? and why?  Personally I'd vote for both (yes that's aloud) but currently we just have Coby as Silas is defiantly team dog.

XOXO Spring