It’s almost the New Year and with that comes the welcome thought that this is almost finished for the season:

You were eating anyway, weren’t you? Even after I told you not to? It’s ok. If you were eating, just pretend they are sleeping like my friend Kate did.

This is my favorite time of year. Hunting season is out and planting season has not yet begun. This means… HOUSEHOLD REPAIRS for The Cotton Husband. I thought about making a list of things that have accumulated throughout the year (you know, just to be helpful) but then I realized I’ve never owned that much paper at one time.

What about you? Is there a “Household Repair” season in your home? Is it all year long as-needed or is it honey-just-call-someone-because-I-will-never-do-this? Or are you like me and get frustrated and attempt to do it by yourself (and then get fussed at)?

Here is a normal container of Duke’s  (click here for more on my obsession with Duke’s) mayonnaise:

And here is not a normal container of Duke’s mayonnaise. This is a ginormous, insane amount of mayo that I will never, ever be able to finish. I cannot even contemplate that much cole slaw or potato salad or deviled eggs or …. oh great, now I’m hungry.

I love how it says, “Heavy Duty”. I wonder if it tastes different than the above “real” mayonnaise?  I hate to open it though unless I’m making enough pasta salad for the tri-county area.

And that’s not something I do real often.

My sisters-in-law thought this would be a hilarious Christmas gift becaause I wrote about Duke’s so often. So here’s the plan. ya’ll: this coming up year, instead of mayonnaise I’m going to become enamored of something else. Like… sapphire earrings or Ipods or….

Got any ideas? This will be the best Christmas EVER!

Yesterday, my cousins and I met at our family’s old stomping grounds for a photo shoot.

(Aren’t they gorgeous?)

Blair (That’s her on the right. No… your right, silly.) gave me orders to – as she put it – “get my name out there”. I mean, when your own cousin doesn’t know that you are available for photo shoots for non-family members then I would say your name is OFFICIALLY not “out there”.

And Blair is super-successful so I’d better listen to her, right?

So I’ll be making some little changes to my site. If you don’t want to know about my prices (trust me, no second mortgage required) or packages (Oh Lordy – no packages… all photos are available individually) or the fact that I shoot in natural light, on location (seriously, just tell me where to meet you) then you don’t have to click on that page. But if you’re interested… it’ll be there.

The front page won’t change at all – except the normal seasonal changes you’ve come to expect anyway.

I’ve had more encouragement than I ever expected and yes – it IS time for me to take a deep breath and “get my name out there”. So here goes…

Oh – and remind me to tell y’all about the drum of Duke’s mayonnaise I got for Christmas. Yes, drum is the only word for this massive container. I’ve never seen so much mayonnaise in my life.