Love It!
1. Arby’s Sweet Potato Fries! I may have found something to replace my love of McDonald’s fries. If we are friends on FB you know that if I cave to the craving I will inevitably be back at the golden arches within three days for a second helping. I think they are laced with drugs and that is why I must go back within 3 days for another dose! This weekend I discovered Arby’s has sweet potato fries!!!! I LOVE sweet potato fries!! David will even make them for me sometimes and I will eat them all if you don’t watch me! This is a bittersweet love it because I have since discovered that this is a Richmond thing and the Stafford Arby’s does not carry them. I think I’ve found a new tradition for lunch before my Richmond weddings now!
2. Portfolio Slideshow Pro! It was like having an awesome shirt hanging in the closet that you forgot about. I had been looking for a way to do a widget slideshow and after weeks of testing various wordpress plugins that didn’t work I realized I already had the solution right there in my plugins! Wahoo!! So now I have slideshows that are visible on all devices, yay! This might seem like a random thing to love but I’ve put in a ton of hours trying to get this last piece to work in my website vision.
3. My Mommy and Daddy! Lots of love for my parents this week, my Mommy was worried about my habit of getting lost in Richmond and bought me a new GPS to keep me safe!!!! Yay my Mommy rocks!!! Now I can make handsfree calls and look up the nearest Arby’s for more sweet potato fries!! My Daddy rocks because he dog sat the granddogs this weekend while I worked and David raced. Why are my dogs like my friends kids?!?! Apparently they behaved perfectly for him, no anxiety filled panic attacks, no destroying trim or whatever else she can get her teeth or paws on. Nope she was an angel for him!!!!! Now he thinks I’m the crazy one not the dog.
Hate It!
1. Slow Internet! Ugh seriously why do I have to reload the page 4 times before the content actually appears. Why is it when I’m ready to call Comcast it starts working?!?! You can’t call and complain when it’s working, there is nothing to test at that point. I’m a former IT person I know how the game works, computers always behave when the IT guy shows up just like my car never makes that noise when it get’s around the mechanic. I know I put my internet through it’s paces with several windows up and 5-6 tabs per window and I bounce around between windows like I have ants in my pants but that is no excuse it should still work!!! That is my rant for the day!
Melissa Arlena is an award winning lifestyle newborn photographer in Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia who has earned her Master Photographer Certification from NAPCP in maternity, newborn and family photography. Her natural and simple work has been featured in magazines and online blogs worldwide. She has been named Best Maternity and Newborn Photographer in Richmond and Charlottesville, VA in 2023.
