Alyse French Photography | Houston-Based Wedding and Lifestyle Photographer

Last week, when my computer turned off all on its own and refused to turn back on, I did two things. I scheduled an appointment at the Genius Bar, and then I made a mental list of all the life-giving things I could now fully live out while computer-less. I organized and cleaned every nook and cranny of this apartment. I made apple pie. I did laundry. (Okay, that one isn’t necessarily what I’d call “life-giving.”) I had longer phone conversations with my family. I made zucchini gratin. I spent more time in worship and prayer. I played a lot more with my baby dog. Basically? I lived. And as annoying as being computer-less was, it was also completely wonderful. Now I just have to try to remember that lesson when my computer IS working. Which it is. Obviously. :)

Dylan got the new iPhone last week, and he’s been like a kid in a candy store ever since. Though I bet any Blackberry-turned-iPhone user would feel the same. (Ask me in February.) But the icing on the cake is thinking Dylan’s talking to ME, when he’s actually talking to Siri. Asking her to make him a pie. Asking her who her daddy is.. Asking her to sing him a song… And you KNOW it’s gotten bad when I’ve started asking my BB to do things for me. It just sits there…

The other morning I woke up from the most bittersweet dream about my 19-year-old brother. As you’ll see, it turns out my computer-saga had quite the effect on my subconscious/unconscious. That. Or I’d seen the preview for JT’s new movie, In Time. In this dream, the length of people’s lives depended on how much space they had left on their internal “hard drive.” Once no space was left, one could either end his/her life, or reset the drive… In essence, turning them back into a baby. (I know, I’m SO totally cool, right?) Anyway, Cam’s hard drive was running out of space, so my parents decided to turn him into a 3-year-old. I kid you not, Internet, I legit saw and heard my baby brother exactly as he was as a 3-year-old. And as absolutely creepy as this dream was… It was actually super sweet to see that boy again. Super fat head, Power Rangers paraphernalia and all…

This weekend, Dylan and I are going to our first wedding as guests in three years. I am basically besiiide myself with excitement. But goodness, what do non-photographers WEAR to a wedding?! Ah, yes. They wear heels! I’m busting them out, friends. Like never ever before. :)

Once upon a time, I was at a friend’s house, standing beside an electric fence, and petting a horse standing WAY to close to it. When that horse accidentally stumbled into it, I felt that shock travel through the core of my being. It was scary. But it was funny. In a WHO-gets-shocked-THROUGH-a-horse kind of way. Fast forward nearly a decade, and it’s Saturday, October 15, 2011. I’m trying to both hold the power strip and plug in one of many external hard drives at the same time, with ONE hand. And suddenly I’m back in a field full of horses, with waves of electricity shooting through my body from right to left. I burst into tears from the pure shock of it all (See what I did there?) and Dylan has absolutely NO idea what is happening… He quickly figures it out, comforts me, and then we laugh. In a WHO-gets-shocked-THROUGH-a-horse-and-THEN-a-hard-drive kind of way.

Song of the Week: Crosses by Jose Gonzales. Really, I could listen to Jose and only Jose for the rest of my life. But this song in particular is simply and incredibly the best. Ever. How one song can sound so depressing yet make me so happy is beyond me. But I’ll take it! Listen to Crosses HERE.

I have such a beautiful wedding day to share with you this week! And it’s just ready and waiting for the publish button. So come back on Thursday to see more of Abby and Sean’s Gardens of Bammel Lane wedding!! Aren’t they gorgeous together?!

Happy Tuesday!!