Happy New Year!! | Northwest Arkansas Photographer

I hope everyone had a fantastic NYE.
Ours was a quiet, fun family event.
We played Sorry, Twister, watched Kung Fu Panda 2,
grilled hamburgers, watched Harry Potter,
and then toasted the new year with
sparkling grape juice.
We also had a very sick little girl on our hands.  :(
She's feeling a bit better today, thankfully.

Today I'm posting a few of my Resolutions.  Maybe it will help me stick to them!

 1.) Blog More

This one is pretty easy to explain.  :)
I want to establish some sort of regular blogging schedule to help me blog more.
Each year I say I want to blog more, but this year I want to find ways to make it easier on me and
to help me keep up with it.

2.) Take More Photos of the Kidlets

Back when Paeton was born, I was starting on my 2nd attempt at a 365.
I also did one for the kids.
I have a photo a day of the first six months of her life.
That's pretty awesome.
I haven't decided if I want to do something with more structure, like a 365 or a 52 week project,
or just make a sort of loosely structured project.
Whatever I do, more photos will happen! :)

3.)  Better Organization for Personal Photos

I'm soooo bad about my personal photos.
I tend to dump them in random folders with names about what I took,
but this makes for a very rough time when I want to do something like...

4.)  Finally Catch Up on my Own Photo Books

One reason I'm so behind is because of my problem in number 3.  It's hard to go through and collect
images for a yearly book when you can't find what you are looking for.
Seriously, how hard is it for me to just dump them in folders by month?
I can do that, right?  ;)

5.)  Make a Photo Book of my Past Fave 365s

I have a lot of favorite images from my past 365 attempts.  I'd love to put them into a book and then make another
book JUST for my current project.
The one that I'm actually going to finish.
You can see it here
:)

6.)  Take More Photos Together with my Love

I have some really awesome photos with John.
I want more.
I want enough to fill a book.
I want us to be able to celebrate our 50th anniversary looking through book after book
showcasing our love.

7.)  Live More.  Laugh More.  Love More.

This is something a fellow photographer Sarah says.
She has a lovely outlook on life.
Makes perfect sense, yes?
:)

Some things I forgot to mention and that are not photo related are:

a.)Make a blanket.
I want to knit an afghan or make a quilt or both.

b.) Organize this house
I'd like to paint it, too.
Make it more a home.

c.)  Start Writing Again
I used to write all the time.
I was the girl with a journal in her hand and a story in her heart.
I'd like to find her again.

There are always others, but for now, I'll leave you with this sweet image of my baby as she was first starting to feel sick.
She needs me to love on her right now.