Photoshop

I really love photography. I really want to learn Photoshop so I can really edit photos, but darn is it expensive! This is something I want to save up for and work toward. This is my way of keeping myself accountable. :)

Shoe Project 365

Have you heard of Project 365? That's when you take a picture every day and blog about it. Taking a picture, uploading, and posting daily is not an option for me (although it would be super fun!), but as I stared at my closet and finally counted the ridiculous amount of shoes I have (who needs 86 pairs of shoes?!?) I decided that in a quest to purge the shoes that I never wear/never will wear as well as get use out of more than just the 10 pairs I normally circulate, I will catalog each time I wear a different pair of shoes over the next year. Obviously I don't have 365 pairs of shoes so that will give me a little leeway in when I will post, but hopefully this will be a fun project for a shoe lover like myself. Here we go!

My Blogger Persona

Has anyone else noticed that my blog has multiple personalities? Is it a cooking blog? A family blog? Diet blog? Well my blog, like myself, is quite eclectic... and by eclectic I mean very inconsistent. I like to tell people that I don't know a lot about anything, but I know a little about everything. I also have ADHD (attention deficit) which means that my mind bounces around like crazy from one thing to another and a lot of the time I become "obsessive" about something and do that one thing for a while and then quickly burn out. Then I'll bounce to something else and then burn out and sometimes I'll go back to one thing that I have previously burnt out on and the cycle continues. While this is great if you are a believer that "variety is the spice of life" it can sometimes be cumbersome if you are trying to be consistent at something. Unfortunately my life has never been consistent so that's something that I'm trying to work on. While thinking about my New Year's Resolutions, I really figured out that my real goal this year is to be more consistent. The things I want to be consistent in are all things I've tried, but never made a habit in my life. Here are things that I would like to be consistent in:

1. Photography and taking more pictures and better pictures.
How I will achieve this consistent goal: Making it a point to take pictures every week. Also I am planning on going to my cousin's studio this summer to shadow him.

2. Staying fit. Story of most womens' lives. I just want to quit fluctuating so much so that ALL of my clothes fit ALL of the time and I don't have to have 3 different sets of clothes (really skinny clothing, normal happy size clothing, and "fat" clothing). Currently I am straddling the normal happy size and fat clothing so I want to work on shedding a few pounds on top of staying in better shape. I don't think that I will ever be one of "those" girls that has 0% body fat and looks awesome in everything, but I can be happy with my weight and size and that's what I truly want.

3. Have consistent hobbies. Did you know that I used to be a competitive inline speed skater? On the golf team in high school? A theatre geek? In junior high choir? President of the Home Ec club? An archaeology major? Highly involved in Student Government? A huge movie buff? A budding photographer? A really good cook? A Fashion Merchandising major? An avid doodler and painter? The list goes on. Do I do any of these things on a regular basis these days? Nope. I just want to be more consistent in my hobbies and doing something twice a year does not a hobby make.




In other news, the new Kings of Leon album is phenomenal. I am also really obsessed with the Cee Lo song "Forget You" (but the unedited version). Check them out.

Thanksgiving!

I just realized that I never posted on Thanksgiving! It was a great one!



We shot skeet (as usual) and I shot a handgun for the very first time!



Got to hang out with my favorite cousin Mikey and his awesome wife Ginger. They are professional food and still life photographers (ever seen a Chili's or La Madeleine menu? That's them!). I might be going up to Dallas to shadow them this summer and learn everything they know about photography. Check out their website!

We finished out the weekend with shopping, hanging out with friends, and celebrating mom's birthday on Saturday.