Yes, it's 11pm and our little C-Monk is sound asleep. Why am I not sleeping, you may ask. Well, she's never, I repeat...never, gone to sleep before midnight so I'm finding it a little too good to be true. Plus, I've found that it's much less irritating to attend to a screaming infant in the middle of the night if you're already awake rather than be woken up just as your drifting off into dreamland....so, here I am instead....
It's 2012! I've never really been one to make "resolutions." They seem a little overrated and get forgotten about in a few weeks anyway. But, I do have a few goals for myself (very realistic, simple goals) that I'd like to accomplish this year....
Things such as keeping a memory jar, purging tons of unneeded junk from this house, finally learning how to use my awesome sewing machine, taking more pictures, trying new recipes, finishing more DIY projects....simple things...
The "big" goal I have (that I severely failed at last year) is to update this blog much more frequently. I really think I can do it this time! I inspired myself and found "my voice" as I shared our 25 Days with you so I'm setting a goal of updating AT LEAST 2x/week (hopefully more often than that). I think that through this blog I can help motivate myself to accomplish the many goals I listed above. I've always been better a checking things off the 'to do' list if someone is holding me accountable for them...that's where you come in! I plan to share our adventure every step of the way; whether you're interested or not!
I'll start with the goal of "taking more pictures." Let me just get one thing off my chest before I jump into sharing my idea....I saw this quote the other day that really got under my skin, it said: "You're not a photographer, you just have a fancy camera." I really took this personally, it's a flat out attack at all of us 'mommy-tographers.' But, you know what....I say....if you have a camera, you're a photographer! To me, photography is about following a passion. It's about trying new things. It's about making memories and documenting life. It's very personal. I take pictures because I enjoy taking pictures. I share them because I enjoy sharing my life with others. If someone else likes that picture I took, even better! But, if not, I could care less, because I took that picture for me. Carefully stepping off my soap box....
Here's my idea....the alphabet photo challenge....26 days, 26 photos...each letter of the alphabet; literal or inspirational....I promise this won't happen in 26 consecutive days, life is just too crazy in the HH to set a goal like that, but I will complete the entire alphabet within the first couple months of the year...
It's now 11:45 (why did it take me 45 minutes to complete this short blog, well, I had a completely different photo challenge goal in mind and had it all typed out, when the alphabet idea hit me!) and still not a peep from the baby....I think it might be safe for me to drift off to dreamland....
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