Jan 15: I hate working for someone else. I need to get out. David Gray helps, along with peppermint tea.
Jan 16: Tyler called me. I got drunk.
Jan 17: Day on the couch. Im attempting to make the right phone calls and decisions about Tracy.
Jan 18: Went to Maine with Sam and laughed a lot in the evening. I keep thinking about Tracy.
Jan 19: I came home from work. Today was the public announcement.
Jan 20: Funeral. I didn’t go of course.
Jan 21: SNOW! Around 3-4 inches fell.
I thought I might add the Lines from the 5 year journal here too:
This year I am doing a 365 project for the second time. Here are the photos from this past week.
Today I spoke with my Bosses at my day job and let them know that I would be leaving in March. My reason is that our photography business has replaced my job, both financially as well as time-wise. Being a wedding photographer as my full-time sole profession has been a dream of mine for years. We have been photographers for a little while now but I have always felt like it was incomplete in a way. The feeling of not trusting it to sustain us is very real. It’s hard to just take a leap and go for it financially speaking. We have had many roller coasters with that, in regards to following dreams. It almost seems as if we dont feel like ourselves if we are not taking big leaps in life. Quitting my day job is a leap for me. I must say, even though the job is not bad at all, it feels incredible to be out on my own… going for it. It feels like me.
1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before?
Finally NEST in a home.
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
“Learn to cook” was my new years resolution of last year and I really think that I did a pretty good job. My number one accomplishment was cooking Pork Wellington, which was amazing. Thanks to my Nana, Mom, Aunt Julie, Annie, and Dan, things are looking up in the kitchen.
Of course I will make more for next year. Are you kidding me?
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Kacie. The third baby! Wild.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
No new ones. We will see what 2012 brings.
6. What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011?
Maine.
7. What date from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
3.14.2011 It was the day we moved to Massachusetts.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Feeling like a professional photographer.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I dont fail… or not enough to dwell on it.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nope. Dec 28, 2010 I sprained my left ankle, and Jan-Feb of 2011 I was off my feet, but that was not an injury of 2011.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Hattie, our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Huh?
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Not that involved.
14. Where did most of your money go?
House and Home.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
HATTIE!!!!
16. What song(s) will always remind you of 2010?
Love in a Hopeless Place, The Civil Wars (stark contrast i know… but just the same)
17. Compared to this time last year, are you
i. happier or sadder?: Happier
ii. thinner or fatter?: Plead the Fifth
iii. richer or poorer?: Richer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Exercise. Depressing I know.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Unlocking my iPhone, and logging into the internet in all forms.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
Raleigh. 919 Ya’ll! It was sweet.
21. Did you fall in love in 2011?
Yes. Of course. Dan ROCKS!
22. What was your favorite TV program?
Mad Men
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I’m leaving this one alone.
24. What was the best book you read?
Harry Potter!!!!
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
The Civil Wars
26. What did you want and get?
A Home.
27. What did you want and not get?
A bikini body
28. What was your favorite film of this year?
Soul Surfer
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
28. Holla Back! I touched the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Being a full time wedding photographer. ONLY. and Living in Maine.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011?
Lame. Insecure. Lonely. Boring. and Boring…
32. What kept you sane?
Dan and Hattie. I wouldnt call myself sane though.
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Matthew Mcconaughey. Always.
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
Occupy Wall Street
35. Who did you miss?
“All of my friends who live far away. You know who you are 
” and I quote.
36. Who was the best new person you met?
Casey. She is a dear and I really am thankful I met her.
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2011:
It’s worth it.
