101 goals to accomplish in 1001 days

All of my favorite blogs I read have personal posts mixed in with their professional posts. I want to make a point of blogging more in general, but also more personal things. Today, I have my 101 in 1001 list. I got this idea from a blog I just discovered. It is a list of goals/things I want to accomplish in 1001 days. Many of these things center around my photography business and our new house we are anxiously waiting to move in to (that has seven wooded acres!)

I left a little wiggle room at the bottom to add things later.

Start date: April 1, 2010
End date: December 27, 2012

Here is how I calculated the date.


1. Move into new house
2. Get married
3. Plant a vegetable garden
4. Take a trip outside of the country
5. Put props all around our land (7 acres) for photographing clients
6. Plant a wild flower field on our land
7. Paint inside our new house
8. Get a full time teaching job
9. Shoot a destination wedding
10. Visit my sister in Boston 2x
11. Go backpacking 3x
12. Rent a cabin in the woods with my family
13. Go camping at the beach with dogs
14. Rent a beach house for a weekend with friends
15. Visit 3 different vineyards
16. Grow grape vines on my land
17. Plant apple trees on my land (along the driveway)
18. Watch a niece or nephew being born
19. Go to Asheville and see the Biltmore Estate
20. Take a photography class to strengthen skills
21. Spend a day getting a facial, massage and/or manicure
22. Go on a picnic
23. Send out first (3) sets of Christmas cards to friends and family
24. Read 3 books to help my business and take notes
25. Bake a cake for Matt’s birthday
26. Participate in 3 wedding shows to build clients
27. Make several canvas prints of my work
28. Begin creating slideshows for my clients
29. Work out (almost) every day for the 3 months before the wedding with Matt
30. Complete 3 sewing projects
31. Network- make connections/friendships with 3 photographers
32. Join a group of local photographers and go to meetings
33. Take a trip to California
34. Take professional pictures of all my close friends
35. Purchase a very expensive lens
36. Purchase Photoshop for my desktop computer
37. Decorate our house with photos of our engagements, wedding and dogs
38. Update my website with newer photographs
39. Start making more personal blog posts
40. Buy another digital camera
41. Buy another flash
42. Open a banking account just for the business
43. Start using Matt as my assistant photographer at weddings
44. Volunteer
45. Go on an overnight canoe trip
46. Get a head board and frame for bed
47. Buy a guest bed
48. Ride in a helicopter
49. Go snorkeling
50. Go white water rafting
51. Set up office at new home and keep organized!
52. See Nina again (German friend) in Europe?
53. Put together a book of all my favorite recipes for reference
54. Get our wedding bands engraved with names and wedding date
55. Get a video camera
56. Shoot video (and pictures) at a session and put together in a slideshow
57. Comment on other photographers blogs more
58. Get several more followers on my blog
59. Get professional pictures of me taken again for website and blog
60. Learn new Photoshop tricks
61. Get pictures of Matt, me and the dogs taken
62. Sign up for photography trade industries (WPPI, PPA etc)
63. Get a photography ad out in a magazine such as the Perfect Wedding Guide
64. Re-stain the playhouse that came with the house and store it until needed
65. Go on a cruise with Matt
66. Take really good care of my car – regular oil changes, check-ups, washes etc.
67. No speeding/parking tickets
68. Do a children’s portraits session using Ralph (the rabbit)
69. Donate money to an animal rescue shelter
70. Give all my old kitchen items to good will after the wedding
71. Put up a swing on one of the trees in the yard (for portraits)
72. Get a swing or rocking chairs for the front porch
73. Go to the beach (for a weekend) at least 2x a year
74. Cook with and eat vegetables out of my garden
75. Go to the tanning bed (for the first time) a couple times before my wedding
76. Look into being a puppy foster parent
77. Buy something for myself off esty.com (headband or scarf)
78. Make a canvas of a wedding photo
79. Make (it’s a secret) for a present for my mom and dad
80. Shoot 5 more weddings in 2011 then 2010
81. Hold another boudoir pictures marathon
82. (Help) make walking paths in the woods at our house
83. Buy things at an antique store to use as props for photographs
84. Do more sweet (little) things for my fiancé (future hubby) leave notes etc.
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Now I can't say that I am bored in the next 1001 days!

Richard and Sarah Engagements

Richard is out of town a lot driving a truck for a Nascar team. We squeezed their shoot in while he was home in between races. We hoped to go to his families farm for pictures, but with all of the rain it was too muddy. We ended up going around town taking pictures and I feel like we got some awesome shots. I can't wait until your wedding!






My favorite.














We found a cute little retro ice cream shop














Another favorite:




...and found a nice little alley. I do love red walls :)




Another favorite.




One of the reasons I love doing engagements and weddings so much is getting to see the way couples look at each other and getting to capture it. You can just tell by this photo how much they adore each other.














Richard should take this one with him to the races :)







































and....another favorite:

Michelle and Lee Engagements

Michelle and Lee's engagement session was my first photo session of the year. It feel great to get out a shoot. The weather was perfect, warm with a nice fluffy cloud cover. Matt (my fiance) tagged along on this shoot to get some practice. He was a great assistant and my favorite shoot from the session came from him. Enjoy!
















My favorite from the pictures I took, my view:



Matt's view:



















I love this next series of photos:



















My favorite of Matt's pictures:



A rock on a rock, get it??

Just wanted to say really quick that I have two engagement shoots this weekend! I'm am so excited to start shooting again (it feels like its been forever since my last one) I've been really itching to go and try out my new lens and a some new filters and well, just take pictures. I'll be blogging pictures soon I promise!