New Photographers

Michael McRae
http://www.michaelmcrae.com/1-5.html
Erik Ostling
http://www.eophoto.com/
Aria Photography
http://www.ariaphotographyonline.com/index2.php
Blue Lily Photography
http://bluelily.squarespace.com/

My cute cousins!

Devoted...

I love change.
This is ironic because when I was little I had nightmares about moving and told my family "no thanks on the moving thing, I'll live with my grandparents."
I decided I could never marry someone in the military for that reason (though I GREATLY appreciate the sacrifices they made).
But I love change in life! I love beginning new years, starting new projects, having new interests etc.
Well today I finally had an urge to completely devote my life to something and to become an expert in _______.
The only problem is I have 60 ideas of what that could be!
I would love teaching art, piano, school; being an oil painter, colored pencil portrait painter, art historian, graphic designer, portrait photographer, wedding photographer, florist, cook, organizer, service guru, tutor, blogger, real estate agent, art connoisseur, violinist, concert pianist, dancer, investor etc.
Today I felt in limbo not doing school or work and I saw my most impressive professor who knows everything there is to know about photography and the gospel but devotes his life to it and I felt discouraged. I am mediocre at a lot of things ---- and that's super fun for a social life and a fun lifestyle but what would it be like to be an expert at one thing? So far if I chose one thing for that "expert thing" it would be talking to parents of kids with life-threatening illnesses and helping them network and providing services for them.
I might choose to invest the most time for the next 10 years (besides being a mom of course) to learning about investing and passive income....but that's just for tonight so I'd better be ready for a change! :)

Meetings

I love hanging out with people but I hate meetings.
Tonight we had a fun "hang-out" meeting with 5 couples. We accomplished all we needed to, but before everyone even showed up we could have completed what we did in two hours.
I love two person meetings or getting it accomplished much more efficiently and then hanging out with friends without the "agenda" in the back of my mind because that makes me antsy when we take fun tangents.

The Lord Knows Best

I can't get my scholarship no matter what BUT...
Classes were waived from my major so that I only have one class left to graduate!!!
I will take Art History 201.
I have no job currently --- but to be a Hall Advisor you must have 6 credits or less (and I now do!!!).
Also, because I am still a student (taking 3 credits) we may still be eligible for Pell Grants!
The Lord knows what He's doing.

SO NOW I HAVE A TON OF TIME!
I know some things I will do for sure...and unbelievably this is EVERYTHING I'm committed to!
1. LOVE DANNY (of course)
2. Work with Make A Wish families
3. Work with Paint A Wish families
4. Help Kirt learn logic 
5. Start a family
6. Fulfill my church calling
7. Do temple work
8. Come closer to the Lord this semester
9. Exercise
10.Complete Americorps (300 hours of service since September...I'm almost done!)
11.HOPEFULLY become a Hall Advisor


But the question is WHAT ELSE WILL I DO? I thought of everything I might love doing and that could possibly make money.
IDEAS
1. Learn from Dan's uncle Donny
2. Work for/shadow a photographer
3. Go to Val's classes
4. Collect art to sell in Monterey (My PERSONAL FAVORITE)
5. Earn Americorps again
6. Apply for FAFSA
7. Alice Lane Home
8. Do Raylene's photography class
9. Do colored pencil drawings for families
10.Learn to oil paint
11.Photograph for a magazine (interiors)/ for people in Park City
12.Manage apartments
13.Get a realtor's license (call Shelley Tripp/ Ivory homes)
14.Begin a floral design business (I've always thought that would be fun)
15.Party it up with Lexi and Greg in New York 
16.Do Dan's internship with him
17.Learn everything I can about sales/investing
18.Substitute teach
19.Clean peoples' homes (surprisingly I think I would actually like this job!)
20.Volunteer at the MTC learning discussions


Any other ideas????

Magazine "Adore"

I thought this was a really fun magazine!
http://www.pageflipper.com/Catalogue/351364f5cc8446d8a29774525b7d38ca/

A Series of Fortunate Events

1. DAN FOUND HIS WEDDING RING! Yay! Now he won't get hit on wherever he goes. It's been lost for months!
2. I was hired at Wilson's Diamonds
3. I posted a review of Wilson's (good or bad) and took it in for a free 10.00 coupon to Cafe Rio
(I was going to pick up Dan from campus at 9:15 and he hadn't had dinner so I went to Cafe Rio)
4. They were closing the doors but let me buy food anyway so they made it HUGE and
5. Gave me free mochata, which was a super good drink.
6. Eva came over and read through my entire honors thesis in under 1.5 hours so I'm just putting the finishing touches on and then I'M DONE WITH HONORS!!!!! (after 72 great work events, hundreds of pages of writing, and hours of reading).
I love life.