Goals for 2012

Personal Goals:

• Adjust to having two kids
• Get back into running (YEA!)
• Choose to have time in The Word before doing my chores for the day
• Crochet for enjoyment (and put one thing in Etsy shop every month)
• Read!

Parenting Goals:

• Resume "preschool" sometime in/after March
• Choose to enjoy my boys OVER checking things off the to-do list (aka: play on the floor instead of clean)
• Once Cason gets into a semi-schedule, create a routine for our day using blocks of time (ie: morning wake time is for playing outside/walking, afternoon wake time is for reading/art, etc.)

Household Goals:

• Continue once a month cooking
• Hang shelving in kitchen
• Finish activity corner with book case, toy bins, and activity rug
• Hang towel racks in bathroom
• Buy/sew curtains for at least one room in house

Blog Goals:

• Update the blog template
• Continue posting family recaps (but add a family picture each month), reading summaries, 3-in-30 goals & recap and favorite Delicious & Pinterest links each month
• Put correct dates on posts starting July 8, 2010
• Update & consolidate blog tags:
• Add correct "month x" tag to all posts starting July 8, 2010
• Add correct "week x" tag to all posts starting July 8, 2010
• Add "yearly family picture" tag
• Organize SmugMug albums by month/year and upload all old pictures for backup

Photography Goals:

• Book 2-4 photo shoots a month (starting in April)
• Open a business checking account
• Create a watermark action to speed up workflow
• Buy a set of actions for photoshop (TotallyRad, Kubota, Paint the Moon, or Formula One)
• Redesign blog/website
• Upgrade SmugMug to Pro account
• Create marketing materials:
• packaging (cds fromMillers, metal tins w/ stickers, 3 press panel card, etc.)
• thank you cards
• return labels
• business cards
• forms (contracts, model release, price list, packages, print release)
• Order the same photo from multiple labs to compare prints:
• Pounds
• WHCC
• MPIX
• Simple Color
• Walmart/Target/CVS
• Shutterfly/Snapfish
• Plan out specials/deals, mini-sessions, client gifts, etc. for the year:
• Mother's Day contest
• Spring mini-session (maybe in bluebonnets)
• Christmas in July special
• Winter mini-session
• Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal
• Create a "to-learn" list:
• color profiles
• using my external flash
• Kelby training
• continuous vs. single focus
• in-camera meter
• photoshop (using curves, dodge & burn)