This was a busy week! I managed to take a photo each day, however the last three days I didn't manage to post them online because as soon as I was home I was done, ate something small then hit the bed hard. I had doctor & dentist appointments as well as intense training at work. I'm so sore! 

Day 13 {left} Busy Busy Tuesday! Had to drop off my brother for a test then had to head to a doctors appointment about 30 minutes away that lasted longer than it should, but I do love my doctor so I can't complain! Then had to rush back to my town, grab a snack to eat then take off to a meeting at work 20 minutes away. Couple hours later I was home and tired, good thing I didn't have to work tonight!

Day 14 {middle} Day one of training done! Each year we have to go through ICR training to know how to effectively manage a crisis where I work. Whether it's with verbals or physically taking the kid down if need be. We learn techniques that are safe and don't cause harm to the individual. It's valuable training that I wish we covered more than once a year.

Day 15 {right} After training I was sore, hungry, and tired! Came home to find that Daniel had gone to the grocery store and even made dinner and left me some in the fridge. What a great guy! Felt great to come home, eat, then crash.

Now here are days 8 through 14 in a collage! What a fun project! I had fun back in 2010, but I swear this year is better. Can you believe its already been 2 weeks!

Got off work, freshened up a bit (put on this new sweater and took some photos to waste a little time), then went to the dentist! I have some cavities to get fixed in February. They put some weird fluoride treatment on my teeth and it tastes and feels gross! I got home and was famished, Daniel suggested Teriyaki Grill so we headed straight there and they weren't open for another 10 minutes so we went for a drive. After finally getting food in my belly I watched Sue Bryce, took more notes and now I can officially brush my teeth to get rid of that gunk. 

Day 10 {left} Today was my daddio's birthday! We all got together at Ichiban's and had good food in good company. Also, earlier that morning I went and got my haircut again because it was getting too long! Happy as a bird with a french fry with my new cut ;)

Day 11 {right} This is my Leuchtturm1917 master slim dotted notebook. I use regular cheap bic pens because they write well & I love them. A program I'm participating in started today so I opened up my notebook to begin my studies! This is going to be great, I can feel it. 

Don't worry, I'm not slacking on the project! I'm just slacking on posting them to this blog! I am definitely keeping up perfectly on Flickr ;) Make sure to follow me on there if you never want to miss a photo! 
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Day 8 {left} was a day of running errands and eating this delicious thanksgiving dinner pie from my mom! I'm talking potatoes, green beans, turkey, stuffing, cranberries and stuff all in a pie form. Daniel's favorite thing.
Day 9 {right} The highlight of today was getting that tension bar and curtain hung up. In theory it wasn't going to be that difficult, of course in actuality it was a hilarious mess. I have to thank Daniel & my younger {but much taller} brother Jayk. Without the bro's height it wouldn't have been possible because we didn't have a tall ladder with us. In the end I have a lovely room divider to help form the studio into its own room! Making progress! If you follow me on instagram you would also have seen this: 

Today was another productive day! I helped out my bro via Skype, I stitched together a good portion of the tulle skirt, ordered & designed business cards, ordered & put together the posing guidebook, made appointments for the dentist, the skin doc, and my hair stylist! Busy busy on my days off! Going back to my graves tonight and happy to have been productive finally. Thought a photo of my little macbook would be a good representative of me taking care of business this morning! ;)

I'm having so much fun doing the project this year! I decided that to make it better than my project in 2010 that I would make each photo either be an experiment, project, or representation of my day. I wanted to avoid the random blah photos as much as possible {however I'm also aiming to be realistic and know that there are bound to be crappy days with crappy photos throughout the year}. 
I would LOVE to see your project! Post a link in the comments below so I can check it out!
Also, I have enjoyed the first of the year production boost, but not looking forward to the inevitable slack off that comes afterwards...aiming to avoid it as much as I can. 

Today was a busy day! I managed to get my studio space zoned and renew my business license. Then I began the process of painting my boards for backdrops! Here's the primer coat waiting to dry. As a graveyard worker, it was about bed time when I finished painting the primer on so I didn't last much longer after I was done, point being...I would have to apply the real paint much later than planned. Oh well, we all need our sleep!

Near the end of my graveyard shift I was taking out the trash and saw this gorgeous moon setting scene. I ran to my car and snapped a shot, lucky for me I carry a gorilla pod around with me pretty much all the time. Set the little point & shoot on a 2 second delay and snapped away! I wished pretty badly that I had my big boy camera, but I think the little P&S faired well enough.

The notebooks I ordered from Amazon came! There's a Leuchtturm1917 Master Slim dotted notebook and a Moleskin Cities San Francisco guide book. I am obsessed with notebooks and can't wait to dig in!
I visit San Francisco every year in May so I will definitely have content to add inside the city book. The Leuchtturm notebook will be dedicated to my glamour photography business development via the 28 Days program with Sue Bryce. 

We were on our way to the store to pick up a space heater to help unfreeze our pipes {and it worked by the way} when we saw this simple scene. We loved how it was just barely before the sun peeked over the hill and you could see just enough detail. I went for a silhouette shot so to keep things as simple as possible. I also like how the bare trees and color of the sky portray that it was cold and definitely winter.