Long Winded & Proud: Resolution for 2012?

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My dreams for this blog are as follows: a hodgepodge of random stories, photographs and thoughts, and also stuff I find while scouring the Internet. My thoughts, my feelings, my random ideas... typically focusing on my life, photography, travel...

I realized I needed an outlet for all the thoughts and ideas that rush through my mind, and this is where I've landed. My goal is to create a place to collect all of my randomness, and perhaps a place that people can identify with. This blogging universe is an incredible place, and I've found so much from it that I want to do my part in giving back.

Oh, and I love comments, so please feel free to leave one anytime. I can't get enough feedback!

About Me

The past few years have been an incredible time for me – doing the big move-in with my boyfriend of four years, excelling at my job, commuting in Los Angeles, and trying to find time in between to keep up the relationships I value with my family and friends.

I'm closer to figuring out who I am and where I’d like to be, and I'm excited to realize that that will be constantly changing. Nothing in life is set in stone, and there are so many adventures waiting out there! There are about a million things I’m passionate about, but there are three that make me happiest: travel, photography and writing. Finding balance in my life is my greatest challenge, but I meet it head on!

10 Random-ish Things About Me:

1. I was born, raised, and live in Southern California (Los Angeles/Ventura)
2. I am borderline OCD.
3. I'm a grammar/spelling snob, but certain things bug me more than others, and others can be overlooked.
4. I drive 40 miles each way to my job, and therefore have pent up traffic rage. Don't mess with me in the car.
5. I secretly love when my boyfriend wears flannel. Fortunately for me, he wears it often.
6. I've been known to travel great distances for inconsequential things.
7. I have tons of weird quirks - ex: I only like milk when it's super cold.
8. I can pick some things up with my toes.
9. Planning and organizing are relaxing for me, and I’m probably one of the most organized people you’ll meet.
10. I already know where I want to go on my honeymoon, even though marriage is still fairly far off in the distance.

30 Before 30

The List:

1. Go horseback riding.
2. Lose 20 pounds.
3. Sell a photo (or something photo related) I've taken.
4. Visit the museums where Sean's uncle's designs are featured - the Craft and Folk Art Museum in LA and the Mingei museum in San Diego.
5. Take a photography or Photoshop class or seminar.
6. Organize and back up my music and photos.
7. Move to a bigger house/apartment, possibly one we own.
8. Travel to New York.
9. Do volunteer work.
10. Add $5,000 to my savings account.
11. Bake bread from scratch.
12. Make my grandmother's Christmas cookies on my own.
13. Learn how to make pork roast with potato dumplings (mom's side).
14. Go to a drive-in movie.
15. Get certified in CPR.
16. Walk a 10K.
17. Take a weekend trip to somewhere with snow.
18. Cook an entire meal (appetizer, meal, dessert) for Sean and my family or friends.
19. Buy the camera lens I've been coveting.
20. Get Emma more training.
21. Take a cooking class.
22. See the giant sequoias with Sean.
23. Get the tattoo I've been thinking about, or decide against it for good.
24. Treat myself to a shopping spree for new clothes.
25. Visit Sean's aunt & uncle in San Diego and my aunt & uncle in Laguna Beach more often. (At least twice each)
26. See the LA sites/museums I've been meaning to go to for years: the Getty Villa, the LA Arboretum, the Urban Light installation at LACMA, and Griffith Park for the Griffith Park Observatory and Travel Town.
27. Start a photography business with a kick ass website.
28. Buy myself a nice piece of jewelry.
29. Learn how to drive a stick shift.
30. (It's a secret.)

Completed:

3. Sell a photo (or something photo related) I've taken.
4. Visit the museums where Sean's uncle's designs are featured - the Craft and Folk Art Museum in LA (1/2 way finished!)
22. See the giant sequoias with Sean.
26. See the LA sites/museums I've been meaning to go to for years: the Getty Villa, the Urban Light installation at LACMA, and Griffith Park for the Griffith Park Observatory and Travel Town (7/10 way finished!)

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