Another day...

    It's another day in January, and I am loving it! Another day of warm weather (I am perpetually cold in the winter months), another day of sunshine - so far anyway. Another day of being alive, got to love that! With the change of some aspects of my business, change of jobs for my James, change of habits, furniture location (I rearrange like a mad woman when I can't demolish the house and rebuild it - read that as very often), yada, yada, yada,  you get the picture - I am very busy. It is a time of quietness in this house and a time of getting to know James a bit better. We actually have one on one time every day. He gets up, we have coffee, maybe run some errands together. Basically, we just hang out. We've never really been able to do that - we've always had kids around lol. They are in school when he gets up now. I work on the computer in the morning, and when he gets up we have coffee. More days than not, it is fun. We are still, after all, us. And we can aggravate each other with the best of them. Scary thought, maybe we are actually growing up!
   I get an anxiousness to me in the January - March months. This is something that seriously, on some days I feel like I could crawl out of my skin. Mostly because I want to DO something. Something BIG! I think a lot of it has to do with the clean slate of a new year. New. A do over chance. This usually results in painting something, making something, new recipes, learning something new, of course rearranging the furniture. I have grand ideas. I mean real doozies. And I am so convincing that I have my man mulling these ideas over in his mind. I can see the wheels churning. Usually in January I start with ideas of how we can improve our lives, you know, healthy choices type stuff. By March I have honey convinced we could live off the grid! One day we just might! We both know this happens every year. Yet we always roll through the whole process. I have a good man! He sat down on the newly arranged furniture, which I am sure he tripped over after work (there are a few "flow" issues that need to be worked out yet - but my energy waned and I went to bed) a couple of mornings ago with bed head and coffee in hand and simply said "You were bored last night". Indeed! This arrangement is much more conducive to conversation - totally proven by our coffee talk :)
   Business is another area that gets an overhaul every spring. New ideas for not only the business side, but the creative side. To really sit and look at what I love to shoot, and how am I going to shoot only that successfully from a business standpoint? Learning always. You always have to. It's the rule. So currently I am taking 3 classes. Why? Not only for a fresh perspective on what I shoot for me, but for my clients as well. I want you to have the best experience possible. I am very excited for some meetings I have this week in relation to my business. I think we will be knocking it out of the ballpark this year. Hoping you all will join me. Invest in yourselves. Photos are so VERY important, I can't express that enough. So very important. Everything is going digital - and these prints on disc rarely get printed off. Once the disc is obsolete - are you going to have tangible prints in your hands? Are you going to have the images you invested in - the children, spouses, families you hired someone to capture at that moment - because it was so important you get those milestones captured - in print? Are your children and grandchildren going to get to see your faces of these times? I don't want to be part of erasing heirlooms from walls. These prints are handed down. It is for these reasons, I have decided against offering discs. Personally, I feel it is my job to provide you with a custom and professional experience with the goal of having tangible, professionally made prints for your wall. Something that you will pass on to your children and their children. For me, that is the full circle of the experience. It feels incomplete to me to do otherwise. This was something I thought long and hard about. Everyone in my area offers discs. It just isn't in me to do it. I know this will cost me clients. But my clients are like me. These are the clients I want. They are a smaller group who appreciate art. They appreciate quality. They appreciate heirlooms. Mostly, they appreciate their loved ones to the point of actual investment. I adore my clients. Every single one of them. My clients are a band of super cool people who like good food, value friendships, love to entertain, love music, love books, love travel and adventure, they love to love! My clients are precious to me, and become friends. I have the best job in the world :) Happy Wednesday everyone! I am going to hit another cup of Chicory blended coffee!