Day 365: The End

I can't believe I am coming to an end of my goal to do a picture a day. It has been a fantastic experience. I think it has opened my eyes to seeing the good in everything. Posting daily has made me feel like I'm accomplishing something even when I felt like I hadn't done anything that day. Having to post made us go out and do things, rather than sitting around, so I would actually have something to write about. It has made me appreciate living in Ohio. I went from hating everything about Ohio to loving everything about Ohio. I'm pretty sure that the next time, or anytime for that matter, we move I will have to start a daily blog again, just to appreciate my new surroundings.  I have seen myself change, hopefully for the better. I am proud of myself for setting such a lofty goal and sticking to my goal and actually getting it done. Looking back I think my photography has improved by leaps and bounds from taking so many pictures (also with the help of some photographer friends). I started this blog hardly photoshopping my pictures. In the middle I actually took the time to edit all my picture I posted. Towards the end I got lazy again and now they are back to square one, straight out of the camera, although much improved since I have now learned to use my camera.  I am grateful for a husband who has helped me reach my goal on those days that I just couldn't post. Part of me is sad I won't be posting daily next year, part of me is relieved. I will still try to post regularly because I love looking back and seeing all the fun thing we have done. Who knows what the future has in store, all I know is that I will be writing about it.

 

Last year I made a list of goals I wanted to accomplish.

 

Goals:

• Post a picture a day for one whole year - Check
• Finish my independent study class  - Check
• Loose weight - Check (Lost 20 lbs this year)
• Have a baby - Maybe next year
• Get out more  - Check
• Go and do fun things - Check
• Go to:
• The Melt - Chec
• A polish restaurant - Maybe one day we'll find on
• Find a Romanian store  - Check (Boyd talked to the lady who owned the store for 45 minutes
• Thurman’s café - Next temple tri
• A show -Check, saw Les Miserables, it was incredible.
• Air Force Museum - Someday. Maybe in 201
• D.C. - We'll get ther
• New York - Before we leave this is a mus
• Chicago - Almost. Our friends did.
•  Disney World - We will this coming March! (I'm so stoked
• Camping  - Chec
•  Amish Country - Chec
•  Find the covered bridges - Ran out of tim
• Indian’s Game  - Chec
• Columbus Crew Game - Check (Thanks for joining us Carrie and Kelly
• What about Bob’s - Sandwiches, someday I will taste you
• The Cleveland Zoo  - Chec
• The Columbus Zoo - One da
• The Cincinnati Zoo - Still have to go see those penguin
• The Akron Zoo - We're so lame, it is so close
• The Toledo Zoo - Maybe our next road trip will take us there.
• Buy the Nikon 18-200 Lens  - Check (LOVE IT!)
• Buy a piano - Meh, the piano goal turned into a keyboard, which I will purchase in the near future to finish my upcoming piano class.
• Buy a sewing machine  - Check (did a bunch of awesome/fun projects this year)
• Buy a new TV -  - Check (Thanks Santa! We got a 46" LED 3D TV for Christmas)
• Get a new job - Check

I took this picture while I was at my parents house. This sunset was stunning. (minus the haze) Do not mind the cheese factor, but I felt like this was an excellent parallel to by blog. After a long day (for the sun) and a long year (for me) it ended beautifully.