Can't wait for NYC!

My sister Cheyenne and I are going for a quick weekend trip to NYC next weekend. Just made reservations at these fun NYC restaurants for Restaurant Week! YAYA!

Fun, whimsical food @ David Burke Townhouse

and

delicious latin food with a funky salsa playing atmosphere!

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Week 2 - Breakfast

This was really an impulse shot I took, but I realized it works perfectly for my 'breakfast' theme. It's a little blurrier than I wanted, but oh well! Some days I am great about eating breakfast. If I wake up early enough, I make oatmeal, play with Lily while it's heating up, add some fresh cold milk, sit down with my scriptures and enjoy breakfast before things get hectic. However most days, breakfast is none existent. Instead, I press 'snooze' 3 times, wake up late and then listen to my stomach yell at me all morning until I find time to squeeze in a few fruit snacks right before 4th period. I'll work on it...

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Week 1 - Newness

Here are my photos for Week 1: Newness. I've quickly realized that a 365 day challenge is absolutely out of the question for me - mainly I'm just too lazy after work. I think I can make it work for the spring/summer though. So for now, it's a themed 52 week challenge. 

I got started a bit late because I was waiting for my "new" lens so arrive. So far - i love it! So here is me playing with my "new" lens. Lily has quickly become my new favorite subject! :)

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Nike Training Club

This is my new best friend. Nike has such great workout apps and programs! I love my Nike+ but sometimes I just get sick of only being able to keep track of running workouts. This app for my iphone has a ton of different types of workouts and it'll play my music and has videos and pictures of the different drills. I've used is each day so far this week with some of my athletes that are getting in shape for track season (ok...so 2 times... :P ). But I'm fairly confident it will keep me busy for awhile...plus the girls on the app are in wicked good shape so it motivates me!

I am desperate for a workout buddy. It's the only thing that keeps me motivated. I LOVE LOVE LOVE working out, but if I don't purposefully schedule a time to work out, I'm content sitting on the couch or browsing the internet. Thankfully, I have been blessed with good genes, but I hate being too lazy to do something that I truly love.

This is a drill I'm looking forward to trying tomorrow....

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Once my new lens arrives (tomorrow?), I think I'm going to do a 365 photo project using these tips.. Okay...so maybe it's cliche, but I do love shooting and I need to break out of my work-home-eat-sleep schedule. Yes, I know it's only been 4 days back at work since winter break and I probably should have started this project earlier...but I'm already feeling the dreaded February blues and it's not even February yet!

 The digital photo forum I occasionally follow is using themed weeks, so I could follow this plan:

Week Starts	Theme
Jan 01	Newness
Jan 03	Cold
Jan 10	Breakfast
Jan 17	Macro
Jan 24	Tired
Jan 31	Sleep
Feb 07	Body Parts
Feb 14	Romance
Feb 21	Spirit
Feb 28	Vegetables
Mar 07	Underneath
Mar 14	Spring/Autumn
Mar 21	Planning
Mar 28	Fools
Apr 04	Excitement
Apr 11	Work
Apr 18	Growth
Apr 25	Trees
May 02	Mother
May 09	Up
May 16	Anger
May 23	Temptation
May 30	Looking in
Jun 06	Party
Jun 13	Father
Jun 20	Swing
Jun 27	Lighting Experimentation
Jul 04	Red, White, Blue
Jul 11	Family
Jul 18	Summer/Winter
Jul 25	Time
Aug 01	Water
Aug 08	Shadows
Aug 15	Peace
Aug 22	Defeat
Aug 29	Sunset
Sep 05	Spice
Sep 12	The Kitchen
Sep 19	Autumn/Spring
Sep 26	Tools
Oct 03	Colors
Oct 10	My Neighbors
Oct 17	On The Shelf
Oct 24	Memories
Oct 31	Texture
Nov 07	Wind
Nov 14	Music
Nov 21	Gathering
Nov 28	Beyond Reach
Dec 05	Smiles
Dec 12	After
Dec 19	Winter/Summer
Dec 26	Oldness

It'll help me be more creative and post my photos on the blog, I've been so bad about it lately.

The only issue is that I only work-come home-eat and then sleep...hmmm where to find the time???

Now...must go eat Dan's amazing spicy italian potato chili soup (it tastes ridiculously good...)

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