long time..not a lot of posting

thought i'd just update and say i'm still here! ha. i really wish i had more time to devote to this but i keep getting more and more hours at work. so when i'm not working all i want to be doing is sleeping. lame i know, but thats how it works.

so this is just a short little hello. maybe if i get iced in and can't go to work tomorrow i will leave a better post.

hope all is well and happy blogging :)

New Blog...

i will still be updating on blogspot but i gave in and started a tumblr and i have to say i already love it and am really excited about it...check it out: http://daniellealysephoto.tumblr.com/

on a roll...

sadly i've slipped away from my daily updates already. however, i've been keeping up with everything else i've put on my list to do!!

this past tuesday was the best day i have had in a long time and just the lift i needed!

at the beginning of the week i had sent out messages to all my friends who i knew were home or close to home for winter break.

i was a little sad to only hear back from a few people but i thought to myself it takes two..so if i'm willing to put out the initial effort and you can't take the two seconds it takes to respond then you probably don't care that much about our friendship anyway.

(that sounds a little harsh but i'm sick of people carrying on about how great the internet and text messaging are and how they are quick and easy and keep people together...then when i text a friend and don't receive a response before at least the end of the day it makes you feel bad...it really takes two seconds to open your phone, read and give a simple response or at least acknowledgement...idk i'm just pointing it out.)

any who, i had set up plans to meet for breakfast with two friends i hadn't seen it what feels like forever.

it was wonderful!!

it was so good to see them and catch up and just talk about life...this actually made me feel a lot better about mine.

just to see that there are a lot of people in the same situation with the same types of questions as me.

as we were having breakfast i mentioned one of my other friends and look across the dinner and there she is!! how great!

after going over to chat for a bit i sit back down at the table and what do you know..i get a text form a friend saying she was in town and planning to go to the mall.

so i left breakfast and headed to go pick her up.

we spent the day running random errands together and catching up.

at one point we found ourselves in a craft store and i picked up some new fabric to print on...hopefully new materials is the kick i need to get back to art.

after i dropped her off back at her house i got a text from my sister saying she was taking her lunch break at work and i should join her for her meal since she leaves for her mission trip onfriday (she is going to help build homes in mississippi, how wonderful!!)

so i show up and just as i am explaining how exciting the day had been in walks my aunt, my cousin, and...kayle!!

and they were there for diner! what a wonderful turn of events!

so we all had a meal together.

after this i headed home to see my mom and dad for a little and then i was on my way back to my apartment still in shock about how good i felt from this day.

hopefully there are more wonderful, and uplifting get together with friends and family around the corner!

p.s i've also started a new site!... but it's not ready to be shown yet. updates soon :)

hello 2011...

i'd like to forget 2010, it was by no means a bad year at all but it is officially 2011 now and that's what i would like to focus on. i've heard that your more likely to stick to a goal if you say it out loud, if you have a witness, if it's publicly stated. so here i go...i list my goals for 2011. some of them seem like your typical new years resolutions..save money, lose weight...but i'd like to just think of them as goals or even a check list if i can do the following things i will be sure to have the healthy, happy year i'm hoping for:

1. save, save, save.

(it should also say make,make,make) money that is...in order to make the move i need to and want to make this year i need to be saving and spending money wisely. (we've already started this by cutting our cable to basic cable, it's cut our bill in half!! i don't really miss all those channels anyway and i'm much more productive!)

2. make a move.

more specifically...nyc!! next year when the ball drops i want to be counting down from my brooklyn apartment!

3. feel better about my body.

i could say lose weight or tone up but really i'd just like to feel better about my body. being more food conscious could help, i've had already begun trying and now loving several new foods in 2010, and i'd like to carry that on.

4. make use of my free time, have several creative side projects.

i've kind of lumped the two together but i think they go hand in hand. on days that i have off i need to motivate myself to get out and shoot with my camera, or sit down and sketch, or paint or sew!! i just need to not let myself lose creativity. i've noticed when i browse other blogs that a lot of photographers blogs have minimal words and just tell their stories and events with their pictures. when i update this blog i feel the need to type in words, which may not be bad but a separate blog just for my artistic photographs might be the push i need. (also, i've already taken a step in the right direction today! i started searching for and entering a few photo contest!!)

5. make use of my friends.

i know that sounds silly and i don't mean make use of them as in actually using them. i just mean spend more time with them. a good majority of my friends have graduated, a few are off at grad school and a few will be graduating in may but as a whole most of them are home looking for jobs and now have some more...free time. i'd like to take advantage of this time. i know i will be sad when i eventually do move away and getting together with a friend means more then just a half hour commute. plus, i'm looking to feel inspired. this is how i feel when i get together with my friends. they are all beautiful, positive, and inspiring women and after a get together with them i leave feeling happy and good about life and myself. it's amazing that a few close good friends that you can laugh and smile with can do that to you.

all in all, and like every year in past, i'm hoping for a big year this year. and no doubt whatever it holds will be big! there will be tough times but also plenty of good times and i am excited to take them both on because all of them, good or bad, will make me a stronger and better person.

also on a final note, it's january! my birthday is right around the corner but more importantly we are another month closer to warm weather!! so far this winter hasn't been to bad but i still long to be...in the sun! :)