Ali Girl Photography » Scottsdale Wedding and Portrait Photography

As my business has grown leaps and bounds in the last year I have decided to change the business name to be more in-line with my branding and who I am as a photographer.

Ali Girl Photography is now Suzanne Melissa Photography.

Same photographer…just a new name and website.  Please check out the new site for current work and pricing information.

Thank you!!

Happy New Year! I had this post drafted and ready to go a couple of weeks ago, but like many people the holidays ran me over like a mack truck.  I am slowly getting back into the swings of things…blogging included.  So, here is my 31 in 301.

I have to admit that aside from the standard “lose 10 lbs” I typically don’t make New Year’s Resolutions.  Life is good, my family and I are all happy and healthy.  I kind of figure why change anything.  Well-this year I am going to change things up!  There are a lot of transformations in my life that are going to happen throughout the next year (moving into a new house!!!! And potentially starting a family-mom stop jumping up and down…you’ll break your new laptop) and I’ve decided to set some goals.  I couldn’t narrow things down to just one or two or three.  Since I will be turning 31 this year (I know-hard to believe I am a day over 21..ha!), I thought 31 goals was a good number.

I am posting my list here as a reminder to keep me focused on reaching these goals.  As each goal is achieved I will cross them off of the list and do a blog post to let you know how the goal was achieved.  At first glance it seems like this should be an easy list, but if you do the math I have to average one goal every nine days.  That kind of seems like a lot now huh?  Okay, maybe just to me.

Since this is less about New Year’s Resolutions and more about setting and achieving goals I don’t feel the need to start on January 1^st.  The official start date will be December 12, 2009 and the end date will be October 9, 2010. Many others have done similar lists so I don’t want to front like this was all my idea, but this IS my list so here we go!  NOTE: The goals are listed in no particular order!

31 Goals in 301 Days

1. Move into new house (okay…this is a total given since we already moved in, but hey-I needed to start easy).
2. Landscape the backyard
3. Host Christmas dinner
4. Babysit for my brother and sister-in-law
5. Loose 10 lbs (seriously…this year I am going to do it)
6. See Bre (high school friend) at least once a month for 3 straight months
7. Go to Florida to visit family
8. Cook a new recipe once a week for one month
9. Second shoot for a photographer that I have not worked with yet
10. Volunteer
11. Update my website/blog to include my portrait portfolio
12. Take pictures of our dogs
13. Shoot a portrait session with my brother and his family
14. Read a book
15. Finish a sewing project
16. Design and order MY wedding album
17. Combine website and blog into one site (too much work  to maintain both)
18. Work on my branding as it pertains to my contracts and client info
19. Start new blog that is not business related
20. Decorate my living room
21. Organize personal photos into an album.
22. Start a family (hopefully after I have lost the 10 lbs!)
23. Run a 5k
24. Take a cooking class with my husband
25. Order a sample engagement album
26. Keep my closet clean for two straight weeks (one can always dream!)
27. Hang wedding pictures in the new house.
28. Have my brother and sister-in-law over for dinner and a movie
29. Get a new cell phone!
30. Watch a movie at home that my husband picks out
31. Take a vacation

Since no post is complete without a picture here is one of the flip book design I did of Baby L.  More to come later on flip books and other studio products!