a little of this a little of that

by Amy on May 20, 2013

  • **I will be providing details on my new big big blogging ecourse tomorrow!! So excited to tell you about what I have lined up!**
  • Have you guys seen this Jimmy Fallon vs John Krasinski lipsync battle? AMAZING
  • Saturday was my nephew’s 1st birthday!! Cutest little boy :)
  • I’ve had some quiet mornings the last couple weeks (Andrew works all night sometimes). I LOVED it (and loved this post from Elise)
  • for those of you who may not have seen it – Reasons Andrew is the BEST
  • I updated a couple more just the other day
  • My list of projects to work on this summer is getting absurdly long :)
  • ex: I’d like to finish my Week in the Life Blurb book from 2011 (!!) before we do Week in the Life again in 2013
  • I skipped 2012 altogether.
  • stayed home sick on Friday – why aren’t there more musicals on Netflix?
  • watched Les Mis … some thoughts: Visually beautiful but the story is so slow, interesting how much music they added (and what songs they cut way down), I can tell which actors are trained singers and which are not and it is distracting, Sacha Baron Cohen is amazing in everything (SO excited for this)
  • Excited to have Memorial Day off from the day job!!  Catching up on L&R stuff AND the new Arrested Development season released!
  • Planning on spending a lot of time on the couch next weekend :)
  • Did I tell you we got a hammock? We’re “borrowing” it from my aunt and uncle since they don’t have room any more.
  • WE LOVE IT!
  • I’m SURE you’ll see a ton of it in future Project Life spreads…..
  • Photo of the week (edited with A Beautiful Mess app):

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a little of this a little of that

by Amy on May 7, 2013

  • you guys. My dad is the cutest. Download his music and support independent musicians
  • (he’s the Terry Hann half of this duo)
  • browsing Goodreads and I was recommended this book – this is why I love reading :) What a fun adventure!
  • Also – excited to (one day) get to the 20th century in my American History class
  • cats are the best
  • the weather’s been WARM here recently. We need to get our pool key :)
  • Allie sent me a link to a free-for-a-day kindle book about writing a novel … and I’m halfway through it and all fired up and outlined my second novel
  • And then I get halfway through reading the how-to book and I realize this idea might not actually be sellable to agents/editors. Sigh.
  • DOING IT ANYWAY
  • My roof is blowing off in the wind. LAME.
  • Also, did I tell you we have roof rats?
  • I need to really sit down and blog a bunch at Those Crazy Schuberts because MAN we have some stories.
  • the girls cats are doing this new thing where at night they squeeze themselves between me and the edge of the bed, slowly spreading out until by morning I’m in the MIDDLE of the bed, and they have my side. Rude.
  • Deep into my blogging ecourse creating. Seriously excited to tell you all about it, but I’m waiting on a couple things. Soon. SOON.
  • Been assisting Maggie a lot lately! Babies and Mother’s Day shoots, mostly this month. This one and this one, for example.
  • Photo of the week (my neighborhood, on my walk with Kam when she came to visit a couple weeks ago):

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What’s new with you?

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May is for

by Amy on May 1, 2013

  • My dad’s birthday, my cousin’s birthday, my nephew’s birthday, Mother’s Day
  • off work for Memorial Day
  • multiple photo shoots with Maggie
  • rereading the Anne of Green Gables series. Annual tradition.
  • National Scrapbooking Day – which also happens to be Star Wars Day
  • more visits to the farmer’s market! (I went for the first time last Sunday)
  • officially announcing my new big big blogging ecourse! Super excited :)
  • these 2 ebooks are being retired (currently half off) at the end of the month
  • ALSO: my 1-hour consulting option is being retired. You can definitely still hire me after May, but not for only an hour.
  • going to get back to work on my second novel – realizing I need to outline this one
  • hopefully help my poor cat feel better – we think she has asthma. So sad!
  • watch the final episodes of Smash. I love that show. Bummed it’s probably getting canceled.
  • plan our backyard layout. I think we’re getting close to figuring out what we want!

What do you have planned for this month?

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In the last month: April

by Amy on April 30, 2013

I've been collecting video interviews for the big big blogging ecourse I'm working on

I’ve been collecting video interviews for the big big blogging ecourse I’m working on

Watched

Read

Listened to

  • Lots (and lots) of marketing resources. I am on a roll and am SO inspired
  • Stuff You Should Know and Stuff You Missed in History Class podcasts
  • all caught up on the last few months of Here’s The Thing podcast – LOVED the Brian Williams episode and the Patti Lupone episode

Discovered

  • cats don’t like antibiotics. Shocking.
  • our local farmers market. I mean, obviously I didn’t *discover* it, but I went for the first time.
  • roasting a chicken is the easiest thing ever. Also, discovered the perfect blend of spices for grilling chicken.

Wrote

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around here

by Amy on April 25, 2013

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(borrowed from Kam)

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Around here in the last month …

… the weather is getting GORGEOUS. Andrew and I have been inspired to work on our backyard (although so far only Andrew has done any work).

… we got a couple cat leashes (apparently we’re THOSE people) so they could hang out in the backyard

… while Andrew weeds. In anticipation of tilling the whole thing and planting grass and veggies.

… all the veggies I love are back in season (in SoCal, at least) so we’re eating a ton of salad.

… Easter Sunday we had my inlaws over for lunch (and Andrew and I inadvertently matched)

… Andrew and I both had my birthday off from work and we went out to breakfast! Egg Plantation – one of my favorite places

… the girls celebrated their 1st birthday! Or, rather, Andrew put hats on them and they didn’t put up with it.

… lots of naps with the girls. They love us and follow us around the house all the time.

… Andrew is a lizard and loves the sun. He moved one of the armchairs over to right in front of the back door so he could soak it in while he read

… assisted Maggie on a big-extended-family photo shoot at Placerita Canyon

… currently obsessed with food/nutrition so I loved reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle this month (whole post on this coming)

… our front lawn has started to grow again after a dormant winter. And we got a letter from our HOA requiring us to mow it. Fine.

… Khaleesi has had a cough of some kind for the last few weeks. We’re right now in the middle of a 10-day 2x/day antibiotics round. She HATES it. Luckily she’s tiny so Andrew can hold her with one arm and feed her the medicine with the other.

… Kam came up and spent ALL DAY Saturday with me! So fun :) She’s the best

… assisted Maggie on another photo shoot for a little 3 month old at the family’s home. Awesome house. Awesome style.

… my nephew is 11 months old now! He makes a cranky face (it’s hilarious)

… and he’s walking!! Crazy!

 What’s new with you in the last month?

 

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a little of this a little of that

by Amy on April 23, 2013

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What’s on your …

by Amy on April 18, 2013

Love this prompt from Ali Edwards

modern backyard

(not my yard. I wish. One of Maggie’s clients’ backyards)

What is on your …

VANITY | I don’t have a vanity … but I do have a dresser. And on that dresser is a jewelry box (rarely used); a pile of clothes that need to be repaired or have stains treated; a separate pile of colored socks whose mate I haven’t found yet.

PERENNIAL TO DO LIST | Take photos; edit photos; backup photos; grocery shop and cook; read read read

REFRIGERATOR SHELVES | leftover grilled chicken from the weekend (so good); salad fixins; half-and-half for my coffee; red seedless grapes. I need to go to the store soon :)

ITINERARY | Planning a weekend trip to Madison, WI for a wedding; planning a 2 week road trip to Colorado and back; possible weekend camping in Yosemite in August; a possible weekend trip to Idaho for a wedding in September; another weekend trip to Phoenix for a wedding in November.

FANTASY ITINERARY | Washington DC (I’ve been twice, and can’t wait to take Andrew); France (I dream of visiting Normandy before all WW2 veterans have died); Japan (want to do an anniversary photo shoot while there); I’m really not picky. I love to travel. 

PLAYLIST | Original songs from this season of Smash; WTF Podcast; audio coaching from a now-defunct online marketing project (so many ideas, you guys!).

NIGHTSTAND | One of my THREE to-read piles; a sad desk lamp that is on its last legs; a small bottle of hand lotion; sometimes a glass of water, but the cats will insist it’s theirs so that’s not often. 

WORKOUT PLAN | hahaha! You’re so funny. I have a quarter mile walk from my car to the office building each day (and another quarter mile back at the end of the day of course). That does it for now. 

IPHONE | email; Instagram; TweetDeck; Angry Birds (in all its versions)

TOP 5 LIST | Days off with Andrew (and the cats); cooking (and inventing new recipes); reading (really anything I can get my hands on); creating (writing and Project Life and blogging and photos); planning (travel, house-DIYs, how to make money once I quit the day job).

BUCKET LIST | Travel – always. Write a finished version of at least 1 (of the 5+) novels in my head. Never go back to a cubicle once I’ve escaped.

MIND | Lots of work projects (big big blogging ecourse this summer); Final countdown to the end of my day job; what else needs to be planned for our roadtrip this summer; why is Khaleesi coughing like that.   

BLOGROLL | Ali Edwards; Campfire Chic; The Nerd Nest; Elise Blaha Cripe; and many many many (many) others

WALLS OF YOUR FAVORITE ROOM IN YOUR HOUSE | I love the green in our living room and the teal in our bedroom. LOVE.

LIQUOR SHELF | I just drink coffee and water, but Andrew has quite the collection of whisky. 

LAST CREDIT CARD STATEMENT | groceries; gas (ugh); and repairing Andrew’s truck.  

Want to play along? Leave your link in the comments!

P.S. Ali had 2 more prompts at the end of her list that I skipped since my answer is ‘none’ – click through to see hers

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a little of this a little of that

by Amy on April 9, 2013

  • I JUST got this fantastic small business resource, but it goes off the market THURSDAY (Apr 11). You want to make money online? Question the Rules (aff link)
  • I’ve downloaded all the audio and put it on my iPod for my drives to the day job.
  • Thank you everyone for your feedback for my birthday!! Put such a big smile on my face
  • assisted on this shoot recently
  • My sister-in-law is having another baby! I’m hoping for another boy :)
  • Last weekend when I was off for so many days in a row I went to bed early and got up early and it was fantastic :)
  • And then the first night I had to go back to work and stay up til midnight was tortuous
  • And then the NEXT day I woke up with a crazy headache…. Coincidence? I think not.
  • My mom got a job with the Phoenix Suns! I’m excited for tickets next season :)
  • trying to plan a trip to visit my brother but he refuses to call/text me back. Brothers are the worst.
  • Planning to spend a couple days in Madison, WI this summer for a wedding! Can’t wait!
  • Random: A guy I did theater with in high school was in the Parents episode of SMASH (the guy in the aerial number)
  • Photo of the week: Andrew bought party hats for the girls on their first birthday! This photo MADE MY DAY last Friday!

How was your week?

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A year of brave (13)

by Amy on April 7, 2013

A year of brave

This year I’m going to be BRAVE.

Sometimes BRAVE means doing something brand new, sometimes it means doing that thing you’ve been putting off for months.

Every Sunday (or so) I want to post about something BRAVE-ish I’ve done recently – to keep myself accountable to actually DO something AND to remind you being brave is not always lion taming and hang-gliding.

Last week:

I finished that ONE FINAL THING on my escape-the-cubicle-to-do-list !!!

There are other things I *want* to do before I leave the day job, but having accomplished the final MUST DO item is so relieving!

I have now counted out exactly how many work days I have left (although it is still unofficial).

A year and a half ago I *almost* quit on the spot because of a change at the day job …. and now I can confidently say that I can do that any day without worrying.

SO close.

What BRAVE thing did you do this week?

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What do I want?: Long-term goals

by Amy on April 3, 2013

As inspired by Kam’s post about her long-term goals … I thought my birthday week would be the perfect time to post some of my LONG term goals.

headshot - eyesclosedI have to be honest …. this isn’t easy.

The first one on my list is my current goal – the goal that ALL my energies are currently focused on. I can’t really see beyond that goal. A lot goes into reaching that goal and I can’t even come close to imagining my life once that goal is accomplished.

But I did my best.

I tried to be both realistic/SMART …. AND still dreaming big.

It feels BRAVE and vulnerable to put some of these out there …. like, who am I to make $3000+/month on the internet??? That’s crazy. Yea, right, like I’m really going to publish a novel. Please.

That’s what I’m thinking right now.

But I’m going to hit PUBLISH on this post anyway.

Because this is the YEAR OF BRAVE…. even if being brave is just publicly declaring goals.

By April 2018 (36th birthday)

I have left my cubicle job long long ago

I have finished writing 2 novels and am working on a third.

One of those novels is published, selling well and I’ve been able to go on a solid book-tour visiting all 50 states.

I regularly have an income of at least $3000/month coming from my various online-offered products and services

Andrew and I have traveled to 3 or 4 different locales (undecided where at the moment) – I would like it to be more, but his job is demanding.

I have traveled alone to a few places around the U.S. working on a pet-project non-fiction book about the presidents.

Andrew and I have paid off his student loan and my student loan and have started paying extra toward our mortgage.

We’ve bought new-to-us cars (1 for each of us) in cash. No new debt.

I indulge in sugar a *tiny* bit to celebrate my birthday, but it feels so rich because I never eat sugar/gluten otherwise and feel so healthy for it.

Again … I can’t really think beyond that. Maybe in a year or so I’ll revisit these and see if they are things I still want (obviously the paying off debt will be)

What are your long term goals?

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