{"id":2186,"date":"2011-03-16T01:25:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T01:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2011-03-16T01:25:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T01:25:27","slug":"2011-year-of-the-rabbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/2011-year-of-the-rabbit\/","title":{"rendered":"minneapolis pet photographer :: 2011!"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 15th, 2011 \u2026 seriously \u2013 where did the first 2 1\/2 months of this year go?!! Sometimes I really can\u2019t get over how fast life moves. Not that I wish it would slow down all the time, but certain things – vacations or time at home or days with family and kitties \u2013 I wish would come to a screeching halt. But alas \u2013 we keep on trucking through things. Growing older and wiser.<\/p>\n

2011 I know is going to be a big year. BIG. I can\u2019t wait!! But at the same time, I can, you know? I want to savor all that has happened and will happen! I want to learn. I want to grow. I want to challenge myself. I want to take more photos than I\u2019ve ever taken. I want to paint a room. I want to scrapbook. I want to camp. I want to cook. I want to spend more time with people I love. I want to day dream. I just want to be. And love it!<\/p>\n

\"roxie,<\/a>\u00a0 \"roxie,<\/a><\/p>\n

Part of my goal in 2011 is to keep up on the blog world \u2013 both with mine and reading and learning from others. I feel like mine is a great, great way to keep up on my thoughts, ideas and dreams. I love that it can be so personal and intimate yet is presented to a huge <\/em>audience of the whole stinkin internet but only those who know of it, find it. It feels secretive in a way. Like your favorite hole in the wall coffee shop no one else really knows about. That kind of a feeling.<\/p>\n

Well one thing that\u2019s no surprise is that the beginning of the year in Minnesota is pretty blah and dull. I find it hard to stay inspired and continue blogging. I think next year I need to plan something just to do that\u2026 Note to self \u2013 get something on the calendar for 2012. <\/em>But seriously \u2026 <\/em>You get over the hump of the holidays and want to just chilax until you see sunshine again. That is a big factor in why the blog has been so empty and quiet these last few months. One of my favorite things to do is take a big batch of photos I can hardly wait to download to my computer, then to organize them into my absolute can\u2019t-believe-these-are-so-neat photos, then edit, then pour a glass of wine and whip up some witty blog post! And it\u2019s even better if it can be done out on the square behind my place. Ah \u2013 I am getting antsy for summer just thinking of these great, great things!!<\/p>\n

\"stone<\/a><\/p>\n

So far this year I have done 3 photo shoots, had a birthday, been to Texas, been sick, been to Mexico, been snowed in, booked a few more sessions and 2 weddings, acquired a copy of Lightroom, fell back in love with cleaning and sewed my very first project on my very own sewing machine! Woot! I\u2019m off to a great start, huh? And with the rest of my year? I plan to spoil my cats even more rotten than they already are. I plan to see Harry Potter in the theater. I plan to reminisce in my mom\u2019s favorite cook books and cook my way through them. I plan to travel to Seattle, California, the North Shore and Iowa. I plan to really, really <\/em>dedicate lots of blood, sweat and tears to my business. I plan to learn from my idols \u2013 and not the American <\/em>kind. I plan to culture myself with a smattering of movies. I plan to finally finish Wicked<\/em> \u2013 it\u2019s only taken 2 years. I plan to throw my very first bridal shower (eek!) and collaborate with Mur on the food\/drink combo. I plan to donate my time to some amazing <\/em>charities! And I plan to do all kinds of things I don\u2019t even know about yet. What an amazing year in store for me, right??<\/p>\n

Ah \u2013 just listing all this stuff gets me so excited!! So now my promise here is that I will blog all of these amazing events. I plan to share my stories and my images. What is one without the other, right? At this point I have a slew of photos to widdle through but will be back shortly with images of beaches, food, pups and delight. Hold tight, folks!! And I appreciate those avid visitors that check back every day for new posts. Soon, I promise!!<\/p>\n

\"wisconsin<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2026 but until then, sleep \u2013 eat \u2013 be well and enjoy the last of the snow. Spring is around the corner!!! Ah! So excited!!! \"Smile\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 15th, 2011 \u2026 seriously \u2013 where did the first 2 1\/2 months of this year go?!! Sometimes I really can\u2019t get over how fast life moves. Not that I wish it would slow down all the time, but certain things – vacations or time at home or days with family and kitties \u2013 I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[212,456,183,7,48,454,30],"class_list":["post-2186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-choco-moose","tag-212","tag-choco-moose","tag-minneapolis","tag-photography","tag-portrait-photography","tag-travel","tag-winter"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Bqtn-zg","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}