{"id":2516,"date":"2011-06-01T08:55:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T12:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2011-06-01T08:55:55","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T12:55:55","slug":"june-2011-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/june-2011-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2011 Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a review of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/may-2011-goals\/\">May Goals<\/a> and I did get through quite a few but not all.\u00a0 I was busier than I thought which is good:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><del>Revise my client contracts, this is #1 since I didn\u2019t do it in April!<\/del> *This is finally done- yay!\u00a0 I think I kept procrastinating because this wasn&#8217;t very fun:)<\/li>\n<li><del>Create a second shooter contract- this one\u2019s for you Nadya:)<\/del> *Done as well.<\/li>\n<li><del>Sell my canon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usa.canon.com\/cusa\/consumer\/products\/cameras\/ef_lens_lineup\/ef_70_300mm_f_4_5_6_is_usm\" target=\"_blank\">70-300mm F4-5.6 IS lens<\/a> a UV filter,<\/del> and my 1st camera bag which fits a rebel body\/kit lens if you\u2019re interested!\u00a0 *Lens\/filter was sold via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ebay<\/a>.\u00a0 Bag not sold, no one bid on it.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to give it to my neighbor who just bought an XSI kit<\/li>\n<li><del>re-organize my folders in my external hard drive so they actually make sense- why are price lists under the logo folder??<\/del> *Another tedious task but it&#8217;s done- good thing it rained a lot this month:)<\/li>\n<li><del>post on my blog the upstairs bath photos<\/del> *Done and you can view the pics <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/upstairs-full-bath\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>paint the downstairs bath vanity\u00a0 *goes on the June list:)<\/li>\n<li><del>collect all the magazine quotes I\u2019ve been saving,<\/del> make a collage, frame and hang them\u00a0 *bought the frame and cut out all the quotes, need to put it together so it&#8217;s 50% done!<\/li>\n<li>**a big maybe on this one**\u00a0 remove the old ugly ditsy floral  wallpaper from the downstairs bath and re-paint.\u00a0 Chris would love it if  I got this done!\u00a0 Hoping the wallpaper comes off easily.\u00a0 *Going on the June list<\/li>\n<li><del>buy some more succulents to fill in where mine died from the snow we  had on April 1st- I don\u2019t think they liked being outside in the cold  and snowed on:(\u00a0 It was warm the day before so I put them out to get  some fresh air and sun, then it snowed:( <\/del> * I added some that I had from other pots but didn&#8217;t buy new ones, needed to save some money here:)<\/li>\n<li><del>plant flowers in my hanging baskets for our porch<\/del> *Done and you can see photos on my blog soon.<\/li>\n<li>buy some frames for some of our artwork we\u2019ve collected and hang them- I\u2019ve been eying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikea.com\/us\/en\/catalog\/products\/70132525\" target=\"_blank\">these<\/a> of different sizes:)\u00a0 Chris will not want to go to Ikea with me so I  will go 1st thing on a weekday morning to avoid all the crowds.\u00a0 * not done but I will put this on hold for now to save money and I want to wait till I paint the master and guest bedrooms to see where I want to hang things.<\/li>\n<li>organize the basement shelves that are just a mess of what we threw up there when we moved in\u00a0 *not done either but since we don&#8217;t have AC it&#8217;s way cooler in the basement so I may do this soon<\/li>\n<li><del>create a \u201chow to print\u201d guide &amp; print release for my new DVD cases!<\/del> *Done and you can see these products <a title=\"Digital Portrait Collection\" href=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/digital-portrait-collection\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>blog minimum 3 times a week!\u00a0 Hope to over achieve here.\u00a0 I\u2019m hoping  to blog everyday for one month at some point soon so this will be a  good warm up.\u00a0 *This one was hard, <em>even<\/em> with working from home.\u00a0 3 out of 4 weeks isn&#8217;t bad.\u00a0 I will try to keep this up in June!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Some other things Chris and I did around the house this month:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>planted Dill, Basil and Tomatoes- can&#8217;t wait for summer eating!\u00a0 Especially tomato salad- yum!<\/li>\n<li>Took over the crazy vines in the middle of our backyard and made a rock border around the new flower bed.<\/li>\n<li>Finally put a lot of trash out for bulk pick up day- our garage is so empty now:)<\/li>\n<li>2nd shot my first wedding of the season with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maggiejphotography.com\/#\/special\/splash\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maggie<\/a>, images coming soon.<\/li>\n<li>Listed my business on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weddingwire.com\/biz\/meridith-desmond-photography-allendale\/a3f40548c4e9386a.html\" target=\"_blank\">Wedding Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/place?hl=en&amp;georestrict=input_srcid:464a53eb9e5e489f&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=14\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/meridith-desmond-photography-allendale\" target=\"_blank\">Yelp<\/a>&#8211; leave some love in the review section if you are a past client:)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And now for my June goals:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>remove the old ditsy wallpaper from the downstairs bath and paint the walls.\u00a0 Since I didn&#8217;t get to this in May I thought why not add it to the June list but it may not get done till September:)<\/li>\n<li>blog minimum 3 times a week- keeping this one up from May!<\/li>\n<li>go to the beach at least once<\/li>\n<li>order a 7&#215;7 inch sample wedding parent album to show my clients<\/li>\n<li>test out <a href=\"http:\/\/animoto.com\/pro\/business\" target=\"_blank\">Animoto<\/a>, I have a free 30 day trial!\u00a0 Stay tuned for some fun slideshows.<\/li>\n<li>update my website &amp; blog with photos of myself- This weekend <a href=\"http:\/\/nadyafurnari.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nadya<\/a> will be taking some photos of me for this one!\u00a0 I&#8217;m a little nervous- ha<\/li>\n<li>finish my wedding client sample website using images from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/lori-jason-wedding\/\">Lori and Jason&#8217;s wedding<\/a> I photographed last year.<\/li>\n<li>Find a creative way to use my access to personal client websites via <a href=\"http:\/\/showitfast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Showit<\/a> for my family clients- any ideas fellow Photogs out there?<\/li>\n<li>clean all the windows in my house that I don&#8217;t have to climb a 20 foot ladder for, inside and out!<\/li>\n<li>paint the downstairs 1\/2 bath vanity<\/li>\n<li>organize the basement shelves<\/li>\n<li>Add client testimonials to my website- if you are a past client email  me a few words about your experience and I will add them to my site.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Can&#8217;t wait to eat this again!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-954\" title=\"Tomato Salad\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_6574-w-logo-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a review of my May Goals and I did get through quite a few but not all.\u00a0 I was busier than I thought which is good: Revise my client contracts, this is #1 since I didn\u2019t do it in April! *This is finally done- yay!\u00a0 I think I kept procrastinating because this wasn&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2516"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2551,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions\/2551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}