love my little city

happy sunday y'all.

so for anyone who knows me, i'm probably the least bit of a city slicker. 

give me mountains. give me acres. give me woods. give me rural. give me isolation,

anything but city.

so, although it is not the biggest city in the world by any means, 

and may not live up to most city expectations, i will say i am starting to love Hamilton, OH a little bit more!!!

now i'll be honest, sometimes when you think of Hamilton...... you have general thoughts.

and yes, some of those still apply.

But i will say, in leu of recent festivals, its becoming quite the happenin' place, and its just small enough for me to feel at home. 

This weekend, as happens every other year, was Ice Fest!!!

I was fortunate enough to get together with some new friends and participate in my first photo walk!

It was fun fun fun, cold cold cold, and i even got to witness an engagement via Ice Sculpture.

My heart was melting.

2012 favorites

For Christmas, my wonderful boyfriend got me a new camera lens!

YAY!!

So here's to improving my photography, with new equipment and new software! 

But here are a few of my favorites from 2012!

(I'll only choose 2 from each shoot or I will clog up this whole blog!)

Also still working on brother's senior pictures.....

:)

So this is 2013....

2013,

I already like you more than 2012.
(sigh of relief)

Anyways-

Spring semester starts tomorrow at school.. whoopie. Can't wait. -_-

I'm hoping to still have time to work on some photo things and some DIY things I have been clogging up my Pinterest with but not actually falling through with... cause I'm the ONLY one who does that, right.... ;)

Hope you all have a wonderful week & are working hard towards whatever goals you have set for yourself in the new year!!!!**

The over-rated New Years post!

HOLA!!

So its been what, 5 months since I've been on here? Yikes. Sorry. Time has gotten away!

With having my back surgery, school starting up again, trying to pick up my photography, I've just

kinda been scattered brained!

This year I'm HOPING to try to be better at updating...and get more followers and blogger friends, of course. 

So anyways, here we are. 2013. 

What a year 2012 has been.

It's been awful, actually.

Well for me anyways. Not to be a debbie downer, but, just bad bad things all around. 

Of course yes there were some positives. But I feel like for every positive there was a negative. 

Bleh.

But anyhow! What can you do? Only be thankful for the good things that happened, and be prepared and ready for 2013!!

With that being said, what do I plan to do for 2013 to make it the best year?

-Eat right and work out!!! (like everyone)

-Be on time for work everyday. (wishful thinking... maybe that monthly car payment will remind me......)

-Get more into my "photography business. (No I didnt go to school for photography. It's a passion of mine and along with classes I've self taught myself,along with learning from others. I've recently got better programs and better equipment, so bring it on!!!!)

-MONEY MANAGEMENT. (Enough said.)

-Stand up for myself more. (Call me the human doormat. But that will stop this year!!)

Overall, just as everyone, I have high expectations for the year. I wish the best for everyone as they work towards their goals :)