{"id":2044,"date":"2014-01-02T12:19:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T19:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therealverticalhouse.com\/blog\/?p=2044"},"modified":"2014-01-02T12:19:29","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T19:19:29","slug":"2014-hopefulutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/therealverticalhouse.com\/blog\/?p=2044","title":{"rendered":"2014 Hopefulutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2013 was super exciting! Between all of the travels, friends, family, and growth (personal and business), it&#8217;s been a year for the books! <a href=\"http:\/\/therealverticalhouse.com\/blog\/?p=2050\" target=\"_blank\">The 2013 Year in Review post<\/a> has more details and photos! Here are the hopes for the New Year, along with commentary about last year&#8217;s hopefulutions! <\/p>\n<p><strong>2014 Resolutions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Travel<\/li>\n<li>Get published with my film work<\/li>\n<li>Set up a darkroom<\/li>\n<li>Take a train to NOLA<\/li>\n<li>Bike more (especially in nice weather)<\/li>\n<li>Make more time for gardening<\/li>\n<li>Construct a greenhouse or implement cold frames<\/li>\n<li>Get more involved with the photographic community<\/li>\n<li>Host a really great party<\/li>\n<li>Start a vintage shop &#8211; either a brick and mortar or online store<\/li>\n<li>Pick up an additional yoga class<\/li>\n<li>Start cooking with Andy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more 2013 Resolutions (with commentary)--><br \/>\n<strong>2013 Resolutions (with commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Photograph more with film and begin &#8220;the transition&#8221;<\/strong> (Super excited to check this one off! I&#8217;m building a new website to showcase the film work and reflect that I am an analog shooter! Woop woop!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Continue to grow and push the envelope with White Rabbit Studios (free wedding websites with bookings, handmade albums, letterpress recipe cards, other goodies)<\/strong> (I did the letterpress recipe cards! I have someone working on handmade albums! I hired a designer for invites and such&#8230;so I&#8217;m allowing myself to check this one off the list! Of course now that I&#8217;m shooting film, my packaging has changed again &#8211; but I&#8217;m keeping it all local and fabulous!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Start selling some of my vintage collection (either in the store or online again)<\/strong> (Haven&#8217;t really done this&#8230;but there have been steps in this direction!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get the wheels in motion for another Hi-Fi Wedding Fest<\/strong> (OMG IT&#8217;S HAPPENING &#8211; JANUARY 25TH 2014!!!!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Go on tour with The Porcharitas (even a long weekend would be fun!)<\/strong> (We played several shows, but no real &#8220;tour&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spend a weekend unplugged from the internet on a fun adventure with Andy<\/strong> (This happened numerous times! We are thinking of adopting our friend Franklin&#8217;s No Screen Sunday attitude as well)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Set up our screen printing\/darkroom equipment<\/strong> (womp womp&#8230;didn&#8217;t happen but that&#8217;s ok&#8230;there are steps that have been taken to make this a reality)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Expand our garden\/build a green house<\/strong> (We expanded the garden, but no greenhouse just yet)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Go on more walks, drink more tea\/water<\/strong> (check, check and check!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visit California<\/strong> (HOLY CHECK MARK YES <a href=\"http:\/\/therealverticalhouse.com\/blog\/?p=1778\" target=\"_blank\">SAN FRAN WAS AWESOME<\/a>!!!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>More Yoga!<\/strong> (check!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Help host a kickass festival<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/therealverticalhouse.com\/blog\/?p=1824\" target=\"_blank\">HAPPENIN&#8217; FEST WAS RAD<\/a>!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Write at least five songs<\/strong> (wrote &#8217;em, but haven&#8217;t done anything with &#8217;em!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Start recording live shows and blogging them<\/strong> (While we actually did record several shows, I&#8217;ve yet to blog them&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Another label to want to put out Porcharitas&#8217; first album.<\/strong> (still need to finish that project lol)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keep up with my personal blogging<\/strong> (I always catch up&#8230;but I need to get better about blogging more &#8220;in time&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Revitalize Crash Boom Bang! 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