Happy New Year everyone! I’m getting back in to “work”-mode and thought I’d post an absolutely useless list of some random holiday accomplishments (or lack of) of mine.
Number of Photography-related gifts I received: Zero (I think my family has finally realized that I buy everything I want when it comes to photography) 😉
Number of Kid’s Presents That Needed Book Sized Directions to Put Together? 6
Number of Presents Attempted Without Directions Until I Realized I Was Stupid Before Attempting It: 3 (I’m a slow learner)
Number of iTunes Gift Cards Bought: 5
Number of iTunes Gift Cards Received: 5 😉 (it’s a wash)
Number of Times I Wore My Ugly Holiday Sweater: 13
Number of Times I Embarrassed My Kids By Wearing My Holiday Sweater: 13
Number of Times Worn Consecutively Without Washing It: 8 😉
(here’s a really bad iPhone photo below of the really bad sweater)
Number of Books Read: 1 (Kindle version of “Jab Jab Jab Right Hook” by Gary Vaynerchuck – Awesome book btw!)
Number of New Years Resolutions Made: 1 (eat less carbs)
Number of Resolutions I’m Sure I Broke on the First Day: 1
Number Holiday Shows Watched: 34 (I’m a total sucker for any holiday movie/cartoon – Though National Lampoon Christmas Vacation is still my favorite)
Number of IPA beers Drank Over the Week: 28.5 (sadly half of one of my Dogfish 90 minute IPAs was horrifically spilled one night)
Number of Photos Taken With DSLR: 0
Number of Photos Taken With iPhone: 112
Number of Holiday Cookies Eaten: Let’s just say I’m hittin’ my Crossfit gym hard this week
Number of Gems Spent In Clash of Clans: 132
Time Spent Drooling Over Winter Photos on 500px.com: Hours! I could just stare at them all day! Here’s a link to my latest favorites.
Best Customer Service Witnessed Over Holiday: It’s a tie between Delta Airlines and Enterprise Car Rental. They both went above and beyond during some travel issues.
All joking aside, I sincerely hope you had a wonderful holiday and happy new year. Have a good one!
I love teaching and photography... In that order. I feel that enjoying photography, and photo editing can get WAY too complicated. So my personal mission (and favorite thing to do), is to create education that simplifies the process of taking great photos, and how to edit them to get the results you’ve always wanted.
That’s to funny, sounds like a happy holiday time.
It definitely was!
Matt – Happy Holidays! I always knew you had good taste….Dogfish 90 minute IPA is one of my favorites have you tried their Burton Baton? It’s a little pricey but very worth it!
Keep up the great work!
Hey Eric – No I haven’t tried it yet. I’ll have to look for it next time I’m out. Thanks for the tip!
This two were my favorites:
“Number of Photography-related gifts I received: Zero (I think my family has finally realized that I buy everything I want when it comes to photography)”
&
“Number Holiday Shows Watched: 34 (I’m a total sucker for any holiday movie/cartoon – Though National Lampoon Christmas Vacation is still my favorite)”
Happy New Year Matt!
Look forward to see where you’re going next!
Fun list, but the IPA debacle really brings a tear to my eye! Have a great New Year and I really enjoy your blog!
Thanks Evan. You too!
Happy New Year Matt. That Frosty hoody is pretty “wow” alright. My boys would be walking 6 feet behind me if I was wearing that. Not surprised you didn’t pull the DSLR out at all. I didn’t take any family shots with mine either this Christmas, but I did use it for some close up ornament shots. Oh, and I hear you on the carb thing too. 🙂
My boys were walking 6 feet behind me 😉