Day 26 of my
LET'S GET PERSONAL: 30 DAY CHALLENGE - my week in great detail.
Since it's early on in the week, I'll talk about last week.
Somehow I feel that talking about what I do during the day/week isn't all that exciting, but keeping true to this challenge, here goes...
SUNDAYS (this is an every week thing)
My day usually starts around 6, 6:30 - that's AM people - to get ready for church and service. Shelvie, Jason, John and I (we are 'the tech team', sometimes with the help of Steve, my brother-in-law) are responsible for setting up sound for worship.
The church suffered a fire back in May and we are awaiting the opening of our new church in April 2011. In the meantime, we are using the neighboring school's gym.
which includes:
unloading the trailer
setting up instruments: keys, drums, guitar(s), bass
equipment: speakers, monitors, sound board, mics
plus, running all necessary XLRs, instrument cables, extension cords, etc.
Service begins at 10am and usually ends around 11:30pm. At which time we breakdown, repack and reload the trailer.
By that time, Shelvie and I are famished and I'm cranky, coming down from my very LARGE cup of coffee. If it's in the budget, we'll venture off to have breakfast at Doc's - an amazing little restaurant in the center of town. Everything is homemade, which means you will wait a long time for your food, but it also means that it is made from scratch, so it's so worth it!
Then it's off to the house, full belly = long nap.
Around 4:30ish
- I say 'ish because I always make us late - where off again, back to the school, for Velocity - where Shelvie and I are youth leaders. There we play games, dodge ball or some other semi-violent sport and listen to a short message by the youth Pastor,
Pastor Doug.
After that we either hang out at P Doug's house, where we (all the leaders), hon our Jenga skills
- we got up to 37 rows, world record is 42 - or we head home to watch the newest delivery from Netflix.
Shot with P Doug's iPhone
MONDAY, December 20th
Out of bed by 8am. While I have my am coffee intake, I catch up on emails, read through all the tweets I missed over the course of the night
- my OCD requires me to read them ALL - and read the newest blog posts in my Outlook reader.
It was super windy that day and the house lost power for about an hour. Since I couldn't use my computer, I went over the business notes I collected throughout the year, reviewed favorites from the
Wedding MBA, and organized an action plan for 2011 - including a reconstructed business plan, a new client prospective and a schedule of goals for the first quarter.
After that, I wrote the blog post
SNEAK PEAK: DANIELLE AND JASON, where I talked a little about them, their personal and collective interests and their different design aesthetics. I also talked about how I kept Danielle's desire to brand her wedding in the forefront, while having to work-around a previously chosen invitation design, to produce two design concepts for their save-the-dates.
At 4pm I went to the gym.
Home around 6pm, showered and made dinner for Shelvie and I. We then cuddled on the couch and bickered over who was going to drive, who watched their show last and finally decided on the history channel - a happy compromise :)
TUESDAY, December 21st
I am a creature of habit - Out of bed by 8am. Had coffee while I caught up on emails, read through ALL the tweets I missed over the course of the night
and read any new blog posts in my Outlook reader.
I then researched, collected ideas and wrote out some thoughts I had for adding video to the new
DOSSIE-A website. Maybe a little stop-action?!
Finished optimizing (in
Lightroom) some images I took of the nieces, a Christmas gift for the grandparents.
Spent the rest of the day with Shelvie ~ I love the holidays = slow work week!
WEDNESDAY, December 22nd
Up and out of the house by 9am.
Worked, on site, at Ill Eagle - where I am defining a new position for their company, while leading in new product developments.
With the holiday and trying to get new shipments out, they forgot I was coming in that day. However, they needed a quick holiday design so, I created
They then added their personal message and sent it to all their clients and vendors.
That evening, they hosted a Christmas party, next door at a newly opened Sports Bar. I ran into a girl I went to high school with, it made me feel my age for. just. a. second.
THURSDAY, December 23rd
Up early, showered and spent about an hour collecting and organizing (wall) paint swatches for my 10am design consulting meeting.
10am meeting with Pastor Jim, Mary Ann and Jason (site contractor) to make final decisions concerning the carpet and tile selection, wall color, elevator stain, Formica selection (bathroom, reception and workroom) and wood grain for the doors and cabinets.
11:30am meeting with P Doug to go over print design needs for all of the upcoming 2011 events, plus the necessary information timeline.
1pm lunch with Dave and Julie, brother- and sister-in-law, at Red Robin ~ yuuummmm
full belly = nap time
Shelvie had worship practice that evening, so I watched The Business of Kids from my creativeLIVE: Children's Portrait Photography with Tamara Lackey package.
FRIDAY, December 24th ~ Christmas Eve
In the morning, I baked vanilla cupcakes and chocolate chip cookie brownies for dessert that evening.
Headed to the gym around 12pm to about 2pm. Home. Showered. Ate.
you know it! full belly = nap time.
I'm so predictable, right?! Not really, although I am a creature of habit, this week is not the norm. I wish I get to nap after every meal - this is why holidays ROCK!
At 6:30pm we headed over to Steve's house
- that's me, Shelvie and our dog Alice; Steve and his family: Amber (wife), Taylor, Kendall, Payton, Diem (kids) and their two dog's Emmy and Bronx; Mamma and Poppa G; Oty; Dave and Julie - for dinner, gaming
- we played XBox Kinect, I HIGHLY recommend it ... it's great fun! - and gift giving at midnight. Home and asleep by 2am.
SATURDAY, December 25th ~ Christmas
Up around noon. Ate then napped.
Left at 3pm and headed to my families get-together - my mom's side of the family. This was more low-key, adults and no kids under the age of 12.
Home and watching a movie by 8pm ~ aahhhh :)
