Out with the Old, In with the New

After two months of being a hobo after I quit my job, I have accepted a position!!  I am going to be a credit analyst with a bank based in Plano.  So I am starting with a clean slate...sweeping out the old and welcoming the new in!!  I think this position will allow me to have a good work life balance so I can keep up my photography endeavors.  Hopefully I can schedule some photography shoot sessions on the weekends.  I took this picture a long time ago and really liked it, but never had the right post to accompany it.  I love taking pictures of ordinary things like this and enhancing them to show that there is beauty and uniqueness in the details of everyday things.  We just have to open our eyes and imagine the possibilities.

In line with the theme of this post, this coming weekend, I am helping David's family with a garage sale, and selling some of my stuff in it too.  I love garage sales, so it should be a lot of fun.  Just have to cross my fingers that it will not be freakishly hot or rainy.

On another note, I had my second sale on Etsy!  I sold the same black and white photo of the calla lilies, so that seems to be very popular.  I also noticed that I got two "hearts" on my "A Kite Amid the Austin Skyline" photograph.  It's these little things that get me excited in life.  Here's the popular photo:

I went with David's family to Lake Charles, LA last week and took a few pictures.  Hopefully I will get them posted soon.  We hit some penny slots, and I managed to come away in the positive!

This week David and I took my sister to Austin for Orientation.  Then we went to San Antonio for two days and came back to Austin to pick my sister up.  Thanks to Tiffany who let us stay over again!  I also was able to see Anna and Melissa which was really fun.

My sister said she noticed that during orientation after speakers would make a speech, they would always end with, "Hook 'Em!"  We assured her that that was just for speeches and people do not end their conversations with that on a daily basis.

Here are some pictures from the trip to mark the beginning of an exciting new journey for my sister.  It was a beautiful day on the day we got to Austin, but the total opposite on our way back.

Can you spot the kite?

Ready....Set....Jump!!

We finally got this one on the third try.

First sale on Etsy!

Today I made my first sale on Etsy!  This really means a lot to me.  It's not about the money, but about the sense of validation and appreciation as an artist/photographer.  Maybe it's silly, but to me its pretty cool to know someone else other than your family or friends is displaying your work in their home.  Encouraged, I put some new pictures on there today.  These were pictures taken on Andrew Jackson's plantation in Tennessee.