I figured I had better write my year in review
because I am obviously the worlds suckiest blogger, and if I don't write at
least once a year, I won't ever remember anything I did. 2013 was
probably the shortest year of my life. Lets just put it this way....my
life is going by so fast I honestly thought I was 22 this entire year. No
joke. It's pretty pathetic I can't even remember my own age. I'm 23
for those of you who were wondering. I'm pretty sure that's right. Oh
well who cares. Not me apparently. Ok...
2013...
January thru April is pretty much a blur.
Between working at the flower shop, teaching my clogging kids in Almo,
and photography, I definitely kept myself busy. The biggest event took
place on March 28th. I was in Almo doing a senior photo shoot and I get a
phone call from Casey saying he burned himself while at work and went to the
hospital, BUT I'M OK he says. I of course don't believe him and think my
husband is dying and I'm not there to be a part of it. I sped a little
bit that night. Turns out he was fine. I mean, other than burning
the piss out of his arm and face, he was good. No big deal.
I had a birthday in April. I turned
22...again. My cousins made me a wicked awesome movie. You should
definitely watch their amazing vocal talent. They are my favorite singers
EVER! Click this link and see for yourselves. It's the one titled Keely's
Birthday Song!! Its the link after that one
that's highlighted in blue. Keely's Birthday SONG!!! Sorry if I confused you
there. I had to work that day, but it was fine. I remembered
it snowed huge quarter sized flakes that morning, and I got a ton of phone
calls from my long distance friends that I never get to see anymore. It was a
good day. A birthday should be a good day, and mine was.
May is also a pretty exciting month. Case and
I celebrated our 2nd year of forever. Forever is a way long time, so I am
way way glad I picked the right man to spend it with. So February April
and May kind of got rolled into one because my Valentines gift to Casey was a
weekend stay in Jackpot which didn't take place until the end of April, which
we kinda ended up tying my birthday and our anniversary together, so that just
shows you how amazing we are! Killed 3 birds with one shot. You
could probably even count it as part of Christmas too. But we had a great
time in ol Nevada. We always do! My clogging recital for my
students was a big success. I'm still working on uploading the videos so
stay tuned for those to come up. I was pretty proud of my little
cloggers.
June, July, & August were pretty quiet.
We made a few trips down to the river to "try" and wakeboard.
I feel like I suck worse every time I strap in, but Case and I made it a
goal that in 2014 we will become pro wakeboarders and dominate the river.
(Stay tuned for that adventure) Oh, and we bought a
semi: A semi-trailer truck is a large vehicle that consists of a towing engine, known as a tractor in
the United States and truck in many other places, attached to
one or more semi-trailers to
carry freight. Call it an 18 wheeler. It's quite a thrill having
control over 18 wheels rolling over the pavement, or gravel, or cornrows.
It's a rush. Especially when you have no clue what you're doing,
but I'll get to that later.
Casey turned the big 27. Buffalo Wild Wings,
and a night with friends made it a pretty good day I think.
September....this was the most insane month of my
LIFE! We went to Camp smokey for a week. I'ts right by Alturas
Lake, if you don't know what I'm talking about. It was nice and relaxing.
It was also one of those times when it seemed like everybody was upset
over nothing, which then made everyone upset over everything, and then it just
made us all dazed and confused, and it was kind of a blur for a bit, but
Alturas Lake is beautiful, and I love the mountains. It was a great time
spent with family. So as Casey and I are on our way home we get a phone
call saying there is work for our semi in corn harvest and we can start
tomorrow. Which, tomorrow technically was less than 5 hours away.
The plan was to have me, Keely, miss chicken, drive the 18 wheeler for
corn. I however did not expect to start for another 2 weeks and instantly
went into shock. My brother was super nice and took me out on my first
grand adventure of corn. The worst thing that I did was left my gate open
while I was getting loaded with corn. It only took one time though.
I never left it open again. Corn was fun. I learned how to
drive a semi, went to work with my husband every day, and gained a better
appreciation for all the truck drivers out there. It was stressful at
times, and I whined a lot, but I got through it.
October November & December- I started up
teaching clogging in Burley with Shaundalee & Melissa. I am still
working at the flower shop and taking photos. December flew by. Casey got
hurt again. He took a pivot to the face, and lets just say the pivot
looked better than Casey did. Casey was torching it for scrap metal and
well...the pivot hit him, knocked him out, and cut his cheek pretty good, but
luckily that was all that happened. We really have been blessed with our
injuries. Things could have been a lot worse, but we have been watched
over and protected. Casey got to spend a week in Germany at the
"John Deere Factory." His first adventure with International
Travel. He left me for an entire week, and I somehow survived. I
guess distance makes the heart grow fonder. I was sure happy to see him when he
got back. He struggled with Jet lag for a few days, but finally got back
into the swing of things. Christmas this year was really sad. Casey
and I both got really sick on Christmas eve with "Strep Pneumonia" so
we were quarantined in the house and finally resurfaced on Friday.
Christmas just isn't the same when you aren't spending it with family.
But Case spoiled me rotten, and made me feel a little less sick.
This year Keely Richman Photography had a
total of 43 photo shoots! 16 of which were during the month of October.
For some of you that is a small number, but for a newbie who is just
starting out, and has no clue what the heck she is doing....October was an
insane month. I don't know how other photographers do it. I hope
practice will make it all better. I have been really blessed with all of
the clients I have been getting for photos. I have gotten to meet some
pretty wonderful people this year, and gotten to know some of you better than I
already did. I have had some super neat and understanding clients, and I have
had some not so understanding clients. I am slowly realizing that I can't
make everyone happy. Although I try my hardest, I am always going to tick
somebody off. I guess that's the joy of owning my own business. The
hard part about it is my lack of self confidence. Oh
yes....I fooooled you all! You think I have it all together huh? Well I
am a great fibber. Turns out, I have hit a few ruts in the road this
year, and it's a lot harder than you think to get back on track.
I tend to take things wayyyyyyyyyyyy too personal.
In a few instances I have given an inch and people have walked all over
me. It hurts....a lot. It is really hard owning your own business.
People think you charge too much, when in all reality I haven't pocketed
as much as you think I do. It makes me feel awful when people make rude
comments towards me and my work. I know I am not perfect. I am far
from it, but that's why I am constantly practicing to get better. I made
a new friend this year who has made a world of difference in my life. She
has been nothing but supportive to me and my work, and has been slowly giving
me confidence. If you're reading this missy, you know who you are.
I can't thank you enough for believing in me. I am always looking
to learn new things and improve myself and the best teachers for the job are
other photographers. Thank you thank you thank you for all your help. I
couldn't do it without the support of my amazing husband either. He is my
#1 fan and believes in me. I couldn't do it without you babe. Thanks Mom
and Dad for your love and support as well.
This new year is going to be bringing new things to
my business. Keely Richman Photography is making a few new changes.
My goal is to simplify my life. I have been caught up in doing way
too many things. I am going to focus all of my attention on my
photography to try and improve my work well as myself.
So here's to a new year. To new adventures. To
simplifying life. To being a better person. To having more self
confidence. Goodbye 2013. I'm ready for new things in my life, and
hope 2014 has good things in store......to be continued.....
