don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good

i woke up early this saturday morning and laid in bed with my laptop and started working on my 2012 Photo Book. That is one of my projects for January. And i'm glad I started it, because just starting a 60 page photo book summarizing a whole year is always the most daunting task! my other project for January was to print some wedding photos. We got married back in july but we really don't have any wedding photos up. I did, however, make a nice shutterfly photo album... man i give that company so much business  :)  So last night I ordered a canvas print of the skyline the night of our wedding. this was somewhat against jake's motto of: if he can't make it, we don't have it in our house. bless his little craftsman attitude. i love it, but sometimes you just need to hop online and order something  :) so with his blessing, i did.

This was taken by jessica burke in atascadero, ca. just a lovely shot!! she is an amazing photographer, and i'm proud to say a good friend of mine :)
http://www.jessicaburke.com

Jake and i decided we didn't want a ton of self portraits hanging around, so we thought this was perfect. we'll both always know this was the night we were married.

so i'm enjoying my saturday morning sipping on coffee and working on my photo book. I let the dogs out in the front yard and when i went to go check on them, zeek's solo, just basking in the sun. this can only mean one thing.... yes, Taj has struck again....

He actually looks guilty in this one.  i caught him red handed. this was taken before i wiped all the dirt off his snout. that little turkey. for the longest time i thought rodents were coming into the bin and digging through everything. and this is the same dog who acts like he can't jump into the back of our car and looks to us for a lift. this crate is at least 3 feet tall. though they do help keep life interesting. 

as i wrap this up, we're heading out to mission trails to go mountain biking with the dogs. my "vitality" resolution of january is going pretty well I'd say. i've been taking my vitamins every morning, i've actually held up my "exercise 6 out of 7 days a week" and i've been better about stretching in the morning. I'm straightening up before bed, which i think is helping me be on time in the morning and feels like less clutter to me. clutter annoys me, i'm a believer of that saying about clutter on your desk causes clutter in your mind -- or something like that! I still need to work on "eat breakfast in the morning", i don't know why this is so hard for me. I've done it a few times, next time I should take note and see if it helped me get a better start to my day. 

I'm still not perfect on any of these, but as one of my thirteen commandments reminds me, "don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good". to me, this means if you make yourself strive only for perfection, you will ignore all the good things you are doing, or the progress you are making. 

"what you do everyday (no matter how small) matters more than what you do once in a while"

yeah. i like that.