Courtney Reece Photography

Look what arrived at my doorstep this afternoon! Isn’t she pretty? It’s my new Kelly Moore Bag, and she’s gorgeous and purple and perfect. I can’t wait for the opportunity to use her. Which will actually be this weekend because I have an engagement session on Sunday. Yes, I know, Superbowl Sunday! But we’ll be done before the game starts so there should be no protests. Funny, the bride-to-be didn’t even realize when I scheduled it, and it wasn’t until last week we noticed but we were both too excited to reschedule.

I know its pretty sad that I have nothing new to blog other than my new camera bag, but what shooting I’ve done lately is unfortunately off limits to my blog for another 3 months, for various reasons. (I had two boudoir sessions this weekend that will not be gifted to their respective significant others until then so I’m not allowed to post any yet.) But don’t worry, with the engagement session coming up, my trip to Indy to visit a couple photographer friends,  another get-together at the end of the month, and then WPPI in about 4 or 5 weeks, I’ll have more going on. And then….drum roll please….I kick off my wedding season in April! Ten weddings booked this year so far and I’m looking forward to every single one of them!  Especially because three of the ten are out of town weddings so I get to travel! Two of those weddings are actually in April; I’ll be visiting Cincinnati and Tybee Island, Georgia (Yes, a beach wedding!!) And then in October I get to hang out at Disney World and shoot what will be an amazing Alice In Wonderland themed wedding. I do not at all want to be biased over all the other weddings, but I’ve never been to Disney so you can see how much I’m looking forward to this one!

I know it’s only February, but this year has been really good to me so far.  I’m currently working on an amazing project that I hope to have launched for the world to see by the end of the month or next month at the latest. And just to give a quick update on my 2010 goal posted last year where I stated that I wanted to pay be debt free by June – well, so far I’m more than half way there!! If all goes well and nothing crazy comes up, I’m looking at being debt free by April! Clap for Courtney!!

One last note, if you’ve not already donated to the Haiti relief fund please take a moment to text 90999 and donate $10. I know it has been a few weeks since the horrific disaster there, but it is no less important today! And if you haven’t done this either, definitely go to I-tunes and download the Hope for Haiti soundtrack because it is AMAZING. Especially Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris’s song together and of course, my girl Christina Aguilera. Her song makes me cry. Download it. Now.

And that’s it for me tonight! Reece. Out.

Yesterday, the city was forewarned that we would be experiencing the first Winter Storm of the season. I, for one, was looking forward to it! (As long as there was no yuck-tastic ice like last year’s ice storm that you can see on my blog here and here.) The weatherman kept saying we’d see the first bout of snow by 3:30 am. So to my disappointment, I woke up at 5AM to see no snow. None. But by 7AM the accumulation started and schools were being announced that they were closed. However, Jefferson County (Louisville) Public Schools did not close, to the dismay of many children, I’m sure! So, knowing schools weren’t called out, there was slim chance that the office where I work my day job would be closed, so I went to work today, and actually got quite a few things accomplished before they finally announced the weather was getting so bad that they were closing up shop and sending everyone home!

And after changing into comfy sweats and fuzzy socks, in the coziness of our warm home with the windows open and the snow falling down, Johnathan and I made grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner, watched That 70’s Show and just hung out for a bit. It was the perfect winter evening!  It’s currently 10:30PM and  I believe the snow only stopped briefly a couple of hours ago. We now have roughly 4 inches of snow on the ground, it’s 12 degrees currently and according to the weather channel it feels like -2. Tomorrow’s high temperature is only 24 degrees and we’re expecting more snow too! Who knows what tomorrow and the weekend actually holds for us, but I do have two future brides who were very excited at the prospect of a snowy engagement session, so we’ll see!!

And for kicks, here are a couple of photos I snapped when I got home today. Starting with the wreath I have hanging on my door, which couldn’t express my thoughts for the season any better.