New bad habit: 

I finish the editing/whatever task I have at night, and then I just compulsively drift from email to Facebook to Twitter to message boards and back to email--- rinse, repeat..... and though nothing new turns up, and I am ZOMBIFIED by hours in front of the computer, I cannot just LOG OFF and go to bed. It's icky. 

Since Joe has begun his "real" job, he goes to bed at 10:00pm like a good boy. But my "work shift" is still 8:30pm-midnight so I don't fall behind on editing/emailing/designing/etc. But with Joe already in bed, the draw for me to get my butt up there is not strong. No one to chatter with as I go to sleep--- can't have the light on to read myself to sleep.... and no one is gently nudging me OFF the computer... I kinda miss Joe going to bed at midnight with me. *sigh* 

Anyway.

I think I'm gonna have a writing week next week--- try to consciously write an introspective post about some of the cool epiphanies I've been having, and try to do this every day next week, starting with Monday. Hey, if we're lucky, I'll even try to have some personal images to go along with the words, just in case you are getting bogged down by a ton of posts with just writing. Blech. Boring. :)

It'll be a good exercise for me.

and I've also been itchin' to do another "wordless week" like I did this past winter... so maybe that idea will resurface. 

*shrug*

I'm still pretty zen from my 28-day "reset experience", so I've been able to shrug off anxiety or stress about getting things done or keeping my expectations too rigorous. So if all these ideas never come to pass, well.... Meh. I'll live. I'm happy. 

But I do like the bloggggggin thing... so I'm gonna at least try the writing thing next week. 

Okay, Internet. STOPPPPPP luring me! I am signing out and going to BED. For reals. 

{ETA: I totally posted this, then.... you guessed it.... checked email one more time. LAME.}

Conncticut Folk {St. Louis Family Children's Photography}

The first leg of my New England trip this summer was to drive from the airport in Rhode Island  to my first family in Connecticut-- not a far drive actually, and quite pretty. I even got to stop for a little while and visit a friend in R.I. (Keri, as soon as I find those snapshots, they're yours!! EEK!) before getting to CT. I loved all the trees that lined the highways, and the myriad of accents I heard from state to state up there. (Rhode Island: STRONG accent. Connecticut: barely ANY.)

and then I got to Kelly's house. Oh my goodness! They live in a cottage from the 1700's--- small, rustic, and PERFECT. Their kitchen is a remodel/add-on to the original structure, and it is done in lots of red and white-- my favorite!! It was small and perfect-- like those houses you see in "Cottage Living" that maximize space and keep all the charm intact. The kind of cottage you want to LIVE in. Oh, I loved it! And Kelly was as charming as her home. After a lovely bit of snack time together, the boys showed up-- her husband and her sweet son, exactly Noah's age and as passionate about trains as Noah is. I was instantly in love.

We had a marvelous session, and by the end, it felt like I'd known the family forever!!And I pretty much want to live here in this perfect little New England town. Check it out:

Look closely, you'll see the little guy with a golf club... Wants to be like his daddy and grandpa! :)

And we ended up at the Lobster Landing--- SO quaint and perfect in it's seashore-ness!

Kelly, I adored our time together. I loved your home and your boys.Thank you for instigating the whole trip out there. It was utterly perfect!!