P.52 photo challenge: week 4.

I must admit two things:

1. I definitely like being in pictures. Always happy to jump in a picture. and often request pictures be taken. I seriously have the same self portrait of my husband & I - basically everywhere we have ever been. And it could be the same pic - over and over and over. Slightly diff. background, slightly diff. clothes - but the same pose and same two smiling faces.  I love it though.

2. I have definitely taken a billion pictures of myself over the years. I become curious how I look at a given time/place/event - so if I have my camera handy, I take a shot. And then I sure hope I will be happy with the result. And these pics - same self portrait - over and over. my face, fairly close up since my arm isn't all that long, and half my arm.  And usually, these self pics don't turn out that great. But ... every so often, I find a self pic I like.

So, for this week's photo challenge, the topic of self portrait should be thrilling, given the above two facts. However, in fact #2, I noted that usually, these self pics don't turn out that great.  and I would say that my self pics for this week's challenge didn't turn out that great.

Are we too critical of ourselves? I do believe yes, we are. If I come back months from now and look at below portraits, will I think they're eh so-so still? Maybe I'll love them.

So, I share three self portraits; pick one, any one.

Bonus: can you find the main difference in each photo? See answers at bottom of the post.

Answer: Hairstyle different in each. 

Ok now, what's next week's challenge?

P.52 photo challenge: week 3.

I dreamed a dream.  That is the subject for this week's photo challenge. In honor of martin luther king.

I know the goal of the challenge is to take a photo depicting the week's theme. Not find a photo you have that could fit the theme. However, the week is over, and I might have to resort to using a photo that i have that fits.  But I think it's okay, right?

I thought about the topic, thought about my photos and do have one that is really special to me.

week three: i dreamed a dream

This photo is of my grandma and my baby boy. They are 97 yrs apart, and they are bookends of four generations. When I was pregnant, my grandma was so excited and often remarked how much she'd love to be here when I had the baby. And wonderfully, she was. And is. She gets such joy playing with the little guy and he adores her too. It gives me so much pleasure to see them together. So yes, this is a dream of mine - seeing them together and seeing how incredibly happy my grandma is to spend time with the little buddy.

 

xoxo. Gossip Girl.

just watched the mid-season premiere. love love love chuck & blair. blair and louie cannot get married (i know, they won't).

chuck & blair are meant to be. in the fantasyland of TV. they have such an incredible connection you can practically feel it.  yes, i know, it means that Leighton and Ed are good actors.  and yes, i know that these are tv characters and not real people.  but i just love those two together.

love me some chuck & blair

are they the ross & rachel of GG? nah, that wasn't volatile enough.  the lucas & peyton? the ryan & marissa? 

(yes! i know these are shows geared towards high schoolers, and that i am actually the age of the character's show parents!!!) enough. xoxo. 

Ever gone to work when the office is closed?

Did the title give it away?

Yep, I'm at work.

But we're closed.

In honor of MLK day. as it should be.

So here i am in the office, all dressed up - way more than usual (actually IN a dress). just me.

I figure I'll stay for a few hours to get some stuff done. so I've cleaned and organized my desk and files, deleted tons of emails and am getting things in order for tomorrow. when there really IS work.

note: I did go through my emails last night to try to check if we were closed. I couldn't find any emails or our vacation schedule, so I played it safe and assumed we'd be open.

So now I'm taking a few to blog.  First, spoiler alert! In honor of Matt Leblanc's Emmy win -- a funny little item I found on pinterest a while back.

anyways, i was thinking about this blog. i really do want to make it of interest for others. so far i've been writing pretty stream of consciousness, which i'm not sure is of interest to anyone! aside from my mom (thank you mom). i've talked about a few products i like and included some helpful lists and sayings, but it's essentially been my ramblings of whatever is on my mind. which is nice for a diary-style blog. but i'd love to be a place where everybody knows your name. no, that's 'cheers'. i'd love to be a place where people want to go. to read. to learn. to relate. to find out about things (products, ideas, tips) relevant to them. to laugh. so if anyone is reading this and does have any suggestions for what they'd like to see - do let me know.

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Here it is, 1:40am on a Sunday night, and I sit surfing & blogging. I know better - I should be asleep - for I must get up early for work tomorrow. But it's that quiet catch up time to play on the computer.

It seems like a waste, and I know I'll regret it in the morning. My glance keeps going to the clock in the corner of the screen, and I cringe, thinking how tired I'll be in the a.m.

But you know what -- I'm having fun. And to quote a saying I saw on pinterest that I really like -



So remember those wise words when you start to feel guilty that you should be doing something else. If you are happy and enjoying yourself, than consider it not a waste.

And with that, I shall vow to be in bed by 2am. Good night.