Sorta Selfie Saturday

OK, so I saw this great sticker on a fellow bloggers post promoting Selfie Saturday!! Cool, I like photos, I like challenges... I like ME... easy peasy, right!  Two hundred and ten photos later I'm thinking maybe this wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. I am a self-portrait newbie... just off the bus... still drinkin' from a bottle and suckin' on my pacifier... neeeewwwwbie.

After the first twenty photos of looking like a dork...

I thought I'd mix it up by looking disturbed...

Finally, I gave up and just got silly.

Luckily, George showed up and took a little pressure off of me, just being me.

And what have we learned from this little experiment? I will never be a super-model? What?! No. I can dream. NEVER jump in to the middle of a portrait challenge when you're an idiot? Well, maybe. I was thinking it has taught me to save the joy of self-portraits for that new camera with a tripod and remote... Yeah.. that's it. Let's chalk this one up as ONE MORE reason to buy a D90. Uh-huh.

If you would like to visit the inspiration for this masterpiece...

Fix-it Flashback Friday...

I needed a little project to keep me busy and I love restoring old photographs. I hope you enjoy this one. It is me (I know, I was ADORABLE) avoiding a spray of water from my brothers. Obviously we needed a bigger pool. ;)

Original from the early 1970s. Yes, I am old.

Cleaned and brightened up... a lot.

Given a little '70s flair... 'cause, well, you know.

My back is feeling mucho mucho better and we're planning on finishing the living room painting this weekend and maybe some more of the hallway, as well. I can't wait! I NEED the walls to be ONE color.  Not the crazy multi-hued creation we've been living with for too long. Wish me luck!

One of my favorite songs...

Mother's Day Shoot Minus One (nappy monkey)

Too much excitement for one day.

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