Friday 1 December 2006
Finally biting the profile pic bullet
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Well, I finally did it...I put up an actual picture of myself for my profile pic. I've always felt a little leary of doing that, one because I don't really know WHO is looking at my blog , but also because there aren't a lot of pictures of me that I like well enough to put on public display, KWIM? Yesterday my 14yo son urged me to change my profile picture on Myspace. He took a few different ones of me, but this is the one I like the best. It was FREEZING outside (well, by Southeast Texas standards anyway LOL) and he was goofing around and making me laugh. But I am not crazy about my teeth, so of course, I didn't want a big toothy grin, so he kept having to take the picture over again. This is the original that my profile pic came from:  I really like the composition of this original pic better than the cropped version I used for the profile pic (which had to be chopped up to fit HSB profile pic standards -- 150x300 NOT 300x150, learned the hard way). LOL I am really trying my best not to laugh out loud at my son's antics. I think the resulting smile is kind of nice. The cold northern wind was blowing my hair and our beautiful pond is in the background, I am looking straight at the camera, not off to the side at some distraction and I'm not squinting or blinking. WOW! Will wonders ever cease?! LOL It all seemed to work because for once someone captured a picture of me that I don't just absolutely HATE. LOL Usually, I am busy doing something, like digging in the cluttered fridge, and someone will say, "Hey, Mom!" and when I look they'll snap the pic and fall to the floor in a fit of hysterical laughter -- how funny *she says sarcastically*....I've got a few of those around...someday maybe I'll hunt them up and post them...maybe as a slideshow...maybe...  |
Thursday 28 September 2006
Funny!
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I subscribe to a service that reminds me
about birthdays and holidays (www.bigdates.com). Along with the
reminders they send gift suggestions. Well, my birthday is coming
up and this was the first gift suggestion -- I laughed out loud,
heartily, when I read it! It is so ME!   Now, if you don't know me personally, or aren't familiar with my blog, read this post,
it'll explain everything ... I'm tellin' ya, I coulda 'designed' this
T-shirt -- no doubt I am probably the inspiration!  |
Friday 11 August 2006
How I think...
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In
my last post, I mentioned that I think in rambling terms. Today
something happened that might be a great example of what I mean: We were in the truck. Hubby and I in the front seat and ds14 in the back seat. Hubby and I were talking about something (I don't remember what right now), and I stopped mid-sentence to exclaim, "Oh, cool! We are getting our own Tuesday Morning!" Then I went back to what I had been saying. From the back seat I hear this nearly uncontrollable giggling. "What's so funny?" I ask. He was laughing so much, it was hard for him to explain, all he could manage to get out was "You!" That's when I knew I'd done it again -- raced down a rabbit trail. Fortunately this time, I didn't go very far before I came back to my original destination, but for a brief moment I was distracted by a fast little bunny and off I went... And so it is when I am talking to just about anyone...something else will catch my attention and I'm off on a different trail. Sometimes, as I did today, I am able to get right back to the topic at hand, but I am guilty of derailing entire conversations with my rambling thoughts. That isn't the worst of it though...until the last few years, I didn't even realize I was doing this! Then gradually I became aware that I was doing 'something' to annoy people and bring conversations to a halt, but I didn't know what. Now, I realize, it is those darned rabbits I keep chasing! DUH! I am learning, well striving anyway, to contain myself, to discipline myself, to stay put and not go chasing after the rabbits. I am striving to be aware when I do this to people, so I can bring the conversation back to where it was before I took off chasing some rabbit. It really is rude of me to do this, and so I want to become conscious enough of the process to recognize before I take off. I'm working on it -- some days I do better than others, but I am working on it.... |
Wednesday 9 August 2006
I'm Back
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After taking a break, I'm back to pay a little attention to my blog. I really love this template, but since I don't drink coffee, it never seemed appropriate. However, it finally dawned on me that I could edit the pic to represent something that more closely reflects my own tastes and preferences. Hence, the addition of hot cocoa with marshmallows! LOL While I do enjoy the smell of coffee, it isn't something that I drink. One reason is that I don't care for the taste. I do like my caffeine, but I prefer to get it in the form of Diet Dr. Pepper.  Now, about my blog -- I've been trying to decide what I want this to be. I have decided I want it to be about ME! Not my kids, not my husband, not about our homeschool. Just about ME and whatever is going on in my life at any particular time. Now, that might include my kids, my husband or our homeschool experiences, but that isn't necessarily what I'm going to be writing about. My posts aren't likely to be profound, or even particulary creative It won't be MY goal, ever, to write things that someone else might find uplifting. If you happen to find something insightful or uplifting, I'll be glad for that (and actually quite surprised), but it isn't my motivation for writing. My motivation is simply to get my thoughts out of my head and into written form where I can decide how I really feel about things. Quite often, my posts will be even more rambling than this one, because that is how I think... |