Sunday, January 27, 2013

This is Me: A Self-Portrait Journey for 2013

I've decided to join the "This Me Journey" over at While Wearing Heels Self Portrait Party that is going on the last Friday of the Month.  Here is a recent picture of me and my family.  I'm usually very selective about what pictures I show, but for this journey I'm going to make it real.  If I want to be very real I should show my bed head.  I told my daughter that my bed head would win contests.  Ok I don't think the world is ready for that. lol


 I'm self conscious because my hair has been thining since I was in my 20's.  I used to have thick curly and crazy hair that I kept short.  In addition to that my fibromyalgia has caused me to gain weight so I feel like a rolly polly.  The reality is that I need to accept who I am.  In addition to getting organized in my home I'm working on getting healthier.  Since I hate to swallow pills, and have enough medicine for that (8 a day),  I've started to eat chewable vitamins.  I'm taking prenatal vitamins (at age 51!!!) for my hair and now I'm taking chewable probiotics for my digestion.  My next step is to walk more.




Here is a recent picture of me and my family.  We went to the last breakfast Buffet at a local restaurant called Sierra's.  They had their main restaurant and the "taco stand" place called Mission Burritos in 
Canoga Park, California (a suburb of Los Angeles) for the past 60 years.  We had Sierra's do the food for my mom's 80th (in 2010) and visit the Mission Burrito, in West Hills all the time.  Luckily, the owners are planning on reopening their restaurant in another location.  

While Wearing Heels
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Why don't you join me on your own Self Portrait Journey.









Blog Thanks for Valentine Header and Background

Valentines is one of my favorite holidays, wither I'm in love or not.
Since my husband and I reunited November, 2011, I've been falling in love with him all over again.  It's a wonderful and scary feeling.  I wasn't afraid the first time around but now I know more of what can be lost.  I cherish our relationship and work much harder to make it work, this time around.  When I was young and newly married I figured there was nothing I could do to make my husband not love me.  That is such a silly way to think, but we are silly when we are younger.  I was just shy of 27 when Kurt and I got married, October 1, 1988.  I was also very insecure about being a wife and an adult.  Now it's over 24 years and my insecurities are from my illness and my ability to be everything.  It's stupid to be insecure about anything at age 51, but it keeps me on my toes.  I'm working on these issues and sharing my progress here.

Today I wanted to share where I got my new background and header.  

Blog Button
The header I got from Vintage Made for You and I just put in my blog name using Picmonkey. Linneas, the owner of this blog also has a store.
She is in Sweden, which is cool for me, because that is where my parents are from.  Here are more of her Headers and Backgrounds:









This is her blog header.

Elegia's Blog Button
 The background is from Elegia which I've used before. Here are more samples of what Elegia has:











As you can see, both sites have lovely stuff for us.  I just love to find great free images. There are so many bloggers and designers making wonderful products. We are all lucky to find those that share their talents with us so freely. Since I like to change the look of my blog all the time it's good I don't have to pay. The longest I've gone is 6 months with the same look. I've changed my look 12 times for a few years. I love to decorate my blog and my home for the seasons.

On my pages I share where I get my images and ideas from.

Do you have favorite places to get blogging images?  Please share in the comments.  Thanks!