Blech!  I hate having my picture taken.  However, if  I want people to get to know me, and feel comfortable with me, then I need to step out from behind the camera from time to time….to show you that I’m more than just some words on a blog floating around the internet.  So, friends, readers, this is me…or some of me.  This is what I look like when taking a photograph.  I will say that when I’m taking a photograph of anyone but myself I am always smiling, or laughing, or barking, or singing, or doing whatever it takes to get the person on the other side of my lens to feel at ease.  I apparently only give myself this stern face.  Oh, and these are my new glasses, or at least half of them.  I bit the bullet & went in & got my old ones replaced.  They only had one arm left and were slightly tilted on my head.  Imagine wearing glasses or sunglasses and having only one ear…that’s how my old glasses felt.

I’m also working on a few little video blogs (vlogs???) to show you a little more of me & some cool products I’ve been trying out and am ready to offer to YOU!  Hopefully you will like what you see, ignore my awkwardness on the camera, and have fun!

Photos:  Megan Beth.  She’s funny.  She’s awesome at her job.  She’s real.  She’s local.  She inspires me.

Well, today is my birthday.  Here’s how I awoke to my special day:  Emma coming in & me turning on cartoons & drifting back to sleep.  Two phone calls that I didn’t answer…sleep was more important to me.  The dog howling at the phone (because it’s the kind that talks).  Emma – my 4-year-old – going in to my 2-year-old Brooke’s room & letting her “out.”  Me finally wiping the sleep dust out of my tired eyes & checking the weather on my phone.  My surprise & smile at noticing over 50 emails from my Facebook friends wishing me a happy birthday.  A text from my mommy wishing me a great birthday.  A phone message from my sister-in-law wishing me a happy day.  Lunch at McDonald’s with my two lovelies.  And now…probably a nap!  (Oh, and the husband said to expect some packages that I can’t open ’til he gets home!)  What a wonderful day.  Thanks for all the love everyone.  I feel very special.  And, to end this post that is selfishly all about me, I give you a photo of Emma & Brooke!  Happy Tuesday!