Hi!
Lately, the only photos I have of myself consist of me in my bathrobe holding my dog. Um...yeah...great for the personal family album but not so good for the blog. Besides, I think about when I am old and I want to show my grand kiddies what I looked like before everything headed south and the middle age spread hit. I don't want the only photos of me in my thirties to be either bent over in the veggie patch or in my bathrobe and bunny slippers. So, I took matters into my own hands and attempted a self portrait while sitting in the car in front of our house waiting for DH to get the directions to the party we were headed to.
I forgot to take off my seat belt but at least I cropped out the neighbor's garage contents. Like I was sayin...this was very impromptu!
Here goes...
This is me girls. Christina (aka Cece) Van Doren age 32 sitting in my driveway.
My attempts at looking glamorous resulted in looking like something was stinky.
So, I opted for a more "natural" expression.
Posting photos of my smiling mug on my blog is a challenge of sorts for me. Granted, I know I am not a total "mud fence" or anything but like many women, I am my own harshest critic. As the years go by though, ironically, as I start to look older I simultaneously start to feel more confident. Maybe confidence is the wrong word, I think it might be self acceptance. I joke that my legs are meant to be plowing fields. Long and lanky I am not! But hey, it is what it is. I'm just going to take good care of my farm girl legs and if I want to show them off in all their glory, darn it, I'm going to. I am thinking of challenging myself to post more photos of myself here on my blog. I by no means have a model figure but I am really trying to just focus on my health and accept me for who I am. And ya know, I want to see your pretty selves too. We may not be supermodels but we are real women leading real lives and we should not be shy about it! I want to see you too!
Ok, I will get off my soap box for now.
On an all together different note...my friend Karen and I had a blast at the Alameda Antique Fair. I wish I had taken more photos. I kind of go into sensory overload mode when I am there so I sort of forgot. But! Lookie what I bought! (drum roll please!)
The photo is not doing our new chandelier justice. It is sooo darn cute! (Hubby...it isn't really "cute" what I meant to say is that it is cool, and um...modern, yeah...that's it, cool and modern.) Oh, dear...poor Hubby. He married such a girl! This chandelier is going to look so incredibly perfect in our dining room! To heck with a super formal dining room I say. I mean really, who are we kidding? The last few holidays I have served food barefoot for goodness sake! So, our dining room is slowly morphing into a cozy, sunshiny, and family-ish space. And now it is going to have a daisy light fixture! Yippee!
If we had a little girl I would have snatched this up in a heart beat!
How cute is this vintage trunk?
I have always wanted a vintage trunk. Even when I was a little girl I wanted a trunk. I have this romantic (and inflated, I'm sure!) vision of a girl accumulating her cherished lifelong mementos in an old trunk. Especially a trunk with little dutch girls and daisies! ***sigh***
I wanted to take this puppy portrait home but alas, I settled for a photo of it. I thought it might offend Poppy Flower and Ginger. They are not white and fluffy like this dear girl so I would feel guilty. I don't want to make my little pound puppies jealous!
I want to share photos of my other flea market purchases but I think I will wait for another day as I have already rambled enough for one day, for sure!
Have a lovely day girls!
