I love:

• taking a huge, deep/filling my lungs 'till they want to burst, breath in and then letting it whoosh out.


• waking up to a bright room full of sunlight.


• waking up with my husband next to me.


• waking up while my kids are still asleep :^)


• tan lines.


• taking naps in the sunshine. I don't care where that sunshine is, I will sleep in it. On the beach, at the park, pretty much anywhere with some warm rays to wrap me in.


• swimming on 110 degree days.


• trying new vegetables.


• trying new cuisine.


• when I hit that *perfect* note where it sounds like my voice wraps all around me, in and out my ears, and floods my throat.


• wireless internet!


• traveling


• new clothes that I have to buy regulary because I'm losing weight :^)


• typing with my eyes closed (mentioned in PP).


• quilts on cold days.


• visiting the snow.
  
• old movies.


• clean bathrooms.


• the feeling of belonging.


• being home.


• long drives through the country with the window down and my hand wind surfing while my hair blows itself messy.


• the look on my husband's face when he meets our child for the first time (got to see that 3 times, I'm so lucky).

It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not- Unknown

I realized last night that I hold myself back.

I follow a lot of blogs, they're full of women bursting with self confidence. I love looking at their pictures, I wish I could be them, look like them, dress like them. Last night I was browsing pictures and discovered something. None of these women are great beauties, please don't mistake me-they are BEAUTIFUL women-, but more than having good looks and lithe figures, they're very sure of themselves.

I looked through some of my own pictures, the ones I could find. I'm never caught on camera without something/someone in front of me and in full makeup. My eyes look like they're trying to be happy, trying to make someone believe I'm ok. I shouldn't try to make people believe something about me, I should be the person I want to be!

So, today I'm turning over a new leaf. I'm posting a picture WITHOUT makeup on and I'm mighty proud of it.

ME