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My first thought was how do I get creative with a picture of myself? I mean, there's only so many ways one can photograph oneself.

I decided to go way traditional, but with a twist. I wanted a realistic pic of my day-to-day. Keepin' it real.

So... no makeup. Fell asleep with a damp head the night before from the tub. Hair thrown back into a pony... my "gap favorite tee"...

I took a couple other self-portraits done up on date night (mostly in case i chickened out on this one!)... hair curled, with these gorgeous eye lashes I love, dressed up. But the reality is...

I'm a mom of 3 wild, noisy, exuberant, sometimes naughty, mostly angelic boys. I teach them at home. I work from home. Right after I snapped this image, I had to do really glorious things like... fold laundry, check my 10 yo's grammar, and give eye drops to a squirmy, howling 8 year old. My dryer was beeping, the bread machine was loaded, the boys were fighting over a plush pig toy loudly in the background, and my cat was rubbing against my leg reminding me she wanted to be fed.

That's the reality of a working mom.

And most days, I love it all... even the chaos.

that last pic is credited to whoever had debi's camera at relevant11. I wish i knew who took it!

1. homemade bread, my very own invented-it-myself recipe is here: www.flickr.com/photos/3boybarians/6669121313/
2. like father, like son
3. my 40x60 canvas wrap - that's 5 feet tall!
4. in my studio, one of my sweetest little clients...
5. ... and his amazing momma
6. the deer eat anything
7. ahhhhhh... hot water...
8. ... and bubbles!
9. best view ever, vino please!
10. i spend too much time on pinterest. sparkle glitter eyes
11. i shot the moon.
12. stole this from my friend Debi, who i want to adopt me. #Relevant11 but I just saw it. it's one of my fav pics on my phone now.

See more camera phone pics and link up here: liferearranged.com/2012/01/instafriday-36/

This is such a nebulous and perhaps gratuitous image. This week's theme was I Dreamed a Dream.

more about p52 here: my3boybarians.com/project-52-p52-weekly-photo-challenge/

And I had this glorious idea about shooting the moon. Not unlike I did about a year ago. Then I remembered I have an iPhone for this project.

Yeah, that's the moon. It's a little like asking a 4-year-old about their drawing... "Oh my! that's such a pretty... umm.... drawing."

But I had some fun with my phone, and the camera+ app and came up with this.

And just like a 4 year old would answer about her rather vague-looking-drawing... my response is:
I made it. Do you like it?

Committing to iphoneography is proving harder than I thought. I keep getting tempted by low ISO, shallow DOF images I see.

more about p52 here: my3boybarians.com/project-52-p52-weekly-photo-challenge/

Baking bread is a labor of love for my family. Just one way to keep preservatives out of their bodies and add some Omega-3s and nutrients in a fresh delicious way.

Here's my recipe:

1.5 c warm water
1/3 c vegetable oil (i use EVOO when possible)
1/3 c honey, molasses or agave nectar
2 tsp vinegar
1.5 tsp salt
1/2 c oats
1/4 c ground flaxseed
1/4 c gluten (can omit IF you use bread flour instead of all purpose flour)
1.5 c whole wheat flour
1 c flour
2 1/4 tsp yeast

Add to the machine in the order listed. Make a "well" for the yeast.
Yields a 2 lb load. Whole wheat rapid cycle.

Enjoy!

Feeling resolute about a leaner, buffer, healthier me. Gotta start somewhere. Today I did 5 pushups.

Details about p52 here: my3boybarians.com/project-52-p52-weekly-photo-challenge/

Week 1 link here: my3boybarians.com/2012/01/project-52-week-1-resolution/

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