Finished Project--ME!!

I decided to get my hair cut, after over two years. Here is a "before" photo, like the ones in advertisements, with no makeup and no smile, a la "mug shots:"
Here is "after." My hair usually takes a week or so to settle into what it's going to do, but I am happy with it already! It is naturally curly, so with "curling mousse" it really goes cutesy:
I've begun my fall decorating. Here is my buffet, with silk flowers and candles. The candlesticks on the left were a wedding gift for my parents, so they are 65 years old:
I found the candlestick on the right at the thrift store this week. I think it looks all art-deco-ey:
My other thrift-store goody is a book I have wanted to own for a couple of years, since I got it at the library. It has my name written all over it:
If you want to know about that, read about it here:

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/barbieheart/109183/

So far, the people who have seen me (with my new hair) think I look ten years younger. That's a really good thing. Maybe it will be a springboard to other, healthy behaviors that will really count...

I'll leave you with a bit of wisdom from Eeyore:

"Even at the very bottom of the river, don't stop to say to yourself, "Is this a Hearty Joke, or is it the Merest Accident?" Just float to the surface and say to yourself, "It's wet."