i picture what i am making and what everyone else is making. i am having conversations irl with all of you. i go over the same scenes over and over in my dreams.

i think i need :help:!!!

I have had the same dreams, lol !

That is cool!!!! I don't think you need help ;). I just wish I knew what some of you look like so I can quit having imaginary crafty friends!:p

that's easy - i am 5'10", 115 pounds, perfectly cut, long straight hair with the most beautiful natural red highlights, not a wrinkle or a stress-line anywhere on my face. angelina jolie lips too. oh - i forgot to mention perfect 36C breasts that are on the FRONT of my chest pointing upwards.

<<insert alarm clock ringing>>

oh - i must have dozed off again! LOL

ROFL..ok..glad I am not the only one..WHEW!

maybe it was the night or something? I couldn't get to sleep last night because I lay in bed thinking about what I was going to make too.

Weird?! But at least I am not the only one.

Tawnya

that's easy - i am 5'10", 115 pounds, perfectly cut, long straight hair with the most beautiful natural red highlights, not a wrinkle or a stress-line anywhere on my face. angelina jolie lips too. oh - i forgot to mention perfect 36C breasts that are on the FRONT of my chest pointing upwards.

<<insert alarm clock ringing>>

oh - i must have dozed off again! LOL

I am cracking up at this post :)

Maybe we should post pics of ourselves so we won't be so imaginary, lol !

Ok, I'll go first, since Kenna just took a pic of me last week when I cut 15" off of my hair!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/mom2kbeth/holiday05-mynewdo.jpg

What about the rest of you?!?!

You're all smoking crack if you think I'm posting a picture of myself right now. I'll post a pretty one before I got chubby from kids though:lol:
Ignore the "Swap Hater" husband.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/MonkeyToad/100_0866.jpg

Heather I know what you look like now and you are beautiful!

Heather I know what you look like now and you are beautiful!
:hug: I think that was the long hair in your eyes! My resolustion is to get back in shape and thin down. Keeping my fingers crossed we get a house on a road that's safe to walk on.

once i get my printer hooked up again i will scan in a pic of me when i was pretty too LOL

i'm computer-challanged so it will take me awhile!!!

:hug: I think that was the long hair in your eyes! My resolustion is to get back in shape and thin down. Keeping my fingers crossed we get a house on a road that's safe to walk on.

LOL! Well, we'll see on the 18th then now that I have shorter hair ;)

I was thinking about crafting instead of sleeping last night as well. And this is me (the photos are all current, about 2 weeks old, it was our Christmas card this year)
http://www.crazyestonian.com/holidaygreeting.jpg

Anu -- I LOVE that pic of Liisa with her toes in her mouth! How big she has gotten since I last saw a picture!!

Liisa is so big now! How many teeth does she have? I think Lily is teething and it's taking a long time for anything to show :wah:

Look at all you hot mamas!!:D

I will see what I can dig up too..not sure if I do have a *good* picture of me...LOL!

i am glad I am nto the only one with swaps on their mind:lol:

i lay in bed at night dreaming of all the stuff i want to make, what i need to buy to do it, hmmm...if i tweak this that way will it still work...etc etc...

I will try to dig thru and see if i can find a pic of me too, although it will be an old one, I was much cuter before i had kids:smirk: went back to work, started not ever sleeping etc..etc...etc...

ETA: I forgot to say, you are all so beautiful:)

why is it that we have NO pictures of us but a million of the kids? I was looking through this years Christmas pictures and not a single one of me!

Tawnya

Ok, I found one- taken this summer only because I went and got the neighbor across the street to take one of our family before dh left for a military assignment ( you never know what could happen....he is home safe now:)). We used this one for our Christmas card.

http://www.geocities.com/candthop@sbcglobal.net/emailJuly24th2005.jpg

Tawnya -- you have to have the kids take one of you! That's the only reason I have one of me right now ... Kenna took it when I cut my hair last week, lol!

And the one I put in my sig line i only have because we went on a train ride last week with some friends and my friend's dh took the camera and was taking pics for me :) Since it's just me and the kids, I never get any pics of the three of us, I am always taking the pics of them!

Heather, Liisa doesn't have any teeth out. A while ago the top front almost showed but it looks like they receded. But she sure is big, she is just over 5 months and most of her clothes are for 12month olds, some of the sleeves are getting short :drop:
She is wearing pants Bonnie made on the pics. Unfortunately as of the last weekend they are too tight. I have to order a new pair, size large. I don't know what size she wears otherwise because all she has is longies I have made to measure and she doesn't wear shoes.
But the cool thing is, she is learning to crawl. It is really cool most of the time, just makes it a tad hard while nursing, lol

Oh gosh, I go away for the afternoon and come back to these beautiful faces!! you are ALL gorgeous and I mean it. Now I will know who I am talking to!!Thanks for posting those!! If I posted a picture of me pre-children, it would be from 1991!!

Here is the most recent photo of me that I can stand:

http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL1157/4051965/8688929/118414861.jpg

and one about 2 weeks ago: note the flour covered shirt from bread baking!! My 7yo has been my belly photographer for 2 pregnancies now. I get what I pay for ;)

http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL1157/4051965/8688929/120485999.jpg

I am hardly ever in our family photos either because I am the one behind the camera. I like it that way too!!

And Bonnie, your hair is AWESOME!! You just took 15" off? Did I read that right? WOWSER!

Thanks Tracey :) And yes, 15" is what I cut off. I had been threatening to do it for a long time and just never did. Last Wednesday, I got out of the shower, grabbed a pair of scissors and just cut a huge hunk off before I could chicken out. When I evened it all out, I was 15" shorter, lol! It's still fairly long though, still below my shoulders. I *may* go shorter once I get used to this length :)

Thanks Tracey :) And yes, 15" is what I cut off. I had been threatening to do it for a long time and just never did. Last Wednesday, I got out of the shower, grabbed a pair of scissors and just cut a huge hunk off before I could chicken out. When I evened it all out, I was 15" shorter, lol! It's still fairly long though, still below my shoulders. I *may* go shorter once I get used to this length :)


thats what i did before I had Jaden, My hair was past my waist and i just had enough, I cut it to about mid back, so my SO coudl get used to it....(the silly things we do for men) and then after jaden came i hacked it all off to my chin. did that just before i had hunter too, nwo jaden loves that we both have hair to our waist....so i guess i get to cut mine if she ever cuts hers:lol:

i think you look beautiful Bonnie, and Tracey I love the belly pic;) YOu are gorgeous!

Tawyna what a lovely family pic:) Glad your hubby is home safe!

Awww..Tracey I love your pic!! I miss being preggers!

Thanks Tracey :) And yes, 15" is what I cut off. I had been threatening to do it for a long time and just never did. Last Wednesday, I got out of the shower, grabbed a pair of scissors and just cut a huge hunk off before I could chicken out. When I evened it all out, I was 15" shorter, lol! It's still fairly long though, still below my shoulders. I *may* go shorter once I get used to this length :)


Wow, that is a lot of hair. Every pregnancy I let my hair grow long again (because those awsome preg. hormones thicken it up and make it shiny) and then after baby comes and I look like a mangy dog (I lose sooo much hair in the first year of nursing, it is a wonder I have any on my head) so I cut it short and usually regret it!!

Dh like is mid-length so I keep it there after the first year of nursing just so he keeps thinking I am HOT!!;) Or at least he says I am, so I guess that means I am!! LOL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/baabaasheeshee/000_1852.jpg

okay its not a very good pic, but you all understand how as moms we never even get our pics taken we do the picture taking...:lol

this is when jaden was just before 5 and hunter had just turned 1

Kris -- I totally always pictured you as being blonde, I have no idea why!

Kris -- I totally always pictured you as being blonde, I have no idea why!

Hahaha..I did too! I don't know why..but I did.

Kris -- I totally always pictured you as being blonde, I have no idea why!


I didn't. I had Kris as a brunette and Bonnie as a blonde!! Don't know why!! Rebecca, I picture you as a light brown, how close am I?

I love seeing everyone's pics!! Such gorgeous crafty mamas. And I like that we represent different age groups, family sizes, etc as well. Very fun to have a unique group of women.

i am working on getting a pic of me. i can't find the one i was looking for - so i am currently looking on my digital camera for a recent one. hopefully i'll post soon!

:lol: too funny i was a blond for most of my teenage years:smirk:

anyone want to take a shot at how old i am????

ok - hope this works

http://tinypic.com/jgoaqo.jpg

not a great hair day and ds was pretty sick! but that is me!

(sorry - had to make it smaller. i hated seeing myself that big!!)

YOu're beautiful:)

isn't it weird - we all look alike!

I didn't. I had Kris as a brunette and Bonnie as a blonde!!

We all posted out pics on K&F recently too and a few people had thought I would be older looking (I look like I am 16, but I am really 30, lol) and blonde. Don't know why!

I love seeing everyone's pics!! Such gorgeous crafty mamas. And I like that we represent different age groups, family sizes, etc as well. Very fun to have a unique group of women.

I agree! It's so much fun to see what everyone looks like, makes everything even more personal. And it is so cool how different yet the same we all are :)

:lol: too funny i was a blond for most of my teenage years:smirk:

anyone want to take a shot at how old i am????

I am guessing you are approx the same age as I am ... I'm 30 (not that you would know by looking at me, I look 16), so I would say you are in the 28 - 32 range.

Am I close?

Well I do nto have any to show right now..just went and looked..

So this will give me an excuse to get some family pics taken this weekend since hubby is off for 3 days..*help me*

I am guessing you are approx the same age as I am ... I'm 30 (not that you would know by looking at me, I look 16), so I would say you are in the 28 - 32 range.

Am I close?


:lol: you are i'll be 33 in April:smirk: but i ususally get asked if i'm 18 or 19? and how i can possibly have a 6 yr old...:lol:

I didn't. Rebecca, I picture you as a light brown, how close am I?

Kinda close:) I have long curly Auburn hair..green eyes. And a big ol butt...LOL!

I must be the old lady of the group too..I am 37! EEK! ROFL!

:lol: you are i'll be 33 in April:smirk: but i ususally get asked if i'm 18 or 19? and how i can possibly have a 6 yr old...:lol:

Woo hoo! I figured you had to be around my age because our kids are close in age. Everyone always thinks I am a teenager as well. I have gotten the dirtiest looks at the mall from people muttering about kids having kids, lol. My friend Aley is a year younger than me and she has 4 kids (6 yo twins, a 3 yo and a 1 yo) and she looks like a teenager too. She is always getting rude comments and dirty looks too :(

Kinda close:) I have long curly Auburn hair..green eyes. And a big ol butt...LOL!

I must be the old lady of the group too..I am 37! EEK! ROFL!

That's not old!

Woo hoo! I figured you had to be around my age because our kids are close in age. Everyone always thinks I am a teenager as well. I have gotten the dirtiest looks at the mall from people muttering about kids having kids, lol. My friend Aley is a year younger than me and she has 4 kids (6 yo twins, a 3 yo and a 1 yo) and she looks like a teenager too. She is always getting rude comments and dirty looks too :(


yep, I get the kids havign kids speeches alot!

i was in the fabric store a few months ago, and jaden came up to me, and this woman beside me said VERY LOUDLY...she CAN NOT be yours!

((eyeroll)) my thing is always been even if i was 17 you have no idea what kind of parent i am....:lol: you should see the looks i get when i have the kids i lookafter with me....picture me with 4 kids trailign beihind ages 6-2:lol:

its a pretty funny site:smirk:

Kinda close:) I have long curly Auburn hair..green eyes. And a big ol butt...LOL!

I must be the old lady of the group too..I am 37! EEK! ROFL!


No I think I get the old age award at 40 for the swap-ahoilcs!

Still looking for a pic that wont crack the screens across the information superhighway!

I'll be having the 4th anniversary of my 29th birthday in March. I stopped having birthdays at 29. My boys were born four days before my birthday so we celebrate theirs only. I didn't want to get any older after I had them. ;)

Tawnya

Zoe-Anne, you may get a cool award for being an extremely hip crafting mama!! I am 36 1/2 so I am right there with you and Rebecca!! I also get compliments on looking younger although #1 and #3 are giving me a lot of grey hairs and my face has really gotten some stress lines over the last 2-3 years. I love being in my 30's!! I feel so grounded and sure of myself although most days I look like a crazy lady with wild hair and mismatched clothes ;).

Well, I look extremely young and having my hair braided sure doesn't help. 2 years ago when I worked at an elementary school where the oldest kids were in 5th grade I got confused with the kids and just a year ago when I went to see my dh at work they asked whether I am his daughter, lol. Can you guess how old I am?
Kris, you can't guess because you know ;)

I know too so I can't guess ;)

Well, I look extremely young and having my hair braided sure doesn't help. 2 years ago when I worked at an elementary school where the oldest kids were in 5th grade I got confused with the kids and just a year ago when I went to see my dh at work they asked whether I am his daughter, lol. Can you guess how old I am?
Kris, you can't guess because you know ;)

I am going to say early to mid-twenties. If you are older than that then WOW, great genes!! I always think it is such a compliment to be thought of as younger, even when I was younger I thought it was great! Because I knew that as I aged, I would, hopefully, stay younger looking. But after 4 children (3 of them rambunctious boys and another baby coming), I am starting to look and feel a bit older!!

i'm one of the oldies too - 37! however - i am really looking forward to my 40s. that is MY decade!!!! my youngest will be 5 and i would easily be able to leave him for a weekend so i can rejuvenate!!!! in fact - i am already planning a "sista" weekend of nothing but organic, communal cooking, yoga, meditation and no *****ing allowed! i have a mountain house and that is where it will take place...2 or 3 years from now! LOL

I dont' mind looking young most of the time, it just bugs mne when i get the babies having babies speeches.

for the most part i think age is this silly number people become obsessed with, and it really means nothing. the only difference between me now and when i was 18 is hopefully I'm a bit smarter...and perhaps i can't pull a week of allnighters...but thats mostly because my kids won't let me:lol:

what freaks me out about turning 40 is that it means my kids will be 14 and 10, and i am sooo NOT ready for my babies to grow up:smirk:

I am 26. We live pretty close to a community college and past fall when I walked around with Liisa moving students, or rather their parents gave me some pretty horrid looks, lol. I look younger than those students, especially now since nursing makes me skinnier and skinnier and I don't use make up or anything.