Just wow.

You should go look at these links. It's no accident that we feel unattractive when we llook at pretty women in magazines.

Amazing to me, is that the two before pictures AREN'T that ugly, really. They're good-looking women, with normal bodies and flaws. They become these models of perfection. And after you go back and forth a few times, they start to look ugly. I knew models were usually airbrushed and whatnot, but this is beyond what I thought they did. Damn.

The Blonde

The bikini

Thanks to skreeky for the links.

Cross-posted to lessofme.

Somehow, I knew this was what I'd get

( What TV mom am I? )

Magical morning

This morning, Miss Widget decided that 6:40 was an appropriate time to wake up (yes, I know how blessed I am to have a child who regularly sleeps past 8am). Wincing, I crawled out of bed to see if she was okay. I walked in her room, and said in my sweet mama voice "Widget, honey, it's too early to wake up, you need to go back to sleep a while longer.", which elicited only a wail. I rubbed her back, and asked her what was wrong. In her little sniffly voice, she said "I need a hug". So I picked her up, and settled into her rocker to cuddle, then realized her diaper was w.e.t. We changed her diaper and snuggled for a few more minutes. I told her that she needed to go back into her crib to sleep a while longer, and she siad "Okay, mama." Plonked her down in her crib, and she went right back to sleep, and slept until nearly 10:00.

*smile*