Fat Bridesmaid has challenged us to show our fresh faces today. Make-up free. And I’m all in. I mean, you see the whole, mostly uncensored emotionally me out there, so why should my face be any different? I’m strangely liberated by this experience.

I remember when I did this the first time. I cannot believe it’s been over 2 years ago. I’ve spent so much time reading my old posts. Trying to remember where I was – physically, emotionally, vocationally – and it’s almost overwhelming. I am so the same but so different. I’ve spent a good chunk of time reading through all of April of 2007 and parts of March and May. Our big old house. We just bought the car. And I still have the same tennis shoes. Am I really still running in them? That’s unacceptable. (Just go check out April 2007 on my sidebar…I wasn’t planning on linking when reading and yammering on.) So from April 2007…

So how am I different now? Longer hair. Pretty sure I weigh less now. By about 20 pounds or so. Living in a different house. A different job. But I still have – and love – the green shirt from my old picture. And my eyebrows are just as uncontrolled in today’s picture.

Here you go!

No photoshop. Under the unforgiving eco-friendly swirly lightbulbs. Me. Fresh and clean.

Alright! Your turn! Just make sure you link to FB and leave her a comment!

You might not see me again until Monday. We’re going back to Greenup to spend time with our families. Not taking a computer. Limitied cell service for Twitter. Have a great weekend!