It's time....

to pull out some more "mature" images for birthday cards.  I have lots of fun little images to be used for birthday cards and to be completely honest, I tend to gravitate towards floral images for most of my birthday cards.  But, I am loving these Mo Manning images that are in cling form from Penny Black.  I have two of this particular lady....and she just rocks!  One shows her dancing and the other one is the one that I am blogging about today.  I really like that this image shows an aging individual who is still active, happy and rocking out to her own groove.  I want to be this lady.....in 30+ more years.  But, as I approach my 50th birthday next week I can relate to the energy that this lady emits.  She is having fun riding her bike and NOT worrying about how she looks, about falling.....heck....she isn't even concerned about osteoporosis!  My kind of gal.  The inside of the card reads "You only live once.  Enjoy the ride."  When I was younger I didn't enjoy the "ride" as much.  Maybe it is a youth thing.....I think the teen years through the mid thirties are filled with so many worries,  concerns....maybe just more stress about "keeping up."  But now, who cares about keeping up with the neighbors, the other parent's at my kid's school, the other work spouses.....I want to spend more time riding bikes, coloring, hanging with my kids, my husband and LESS time trapped in my own head worrying and playing out "what if?" scenarios.  I think that I am going to like my 50's.  I have already given up on dying my hair....I started to go pretty gray in high school and was dying by 17.....so when I finally gave up the plastic gloves and goopy hair gunk about 10 years I was ready to embrace the more "natural" look.  So,    I am happy about all the other ways that I can be "lower" maintenance so that I have more time for "fun-tainence".  Today, I took my youngest, Corm, out to take his senior picture.  We had a blast.  We brought several changes of clothes for him and and then he and I just went to 2 or 3 spots and I snapped away.  It was really fun.  It was something that 10 years ago, when I was turning 40 I would have been too nervous to do....as though the pics wouldn't have been good enough.  But now at 50.....who is to say what isn't "good enough" right?  I feel like I am FINALLY able to understand and relate to those old commercials that had the slogan "You've come a long way, baby!".  Yes.  Yes, I sure have.   ;-D  So, anyways....here is my card.  And, I hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping by today and thanks even more for wading through my loooong post.  I hope your day/week is going well! Cannot believe it is almost the end of summer....

Be well,

Sheila