Me through the years.
I've been wanting to do this for a while.
I have the pics.
It's not thorough, I have a lot of hard copy pics that really cover my adolescence and teen years.
Maybe once we get our scanner going I'll do a teen Bean entry.
Audrey inspired me with her comment about funny lookin babies.
I was a funny lookin baby who turned out fine. :)
Apparently my mother thought this pic was so ugly that she refused to send it out in announcements. Ha!
I was not enthused about Santa. He was not enthused about me.
My Daddy and me. He's all cute and bearded there. Probably 39 years old.
I...I think I'm flipping off a llama!
Olan Mills. All of their pics turned red. Why?
I think this was my 1st costume.
Serious toddler are serious.
My sister Amber and I. That was my favorite shirt. King Tut. I CRIED and cried when I outgrew it.
Me excited about something. I'm still that way.
Me and my sister in our second costumes. I think my Nana made them. I know my brothers wore them before us.
Another Olan Mills. My mother LOVED bonnets and pinafores. Seriously.
This is just cute of me, Mama and Amber. My mom looks rad.
I know you prolly can't tell but I'm wearing cowboy boots. I LOVED those.
I did ballet and was a poodle for one recital.
Me and my sister. We washed in the river because we didn't have running water out in the hill country house.
It was fun. I also learned to swim in that water. The Frio River.
My mother used to make the costumes for this pageant.
It is called Treasure Ball and it's to raise money for the Catholic high school in Galveston.
It's also mixed up with Mardi Gras.
Soap Paint!!!
After my First Communion.
Me on Halloween at age 8. Saw this in a magazine. I had three faces, the middle one was supposed to be a man.
Note the fishnets and go-go boots. Check me out. ;)
Same age, note the shirt here and above. That's me with my first knife.
At Girl Scout Camp. Learning to whittle.
My mother loved perming my hair. *sigh* A school photo.
Another awkward school photo. Permed and wearing an ugly sailor outfit.
My mother also VERY much loved sailor outfits...*rolls eyes*
Starting to show my eventual face.
Amber and I ages 6 and 9.
Me as Elvira/Mortitia around 11 years old.
Me and Amber with Snowy and Sweet pea.
My 5th or 6th grade class pic. Check out that plaid. That was our uniform.
11 or 12.
Amber and I in Leakey. Our land in the hill country. That's about the time we got plumbing out there.
Maybe age 12.
8th grade. The first real haircut of my teen years. POUF. I do not look good in purple.
Me at 14 or 15.
Me later that year getting dressed for 8th grade homecoming or something. Maybe 9th. 15 years old I think.
Me when I was a Bucco Belle. Drill team. 9th grade. Age 15.
I really wanted to be one as a kid. So even though it was totally not me at the time
I went ahead and did it to fulfill my childhood dream.
I was very good at it and hated everyone there.
Heather and I. I love her. We're still friends. :D I was prolly 16.
I think this was my junior year pic. Age 17. I'd just had my hair in a million tiny braids.
I shoulda washed it. It looked dumb. Ah well. That shirt was awesome.
Check out my pagan bling. ;)
Maybe 19 years old here? With Heather and Sarah. Yay tape!
Me in Vegas. I was 19 there.
Still wearing daisy dukes and pagan bling.
My sister and I. Ages 17 and 20.
Me as a debutante. Being presented by my eldest brother Pepper(nickname).
Again not something I was all that into, but my mom thought it would be neat.
We'd never get to do it again since I was at the top age for it- 20 -so Amber and I
figured what the hell and were presented to the Italian Federation of Houston as debs.
Back then I still had my tonsils! For only about a month more though. Oof.
My around 22 I'd guess.
Skipping most of my 20s straight to 26 I think.
Me after a burlesque performance.
Me at 27 I think, still with my long hair. At a burn event.
Age 27 after I'd shaved my head.
Me backstage of Ondine. With Josie who was an Earth Elemental. I was the executioner.
Back when I had bright red hair. With Athena my beautiful hairless rat. RIP
Me in 2009 when I originally posted this.
[Edited to update for 2009-2013]
Later that year in 2009 I shaved my head not long after I shaved Starr's into a mohawk.
I was full of baby for most of 2010.
2011 was full of all things Hunter. And a couple bouts of pneumonia. I went back to work and started to lose all the weight I'd slowly put on since leaving my mom's house.
2012 success! 60 lbs lost.
Now. I'm growing my hair out and keeping busy chasing Hunter and doing all the things.
That was fun!
I'd love to see you through the years.
I have the pics.
It's not thorough, I have a lot of hard copy pics that really cover my adolescence and teen years.
Maybe once we get our scanner going I'll do a teen Bean entry.
Audrey inspired me with her comment about funny lookin babies.
I was a funny lookin baby who turned out fine. :)
Apparently my mother thought this pic was so ugly that she refused to send it out in announcements. Ha!
I was not enthused about Santa. He was not enthused about me.
My Daddy and me. He's all cute and bearded there. Probably 39 years old.
I...I think I'm flipping off a llama!
Olan Mills. All of their pics turned red. Why?
I think this was my 1st costume.
Serious toddler are serious.
My sister Amber and I. That was my favorite shirt. King Tut. I CRIED and cried when I outgrew it.
Me excited about something. I'm still that way.
Me and my sister in our second costumes. I think my Nana made them. I know my brothers wore them before us.
Another Olan Mills. My mother LOVED bonnets and pinafores. Seriously.
This is just cute of me, Mama and Amber. My mom looks rad.
I know you prolly can't tell but I'm wearing cowboy boots. I LOVED those.
I did ballet and was a poodle for one recital.
Me and my sister. We washed in the river because we didn't have running water out in the hill country house.
It was fun. I also learned to swim in that water. The Frio River.
My mother used to make the costumes for this pageant.
It is called Treasure Ball and it's to raise money for the Catholic high school in Galveston.
It's also mixed up with Mardi Gras.
Soap Paint!!!
After my First Communion.
Me on Halloween at age 8. Saw this in a magazine. I had three faces, the middle one was supposed to be a man.
Note the fishnets and go-go boots. Check me out. ;)
Same age, note the shirt here and above. That's me with my first knife.
At Girl Scout Camp. Learning to whittle.
My mother loved perming my hair. *sigh* A school photo.
Another awkward school photo. Permed and wearing an ugly sailor outfit.
My mother also VERY much loved sailor outfits...*rolls eyes*
Starting to show my eventual face.
Amber and I ages 6 and 9.
Me as Elvira/Mortitia around 11 years old.
Me and Amber with Snowy and Sweet pea.
My 5th or 6th grade class pic. Check out that plaid. That was our uniform.
11 or 12.
Amber and I in Leakey. Our land in the hill country. That's about the time we got plumbing out there.
Maybe age 12.
8th grade. The first real haircut of my teen years. POUF. I do not look good in purple.
Me at 14 or 15.
Me later that year getting dressed for 8th grade homecoming or something. Maybe 9th. 15 years old I think.
Me when I was a Bucco Belle. Drill team. 9th grade. Age 15.
I really wanted to be one as a kid. So even though it was totally not me at the time
I went ahead and did it to fulfill my childhood dream.
I was very good at it and hated everyone there.
Heather and I. I love her. We're still friends. :D I was prolly 16.
I think this was my junior year pic. Age 17. I'd just had my hair in a million tiny braids.
I shoulda washed it. It looked dumb. Ah well. That shirt was awesome.
Check out my pagan bling. ;)
Maybe 19 years old here? With Heather and Sarah. Yay tape!
Me in Vegas. I was 19 there.
Still wearing daisy dukes and pagan bling.
My sister and I. Ages 17 and 20.
Me as a debutante. Being presented by my eldest brother Pepper(nickname).
Again not something I was all that into, but my mom thought it would be neat.
We'd never get to do it again since I was at the top age for it- 20 -so Amber and I
figured what the hell and were presented to the Italian Federation of Houston as debs.
Back then I still had my tonsils! For only about a month more though. Oof.
My around 22 I'd guess.
Skipping most of my 20s straight to 26 I think.
Me after a burlesque performance.
Me at 27 I think, still with my long hair. At a burn event.
Age 27 after I'd shaved my head.
Me backstage of Ondine. With Josie who was an Earth Elemental. I was the executioner.
Back when I had bright red hair. With Athena my beautiful hairless rat. RIP
Me in 2009 when I originally posted this.
[Edited to update for 2009-2013]
Later that year in 2009 I shaved my head not long after I shaved Starr's into a mohawk.
I was full of baby for most of 2010.
2011 was full of all things Hunter. And a couple bouts of pneumonia. I went back to work and started to lose all the weight I'd slowly put on since leaving my mom's house.
2012 success! 60 lbs lost.
Now. I'm growing my hair out and keeping busy chasing Hunter and doing all the things.
That was fun!
I'd love to see you through the years.