Playing along with Shannon today! Go see her fantastic list of links, her Treasure Box tip, and please, please, be sure you don't miss this post of hers.

One day when my mother was visiting at Christmas, we stayed in the house all day doing various domestic duties. This is VERY bad for my tendencies toward depression, as I've stated before. I need to get out of the house, preferably first thing every morning, be celan, be at least a little bit social, etc. So one day of All Domestic All Day, Homebound, was about all I could take. By the end of the day, I was a mopey little blob. Weather dictated that another such day would follow.

Extreme measures were in order. Hence, dressing for the occasion. It Works for Me.  Going to be housebound all day, depressed, doing laundry?  Then by all means, DRESS UP and put on a little lipstick. I know. Sounds dumb. But it worked. My mom insisted I turn around and stick my butt out in this photo, and that weird look i'm giving? That's actually me having the nerve to say, "Like this? is THIS far enough?" Um YEAH. a bit delusional and depressed, I'd say. 

(Baby in photo above if you look very carefully.)

Bonus WFMW:

Also what works for us is the wrap around gate for the Christmas tree. Festive, no?  We've needed it 2 years out of the last 3, given certain baby ages, baby mobility, etc. We call it the Maximum Security Tree.

This post kills two birds with one stone, because I promised y'all I'd post the picture of My Butt The Size of Delaware if 40 of you did your BSEs. Congratulations!

(yeah, some of you posted your 'i did its!' on other posts, but it's ok. i know who you are.)

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