Can't take full credit for this one. The idea came from ...You guessed it..."The 10 Second Kiss"<P>Used a digital camera for most of the pictures so could clean them up a little (smudge belly rolls, add cleavage, etc) My daughter took the bathing suit pictures, until my MOM objected, then had to get a girlfriend to help out. I would not have let my daughter take the Lady Godiva pictures any way! (Have a really long wig for sale now) Tried to match costumes with the appropriate month, ie. leather biker costume for October, red and white French maid serving goodies for Christmas, valentine teddy for February. Some of the pictures I superimposed onto different backgrounds, for example, the one in the fur coat was taken in my back yard in the middle of summer, so I cut it out and scanned it back into the computer with a snowy background from Print Master.<BR>The project took several months and helped A LOT with my self-esteem. My posture improved, my make-up improved and I figured if my H and I did not survive, at least i would have a good portfolio to go hunting for a new mate with! <P>I took the finished pages to a local copy store with a slightly red face (there were no pictures in it that Wal-mart would not print, but...) and asked them to make color copies and bind it for me. That part cost about 25 dollars. I have no idea how much I spent on the film I used for the pictures I had taken with a regular camera. I also don't know how much of a dent I put in the ink cartridge when printing up the proofs. My H carries the calendar in his flight suitcase along with the love/naughty letters and cards I have given him over the last two years. I don't know how often or if he even looks through it, but at least I know that the pictures he carries with him around the world are of me and not some peruvian punta princess.<P>It was a lot of fun. If you don't want to go to all that trouble, then have some glamour shots taken next time one of those companies is in town. It is more expensive to buy a lot of pictures, but for one or two really good ones, it is usually worth it, if you can restrain yourself from buying them all.

Thanks a heap, PW! I think it would be more fun to do it like you did - have a friend take the photos then clean em up etc. I really liked your snow background idea -<BR>cle-ver! It's definaltely an idea I'm tossing around hmm but will hae to be a surprise .. I let you know if I actually do it

What a fantastic idea! Unfortunately I don't feel comfortable with how I look right now. I gained 15 pounds since the OM dumped me and the depression sunk in big-time. And I was 15 pounds overweight to start with (and that was after losing 50 from dancing).<P>Besides, if my H had that to look at he would want more than a 10-second kiss and I'm not ready for that yet.<P>I'll keep it in mind for the future though. Maybe if we're still toghether and I get my head screwed back on in time I'll do it for Valentine's Day. Or our anniversary next year.