No. Really. My 'puter has been broken for the last week or so, so it's been in for repair. Anyways, this pic has been my screensaver for... ages, really. Completely didn't think about it until the guys in the shop wanted to know who the cute model on the background was. So, there! Megs is offically a model. Yay Megs!

I'm blushing to think that you use one of my pics as your desktop, beloved! Must say as well - LOVE your new signature...

I can see why they thought she was a model! She looks gorgeous in that picture!

What lovely compliment Maddy! It is a gorgeous photo of her and I can see why they made the comment...

Beautiful pic, Maddy! Yo go, girl!

* furiously blushing* Thanks for the compliments - I really do appreciate them. I don't consider myself particularly attractive - and funnily enough this particular photo is not my fave out of the professional ones I had taken (and definintely wasn't the one that I would have picked Ste liking best!)

Oh babe ... look at you!! You are a gorgeous woman!! mrrroooooowwwwrrrrr I so love this shot! Ste .... Laughs I love your new Signature too!! Yay to Wedgie!! LOL

That 'come hither' look in your eyes -- that's why Ste likes it. Telling the world, "Hah, she married me! Eat your hearts out." "Lucky bastard," every man on Earth mutters enviously.

*smooch* Thanks UW! And yes, I was thinking of Ste when the photo was taken - in fact, when most of them were taken, I was thinking of him... As for lucky - trust me when I say I'm the lucky one!

Oh, hun. You really didn't have to tell us that you were thinking of Ste - it's literally written all over your face! Beautiful shot, Maddy - just gorgeous!

Ooh, very pretty! And a provocative angle too, and smile.

The rest of the photos are HERE It should work - I put it to share with everybody. Some of you will have seen them before.

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Ooooh, very nice, Maddy!

Those really are very nice pics. You really are quite photogenic, Maddy.

The ladies are right it is easy to see you are thinking of Ste. They are wonderful pics and such a wonderful and true compliment

Oh, Maddy! You're gorgeous! Your eyes are so expressive and seducing! Both of you are lucky ... Ste for having such a wonderful person like you to himself and you for having such a loving and devoted partner! I love all the pictures! You look so confident at posing! WTG!!

Maddy -- you look great in all of those pics! And I agree with Gatchamarie -- your eyes say everything! I wish I were as photogenic as you. Someone takes out a camera, I always make sure I'm either behind them -- or I offer to take the photo!

You're very lucky to be so photogenic, Maddy! I have a terrible time with pictures... maybe 1 in 100 looks decent. So let me get this straight... you're tall and a model and a great writer... what else should we envy about you? ;0

Considering the large number of great writers who inhabit these boards that's something that doesn't need to be envied!! It's flattering for them to think me a model, but trust me - I;d never make it as one - size 24 just doesn't cut it in the modelling industry! But - one thing you can all happily envy me for is Ste - I'm one extremely fortunate woman to have somebody like him who loves me.

Size 24s -- Unite! End the tyranny of Kate Moss and her undersized ilk.

I agree UW. It really irks me to hear about so-called "plus size" models who are size 12! I know that in Australia the last 20 years of records show that the average woman is a size 14 - 16 I have a huge soapbox on size! My mother was one of the first people in Australia to have lap banding (and then suffered the restof her life from complications from this!). She was a size 28 when she had it done - went down to a size 16 (very briefly) and looked very gaunt when she did. Finally she stabilised at a 22 - 24 and remained like that for the rest of her life. Personally - I have a theory that nature has, when you're conceived, hardwired your body to be a certain size - like you're a certain height. For some people it's a size 6, othes it's a size 26! They find it hard to loose weight below that size, and when they go over they do get ill. You can always tell people on their correct natural weight - they look healthy with glowing skin and bright eyes. To me - as long as you eat healthy foods, indulge occasionally, take at least moderate exercise and are happy, who cares what weight you are!

Maddy, you should be happy to be so photogenic, I hide from cameras. And you are so right about size. I've seen many friends go through gastric bypass and I just won't. I've had three abdominal surgeries (c-sections) and that's more than enough for me. I refuse to suffer the lasting side-effects. Sorry, I refuse to feel tipsy after just a glass of wine. I avoid bread, potatoes, and sugar, and if I lose weight I do, and if I don't oh well.

What's even worse, is at one time Catherine Zeta Jones was considered plus size. I think she is smaller than Marilyn Monroe was.

You look great, Maddy!

I have to admit there are times I wish Mads was thinner. But only so I could pick her up and carry her around.

Fabulous photos, Maddy!! After seeing these, it's no wonder Ste's computer broke - all that drooling must have zapped the electronics!

Maddy, too right, good healthy food is far better than fad diets. I wanna know how beautiful a person is on the inside anyway. How they treat people is a good indicator. People can decide for themselves if they ned to lose weight. I know as you said you know with yourself if you need to. I no longer want to be skinny, just healthy. My DH loves me as I am. I he knew me as a skinny teenager and now a larger woman and he says he's hardly noticed over the years. But then I knew him as a fit, well toned teenager...and now he's not like that. I love him still 23yrs later.