02.28.07
Woman and tattoo’s
Every time I watch Miami Ink I get the urge for a new piece. That’s a picture of Kat Von D right there. That woman is awesome. Not only does she have talent, she’s beautiful, she seems to be a very real & down to earth person.
I would not only love to meet her but get work done by her. But damn, I’d probably have to take out a small loan to be able to afford a fist rate piece of work done by her.
Are you like me, when you see people in public with LOTS of tattoo’s, like Kat, you just want to stop them and ask Can I look at your tat’s? I’m sure I could ask and they’d feel honored because, really, that’s why they’re there and visible, right? But you don’t want to feel like a jackass and appear uncool. Yeah, that’s me too. I try not to appear to stare, either. But sometimes I can’t help it. I’m drawn to tattoo’s.
I’ve noticed more and more woman have tattoo’s these days. And I’m not talking just biker broads, either. Drama Queen’s kindergarten teacher had a tat on the top of her foot. It didn’t phase me one bit. Could be because I’ve got tat’s and I’m not a freak. Well, that could be debated so we won’t go there.
Does it freak you out to see woman with tattoo’s? Does it look trashy? Cool? Do you have them? Would you get one? Would you get more, if you do have them? What is it about tattooing that is so fricken addictive? I’ve got 7 and would love more, but don’t know where to put ‘em because I work in an office and having sleeve’s of tat’s may not be so office appropriate.
Is it the addiction to the pain? Or the excitement of something new to show off? I don’t know that answer but I still want more ink.
02.27.07
Books!
I LOVE reading. I usually read about 2-4 books a month. In one year I read 13,526 pages. That was 39 books.
I’ve got a 5 shelf book case that I clean out regularly. I’ve got things like all of the Harry Potter books. I’ve read them all and when Drama Queen is old enough to read them and understand the words, they’re hers. I’ve got a few fluff books. I’ve got mystery and thrillers. I’ve got books that have been made into movies. I’ve got cook books and one autobiography, Danny Bonaduce . Of all people huh?
Right now I’ve got a $25 B&N gift card sitting in my wallet, thanks to 3M, that I’m itching to spend. Any suggestions? What are you reading right now? How often do you start a new book?
02.26.07
Just a picture
I took this picture on Super Bowl Sunday. The kids and I were in Long Beach for the day. It was getting cold and breezy, I remember.
Living in the city we miss out on beautiful things such as sunrise and sunset. The last time I saw a sunset like this was on 4th of July, last year, when we were on vacation in New Mexico.
Its mesmerizing. Its gorgeous. Its serene!
Where we live, we’re surrounded by apartment buildings. Even when I would take our dog out at 5:30 in the morning I would only be able to see the light above the buildings, but not this glorious sight.
After we returned from New Mexico, I found myself missing it. I missed being able to stand at the front door and just listen to the world be. Not like at home where our common sound in the evening is that of a helicopter! Nothing says Welcome to Los Angeles like the sound of a Ghetto-Bird late at night.
As my friend’s Mind, Sara and Craze have mentioned recently, vacation is just DAYS away now. Oh how I’m looking forward to that beach house in Mexico. I’m looking forward to hanging out with my best buds in the evening, drinking Margarita’s and being able to not only witness the sun setting, but setting on the beautiful Pacific ocean that is right outside of our deck.
I would love to catch a sunrise, but I doubt that any of us will be up early enough to see that. You know, Mexico, Margarita’s and friends make a late night!
02.22.07
TT # 21
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~13 PLACES THE KIDS LIKE TO VISIT~ ****************** ****************** ****************** 4. Disneyland, of course! We only live 15 minutes from Disneyland. ****************** 5. El Rachito restaurant. This place is an authentic Mexican restaurant in Long Beach. It has the BEST Sunday brunch EVER. They’ve got EVERYTHING you can want for $13. The kids would rather eat there than places like Denny’s! LOL ****************** ****************** 7. Downtown Long Beach. They love it there because there is a carousel and a Ferris wheel. They usually get to pick one to ride on. Then there’s an Cold Stone Creamery where they get an ice cream treat. There’s also a HUGE Boarder’s book store, which they enjoy too. While down there we can walk along the shore and the kids can see sea lions playing in the Pacific. There are TONS of restaurants there too. Its a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon for about $20 or so. Oh & because of all the walking, the kids come home TIRED! *lol* ****************** 8. Aunt Chris’ house. My aunt lives in our complex and has 2 kids close in age to our girls so they love visiting. Plus my aunt is such a nice mom and lets the kids do fun things and have good snacks, so of course the kids enjoy their time there. ***************** 9. Camping! Oh man do my kids love camping! They get to be dirty all day long. My dad lets them eat just about whatever they want. They get to spend the day, running around in their bathing suits, at the lake all day. ****************** 10. Swimming at Grampy’s house. They love going swimming at my parents house. ****************** 11. Baskin Robins & Starbucks! What kid doesn’t enjoy a visit to the ice cream store? But to a coffee house? Yup. My girls’ look forward to a Starbucks visit because its right next to Baskin Robins. *lol* If we don’t make it for ice cream, they still like Starbucks because they get a milk or juice from the fridge. ******************* 12. Walking at the park. During the warmer months I like to go walking at the park, in the evenings. The girls ask to come with me. We load up their bikes and while I walk they’re riding in front of me. When I’m done with my walk I let them play on the play ground for a bit while I cool down. ******************** 13. Target! I swear if they hear I’m going to Target they scramble to put their shoes on and go with me. *lol* Links to other Thursday Thirteens! |
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02.21.07
I’m a bad employee
I work for my Friday’s. If we meet our weekly “numbers” by Thursday evening we get to leave an hour early on Friday. I work for my Friday’s. My boss know’s this, so its no secret. And he’s OK with it because that little incentive increases productivity. Its a win/win situation in the end.
Well, recently the incentive has changed a bit. If we were out sick as long as we made up the missing day’s work and still hit our “numbers” that week we were still able to leave early. Not anymore. If we’re out sick then we don’t qualify for the early day. Since I was out yesterday with The Snitch, I double checked with my lead and sure enough, I have to stay ’til 5:00 on Friday. Oh well. Know what that means? I don’t have to work as hard today and tomorrow! LOL
Yeah, I suck but so what.
02.20.07
Home with a sick kid
Mister worked a night shift last night. He left here at 10:30. I did’t sleep to well last night. Then about 2’something The Snitch came to my bed, coughing. I got up with her around 5am, gave her some water & a little bit of cough medicine. We went back to my bed, where she proceeded to puke in my bed. I felt her head and sure enough, she had fever.
I was just going to send her to my grandma’s like any other day, but I knew she would be lathargic and resting all afternoon and my grandma is in the middle of moving and has no furniture in her house right now! And the spare bedroom only has a box spring on the bed. Grandma’s room has a bed but no television. What good is that to a sick kid, you know?
So I called into work and I’m home with my girl. She seems to have a little more energy than she normally does when she’s sick, but she’s still a little warm and pale looking. As soon as I get her eating I’m going to give her a fever reducer.
Damn, I could sure use a nap, too, and its only 9:30 in the morning.
02.19.07
Why do bra’s break?
The other day I was driving home and I leaned over to grab my purse when I felt a snap. I was like What the HELL was that?!? When I sat up I saw it, my left boob was slouching. Damn, the wire broke in my bra. But how? Even more importantly, WHY? If I hand wash my bra’s and hang them out to dry, how does this happen? Do my boobs really bounce THAT much that they wear the wire out? Are bra’s made with a Will self destruct after X amount of washing’s? And woman, like me, with big boobs pay a lot of money for a good, sturdy bra. Damn, now I’ve got to go bra shopping again. That’s just as bad as bathing suit shopping. But, unfortunately, unlike bathing suits I’m not able to choose not to wear one. Oh bliss.
02.17.07
Ok, so my husband isn’t a fashion idiot after all
At Christmas time Mister asked me What do you want for Christmas? Told him I need new shoes and would like to replace my tan Sketchers.
He didn’t get me the tan shoes I showed him. I was a little annoyed but whatever. He got me a dark brown pair that turned out to be pretty sweet. And he got me a second pair of Sketchers, too. These ones. When I opened up the gift, I looked at them, smiled and thanked him. But I was thinking Uh, when do you see me wearing something like this? I wanted to exchange them for something else,anything else, but I didn’t. I didn’t want to hurt his feelings.
Since Christmas I’ve only wore them once or twice, and only around the house. Friday was another beautiful sunny, clear, 80 degree day in CA. Being that Friday is also our casual day and we get to wear tennis shoes to work I put on some denim capri’s, a short sleeve red shirt and went to grab a pair of tennis shoes when I realized all my tennis shoes need to be washed. Damn. I was running late and didn’t have time to change either. I noticed the white Sketchers and thought Oh well, if they don’t look good I’ll just wear flip flops even though we’re not suppose to.
Huh. Who would’ve thunk it. I looked so cute yesterday. The slip on Sketchers were really cute with capri’s and a sweat shirt. Cool.
Of course I felt like a horse’s ass later. But its all good. At least he didn’t know I contemplated returning them so no harm done, right?
02.16.07
I heart Guns ‘N Roses
The other day my dad gave me a copy of a Guns CD he burned for me. Its been sitting on my counter all week so this morning I tossed it in my purse so I can listen to it before I dump it into my ipod. Dude, I was JAMMING in my car. I had the Mom-Mobile ROCKING!
There’s nothing like Axel Rose SCREAMING Take me down to Paradise City where the grass is green and the girls are pretty! While drinking a kick ass cup of Starbucks iced coffee, the sun shinning in our beautiful 60 degree morning and looking at the clear view of the mountains as I drive into work! Damn, Axel and Starbucks got my day started on the right foot! Fo’sho!
Oh, I had to roll up the windows and turn on the A/C because my music was SO loud that I didn’t want people in the next cars staring at me like I’m a freak.
I also realized that my Mom-Mobile has a jammin’ ass stereo system. No shit. I was hearing “something” and turned down the volume a couple of times before I realized what I was hearing were things like one of the band members lighting a match in the background.
What music gets you going?
