Mid July

What a fun week!

I guess I should start with last Saturday's tattoo adventure lol. Me, Terri, Cheryl, and Rusty all drove to Jackson early Saturday morning not too sure what we were gonna do. We all had some rough drawings of the tattoo we had decided we each wanted, but had not yet committed to getting it. We thought we'd just go look. When we got there, there was already a line of people at the door waiting on them to open. So we figured we better get in line. By the time they opened there were probably about 15 people in line at the door! We went in, looked around a bit, then I saw that Terri was at the desk making arrangements for hers. So I joined her. I had a really bad print out of a tattoo I wanted (my printer ink was bad) but I showed it to them and she said they could do it, minus a few details, for $140. That was about $100 more than I expected! But Rusty was buying it for me for my birthday. Within 30 minutes, me, Terri, and Cheryl had all worked up a deal with them and set a time for 1:00-2:30 for one of their guys to do all 3 of us in a row. We went to eat and came back. Terri went first. She got her grandmother's birth flower tattooed on her ankle with a little ladybug. She never even grimaced, just said it felt funny. Cheryl and I were both a bit scared of doing it, but she was scheduled to go 2nd and me last. HOwever, when the time came, he showed a drawing and said "who's supposed to get this one?" It was mine, so I had to go 2nd lol. I got a neat looking sun/moon/stars/clouds tattooed on my lower back and it HURT! I couldn't believe Terri never made a face and I was sitting there having to squeeze Rusty's hand and bite my lip and close my eyes. It took about 30 minutes and I don't think I'd have made a single minute longer! Cheryl got a cute blue daisy tattooed on her hip and she had just as hard a time as I did! We now know for sure that Terri is the toughest lol.

Rusty decided right then and there that he wants one too. He picked one out while we were there but his was gonna be $250! Then he decided he'd rather wait and design one himself and come back later. So I think we'll be going back in a few weeks.

Then we had to tell our moms lol. I didn't expect mom to like the idea of it, but didn't think she'd make a big deal of it. And I was right. She thinks I'm having a mid-life crisis lol. But - she did slip up and say that she wouldn't mind getting one one day maybe! lol. Cheryl's mom thought it was a bad idea, and I don't think Terri has told hers yet. So I guess we'll see. Tyler was just not impressed one way or other. And Tanner thought it was kinda neat. So anyway, here it is, the day I got it. So it's still red in places. The clouds will be gray instead of pinkish once it heals. It's about the size of the palm of my hand.

So, as for the rest of the week, we've been homebodies. Last Saturday evening Cheryl, Lysa, and Terri came over for a girls night gab session and we had lotsa fun. Brooke has been here most of the week and Tanner has been grateful. She, Tanner, and Drew have really played so well together. I'm glad that has worked out. We got out yesterday and started making some pinatas. They are not going to be ready in time for TAnner's birthday party today though. In fact, it might take a week to get them ready lol. But once they finished the pinatas, they had a glue battle in the front yard lol. Here are some pics of them through the week.

This has been a good week for taking it easy. I have not accomplished anything much around the house, just the basics. I've watched some movies, some talk shows. I've been good for nothing basically. BUt I have thoroughly enjoyed it. And since I have to go back to work in just a couple of weeks, I haven't made myself feel guilty over it. The puppy is still cute as ever. He actually went to the door whining twice yesterday, wanting to go out. But not to pee, he wanted to go play. But at least he's associating the door with "OUT" lol. This afternoon we're having Tanner's birthday party. Tomorrow is band practice. Incidentally, our drummer and bass player decided they don't wanna do it. So we got our good drummer back that we had hired in June, and we're auditioning bass players AGAIN. Danny is flying in next THursday to play the July 20-21 shows with us so we're not too worried on that one. The drama never ends.....