Here is Nevaeh telling Mr Craig how to draw a daisy!



And so it begins.......



Starting the color on the daisy.



The end..... well, with a little redness and swelling.

SO- I did it. I am officially inked. I have been thinking about this for over a year and after two cancelled appointments, I finally did it. I am really happy with it... I am not planning on any more.. seriously..... once I got my nose pierced my dad said, "oh great! Now you will have a back full of tattoos!" I see his logic but promise that won't happen, even if for the simple reason that there is too much backfat back there anyways!! :)
So, I am 33 and happily married and love being a mom... but still hated having to tell my parents. They are not fans. In fact, my mom said, "well, I hate tattoos and always will, but I love you and always will". I know they do not like them and I honestly found it hard to do this when I knew they would not like it, but I also know that they will still love me and that it will all be okay! My parents are the greatest! They are thankful this was not a result of a drunken Friday night.. but a decision I made as a mature adult.

And yes, my kids went with me! Some may find this odd, but if you knew the shop and the tattoo artist, you would bring your kids too. He loves my kids, and they had so much fun there. They were little angels and Nevaeh kept telling me not to run away cause she knew I was nervous and anxious. We called it our homeschool field trip to the tattoo shop.

In case you can't see, it says "Laugh at the days to come" This came from Proverbs 31:25 which says She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.

Joel and I just recently signed up for Netflix... Nine bucks a month, one disc at a time, but tons of movies and shows we can watch straight from our computer at any time... and soon we will be able to get all the movies from using our Wii. I know this has been around for years- and why we never signed up sooner- I will never know. This is going to save us a ton of money and is so great! I watched Julie and Julia last night... which I loved. The kids can also watch all kinds of things. No more buying movies from our cable at six bucks a shot! Yay for great movies and yay for saving money!

Ya know, I just have to say, I am so sick and tired of politics. Here's the deal- know what you believe and why. Don't just hate everything George W did and hate whatever Hannity says... don't just listen to Olbermann and hate what he says or love everything Nancy Pelosi does... no what you believe and be educated. I am tired of people just jumping on a side- sticking to it cause they don't know what else to do... then those people judge the other side for the same things they do, just in support of the opposite side. It is so incredibly stupid. I have no idea if that made sense but it made sense to me and this is my blog so whatever.

On another note, my little Jesslyn is wearing my out. I can hardly put into words how challenging parenting has been with her lately. She wants her way.. all the time... and acts like she is two if she does not get it... and then I have to do the whole "life is not fair and over my dead body will you grow up to be a selfish adult who doesn't think of others and throws a fit when you do not get your way".. believe it or not I know many adults that way. Sad. I will not give up though. I will win this fight. I am determined to win. I know she can be sweet deep inside.... just got to get through all the ugliness first. You would think she would have learned this by now. Nope.

Well, it is a rainy day here in Kentucky... hoping to get lots of school work done with the kiddos. Perfect day for lots of math and reading.. although I am sure my girls would argue against that.

If you like lots of movies and want to save money.... go with Netflix!!!!!!!

This is JIllian MIchaels.... I have mentioned her before... I have been doing her workouts. She is a killer. KILLER. She says things like....

"you wanna be skinny? Shut up and do your mountain climbers!!"

"I want to you to feel like you are going to die... I want you gargling your heart, you are working so hard."

"you don't get to do a 20 minute workout and expect a break."

"pick up your weights!"

hahahaha.. she yells it and I LOVE IT!

Be a Rebel!

“You wanna be counter-culture? You wanna be a total rebel? Get a job! You wanna be counter-culture, totally alternative, radical? Be a virgin until you get married…to a person of the opposite gender. And then stay married and pump out some kids and pay your taxes and read the Bible, you freak. You’ll be just totally a rebel.”


Of course this quote is from Mark Driscoll. I love this!! It is so true.

I am finding that those who don't like "judging" others- usually judge others the most.

There are just some things that send me over the edge.

Once again, I am so glad I have people in my life that are honest with me, tell me the truth, and don't let me act like an idiot and destroy those around me.

I am so glad I have the right in this country to homeschool.

I am so glad that my girls are not into boys. There are boys Nevaeh's age who are already on their third and fourth girlfriend. Ugh.

I am not into NBA at all... HATE IT.

Tennis!!

I played tennis this afternoon with a friend of mine from church. The girls played at the playground while we played. It was a blast. I have not played in years but used to love the sport. I am not that great but honestly surprised myself at how "not" bad I really was. I even nailed a few backhands! I just need to get a little quicker on my feet. I used to be obsessed with Andre Agassi. I had his posters and even had a shirt with his face on it. NICE. Anyways, we are playing again tomorrow morning! If nothing else, I am getting a nice workout while running after that yellow ball!

Today is my parents anniversary.... I am so glad they love each other and have stayed together. I am certain I am a better person because they chose to stick it out... and to remain true to their vows. Thanks mom and dad.

The weather is gorgeous today.

I am going to attempt to play tennis tomorrow with a friend. I have not played in forever.. this should be interesting. Fun though.

We took the girls to the golf course last night to hit some balls and do some putting. Nevaeh is actually really good. She can hit better than I can. She looked so cute out there with her Nike hat and little outfit and golf bag. She seemed to like it too... Jesslyn on the other hand, was looking for bugs and saying how hungry she was.