Fresh.

Ink.

haha

please ignore my cracked heels, they need done so so so bad, but now will wait until I'm fully healed haha

There were a handful of things that I *knew* I wanted to do while I was in Jersey.  One of those things?  Getting a new tattoo.  I know I've mentioned before how much I love quotes - I mean, I already had two of them....both are quotes that I have loved for a long long long time.  This quote is no different....Completely random side note, I swear I saw this on Kaelah's blog at some point & I searched and searched and searched and even chatted with her on Twitter about it, but I can not find where I originally saw this posted, I am determined to figure it out if I have to go back through all the blogs I read haha....

Any whooooooo, I saw this picture at some point last year and fell in love.  It was my background on my lap top, it was on my screen saver, it was everywhere.  And the words felt like they had been written on my soul the first time I read them (well, after I looked up "begets" - "to cause; produce as an effect: a belief that power begets power").  Something I struggle with is loving myself enough to love someone else and loving myself enough to let someone love me. 

I no longer have the original source so if you know where it is, please let me know so I can update this! 

I've known I wanted something on my left ankle, well, ever since I did my right ankle and these three little words just fit.....and I'm so so so so in love.  


The tattoo was done at Body Graphics in Pennsauken, NJ by Tina Marie - honestly, the first woman to tattoo me and she was the best!  Definitely made me feel at ease with everything about the whole experience! 

The pic Tina took riiiiight after it was done :)

Another random side note....Camille, my ldb that I was visiting, wrote a good post about judging bloggers & my visit, go leave her some love :)

My weekend....

....has been amazing.  I was so nervous about meeting Camille, but I had no need to worry!  She really is an amazing friend that I'm so blessed to have in my life.

I drove into Jersey on Friday.  The drive was amazing minus almost hitting a deer....less than an hour from home!  I chose to drive through West Virginia and Maryland and Delaware instead of going allllll the way through Pennsylvania.  The mountains scared the bee-jezus out of me!  You were literally driving like 70-80 miles per hour down grades that were steep enough that they had signs up to warn truck drivers.  Seriously.  It is the closest this motion-sickness-prone girl will get to a roller coaster!

From dinner on Friday through thrifting and tattooing today, Camille has been an amaze-balls host!  I always go somewhere for my birthday (with the exception of last year) so this was my little birthday trip for this year.  I couldn't have picked a better spot to come to.  I love visiting new places and I was able to cross a lot of states off my list with this trip.  I hope she had as much fun running around as I did!

I absolutely fell in love with Philly.  Head over heels in love.  The history.  The art.  The people.  I could live there forever.  The Art Museum was all kinds of awesome.

Hey!

I'm in Jersey/Philly with my ldb, Camille!  I will post a longer post when I get back to Ohio sometime next week, but for now, enjoy this....

Bookworm Wednesday!

Hiiiiiiii!  Sorry I've been quiet, work took over my life for a few days and I'm now sorely behind in the Jersey trip preparations.  I could have made up some time today when I was off and, shockingly, not called in, but, well I took a four hour nap instead.  Hey, sometimes a girl just has to sleep! 

I must make a confession.  I "pick" books from People Magazine.  A lot.  Like, I have an app on my phone for notes and I have three or four notes dedicated to book lists.  One such list is that of my People magazine books....and it may be longer than any other list.  Maybe. 

With that said, I read a review for Tatiana & Alexander by Paullina Simons (hint....I read Tully first because that is the only book of hers that my library had).  Well, I had the book ordered and started reading it, but a few pages in I realized that it was  sequel.  I just HAD to find the first book!  I hate hate hate reading books out of order!  Instead of ordering it (I knew I would love them from the short section I read of Tatiana & Alexander....) I picked up all *three* books from Barnes & Noble when I went to Dayton the other day. 

The first book is The Bronze Horseman and I'm so so so so so so in love with it!   It is definitely a big, epic, sweeping love story!  I literally lost my breath when she described the first time Tatiana and Alexander meet!  This book starts as Hitler attacks Russia...literally that same day.  The family is in a rush to get their only son out of the city and away so he doesn't get enlisted in the army and they send one of their daughters, Tatiana, out to buy as much food as she can.  Only she gets frustrated, doesn't understand why she's looking for food, and suddenly a striking soldier shows up and....well, she falls in love and it goes from there.  I can not wait to read the rest of the books!  CAN NOT WAIT I tell you!  haha

JERSEY!!!!

In less than two weeks I will be in Jersey with my ldb!  I can not wait to get the hell out of Ohio for a bit!  I'm excited for a few *guaranteed* days off from work since it seems I'm getting called in all the time.  While I love being able to pick up hours, and I'm grateful for this job, I would love to actually get stuff done around the house or for Scarlett Key.  In fact, I should be getting ready for work right now since I got called in to close tonight. 

Speaking of Scarlett Key, I'm re-doing the headbands so if you have a baby/toddler/child could you measure their head and leave a comment with the info?  I'm really excited for the new design, it should be easier on me to make and much much much prettier and "cleaner" in design! 

I've also got some new ideas on what to do with the tons of fabric covered buttons I've been obsessed with making lately.  Oh, and I got tons of new fabric for key fobs and such.

Also, does anyone ship to Canada?  Europe?  I'm curious what the process and charges are like...any info would be greatly appreciated!!

Lastly, go ahead and die from the cuteness.  He's the best.

Dear Mommys & Daddys of The World....

I wish I could just hit some parents.  Seriously.  Most of them need to be reminded that their children are SPONGES!  They will soak up everything you put out in the world.  They will see how you speak to other people, they will see how you treat animals, they will see everything!  EVERYTHING!  With that said, I almost started crying today when I saw a little girl, probably about 4 or so, tell her mother that she had a "big butt" and that she "weighed too much".  Those are the words that a baby used!  A little girl that will probably grow up with these thoughts in her head unless someone changes her way of thinking, which certainly didn't happen today.  Her mother *agreed* with her!  I was appalled to say the least.

I just wish parents would remember that their children are going to grow up to be the person that they are shaped to be.  And I wish they would remember that someday when they come in contact with a person that is mean to them, they will teach their child to not be like that. 


/end rant.....

Another totally random, and unrelated note, last night at work I helped a Mennonite woman who was chatting on a cell phone.  Only in Frankfort..... 

Bookworm Wednesday!

Hi guys!  Sorry this Bookworm Wednesday is on a Thursday...again....oops!  :)

I remembered it was Wednesday about 1130 last night so it was already almost too late!

I checked out the book Drood from my local library the other day and I'm loving it so far!  Charles Dickens was in a horrific train accident just five years before he died, he was one of only a few survivors....another survivor?  His mistress!  Well, this book is "written" by his "friend" about the five years between the accident and his death when he may or may not have been driven crazy by the train accident and how it affected his life.  It is really rather fascinating!  But, that could be because I love reading about people and how their personalities change due to events in their lives.  Plus, I'm a huge Dickens fan so it is neat to read something from this perspective.