Another Photo Challenge

I will admit, I have been going "photo-challenge" happy lately. I love doing them I can't help it.

This is a photo challenge for Sailor & Company. This challenge is all about UNTOUCHED photos of tattoos. I love tattoos, after all I do have 13 of them and plan to get more.

And with that said, here is the tattoo that I am submitting:

[ story behind the tattoo ]

I have never really publically said why I got this tattoo. But as we all know, most tattoos come with stories. This is the story for why I got this one. Since I was thirteen I have been a cutter. I was extremely depressed to the point that I couldn't feel any emotion at all. I was numb. Cutting was an outlet for me. In a way it reminded me that I was still alive. And over the years it steadily got worse and the cuts got bigger and deeper. In my mind I truly believed I would never make it to see 21. Well it was nearing my twenty first birthday and I was proud of myself for making it. I think I was watching Miami Ink, or some tattoo show for that matter, where they were talking about the cherry blossom and what it represented. They said that they represented how short life really was. And I thought, perfect! I NEEDED to get my scars covered up, but I didn't know how. It was that show that helped me figure it out. So now my scars are covered up but they help me realize that I do have a past. That my past was REAL.

Weekend Getaway

So this past weekend I went to Columbus, OH for a two day rock music festival, Rock on the Range. There were about 37 of some of my favorite bands rolled into two 12 hour days. Each day was long and hot but well worth everything. Needless to say my skin hates me right now. I had a lot of fun and it was a much needed getaway. I took so many pictures and it was really hard to figure out which ones to put up.

[ me & my fiance ]






[ first beer of the weekend ]







[ three days grace ]

Fingerprint

The Paper Mama's Weekly Photo Challenge

The challenge was to take or find a photo with fingers or toes in it. I love this challenge, it is so cute and I had so many pictures to chose from, which made it really hard to choose just one. So this is the one that I chose.

Black and White Fixation

In a Yellow House Photo Challenge

Challenge: Black and White Photograph

It's Done

It's one of the hardest things a mother could ever do, to be away from them for an extended period of time. She left for her grandmother's today and I was a total basket case. I literally started pacing cause I didn't know what to do. This is the farthest away from each other that we have been since I went back to work after maternity leave. You literally feel like you have a huge hole in your life and you're missing a limb.

So what is a lonely mother to do?

I went for one of my famous midnight walks to get a Slurpee. I haven't been able to do that since she was born. It felt weird.

AND.....

I dyed my hair red. It's not as red as I was hoping for but maybe in the sunlight it will look different. It always does, right?

So now....

I'm listening to staind and blogging and contemplating on packing. I really should pack. I mean we only leave in less than 12 hours.

This weekend should be fun and hopefully I will have some good pictures to share with everyone....

Packing.

I have come to realize that it is harder to pack for an infant than it is for myself. They have SO much more stuff that they need to have packed.

Impending Abandonment

This week I will be a complete nervous wreck. I am already getting to that point (slowly but surely). This will be the first time since my daughter was born, that I will be away from her for more than 24 hours. To be exact, she has never slept over at any ones house (sadly I am WAY too protective) and she is going to stay at her grandmother's for four nights and five days. Her daddy and I are going on vacation to a music festival in Columbus, OH. I don't know what I was thinking, this is really hard for me. Yes, I know that all mommies need and deserve a break, but I don't need a break from her. She is everything to me and I know that she will be fine but I also know that I am going to freak out. Everyone thought that she was going to be a Daddy's Girl, but that is so far from the truth. She has me wrapped around every single finger and toe on that tiny little body of hers. I have never spent a day without her. My buggy!

Blue

Paper Mama's Photo Challenge.

This week the challenge revolves around the color blue. So naturally I thought of my beautiful daughter and her gorgeous baby blues....

And here it is...

too much...

I have so many things that I want to to, so many things that I want to start, but very little time to do it. Between working full time and taking care of my daughter full time there really isnt much time left in the day for anything. I have four books in my summer reading list and then not to mention ALL the crochet/knitting projects that I want to start...there are just too many. Sometimes I swear I can just bite off more than I can chew really. And sometimes I just wish I had a friend that I could share all of this with. I mean don't get me wrong, I do have friends, but they don't share the love that I have for crocheting and knitting. I want to do so much more. More to explore my talent. My creativity.

Joy

This is for The Paper Mama's Joy Photo Challenge....

(Hazel 7.5 months)

(Joy)

VOTE FOR MY DAUGHTER!

I dont do this often (at all). But i wanted to try and see what would happen, so please vote for my daughter, Hazel!

http://photos.parents.com/category/vote/id/7/w/18/y/2010?page=2087&esrc=nwphotofaves4a

my daughter.

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