On to mine ~This was NOT my first tattoo, it was my third. I did not have any great life altering event to celebrate, mostly I just LOVE tattoo's. I've been planning my third tattoo since I was finished with my second. The problem was that I had 2 little children and I quickly realized that every choice you make in a small, snoody, snobby, town affects the way people view your children. Which is sad, but true. So I decided 17 years ago not to get anymore tattoo's until my kids were out of school. I would, of course, make an exception to this personal rule if I met Kat VonD. This past June my youngest child graduated from high school, in January I made a lot of decisions for my life, that involved concentrating more on me, but nothing else has really changed. I am still me, have always been me, and will continue to just be me, but now I'll be making more of my decisions based on what's best for me. Of course my whole family is still the most important thing in the world to me, but I just don't have to worry that people will judge my kids unfairly, becuz of their crazy mother. Nothing to stop me now, except...
The first problem I have with getting this tattoo, is where to put it!!! I've birthed two pretty size-able children, from what, at the time, was a pretty smallish body. Yeah, they left behind some pretty ugly stretch marks. Seriously, I look like Freddy Krueger himself showed up one night in my dreams and left me scared forever. Yes, it really is that ugly. And I've also gotten really fat since my first tattoo. ~Now this is not me being self deprecating, this is me being real and honest. I can be honest about myself, without hating myself. True is true. I am fat{but working on a healthier lifestyle as we speak} and do not look good with my clothes off. This leaves very little landscape, or canvas to be tattooed, that an artist should have to be exposed to!! The second problem is that I have a large list of things I'd like to get tattooed onto my body and I tend to be drawn to very large works of art. So, I needed to narrow down where to put something and what I could get that wasn't huge. Becuz my third problem with this tattoo is that my husband is really not a fan of tattoos. He has nothing against them and doesn't hold a single prejudice against anyone who has them, they are just not his thing. So he would prefer that every square inch of empty space, that could be covered with a long sleeve shirt and pair of jeans, not be covered. I would be cool with it!! So taking all these things into account, I searched all the tattoos I've pinned on Pinterest, or cut out of magazines, or other art sources. I had narrowed it down to 3, I nixed one choice, and decided that the other would have to wait until I could figure out how I really wanted it to read {it involves words, and I'm not really poetic} I asked all family members, and Shelli, their opinion and made the decision. Shelli and I made the appointment and on Friday we went in and got tatted up!! While we were there Maddy decided she would get herself a piercing, called "the Rook" She got her first tattoo a few weeks back and is planning another next month, so she just stuck with a piercing. Here are the pics from the event, my new tattoo...
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| I chose to have it put on my wrist, my left wrist specifically becuz IF for what ever reason, I wanted to cover it up, I could wear my bracelets or watch on this arm. Sadly, there are still people who have issues with tattoo's and there may be times when I need to keep it covered. I may live with rock musicians, but that doesn't mean we don't roll in other more "conformist" worlds sometimes too. |
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| And there it is!!!! {from my point of view, anyway. It would obviously be the other way up when you see it in real life!!} |
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| And Maddy's "rook" piercing. Pretty cool!!! |
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