SOME EASTER HUMOR........

AND to get that picture of those boys playing tag off the top of my blog....It was EVEN starting to get to me too! =)

TAKING A BREAK

The days are getting longer now and the temps are SLOWLY rising.......I'm feeling the need to take a little blogging break. Thought I'd leave sea star a little gift with the above pic to look at while I'm away.....It's her favorite! =)

LID ANNIVERSARY FUN!

Nope, I didn't take pole dancing lessons (I'm saving that one IF we have another LID celebration next year =), order Mexican at a Mexican Restaurant, go flying, get a Pug (that one I WILL do someday) or order a Margarita instead of coffee (although, I could have used one on Saturday!).......I was inked (that's tattoo talk). =)

I've been throwing the idea around of getting a tattoo for about a year now. It all began when I starting watching Miami Ink and was fascinated with the art and the stories behind why someone gets a tattoo. This is something that up until that time I would NEVER do. There just wasn't anything that I would want to put on my body that had enough meaning....Until now.

I actually went a couple times (without an appointment) and came close to having it done over the last 6 months. Both times, it didn't work out because they were too busy or someone that no showed an appointment suddenly showed up. It wasn't meant to be. Last week I decided to set up an appointment for Saturday, March 8Th....Our 2 year LID anniversary. Right after I made the appointment, I headed off to the store to pick up some groceries. I started wondering if I was making the right decision in getting a tattoo.....Just then, I see a woman holding the hand of a beautiful Chinese girl. It's all I needed to know that I no longer needed to doubt myself.

Fast forward to Saturday. I had an appointment for 1:00 and arrived about 5 minutes early. The tattoo artist has a man in his chair that he is finishing up with. The man is crying. I'm dead serious. Crying. I was about to turn myself around and head back out the door, but I didn't. I was determined that I was going to prove once and for all that women are MUCH tougher than men!

After the guy left, the tattoo artist said that he was running a bit behind because that guy had passed out on him! I'm asking at this point if it really hurts that bad. He said that women have a MUCH higher pain tolerance then men do. Yeah, I thought so! =) Enjoy the pictures............................ The first picture I'm fake crying.

Then, he started working! It seriously hurt worse than I thought it would! I might be playing it up a little bit here, but I think I screamed....."I can see why the guy passed OUT!!!!!!"

In this one, I'm really not playing at all. I was ready for it to be over. I think I broke a sweat!

Ahhh, it's over and I love it. It looks a bit large in this picture, but it's only 1.5 inches. It says.......FAMILY........At least I HOPE that's what it says!! =)

24 MONTH LID ANNIVERSARY

Two years ago today marks the day that our paperwork was logged in at the CC@@. One important lesson that I have learned over the past two years is:

(Although, for the first 18+ months I was learning this lesson while kicking and screaming! =)

To celebrate this anniversary, I'm doing something that I said that I would NEVER do and something that most would say is totally out of character for me. Any Guesses?

HAPPY HAPPY 2006 TO US!!

Referrals are starting to arrive. Eight days this month......Only 63 more LID's to go before they get to ours!! I'm so happy that I'm actually able to figure that out in my head now....Instead of breaking out the dreaded calculator each month. FINALLY, they're working on 2006!!!! Finally.