ok, i'm a littlte obsessed...

with the show, "who do you think you are" on NBC on Friday nights...
I love learning about my own family history... and one of the things that i want to do is get a month long subscription to Ancestry.com. I've seen every single episode (THANKS ONDEMAND!!) since they started this show last year. I decided to look up a few of the last names that i know of that are in my family (MANY of them are scotch-irish...cause we're awesome like that). SOooo I just looked up a few to see where my family was from in Ireland and found a bunch of info...BUT i just researched my family motto which is...

An Lámh Fhoisteanach Abú" which translates as "The Steady Hand to Victory".

Melinda, guess what my new tattoo is gonna say?!?;)

feeling smarter...most definitely.

a breath of fresh air...

I thought I would take this opportunity of free wifi for a whole 45 minutes...THANKS SFO for being a bunch of suckos on the "free" wifi...i digress.
it has been a MAGNIFICENT couple of days. I will say that while i did miss Mr. G it was DEFINITELY nowhere near the level of withdrawl i thought i would face...phew. I missed Cashy but fortunately Melinda loaned me her puppy and on sunday i got to play with 10, yes...10 BEAUTIFUL goldendoodles. I definitely wouldn't ever purchase a goldendoodle but they are CERTAINLY fun to play and cuddle with. So I got my puppy fix but I am definitely ready for some hubs and puppy cuddles.
Here are a few things I learned while I was here
-Melinda and Aaron like eachother...ALOT...not that I doubted this before just hadn't seen them in their natural habitat. They are very very much in love.
-I learned how to recycle. It was pretty fabulous...I wish Indiana was more into recycling.
-I was introduced to grapefruit izze's. Oh. My. Heavens.
-I really do like vegetables. Zuchinni is my new favorite. I will definitely be incorporating more into the diet for me and Mr. G
-Baby making is a science...i read a book that has changed the way i think about making babies. Now, in a few months...I will be well versed in the baby making
-i am REALLY out of shape...much to the excitement of Mr. G...I'm going to start doing cardio again and GASP riding my bike.
-I have some of the most amazing friends ever. I love the crap out of them.
-Melinda and Aaron have one of the most comfortable couches to sleep on.
-I like mini-coopers... a.lot.

I think that's about it for me kiddens. I had a MARVELOUS trip and will explain more in detail with photographic evidence. now, to get home to Mr. G and Casher...I can not wait to give my favorite boys hugs.

ps. this was exactly what i needed:)

oh HAAAiiiii California!

well, in a little less than 12 hours i will be on the road to the airport with Mr. G for CALIFORNIA! here are some things for you to note...

1. This will be the LONGEST i have been away from Mr. G since October of 2008... we've actually not spent 24 hours apart from one another since October 2008. that's not even a little bit of a joke. so yes, it's TIME...absence makes the heart grow fonder and the what nots.

2. Mr. G's birthday/christmas gift is this trip. He knows how much i love and miss my friends.

3. This trip was delayed because of snOMG 2011...so, it's about freaking time.

4. I haven't packed...even a little bit. Whoopsies.

5. it was -7 last night here in Indiana, it was 45 degrees in Cotati last night and it's close to 70 during the day there...yes, everyone...i know...you're jealous.

I'M SO EXCITED!!!:):):)
westward HO!
-k

my permanent art work...

so if you know me a little...you know i love tattoos. i have 2 at the moment and basically want 50 more. I always promise myself I will spend my tax money like a responsible girl and get my tattoo but I haven't yet... (COME ON ME!) So, this year... I'm doing it. Here's what I want...

My back piece...
That I've wanted for 5 years now. My rule is I have to want one for at LEAST a year before I get it...so ta dah! Here's the scoop...I want 2 swallows holding a banner that reads be dust and fear not. The setting has chanced in the last 5 years but I first discovered this in an old guest book from Dec 24th 1865. HOW AWESOME IS THAT?! It was just someone's doodle of two swallows in a field of wheat with the phrase "be dust and fear not" underneath...here's the basic layout...

the birdie...wings not up but extended...coloring the same.


the banner... the swallows will be on either side grasping the strings off of it in their mouth...banner will say be dust and fear not and be MUCH skinnier.


THEN onto my arm...
This is what I want to get done first actually:) Haha, I have been working on an idea for a half sleeve for over a year and it will be added onto later...just have the basics for now...
So we start with wood block waves or a cool version of wood block waves.


they will probably be less dark than that... and then adding...POPPIES!!:) they will be winding around my arm, two totally open, and then the phrase...
I Aear cân ven na mar.
Which is ELVISH for the sea calls us home... yes, my husband actually thinks that it's EXTREMELY sexy. Steve and I have always felt at home with the sea...that sounds super cheesy but...we can't help it...we're scotch irish.

I also will get both these phrases on my person at some point but my phrases are FAR less expensive they are as follows...
Alea Iacta (or jacta) Est- Which means the die is cast said by Caesar upon starting his civil war with Pompey.
AND
Deus ex Machina... I'm a TOTAL nerd for wanting this but it's a literary term that basically means something or someone saves the day out of nowhere and everything is resolved. It used to be because sometimes in greek plays they would just have a God come out of nowhere on stage and solve all the problems and that would be it... this phrase literally means... God out of the machine...because usually they were dropped in on cables from the ceiling or raised up through a trap door. such obscurity but i LOVE it.

and those are my tattoos!:)