My new girl

Well here is the evolution of my new cowgirl. She is different than what I had originally intended but that's what happens when a good tattoo artist gets his hands on you. Teddi went with me and we got there about 7:00 pm and Donnie finished about 2:30 in the morning . Starborn is on The Strip and Sahara right in the "Naked City" and I can tell you it's an interesting place on Friday night at 2 in the morning. When we finished, Donnie had to walk us out to the car and muscle his way through the crack heads and ladies of the evening. Anyway it was fun. We met Donnie when he did Teddi's first tattoo when she turned 16 and the rest is history. He's sure an interesting guy from Baton Rouge, LA. I can tell you a good time was had by all. I spent the evening sipping cinnamon coffee cause I heard that blood sucking vampires are allergic to cinnamon.

Mr Donnie starting my work
The rough drawing
Part way through with the shading
Starting to add color
The finished product

Nothing Like a New Tattoo

I've got an appointment with Donnie at Starborn in Vegas tonight at 6 to try to work up my new tattoo. Gonna have him take this horseshoe ( I like the worn industrial look of this horseshoe) without all that crap around it and then take my cowgirl ( picture below) and have her sitting in it like a swing. Then I want clouds around her head and roses around her feet with a banner that says Honky Tonk Angel. Can't wait to see what he comes up with.

Cliff wanted me to have it done in Greeley while we were at Traci's but I didn't want my arm to be sore while we were there and traveling, plus I didn't know the tattoo artist and there is nothing worse than a shitty tattoo. Turns out the woman who did Cliff's work in Greeley was really good and did an amazing job with finishing his muscle car and Betty Paige tattoo. But the real reason I didn't get it done was I think I may have to get it done in stages because it's gonna be the whole top of my arm, so I wanted to get it done where I can get touch ups etc. Plus I know how good Donnie is and outside of Kat Von Dee (who I cannot afford) he's the man.
I like the one below for my right boob as soon as they finish all the work on it next spring, but instead of the laurels I want flames around it. Maybe I'll have them add the words "burn one down for me" It's a Day of the Dead in memory of my right boob that is dearly departed HA HA.

Why do we love tattoos? I don't know, but we do. After I get my arm done I want a picture with my daughters that focus on our tattoos. I'd like Toby in it but the chance of getting him down here is slim and none. Maybe he can Photoshop himself in LOL

Busy Day

Well I got up this morning and realized I needed to keep busy or I'd go nuts today, so I have been cleaning house like a mad woman. Got our bedroom done except for dusting the blinds and then started on the spare bedroom. Had to clean it out after our Cheyenne went home for the summer. She's a junker and I always have to clean under the bed cause she stashes stuff under there. I had looked all morning for the broom and was just getting ready to go buy one when I started cleaning under the bed and there was the broom. We cannot figure out why she hordes stuff but she sure does. Sometimes even brings home junk she finds in the street and hides it under the bed. Cliff says she will end up running Van Gundys, a junk yard in Grand Junction. You want to laugh but somehow you realize it's not funny. Poor baby.

I took a hand saw and sawed off the top part of the foot board on our spare bedroom log bed. It was so high you couldn't lay in bed and see the TV and I got sick of moving the TV so the kids could see it so I decided to just solve the problem. It is gonna work out way better. Now I am washing all the rugs in the house and getting ready to clean both bathrooms and then I might be done for the day. Save the kitchen and dining room for tomorrow or later today. I still want to go to the gym and go swim laps so I think I'm about done.

Peachy Day

Got 15 quarts of Palisade peaches ready for the freezer. That was one of the first thing Cliff asked me this morning was if I got the peaches done ha. He said "yummy". Boy will they be good this winter. My little baby girl was a peach of a helper. Now getting ready to run to the doctor.

Dog Days of Summer

Well I just got back last night from taking Cheyenne back to Colorado after summer vacation. We really has a good time and I was sad to see her go. Had our usual drama with Michelle and it was nothing but a fight with her calling the police, screaming matches between her and Cliff, and finally her getting scared we would take her back to court and all her felony convictions would come out so she finally played nice. In fact when I dropped Cheyenne off she invited me "onto the driveway" and we talked for about a half hour. It was her usual trying to justify her actions but she actually did thank me for taking good care of Cheyenne and thanked me for all the nice things I had done for her, so it's progress of some kind and that is nice for a change. I just feel so sorry for Cheyenne caught in her mother's web. It is beginning to show and that's the sad part but I told Cliff this is the part where we just have to hold on and pray for the best. Let her know we are here and love her and provide as stable an environment as we can. She is such a beautiful little girl I just pray she can come thru it all without the scars being too deep.





Cheyenne saying goodby to Digger for the summer
Cheyenne on the ride back showing me her mustache. She wants to bring her vampire suit out and go back down on Fremont street and be one of the costume characters that hang out down there. She is to little to realize they are mostly weirdo's and crack heads. Some are legit but most of them not so much LOL
Got to see Alecia and she spent the night with me. The next morning we went peach and corn hunting. Cliff was laughing and asked if we had bagged our limit. I told him we were out of tags so guess we were done. We bought the peaches next door to Lon and Marlene's so we dropped by and I told Marlene how happy I was that her breast lumps were not malignant. She is still having problems and did not look good at all. It's worrisome. Just hope and pray she is alright. Alecia loves her Grammie so much it would kill her to have anything happen to Grammie.

After we got our peaches and corn we went to Main Street Bagels and had a yummy bagel and coffee well Alecia had a smoothie (had to get that sugar ha) but I had "hot coffee". Then we hugged and said good by. I thought it would be Thanksgiving before I saw her again but now it looks like I am flying back over on Labor Day weekend. Dad Cole has called a family meeting and asked me to try to be there he said it was real important to him so I got a flight for 49.00 and will fly in on Sunday, Dad and Mom Cole will pick me up at the airport, then Cliff will be there on Wednesday and we will have the meeting Wed night and we will come home on Thursday morning unless Cliff wants to leave Wed night then we will do that and I can drive home

Saturday Swim

Here are the shark girls getting ready to swim




Charlee came over today and took the kids to the splash pad in Bunkerville. I sure was glad cause I was in a funk and didn't feel like doing anything. Later in the day they came back and we fixed them something to eat and they played sharks in the kiddie pool till it was almost dark. They were so cute diving under the water and pretending to bite each other. So sweet. It was so hot during the day they didn't even want to swim but once it started to cool off they swam for about 2 hours. Then Cheyenne went over to Cha's for awhile cause she wanted to keep playing with Doodle Bug. I was in bed by the time Charlee brought her home.

I had mowed about half the yard last late in the afternoon so I was ready for a bath and to cool off. I will finish it in the morning and change the water in the kiddie pool as I am sure they will be at it again this afternoon lol.

Tomorrow will be Cheyenne's last day here for the summer and it sure went fast. I will really miss her. By next summer she will be acting and looking like a teenager, she is already headed in that direction, such a pretty girl. Cliff is determined that we will have her all 6 weeks next summer and I do hope it works out that way guess we will have to wait and see. Seems like it is always the children that suffer in these things.

I know I wish I had been smarter when I was young and not subjected my kids to a lot of the things I did but I guess hind sight is 20/20. I was just young, immature and selfish, and the older I get the more I realize what a piss poor excuse that is.

Super Mima

Got back from Vegas tonight. Cheyenne and I went to Teddi's and watched Harlee for three days. I thought that Olivia would be there too but she was at her Daddies. We did get to see her for a minute Friday afternoon but not nearly long enough. Cheyenne's friend Emerald went too and it was a good thing or I think that Cheyenne would have been really bored. But the big girls did really good and I was proud of them. Teddi and I got a chance to talk for the first time in a long time and I really enjoyed that. I love her so much and am so proud of her. Both my girls are so sweet to me and so loving. I am lucky. And Toby is the best son in the world always concerned about his Mama. I love my kids.
Poor Harlee is wondering which direction she is headed lol
Sweet girl is 7 months old and still doesn't have any teeth . She is teething so bad I felt sorry for her. Then her Mima kept trying to get a picture and the flash would make her close her eyes. She is such a good sweet baby always laughing it was hard to see her hurting from her teeth.
Here is the whole crew Cheyenne, Olivia, Harlee and Emerald