Tattoos!

I have 'MONSTER' inside my lip. Got it when I was 16 to commemorate my youth. Figured I'd end up regretting it, so I got it somewhere no-one would see and they often disappear anyway within 5-ish years. But it has been four and I still like it a lot. I do need to get it touched up.

Then I have one on each foot. They are excerpts of Charles Bukowski poems, in memory of my grandfathers. I typed them out on my maternal grandfather's typewriter, then assigned them a little symbol each, a cricket and an anchor. One is the last paragraph from For Jane:

what you were
will not happen again.
the tigers have found me
and I do not care.

And the other is from For Jane: With All the Love I Had, Which Was Not Enough:

and I call God a liar,
I say anything that moved
like that
or knew
my name
could never die


Flash makes 'em look icky.

It took me years to decide on my tattoos. Summer of 2011, I finally had them done. I love my tats! I have 3 tattoos of stephanotis (my favorite flowers that I picked for my bridal bouquet during my wedding), one small, one medium and one large representing my 3 boys on the left side of my torso in black. On the right side of my torso, I have 3 dragonflies, swishing different directions, one mainly blue, one in green and one in purple. Each one represent my sister. One sister the dragonfly in the middle is my oldest sister that died when she was only 18 months old. I will have a set of 3 more tattoos to complete my vision. I do things in 3s. I graduated high school in 3 years, finished school in 3 years, have 3 boys.... it wasn't the plan, but I like it:)

We'll I got my first one when I was 21, to cover a bad scar from childhood. From there I currently have 8. Some I love still, some are what was I thinking..

1st- Middle of back, thorns heart shaped with a purple flower-still like but is badly faded-got to cover scar
2nd-Right ankle-trinity symbol-all black-love celtic knots-I'll admit got it cause I loved Charmed
3rd-lower back....tramp stamp area. Celtic knot work all black.Got it for my bday.
4th- Left ankle-Dolphin/mood with purple/pink background shading. my friend carol and I went I picked hers, she picked mine.
5th-Was drunk dont remember getting it. A gothic tinkerbell, wish I never got it.
6th-Jesus Fish all black, left wrist. My grandma was very sick, she was the one that helped me become a christain. Still love it, but a lot of church people try to get me to go to church with them.
7th-About a week after my gramma passed away I got something for both my grandparents. Since my grandpa passed in 91. This would be the perfect time to do something. So on my left inside forarm 2 inches below my jesus fish. Is 2 angel wing,heart/olson.
8th-On the other side of forarm, still on left arm. My family dog who I've had for 18 years 11 months, passed away this past summer. My brother and I got matching tatts. 3 paw prints, with the word Seirra.

Since I was thinking about getting a tattoo for my other grandparents I could put it on my right inside forarm. I don't what to do for it. I would also like to get my nieces name somewhere. maybe to cover something.

I have two - the outline of a tree in brown ink on my left wrist, and two hands cupped together in black ink on my right. I love them both, but I don't want more tattoos.

I want my childhood dachshund's paw print on my foot in remembrance of her.

At the moment I have one full Sleeve It was all free handed and has taken over 90hours resulting in me spending over $8000 so far.

I will be looking at getting another sleeve in the near future once I have recovered from all the money I have spent on this one haha

I have a one simple red maple leaf on my left shoulder. i was 14 years old, my brother was 17 and some guy tattooed us both in my kitchen...my brother passed away when i was 18 so i keep it as a memory because it was something i can always remember us doing together. other wise i probably would redo it or cover it because it really isn't that great looking..kinda like a jail tat.

I can't think of a more valuable, meaningful tattoo that anyone could have. Amazing story.

oh dear, where do i start, i have three awesome pictures/portraits of my beautiful children going across my back with the word cherish underneath. Then i have a cancer poem on my abdominal side, a Polynesian half sleeve on my right arm which means survivor, a Polynesian half sleeve on my left arm which means family, and oh by the way i have no Polynesian in me, just a great respect for the art. Also on my left arm i have the Hebrew spelling of karma/do good and receive good and the slogan LIVESTRONG just to the other side of karma. on my left leg i have a Celtic cross to display my faith in God. on the right leg i have the Disney castle with a runner for every marathon I've ran and a set of balloons just above that for every half marathon. then on the back of my right calf i have a Celtic circle which means the circle of life.

I dont know if i will ever be done getting tattoos. Everyone always asks me, what happens to all that mess when you get to be 50 or 60? My response to them is simply; what happens if i dont make it to the age of 50 or 60. when i was 19 i was diagnosed with cancer and it took me 6 years to get rid of it. at that point in my life i said that i was going to do what i wanted to do and not regret it. I will worry about my 50's and 60's when i get there, but for now I'm takin care of business!!!

I have plans to get the bow of Artemis tattooed on my right front rib area, I know its gonna hurt like the devil though!!

tribal-ish maple leaf upper back (first one)
woodstock logo left top of my back
stars that start on the right side of my back and go over the collar bone (like 13. three match my cousins)
1st kiddo footprints shaped into a heart on my lower back
2nd kiddos footprints on the tops of my feet
big tree on my side/ribcage. done when i got to my goal weight. gaelic words "nothing without effort" and right under it.
goth-y fairy on my shoulder area.
and i have a stupid heart with flames on my chest. picked it out in like 5 minutes. that's what i get for not thinking about what i want.
plan on having it covered up with something.

oh and i want sparrows done.
i need to start planning my next one.