New Work place!

Dear Bloggers,


Today I have started working at a new site for  2 months before going back to my 32 hour week in April.  It is very nice here so far and quite.  The people here are nice and friendly and thats a big thing for me.  One employee actually gave me his WiFi to use so I am not twiddling my thumbs all day since I have to sit at a desk for 8 hours straight watching people coming and going.  Im excited about seeing how these 2 months will go.  Traffic is horrible on 494... They need to add a lane for sure.  I did make it 30 minutes early so I wont have to leave at 7am to get here on time so I suppose it is not too bad but still.  I will have to start packing my own lunches so I have something to eat during the day.  OK lets talk about something else... This weekend I signed up for a trainer at the gym twice a week now for 12 months so I am hoping to drop the 30 lbs I need to and tone up!  I am really excited about that even though I have to pay a little more for it but I think it will be worth it.  So please wish me luck with it and able to stay with it also.  I am also going to be going to AZ in march to bring a friend back home to the cold weather of Minnesota.  She actually misses the snow!  I will be gone for a week and I plan to takes lots of pictures so I will be investing in a bigger SD card.  I have never been to AZ before so im really excited about going and getting some sun and nice weather.  I will b driving down with a friend so it should take about a day and half to get there.  I hope to be visiting appleshoe more often to make more arts and crafts this year.  Oh I also will be starting school in April and its official.  I got an acceptance letter in the mail and everything! It will take no more then a year to finish and I will hopefully be cutting some classes out since I have taken some in the past.  I believe that is all I can think of this beautiful Monday morning so here is a picture fo you all and I hope all my wonderful bloggers have a great week!




Love, 


ELSA not elkie....


P.s. this is a before and after picture I did on Photoshop... I hope you all like it.

I heart Tattoos!

Dear blog readers,


Today  I would like to share with you the tattoos that I have.  Actually this was a request from one of the people I see at my work so here I go!  My first tattoo I have is on my left shoulder blade of a wolf curled up and above it says "Dad" and below the wolf it says "6-10-59 ~ 11-19-06" I got that one obviously for my daddy who left this world at a young age and I miss him everyday... but thats not the point of this blog now is it.  This tattoo represents that he is always looking out for me as you will see the wolf's eyes are open.  My father had a tattoo for me on his arm of a wold howling at the moon with my birth date under it. This particular tattoo took about 6 hours to do in one day and it was a long day for sure. If you are thinking of getting a tattoo for the first time I would say maybe go with something smaller just so you can get used to the feeling of getting inked! I got this tattoo in March or April of 2007 and I love it. It did not hurt much until my tattoo artist went by my spine.  That tattoo cost me about $350 with tip. I think that is a great price for the size of this tattoo... Here is some pictures of when I first got it and what it now looks like after about 4 years.

Below is what it looks like now after 4 years 

My 2nd tattoo I got was on 01-05-11 and its behind my right ear and small. Its for my daughter and its her astrology sign which is Capricorn.  I only have two so fair and wan to get more! I only have one picture cause it took about 10 minutes to do and didn't hurt at all. Its cost me $80 which is a good price considering where it is and how hard it to get behind the ear.  I got both my tattoo done by the same person who is cool!  His name is Ben Rettke and he works at identity tattoo off of 169 and 63rd across from the BP in the little strip mall. So here it is and I hope you all have a great week and I hope to update again soon!

Love, Elsa!