Is there really a such thing as the Zipper Club?

Well...kind of.  See, a scar from having open-heart surgery is kind of like a pregnant belly...everyone sees it, everyone kind of stares at it thinking "hmm, should I ask??" and most everyone decides against it. This week, however, I had a coworker come up to me at work (I'm back to work by the way, more on that later.) and tell me "Oh, so you're a member of the Zipper Club? My husband is too." Call me crazy, but I found this AWESOME!  As most of you know, I'm not embarrassed about my scar. I kind of had to get over it, I wasn't known for my super-modest wardrobe to begin with, people have been staring at my chest since puberty. I'm not PROUD of that so much as I've gotten over it, same with the scar. It's a part of me, it's an awesome story, why not own it, right?  So I've been toying with the idea of getting a tattoo over the scar cuz, hello!! What better way to own it! Problem?? I'm a huge weenie and am surprised I even made it through the only other tattoo I have. On that note I would like to say, for the record, I didn't know of the phrase "tramp stamp" when I got it...I swear!  So anyway, I have been told that getting tattoos over scars hurts like hell, so I'm not going to rush into this decision any time soon. Mostly cuz I don't really regret my other tattoo so much as I kind of got sick of it after about a month and you can't exactly get rid of it so I'm not going to hurry a decision that I would see every single day. But the Zipper Club gave me a pretty cool idea of what I would like my tattoo to be.  However, I'm not exactly the most artistic person so I have trouble wrapping my head around what I would want the tattoo to look like. Just a plain old zipper sounds boring and ugly lol

So for those of you who actually read my blog (I know, I know, there's about a billion of you!!) and have some artistic ability, I would LOVE some ideas!  I'm not sure how to explain what I want other than a pretty zipper? Sorry, like I said, zero artistic ability. Those of you who play Draw Something with me know!!

Anyway, I've been at work now for 2 weeks and I'm already missing being home with the girls. I like the "break," if you will, but as a mother you just never really get over the guilt of not being home.  It's not really fair, if you ask me!  So I think that if David's possible career move falls through (cross your fingers for this to NOT happen!) I'm just going to start going back to school full time and see where that takes me. I've waited and waited and made excuse after excuse and it's just time. I still have no idea what to go to school for. I'm thinking somewhere between opening my own bakery (I'm pretty sure there isn't a major in that subject lol) and being a writer.  What I'm the most afraid of is going to school for 4 or more years and having a degree that I can't even use. I remember in high school all of our teachers told us "All you need is a 4 year degree and you'll be set!" LIARS!  I'm sure they couldn't have predicted that our economy and job situation would be where it is today but who could have?  Wait a second, isn't that someones JOB to fix?? Hmm....


  <-----That's all I'm saying!!!!




As for the diet...lets just say I've fallen off the wagon. Chocolate is my best friend and will never leave me.  My favorite work pants were a little tight the other day (to be fair they were fresh out of the dryer!) so I turned on the music and jumped and danced around with Penny =) That counts, right?! I'm determined to hit my goal weight by New Year's Eve and I'm keeping it dammit. Its just....CHOCOLATE!!! Need I say more? I gave it up for Lent so maybe that's why I've been so obsessed with it recently.  And no, we aren't Catholic, we're Lutheran. Which is basically Catholic...except it isn't.  And we haven't gone to church since my confirmation, but we still do the whole Lent thing. Mostly for the self-discipline of it. Whatever, come Easter morning I was elbow deep in a tub of Nutella =) Ok not really, but for those of you who DO give up something for Lent do NOT give up chocolate. It's just cruel.

On that note, I think Penny still had a Cadbury Creme egg...those are my absolute favorite =)...Adios!


  tee hee!