I can't grow roses... I can draw and tattoo them... I think?

I think I've said this before but I like the say once more.... I never get tired tattooing roses...

Ooops!! One more cowgirl!

I forgot to add this little gem! I can not take credit for the artwork on this one! This gal is from the wildly popular Angelique Houtkamp the ladies and gentleman love this gal!!

Painting to Tattoo

This is neat! I did this painting first.. I wish I was like alot of artist when it comes to painting, they seem to paint all night after working a 10 hour shift... just imagine...... probably listening to some cool arty music really loud, smoking cigs really getting into the music and the painting next thing you know.. 7am suns coming up painting finished. NOT ME, I'll paint on my day off here and there when I have time.. sooo here is one of just a few I've painted this year, I think it's a good one? I posted it on Facebook and BOOM! my friend wanted it tattooed on them! Neat-o!! Don't you think?

Garden Time!!

Sooo this does not do my garden justice! If you go back on my blog to last year... I have to say... I've advanced into THE MASTER GARDENER!!!! ahhhhhh yeah! ok maybe not really a master but I'm much better. Last year we had just a few tomatoes, jalapenos and a few other things but it was never anything to show off... or give away because you had to much. This year!!! I had 4 types of tomatoes!! including TOMATOEZILLA!! who was taller than my husband and wider than the house!! (ok maybe not that wide) I had to give away tomatoes left and right!! I had yellow, red and two types of heirloom!! I also have.... 2 types of heirloom lettuces, mint, green beans, swiss chard, spinach, yellow squash, onions and zucchini of course beets!! and I'm hoping for carrots. Now we have ZUCCHINIZILLA!!! I'll post pictures of this magical creature later.

A year or more....

It's a new day a new year and I am begging for you to forgive me!!! How long has it been yes almost 14 months!!! How could I have done this!!! I'm sure all of you are dying to know what the heck is going on in my silly little life.... ok maybe not but you might be mildly interested... Right!! Ok so let start over again... I promise at the very least a weekly update on my tattoos, art, furniture , my garden and of course motorcycles and much more!!

Neat-o things....

Three cool things happen to me this year mostly... I'm proud to say I am now a wife! yep my old ass got hitched to best guy in town!! I got braces!! I've been waiting for about 30 years and why not at the ripe old age of 41 almost 42 get them babies lined up nicely! Third... has not happened yet.... Triathalon... on my birthday in 13 days....

Cowgirls!!! Yeeee haaaaw!!!

I love some cowgirls!!! I have had such a great time tattooing some cowgirl action!! Being that I feel like I'm a cowgirl at heart I think I understand and tattoo them pretty dang good.

Red Riding Hood is a Gangsta!!! My friend Joey who owns a super cool store in Seal Beach called Golden State Goods came in and wanted this super cool tattoo that a friend drew for him. I was a little nervous about tattooing such a cool piece of art but I think it came out pretty darn good!

Secret Tattoo.

I did this a few months ago on a good friend of mine... This had some images that have alot of meaning to him, It's a secret shhhhhhh you can try to guess the meaning but I'll never tell.

Dog beds

Soooo I alway have issues with dog bed, most of the time I just buy what's on sale but there is a big part of me.... the design part of me that wants a cool dog bed one with style and is just like a duvet for your bed..... well it happened and it's cheap and super cute!! mollymutt.com they have doggie duvet the biggest one is only $45 to me thats a deal. Now my dog bed can match our people bed??? whaaat that sound crazy... but it makes me happy.

Just like this photo

What does cheese, home grown tomatoes and turkey bacon have in common??? They are all yummy for breakfast!!

What have I done!

So we have 3 doggies and with 3 pooches come all kind of great ahhhh... smells??? all the dirt laying, farting, rolling in dead things etc etc. Also Pickle having a issue sometimes going number 1 when she feels like it in the front room... I think it smells alll the time. I know it doesn't because we spend alot of money on steam cleaning the carpet every few months.... what a pain in the ass spending money on carpet you HATE!!! sooo with that said, Ricki and I have talked about pulling up the carpet squares and just having concrete floors, it's a modern house why not, I like it? One day I had enough!!! I pulled up the carpet, (not that hard its just panels layed down nothing under it just the concrete.) I got concrete stain at lowes for $20 buck and followed the direction (some what) and this is what happened.....

The floor waaay before

The floor before

...and after

floor after

Redo'in floors???

This is the final effect Im super happy with it now but when I started O' man it was a pain in the ASS, and I think it looked pretty bad :( sooooo now it's pretty f' in cool!

Out with the old in with the lettuce?

I planted my first ever veggie garden a few months ago and it was some what of a success... kinda, I had some problems one in particular my female greyhound Pickle Pants. Even with a fence up she still stuck her head in and ate all my cucumbers and zucchini leafs and all... but I did notice that she won't touch the peppers of any sort hot or not. Soooo with that in mind I started my second crop but in the front to protect the other veggie is peppers! My friend Heather found this super cool site called sproutrobot.com it tell you when to plant stuff, which is always my big question!! Just enter your zip code and it will tell you what to plant! its that easy! so sprout robot told me lettuce and root type veggies. One photo show the older side of the garden with peppers and tomatoes and now some cabbage the other photo is red leaf lettuce and a zucchini waaay far back. Good luck little guys your safe from a evil Pickle Pants!!

Sunday with Dad and Linda

My dad LOVES a pastrami sandwich, I could not seem to find a good one in Long Beach? well I wanted to take him to one of the famous places in Los Angeles, Canter's Deli! It's awesome! My dad got his sandwich and he didn't speak for at least 10 mins. This place is a very much a makin dad happy place.

Gold mine in my kitchen!

So I have lived in Long Beach for 5 years now and I moved quite a bit of stuff from Georgia, I kept it in storage for about 8 months, moved into my very own place and was shocked at how much CRAP I lugged from the South to the west!! 5 years later not alot of my crap is still around, BUT I did keep this little gem, not sure why a purchased it in the first place but I did and I'm glad for it. I was in the kitchen looking for something to make for a pool party and looked in my cabinet and had for some reason 3 cans of chick peas, hmmmm hummus! I dug up my mini food processor and wrestled with it for a solid 15 mins was thinking it was broken. It wasn't threw some chick pea and other stuff, pressed the button and BAM! hummus it was that easy! Now I know why I got that little guy! to make fun dips 5 years later....... yeeeah right.

Trio of Hummus

Ricki and I went to our friends birthday party this Saturday she is a vegan! I wanted to do some type of dip for her something full of flavor and fun! soo I did a trio of hummus.

all 3 of these just put into food processor and blend til desired thickness.

Spicy black bean hummus-

can of black beans

1/2 cup for frozen corn

1 jalapeno (I took one from my garden!)

a table spoon on tahini (if you want you don't have to use it)

little bit of olive oil

2 cloves of garlic

Artichoke Hummus

1 can of chick peas

1 can of artichoke hearts

1 table spoon of tahini (if you want again!)

1/2 a lemon

splash of olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

Baba ganoush

2 med eggplants

(roast in over at 350 til tender, poke with a fork)

3 cloves of garlic

1/2 lemon

salt and pepper to taste

That's it! Then any kind of chip you like pita or corn chips whatever!

I'm so sorry!!

I run 6 miles almost everyday or every other day... I think about all the cool thing I could put on my blog... all the cool things I could talk about on my blog... and yet I do nothing... I will try to do more, I see all of the cool blogs on the web and think about how I could be post even cooler stuff but I don't. I'm gonna try, really.

Sweet tats!

Just did a few tattoooos pretty cute!

Hotlanta after 5 whole years!

So I went to Atlanta after being gone for 5 years!!! It was nice to see my friends, my house etc etc! but I really came for 3 things..... pictured above!

Garden Crazzzzeeeeee

So my gal pal Heather and I have gone garden crazy, I started a garden a few months ago and now I'm started to get veggies here and there but I still go out every morning with my coffee and water my garden and stare at the baby veggie trying to figure out when I should pick them... So I have the "ok" from my landlord to make my side yard a whole garden! I have big plans and I promise I will keep my blog followers (all 19 of you!) a breast of this adventure!

Shop Butthole

Mini Man comes to work with me almost everyday but I have to say lately he has been a butthole.... Or maybe we have been spending to much time together... he sleeps in the bed with us and he comes to work with me, I think the only time we are not together is when I work out. No wonder he is a jerk! spoiled with a side of spoiled!!

The "When Ricki goes out of town diet"

Ricki goes out of town alot, and like to do some silly type of "diet" or "detox" soooo this happens to be my new fav one... feel free to try it if you want I lost 5 pounds in two weeks.

Breakfast-

Right when you wake up eat some fruit of your choice (apple, pear, banana) and a big glass of lemon water.

hour later... 1 cup of brown rice or 1 cup of quinoa with a little honey on it. (This is not so good but you can power through it)

For lunch AND dinner- Choose 4 cups of any kind of veggies! (mix it up mostly greens) steam for 4 or 5 mins depending on the veggie. Keep the water.... This may sound kinda yucky but you can warm up the water and add a pinch of salt and drink it when you are hungry.

OK! Thats the way the detox was listed, BUT I changed a few thing, I add lemon juice to the veggie steam, and sometimes steamed tofu (extra firm) and for breakfast I also ate flax seed oatmeal.

I did it for 9 days it was awesome I never really felt hungry and I felt pretty skinny... kinda.

Born Free on a Cupcake

Me leaving the bike show, I was sure that when I attempted to kick my bike over that it would fall over on top of the and I would break my leg.... just because 10 or so guys were taking pictures of me. BUT my good ole gal started on the first kick!!

Born Free Bike Show!!

This was one of the best bike shows I've ever been to!! Not only was down the street from my house BUT, my pal Harpoon helped to run this awesome show! Here are a few of the bikes that I saw that were pretty cool.