Let's talk the talk - tattoo time

If you've read the "about" section you might realized that I like tattoos. So does my husband. No, we haven't met at a tattoo convention or anything like this. And no, I don't have tattoos because he has some and viceversa. We each got our first tattoo before we met...
I have a total of  7 and he's got 7 as well but his are mostly interconnected so you can't really count them as individual tattoos anymore. Mine are all seperate. Some people like that, some don't. Some prefer them to be connected as one big piece of art and some don't. As some like tattoos and some don't. It's a question of preference and taste. And it's always gonna be like that.
So I respect it when someone doesn't like my tattoos or tattoos in general so please respect my opinions as well. thanks :)

I have wanted to get my first tattoo when I was about 15 years old. It wsa just beginning to be really fashionable at that time and there were said to be tattoos that supposedly faded within 4 years or so. well, I'm really glad I never got one. thanks to my dad. I wasn't allowed to get one. and i'm still very grateful for that decision! well, tattoos don't just fade away. but I was a naive littel gril who wanted a tattoo and was willing to believe it. who cares now. I didn't get one. just move on mel!

so I moved on and when I turned 19 I was down under travelling all by myself. I travelled around Australia for 2 weeks and then I moved to New Zealand visiting friends and family. I stayed with my NZ host-family for abour 3-4 weeks I think and there of course I wanted to get a tattoo and that's exactly what I did.

 me and my bestie in the summer of 2008

I went in there with my bff and we both got our first tattoo.

(yep, that's my wedding dress. but here you see my first tat. on the left it's already been extended. so it's just the middle part which is also called a "koru")

and since then I'm addicted. True words. I know it's clichée and so on but I do love my tattoos and I can't wait to get more. I would be covered in tattoos if it weren't for my job. if I would own my own business I would totally rock a full sleeve! I tell ya!!!!

let's move to some juicy photos! right?! not too juicy, though :) but there is some bare skin involved as I'm about to show you the artworks on my body.... be AWARE! Images of bare flesh ahead!!!!! :D

so the next one I got was this one:

it's on the inside of my left upper arm.

I got that in jan 2010. another reminder of the place I would call home *home is where your heart is...lalalalalala* do you know that song? the sounds it is... RANDOM! mel!
 as you may be able to tell it's the star constellation called *crux* or better known as southern cross..

next was this one in feb 2011

just freshly done that's why it's so red

it's latin and reads "fatum suam viam invenit" which is probably totally not making any sense as my latin grades sucked but still I traslated it myself and it is supposed to be meaning "destiny finds its way". ( now you can feature it on one of those pages where they show the tats that are spelled incorrectly)


Next one was in I think november 2011
it's a fleur de lis (on the right)

don't have another photo of it. sorry. but you get the idea.

google it and it gives you different meanings. religious ones and some about french royalty and so on. for me it's just that I liek the looks of it and it has three petals and 3 is the smallest number a family consists of. there you go ....think whatever you want to :)


next one was back in new zealand on our honeymoon Jan 2012.

(done by the same artist as the "koru" in the middle. same shop, same city.)

then I got this one round about end of jan/beginning of feb 2012
two gerbera daisies (favorite flowers) a black bow and the handwriting of our fav tattoo artist reading
"in my heart today and always" as a memorial tattoo of my grandy who passed away in feb 2011.

this on is on my right upper thigh.

and the last one so far : taaddaaaa!
a dandelion with my mum's handwriting reading "all the I am I owe to you" as I owe everything to her.

taking photos of by myself is kinda hard...

there are a few more planned already in my head.
I got a voucher of a friend for a cupcake tattoo. now I'm currently planning on the concept to go with it. I want it on my other upper thigh and I don't just want a cupcake. looks a bit lost I reckon. so I will make another post about that upcoming tattoo.

then I already have an appointment for feb 2013 at a czeck artist. his name is ondrash and he makes these wonderful aquarel tattoos. all I'm gonna say about that for now is that it's supposed to be for my dad.... the rest is still unwritten  undrawn... (somehow I have all these lyrics and songs in my head today)


for now I'm gonna go sing out loud and enjoy the rest of the evening with pup waiting for hub to come home from work!

 this is one of my hubs tattoos which he also got in NZ on our honeymoon. I will post his tats as soon as he is finished with his big project.

night, night!

Weekotos # 2

weekly recap of the last week. not too many words, just let the pictures do the talk :)

chanel nails

view from our house

Good morning my love!

on my way to Berne

visiting Zeus with my parent's  dog sheila in the background

Visiting my parents

Going out

just me and our car

pascal, a friend, who joined us for dinner at an italian restaurant

hubs eating his lasagna

drinks

ready to go to bed

yellow nails

burry pic! he was driving too fast

rain, rain and more rain

at the swimming pool: sleeping husband, popsicle, me, the view

nice bottle of red wine

that's it for today. gonna watch batman at the movies tonight. I know, I know, we live in switzerland so it's still on and no we haven't seen it yet.

enjoy the rest of the weekend!!!!

july haul

today I'm just gonna be posting some things I bought during the month of july. It was my birthday at the end of june and I got some vouchers and so I went and bought some nice things.

I do like some fancy things but mostly I just don't have the spare money to spend it on stuff like high end products. so I grabbed this opportunity (the vouchers, guys! I just told you about) and went and bought some fancy nail polishes and a fancy super way too expensive lipstick (I would have never got without the vouchers! like waaaaaay to expensive for just a lipstick and considering I'm still a student right at this moment of time!)

So I got two chanel nail polishes

left: 401 saint-tropez right: 231 bikini

I love those colors. I wore both of them last week. and I think they're fantastic,long wearing and just so much fun!

then I got the rouge de guerlain le brilliant in B21 bianca

see the little mirror thing that pops up when you take out the lipstick. faaaancy!

Duck lips just for you! can't really see the colour, but it's nice... my duck lips I mean ;)

Then I got some shoes for autumn and spring at a sale. once again I'm totally going for the colours this year!!!

gonna rock those yellow boots! :D

Then I got some super cheap earrings...

and then my mum got me 3 scarfs. I know it's in the middle of summer but the shops have their super sales on and you can never have enough scarfs, right?

 

pink plaid

a light minty green white plaid

and some stars...

oh by the way did you notice I finally got around to figure out how to add the signature at the bottom of the post. I know there is still a border but still! I did it!

enjoy your weekend!!!

I'm on a mission #2 : Link up to a healthier me!

I know I'm late! but it has been a busy week. But I was planning on posting my weight loss themed things on thursdays and then Raven and Kirsten joined up to host wth this "inspire me - healthy" link up which is on thursdays as well...
I might just join in. even though I'm one day late. sorry ladies! :D


 
I just recently posted about my weight journey here so you might wanna check that out. well, I just recently started this whole blog :) there's always a beginning but hopefully not an ending too soon :)

As I have already talked about my journey to a happier and healthier me I decided to just post some photos. Sorry there aren't gonna be any bikini photos atm.... I'm just not confident enough and oh well, it's a bit early on in the journey for me. but if I reach my goal body I will of course post some ... it's always like that, aye?!

a before shot. well the only pic I found of me in full body not wearing my wedding dress (which doesn't show my lower body as it's hidden beneath thousends of layers of fabric, might do a wedding post one day) was this one taken in NZ on our honeymoon.

before shot: I'm gorgeous! look at me, no makeup and geared up as a tourist. loooooovely!

I like the occasional of this (healthy food)

But I do prefer loads of this (homemade btw! chocolate ice cream! YUMMY)

So does hubby. He likes my little treats :)

and some more...

and because I love them so much. one more!

and this me beloved readers is me at my smallest I can remember. see I was never skinny but smaller than I am now. the is my goal. and I'm gonna so damn make it there!!!! you can bet on this little rocking beauty!

The big days pass just like normal ones

well, I was gonna post yesterday but I got home late and I really couldn't keep my eyes open for a blog post.

So it was a big day yesterday. I handed in my master thesis. cool, aye? I thought so, too.
however, I have to admit I have been stressed out like some crazy sheep for the last week. maybe for some of you this doesn't mean a lot or is quite normal. but those of you who actually know me in person know that I'm never stressed out. I need the pressure to keep going but this time it was too much.I snapped.

maybe to give you a little insight into my personal life and to understand me better:

well, I have never been an A student. I know school systems are different all over the world and even in little switzerland they are not all the same. I was an average student. I never failed a class (I almost did, my first year at high school) and I just went through school with good grades. nothing special though. I never understood how people had to take a break before they started university as it was so hard to get that diploma (the high school one, it's so hard to explain this.. ) and from all that hard work they needed a year off school. I never got that, never.
I thought I hadn't put too much effort into high school and I got average grades. I never had to put a lot of effort into those grades. I also know I could have been an A student. but I was never ambitious enough. never. I love life too much!

well, the thing is that since I can remember I have always worked like this: don't study during the semester but one week before the exams. that is just how I worked. I was too lazy to do anythig during the semester and that got even worse at university as no one cared about anything but the exams. so it just encouraged me to keep on going the way I was used to (even though I know it isn't a good way to study).

so I kept on going through my years at university and got my bachelor's degree and when I failed an exam I didn't care as I knew I would pass it a few weeks later as I knew exactly that I hadn't been studying the first time around. so it was all ok. I told meself so many times "mel, you have to chaneg. start studying earlier and everything will be fine!" I never did. I never changed. never. Iit wasn't that I just hung around like a lazy couch potato. I always worked (everything from 1 day a week at the beginning to 5 days a week during the last year) and I like d working. I liked being a housewife trying to take care of my hubby and so on.

now I was supposed to write my master thesis. I did. But this time, I snapped. I have never ever felt this way before. and I know it's al my fault. I was actually stressed out. for the first time in my entire life I wasn't hungry (can you imagine this!!!!!!) and I lost 5 kgs in one week. it's not that I didn't finish in time but it kind of dawned on me that this is it. this is supposed to be my masterpiece and I have been slacking on it as well. once again I was cursing myself like so many times before and I wanted to press a rewind button just to have some extra days. (well this didn't happen obviously!)

so here I am. all stressed, still trembling and I really haven't felt this bad in my entire life. now all I can do is wait and hope. maybe this time around I won't be the lucky one anymore and I actually just broke my own backbone..

but then I will get up as I always do, hold my head up high and continue the path that has been waiting for me.( Whatever that may be.. cupcakes, anyone???)  right? what the HELL are you thinking???? OF COURSE I WILL KICK LIFES BUTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that's what it looks like when I'm done. you haven't seen the office yet.

Pandora still believes in me.

on my way to hand in my thesis