Answering your tattoo questions

"How long did it take to get your tattoo?"  Over two hours
"How much did it cost?"  $75.00, but they have low overhead since they are not in a big city.  I heard one of the guys telling a lady, "You'll have to go to (some shop in) Warrensburg to get that done; it will cost you twice as much, because it's a college town, but that's where you need to go."  I have little idea what the going price is for a tattoo the size of mine, but I'm thinking anybody with that kind of artistic talent who spends over two grueling hours working on an old lady's back is working pretty cheaply.  
"Didn't it hurt?"  After the first five minutes or so, I more or less got used to the burning sensation and didn't even think about it... until the last twenty or thirty minutes, and then I was very ready to be done.  Logan kept asking me if I wanted a break, but I just wanted it done, so he kept at it.  
"Are you going to wear sundresses to show it off?"  I might get some tank tops or spaghetti-strap shirts for here at home, but I will probably wear my usual T-shirts when I'm off the property.  People do tend to judge folks with tattoos.  How do I know this?  Because I've done a little judging of my own, over the years.
"Why Pegasus?"  You'll find the answer HERE, if you read the whole entry.  If I hadn't been watching an episode of "Pickers", I would have ended up with some sort of Honda Gold Wing tattoo, which would be about me and Cliff and our mutual love of riding the motorcycle.  The Mobile Pegasus goes back to Cliff's teenage years, his youngest sister's childhood (and even another sister who died as a toddler), and to my children's infancy.  So it's very personal to me, and reminds me of my favorite people. 


If you have other questions, leave them in my comment section and I will edit this entry to answer them.

It happened on Facebook: tattoo discussion

I was private messaging with a couple of ladies on Facebook, asking them if they knew a certain person.  Somehow one thing led to another and I found out the two of them went together and got a new tattoo yesterday.
I said, "I've always hated tattoos, and yet there's a part of me that would like to get one, maybe on my shoulder where it wouldn't show too often."
They told me I should do it.  I asked about the pain and then left my little private messages and shared my thoughts with all my Facebook friends (if you are one of my Facebook friends, feel free to look at the discussion).  Someone asked what sort of tattoo I would get, and I said, "The Honda Gold Wing logo."

Here are a couple of possibilities, although the GL 1800 would not be a part of my tattoo.
Then Cliff and I watched a DVR'd episode of "Pickers" and saw them buying Mobil Pegasus signs.
"Wait a minute, I think that's the tattoo I want!  A Mobile pegasus!"
Cliff just shook his head.
I found a couple of examples of what I might ask for:

While this conversation was going on, is it any surprise that David, of Hyperblogal fame, came up with a whole different tattoo for me?  Here's his suggestion:

Ree Drummond, right on my arm.  Thanks David, but no.  I like Pioneer Woman, but not THAT much!


I have a special fondness for the Mobil Pegasus because when Cliff was a kid, he got a decal someplace and put it on the headboard of his baby sister's crib, which ended up being the crib I used for both of my babies.  I still have the headboard.

This morning I was googling "pegasus tattoos" and found out I am not the first person to want such a tattoo, although I may be the first to want the Mobil version.  A little more googling led me to learn that there is a meaning behind a pegasus tattoo.  


"As a tattoo symbol, Pegasus represents much of what a Horse does, loyalty, stamina, endurance and speed, but with the added dimensions normally associated with Wings and Birds -freedom, and a soaring spirit, mind and heart. Pegasus speaks to the poet in us, of the magical and mystical and the divine world of Gods among the clouds and Mount Olympus. Pegasus will carry us to new heights of imagination, inspiration and aspiration."


So, I think I have made my choice.  There's no fool like an old fool.