Welcome to the [extremely late] tenth round of Tattoo Tuesday/Thursday.  Sorry it's been awhile since my last tattoo post.  I've just been out of the groove lately.

Haven't seen my other tattoos?  Then get caught up: first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth.

Relax; Location: top of left wrist; Age: 20

If you know me then you know I worry and stress.  A LOT.  I've been better about it.  This tattoo is supposed to be a constant reminder for me to relax.  I chose a very obvious place for it so I would see it all the time.  Wouldn't do me any good if I put it on the back of my neck.

When I first got this tattoo Hubs would constantly tell me to look at my wrist when I was freaking out or stressing about something.  But he doesn't do it that much anymore.  Thank goodness!

I'm trying to think of ideas for my other wrist.  I'm open to suggestions!

If you have a tattoo, I would love for you to share it with me.

This is something I need to do more of.

I've linked up at Live and Love... Out Loud.

"Bullets rain down upon a packed football stadium, killing dozens, and triggering a panic stampede which leads to a thousand more deaths. A police marksman kills the sniper, a mentally unbalanced Desert Storm veteran holding a smoking assault rifle. It's an open and shut case, or so America is led to believe...

In the aftermath of the stadium massacre, an outraged public demands an end to the threat posed by assault rifles, and Congress passes emergency legislation banning their private possession. American gun owners have one week to turn in their semi-automatic rifles, or face mandatory five year federal prison terms.

Jimmy Shifflett, the alleged stadium sniper, is linked to a shadowy "gun club" in southeastern Virginia, which the FBI believes is a cover for a secret right wing militia terror group. Those who knew Shifflett the best don't believe he was a member of any militia, or that he was guilty of the horrific mass murder.

But if he didn't fire the "assault rifle" into the stadium, who did, and why?"

I just finished reading Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken.  Hubs actually read this book first. He really enjoyed it and told me he would love it if I read it as well.  I wasn't sure at first, but Hubs eventually talked me into it. It took me awhile but I finally finished it.

This book felt so real.  At times when I would take a break from reading it I expected to turn on the news and see some of these events actually taking place.

They're a bit eccentric, but my Hubs is a gun nut.  So it's nothing new to me.  These books aren't for the feint of heart.  But if you're looking for something new I strongly recommend this series.

There are two more books to this series; Domestic Enemies: The Reconquista and Forgein Enemies and Traitors.  I also plan on reading these once I take a break and read the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich.

Go to Matthew Bracken's website and read the excerpts.  They're really good!

 I first saw these by Lindsey on Austin Antics and I thought they looked fun.  So I'm going to give it a try!  I think you should try it too!

1. What is one food you could eat everyday?


Everyday... that would really depend.  But lately it seems like shredded beef enchiladas and tacos.  So good.  I think I'm becoming more and more like my mother everyday.

2. Are you working in the career you thought you would be when you were 18?

No way.  I'm still stuck at the same place that I was at at 18.  I thought I would have moved on to something bigger and better, but I'm still stuck.

3. What is something that you wish you would have done when you were younger and you didn't?

 Well, I'm still young so I still have time to do things.  But I wish we had more time and money to travel and just enjoy life.

4. What color are your kitchen walls?

They're a boring off white color.  We didn't do any sort of painting when we moved into our house.  The off white worked well in the kitchen since the rest of the house is colorful.  Plus my kitchen cabinets are blue so I think any other color would have been too much.

5. Do you remember what your very first favorite song was?

I don't remember my favorite song, but I know my favorite group was the Spice Girls.  I love them.  I remember when my brother told me they broke up I started crying.  I was around 11.  I thought that was some of the worst news I'd ever heard.