It seems like tattoos are popping up all around me. I was reading a blog post the other day by a guy who had people send him pictures of their tattoos. And just this morning one of the lady’s at work could barely put her jacket on because of her resent tat. So I decided it was a sign from God that I needed to display mine to the world.

When I was a freshmen in college it was the very trendy thing to get a tattoo (I think it still is for some reason). It was also the trend at the time to do tribal tattoos. Not wanting to be like everyone else I decided that I was going to do something other than JUST a tribal tattoo. I was going to add a cross into the picture (witch is just as trendy). I have to say that I’m very happy with what I have though. I have people ask me all the time if I regret it, and I just have to say that I can’t do anything about it. So I enjoy it. My tat is part of who I am and a constant reminder of what has been done for me.

And yes it hurts.

It is official. As of last Saturday (Sept. 29), Shannon and I are now the proud owners of iPhones. If you don’t know what an iPhone is, then disregard this blog seeing to the fact that you are probable surfing the internet on your Tandy computer using your telephone modem. For the rest of you, we have been drooling maybe even coveting the iPhone since it’s announcement back in January. We’ve been plotting and planning to get one. There was even thoughts of selling our dog (Cali), but those thoughts quickly passed. Just recently, we finished a two year (roughly) excursion to get out of debt. This coincided with the price drop of the iPhone. We of course saw this as a sign from God that we needed to buy our iPhones and quickly purchased them as soon as we saved up the money (I don’t care if I could cook a hot dog…I’m not going back into debt for any phone).

So far I must say that it has surpassed all my expectations. One of my favorite features is Google maps. Cause I don’t know about you, but I don’t need to know where the nearest car parts place is while I’m sitting at home in front of my computer. I need to know while my battery is dead, and I’m stuck in a stupid parking lot. I’ve used this feature at least twice a day (for real reasons and not just to play around with) since we’ve gotten the phones.We were already on AT&T. So, it wasn’t really a hard decision to make (although we get really bad reception at home. I think the only complaint that I have with it is…ummm….well…there has to be one….I’ll get back to you on this one. I just have to say that I really love this phone. And I don’t know how I could have lived life without it…until they come out with the next generation.