Another month, another adventure

I've been thinking about getting a tattoo for a long, long time. For a while, I liked the concept but couldn't think of a design I would want on my body for life. Then, about 4 or 5 years ago, it hit me - a Polish eagle. A beautiful design that had meaning for me; something I would not look at in a few, or ten, or twenty years and wonder, What was I thinking?! ? I kept mulling it over and came to the realization that this was what I truly wanted.


I finally quit thinking and did it a couple of weeks ago. That's not Photoshop magic in the picture - that is my incredibly wonderful tattoo. Crusty Bill located a drawing and worked on it for me so that it was something the tattoo artist could use. I went to Cut Throat Tattoo in Milwaukee (great place) and the artist did a fantastic job. Its gorgeous, and I love having this fierce-looking symbol of my ancestry a permanent part of me.

2007: A Year of Adventures!

PolkaGrl has had a brainstorm: 2007 will be the Year of Adventures! Every month will have a new Adventure. It doesn't have to be death-defying, just new and maybe a little out of my comfort zone. I will not let year #39 pass quietly!!! And (hopefully) I will post them on my blog to share with, well, whoever stumbles across it.

So you may be asking, What have the Adventures been so far? So glad you asked. I'll start with January, when I went to Costa Rica for a friend's 40th birthday party. No, going to Costa Rica was not the adventure; neither was sleeping in the airport at Miami. The Adventure was the zip line canopy tour! I am not fond of heights, but this looked too cool to pass up - and I am so glad I did it!

Not only did I do the canopy tour, climbing up ladders to platforms high in the trees, but I actually did some of the zip lines with one of the guides! Picture this: flying through the air hanging backwards (picture a dip in ballroom dancing) off another person. Or, whooshing along parallel to the ground, arms stretched out like Superman. It was so much fun!

I only have this picture right now, but my friends captured some of the tandem trips on their cameras, so hopefully I can get one of those to post later.

Stay tuned for February's Adventure...