my last journal was from march, wow! a lot has happened since then...

we lost Samantha in january...in april, i think we got Candy...or my parents did. it's their pup technically. she's a strange mix and the only thing for sure is she has shepherd in her somewhere. she's a good girl, mostly, and just turned 1 on Nov. 13th. it's strange having 2 younger dogs playing...we never had that before. frustrating too, when they don't stop! lol. my dog also just turned 3 on Nov. 25th

dad and i went on a 2 week vacation out west the last week of may/first week of june. went to arizona, new mexico, and we also ended up back on the east coast in PA at a wolf sanctuary! though there wasn't a whole lot for the public they're spending a lot of time and effort with enclosers and such for the wolves we couldn't see. the lady who owns the property also runs a gorgeous B&B at the front of the property. it was the first place like that i'd ever gone to and i was in awe i love wolves, truly, and to be so close? amazing!

ummm. a mostly uneventful summer. it was mild, for once, so not terrible. i hate summer!

fall has been cold here. well...either cold or mild...can't make up it's mind! though everyone agrees that once winter hits it's going to bad. i love winter, though, just not driving in the snow. my dog also loves winter...being part husky and all

my hours at work have been cut, which sucks, but i'm getting by somehow. i'm just poor. except for 2 small thing my xmas presents are done being bought so i'll have some more money soon ish.

i need to find 200 to fix my car and then another 100 ish for another tattoo. it'll be my 4th! i'm also switching artists but i've heard amazing things about the new place. i also went to visit and it's very clean and relaxing and the guys are quieter and seem more down to earth. the price range is about the same as the other place so it's not a major change there, which is good. the tattoo will bring out the gamer in me and also show my dorky side haha. i'm getting the Zelda Triforce up in between my shoulder blades. it's going to be gold with a black outline which fades to grey. i should be getting this in the next 3 weeks, roughly. yay!!

i also have a more solid idea for my mural thing on my leg. i'm going to put "Samantha" around the other side of my right ankle in the same type of tribal lettering. the same if i could find the alphabet i used last time. then i'm going to add flowers of some sort. i've narrowed that down to 6 choices with a meaning relating to the purpose of the mural. the flowers will be coming from the names which will look like they're underground. the last touch will be a single wolf curled around them. his head will be near one set of flowers and his tail will be curled around the other set. the flowers will basically be on opposite sides of my leg which is fine since the wolf will wrap around anyway. this tattoo will have to be done in parts as i doubt i'll have the money all at once. plus it might be cheaper, in the end, to do it in parts. i'm just content with my idea, finally, and just need to choose a flower and then draw it out.

nothing else much, really. it's an actual update so deal? lol. oh. and after the zelda tattoo i also need to save for more wolf fur jewelry! [link] does AMAZING pieces!!

okay okay...gunna go now