"Tramp Stamp" Tattoo

Why is a tattoo on the lower back called a tramp stamp?  I can't stand that label.  

I got a tattoo on my hip when I was 23 or 24 after getting out of a bad relationship and into a better one. It meant something to me. I thought I might get another after getting my weight back to where I want it and my thyroid disease managed correctly (those go together). The only spot I would want another, I think, is on my lower back.  I think it can be pretty, sexy, but still hidden when I want it to be. 

Why call it a tramp stamp?

I am 41 years old, been married almost 18 years, monogamous, and the number of men I have slept with can be counted on one hand.  I'm not a tramp. Yet, if I get the tattoo where I want it, it will be called a tramp stamp.  My stepdaughter is BIG on calling it that.  I looked it up online and found a site where mean actually talked about how if they see a tattoo there on a woman, they think she is easier.  Really? What does the location of a tattoo have to do with anything?  

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Girly Hair Clips

I am going to start making those flower hair clips for my kids. Rather than spend $2.50 or more on each completed hair clip somebody else made, I am going to try to do it myself.  Who knows...if I do well, maybe I can get a little side business going selling them myself.

My oldest daughter makes hair bows out of fabric, hair clips, and a hot glue gun. They're cute and my younger girls love them. Well, except for when one side of the clip isn't glued down right and it goes cockeyed. I add a super glue and clamp it with my finger until dry (should use a small steel clamp...I glued my fingers the other day).

I am also considering opening up a dog kennel if our next house has enough property.  I think it would make a decent little home business. The hair clips would be more of a hobby I think, but a dog kennel would be something I could do year round.

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Life

Less than a month until school starts.  I hate having to set that alarm every morning.  Hate it, hate it.

We had wanted to have the house up for sale by now but...it's not. I guess I am just going to have to go buy the interior paint myself so it is sitting there...waiting for somebody to open the can...and start painting.

Now that our oldest has a boyfriend...again...she doesn't want to move.  *sigh*  When she doesn't have a boyfriend, she is OK with moving.

I WILL get out of this house.  This house was temporary until child support was done.  Now that my husband's child support obligations are over, we can finally move to a house that fits our family.  We have outgrown this "temporary" house.

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Marital Pet Peeves

My husband has been scouring music stores in the search of "the" guitar.  He bought one yesterday.  Of course, it's the third one he has bought since June so I won't believe this is "the" guitar until he's owned it more than six months.  Usually he buys, then sells it.  Then buys another, then sells it.

I guess everybody has one thing that their spouses will do that drives them nuts.  This is my thing.

He's a great husband though so I try to just ignore it all - mostly ignore it all. Sometimes, it just gets too irritating...but I try.  Really.  Mostly. This is my marital pet peeve.

What's your marriage pet peeve?

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