New year, new hair. I joined Team Ginger.



I've had dark hair--either black or brunette--forever and was so bored with it. I think I'll keep this for a while. I get a lot of compliments, mostly from elderly gentlemen at the grocery store.

I've been a busy girl since my last blog.

Started working on the lower half of my right leg. People always ask what part of the body "hurts the most" to get tattooed and I just feel like every tattoo hurts in its own way. For the lower leg, the shin bone area is not fun.


We are almost done, just need some color. Next time I blog, I'll post a completed photo.
Go follow my amazing tattoo artist on instagram: @mattduffenbach

The weather here in Wisconsin has been horrible. It was negative 6 this morning when I had to take my dogs outside. I feel bad for the dogs that they have to go to the bathroom in that weather. Sometimes it's snowing and they look at me like, "Really!?!"
It's supposedly 72 degrees in my house right now, but I think I'm still cold from being outside this morning.
I cannot wait til summer. I'm going to Hawaii in April and I've been buying really practical clothing for that, haha.



Other than all that, I have been drinking, cooking, reading, drawing, paining, learning to hula hoop (lots of bruises right now-still learning-photos/videos later ), and doing a little road trippin'.

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Spoil me

Time for my last post of the year. 2012 has been pretty insane for me and I'm excited for 2013. I hope we all survive this "apocalypse".

Personally I'm not too worried.

I woke up to a blizzard this morning. We got about 5 inches of snow. It's super windy and I'm praying the power doesn't go out because that would mean the heat would also go out and then I'm in trouble.
According to the Weather Channel, the storm is called "Draco", which is something that I'd name my pet dragon if I had one. It's affecting much of the midwestern and eventually the northeastern states.
Here's a few pictures from my back yard:




My dogs are not enjoying the winter weather. Ghostface doesn't like getting snow on his feet. He's a California dog so he can't help it.


It was my birthday a few days ago. It was fun, I partied with my friends and husband.





My husband gave me a new tattoo--a 2-headed eagle on my shin. We just got the outline started, I can't wait to finish my whole leg eventually.


Coincidentally, since it's snowy and freezing outside here in Wisconsin, I never get to really show off my tattoos in the winter.


Other than all that, life has been good. Here's a few random pictures from my phone:








And some smutty pictures from my webcam. Merry Christmas SG!

I need to stop beginning every blog with an apology about not updating often enough. Please forgive me SG, I still love you and visit daily--I've just have been busy, life outside my laptop never stops.

Somehow I already managed to get an hour of overtime in today at work; for which I get paid time and a half-- so I try to do it whenever possible. Staring at a lap top for over 8 hours is a little much for me sometimes though. Matt and I are saving up to go to Hawaii on a vacation so I'm basically obsessed with making money right now. The weather is getting cold here and I want plane tickets printed off asap.

I was feeling really indecisive about my Halloween costume this year. Last minute, Matt found a Captain American costume and I went with a pretty low key Wonder Woman look. It was fun having a cape. Our good friend and amazing hair stylist, sabrina77 had a huge Halloween party at her salon. Her salon is in a 100 year old building that was a whore house long ago. It's super creepy and awesome in the basement, it was an amazing party. I only took a few photos unfortunately.



We went all our for Halloween this year, carved pumpkins, I handed out candy and everything. My pumpkin is the one of the left, Matt is a much better carver.


Puppy wanted to be a raptor this year, so we had to make that happen.


I got a half gallon of honey from my friend's honey farm, so I've been doing a lot of baking. Mostly honey cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.




I got a new tattoo to commemorate a very special day.



Some randoms

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I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday if you celebrate.

I was drinking a glass of wine and re-watching Walking Dead episodes and realized that it's been way too long since my last update. Ready for some photos?

My best friends and I, after extensive schedule coordination, organized a party weekend in Milwaukee. We ended up drinking 6 bottles of champagne before even leaving the hotel...then we went to a club and got bottle service. I don't normally drink very much, so it was pretty crazy. (And I wanted to die the next day--I do not advise drinking an entire bottle of champagne before drinking vodka, it's a horrible idea.)

Quality time with my boys...

I've been exploring the great outdoors. It's getting colder and we'll have snow here in now time, so we have to enjoy every sunny day we get here in Wisconsin.







New hair:


Went treasure hunting...Yes, that's a real skeleton for sale at an antique store in my hometown. $1500









I got to be a zombie for our town's zombie pub crawl. It was so fun!! I felt like I was a zombie on an episode of Walking Dead. The majority of the people out were zombified, it was really cool.





Painting I recently finished and forgot to take a finished photo of--


I got married to my best friend. We had a wonderful wedding. I haven't gotten the photos yet, so I just have a few right now.



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Hey there SG!

How are you enjoying your summer? Are you melting like Greenland?

It's been ridiculously hot here in Wisconsin to say the least. Every single day, unrelenting heat. It doesn't even feel like I've left California yet, haha. I work from home and usually go for a run on my lunch but some days it's just too hot and I feel like I'm about to collapse at night. It's strange how some people equate global warming discussions with politics; but at this point it's pretty obvious that it just comes down to facts.

It's an interesting time that we live in. Some say the end of times; the optimist in me hopes it's a renaissance.

I digress, back to the lovely topic of summer...I basically become a 12 year old June, July and August. Swimming, ice cream and lots of bike rides. (The bike rides and the swimming balances out all the extra calories from the ice cream.) My boyfriend and I have been late night biking (sometimes late night drunk biking) to the Dairy Queen by our house. There's nothing better on earth.

I finally went to the dentist after an embarrassingly long poverty-induced hiatus. I'm not going to say exactly how long, but it was over 2 years and I was convinced that I was going to need a root canal or something horrible. But after some x-rays and poking and prodding, I was given good news: No cavities! Yay! All that good oral hygiene and good teeth genes paid off.


You may have noticed that I haven't been posting much art lately. Honestly, I'm in this rut and I've been hating everything I do lately. I thought maybe I should try a different medium for a while, so I tried painting with liquid acrylics on wood board--this has helped a little, I think I just need more practice with this medium. Maybe I'll come up with something not too embarrassing that I would actually post soon. How do you get out of your creative "dry-spells"?

My boyfriend is an amazing artist who never seems to run out of ideas or energy. I think I compare myself to or even try to emulate him and I need to stop doing that.


Greetings from my doggies!

My doggie Ghostie got really sick a few days ago. We had a wasp nest problem under the floor of our patio and Matt had to spray the nests. We're pretty sure that puppy got into them. He threw up (which he never does) and couldn't even walk for hours. We were on the verge of taking him to the dog hospital all day but he was very slowly getting better, thank god.


I changed my hair a little again. Needed some purple.



Of course the BEST part of this past month was getting to see my fellow central Wisconsin-born SGDamsel. Love her!



Some random pics from my phone:

Dollar store finds:

Healing & peeling tattoos:

My kind of bar:


Crappy sketches:

Outdoor dinners:

New friends:

The Challenger makes kidnapping people in my trunk really difficult:



I promise to start updating more often.
I'm going to Milwaukee this weekend with 4 of my best friends for my bachelorette party. It should be epic. I got a slutty black dress to mourn the death of my single life. I'll take lots of pictures of the debauchery.

Til next time,
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And there's always nudes.

I have pictures, boobs, and summer excitement for you. It's been too long since I've updated!

Let's start with the obvious and important topic of boobs...

Thanks for all the loving and sweet comments on my newest set--you guys are seriously the best and know how to make a girl's day.
It was shot by dylanborgman at his friend's awesome house in Hollywood.


Click here to see more.

Also a huge THANK YOU to whoever bought me this gorgeous bra from my wish list. Let me know who you are so I can personally thank you!




I've been having a really fun summer...lots of sunshine, good food, good drinks and good friends...what more could you ask for? A photographic sampling of what I've been up to...






































We went to the fair! It was great--fried food, rides, animals, lots of random drunk old people...ah, classic Wisconsin...








I got tattooed on my inner thigh. Any real hip hop fans out there? You'll appreciate this. I've been a Wu Tang Clan fan forever (hahahha pun intended) and have wanted a Wu tattoo for some time now.
It was definitely extremely painful. Done by my boo Matt Duffenbach at Midwest Tattoo. Pictures are fresh and a little bloody--I'll post healed pics later.
By the way, CREAM = Cash Rules Everything Around Me if you're not fluent in rap.








I hope you all are enjoying your summer. Carpe diem!

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It's summer time and the living's easy...

There's nothing better than summer in the midwest. I've been staying busy. I have lots of photos for you.

I got my conceal-and-carry gun permit. I had to take a 4 hour class, fill out some forms, and pay a few hundred dollars. It's good for 30-some states. Security is priceless, right? Bang bang pow pow. (But seriously, safety first kids.)



I've been a little obsessed with the clouds lately. We get pretty volatile weather here, even in the summer. One minute it's 80 degrees and not a cloud in the sky; next hour it's pouring, thundering and lightning.





The Leinekugel's brewery isn't too far from my house, so my friend and I went and toured it. The brewery is about 150 years old and many of the structures are original; however they just re-did all the inner equipment and it's state-of-the-art--so you're not allowed to take photos of the inside of the building. The best part of the tour is the end, when you can sample any of the beer on tap.






Little painting I'm working on-

Just finished this one:


Beach day with my fiance and best friend--






My dogs being cute and random:



out and about...


















And I've been doing a lot of cooking...




I'm going to keep this blog short; but I promise to update soon. Enjoy summer while it lasts!

Long time, no updates! I did not forget about you. I've had some amazing life changes since I last blogged. I hope you are ready for some photos--most of which are in the SPOILER
After 3 wonderful years in LA, my fiance and I moved halfway across the country, back to my home state of Wisconsin. Here's the general route we took:


We hired movers to deal with the big stuff. Our best friend Keith flew out just to drive across the country with us. It was me, 2 boys, 2 cars, and 2 dogs on a roadtrip.




We left LA in the afternoon. Ate at Vivian's one last time...

First stop, Las Vegas! The drive itself is pretty cool, lots of pictures--mostly taken by Keith.
Anyways, I booked us a rad, dirt cheap room at the Golden Nugget. (Which I'd highly recommend by the way. The strip is cool, but Old Vegas is really fun too. And the Nugget is newly renovated and swanky.)
We ate at the buffet, got stared at by old people, gambled a few dollars, explored Fremont street, and drank a little.
We had our dogs with us and that was a little awkward because there was no where to take them outside. The people at the hotel were really nice and didn't give us any grief, which was good because I was really worried it would be an issue.

After Vegas party time, it was all business. Driving through the mountains is pretty serious business. You have run-away trucks, cliffs, steep grads, falling rocks, sharp curves, crazy drivers...We survived.
The scenery was epic, breath taking.
From Nevada to Arizona to Utah to Colorado, the rocks and soil range in every color from grey to yellow to gold to corral to deep red to violet-grey to chocolate brown.

I'm finally sort of settled at my amazing new townhouse. It's huge--3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 car garage, deck and a yard--and cheaper than our 1 bedroom in LA (hahahahah). There's woods across the street with a little trail that I can walk the dogs on. It's paradise basically. Since moving back, I've been super busy--getting moved in, hanging out with friends and family, getting my home office set up, wedding planning as usual (aka procrastinaing wedding planning). A few photos:

I'll update again soon. xoxo

Happy Friday lovers! TGIF.

First of all, THANK YOU SG!!! for getting my new set Water & Ink on front page. I can't even tell you how happy I was; it made my month! Thank you everyone for all the lovely comments and support--you are the best. And Milloux did such an amazing job with the photography; that girl is just wonderful.

It has been raining on and off all day here, even some thunder. I love rainy days; so cozy. It was so difficult getting out of bed, I just want to curl up with my book (2nd book of the Hunger Games, which I am currently obsessed with) and never leave. What's your favorite rainy day activity?

As usual, I've been crazy busy. Next time I blog on here, I will be living half way across the country. I'm so excited. I don't have any exciting updates, just a few photos.

But I am really going to miss Los Angeles. The perfect weather. The palm trees. The ocean. And especially the food...
I've been indulging A LOT. I don't know when I'll see good tacos again. I swear, Wisconsin Mexican food is the worst.


But I gotta stay tight too, I spend a little time at the gym. I'm a treadmill/elliptical/stationary bike kind of girl.


My neighbors have been silently arguing about dog poop. It's hilarious. (I side with the stern "Pick up yo shit" sign maker. People are just lazy and gross in my opinion.)


My boo drew this--I love it-- under boob AND side boob!

Happy Easter...



I did a little traditional Sailor Jerry topless mermaid.


I made cupcakes using Tita's recipe; they were so yummy.


Hi.


And bye.

I'll have a monster blog full of awesomeness very soon. Stay tuned.
xoxo, Rachelle

Everyone likes a clean girl.

I love showering; on some of these winter days, its the only time I feel really warm.

I've been a busy bee as usual.
I've been preparing to move cross country. The movers are coming in about a month to take all the big stuff. Then Matt, the puppies and I will follow in our cars.

I'm really anxious about the move and I'm already missing LA. I've been eating tacos almost daily because I know there will be a major good-Mexican-food-drought once I get to Wisconsin. I wish I could take the palm trees and nearly perfect weather with me too...

Has anyone else driven across the States before? The last time we did it, we had way too much fun--like lucky-we-were-not-arrested-fun. We'll (probably) behave this time. I'm looking forward to the adventure and praying my old car (a '99 Pontiac) can hold up.

I need a new laptop--any suggestions? Is there anything superior to a Mac book? I need something dependable and fast.

A few random webcam pics. With boobs, of course...






I finished another painting...


Palisade7 painted me, I'm so honored because I'm a huge fan of his work. He has a delicate, beautiful, and colorful style. He's so talented; make sure you go check out the rest of his stuff in the Fan Art group.


Thank you thank you thank you thank you for all the love on my new set Water & Ink, shot by Milloux. You all are really the best--some of the comments are so thoughtful and sweet--I can't thank you enough for making me feel so pretty naked.


I shot another set with Seahorse a few weekends ago. We shot it at a really cool house in Hollywood. I saw the unedited photos and they turned out really awesome. Should be coming to member review sometime later this year. Here's a little sneak peek:

And I got to meet Pandie SG--She's so gorgeous!!


I'll write again soon. Have a wonderful week everyone!!