ok darlin': Breaking News: Murder in Margaritaland!

We were having another wonderful day in Margaritaland. I had just gotten done performing for the resort guests, and my new husband, Tatum Tat, had finished a long day at work tattooing almost everyone on the island when we got the news that Jack Daniels, a co-worker and bartender on the island, was murdered! All of us were suspects and at the same time all of us were detectives trying to keep our good names out of this murder mystery. I banned with a few of my friends from the island, co-worker Shelli the Swim Instructor, and an island native Katherine to solve this mystery. We had fallen into a lot of money and were able to bribe the other suspects into telling us what they knew. It seemed to be working; we felt like were getting someone in our search. We were getting evidence that seemed to be pointing us in the right direction when all of the sudden the main detective announced he had solved the mystery. He showed us his evidence, which made our evidence seem meaningless. It was the lifeguard! He was the last person we suspected! Although we didn't solve the mystery ourselves, we're glad that the lifeguard is getting the punishment that he deserves: banishment from the island!

Gordon's sister Jodi held a murder mystery dinner party this weekend. It was a BLAST! Jodi has such a talent to organize things like this. She put so much work into that night and it showed. We had never been to a murder mystery party before. It was fun to dress up in a costume and act like someone else for a few hours. It was like we were putting on one big play except we were never going to have an audience. I think that Gordon had the most fun. He was Tatum Tat, a tattoo artist from New York that had moved to the island to get away from the city life. His costume was perfect. From the moment we got there, he was in character. He tattooed pretty much everyone at the party. He set up his own tattoo parlor and everything (which was the end of our table, and consisted of a bowl of water, a sponge, and many temporary tattoos). Everyone was impressed by his costume. He was nervous to show up looking the way he did in fear that someone at the party might actually look like that (which is not a bad look, it just would have been a bit embarrassing because his was a costume.) My costume was not as elaborate as Gordon's. I was a fire dancer. The best part of my costume was the props I brought as my fire: sparklers. But I was unable to use them because the party was moved inside because of the heat outside.

We mingled with a lot of fun people that night. Because we were all in character, we didn't get to really meet the people, but we sure know their characters well. Some of our friends, Katherine and Marc, and Shelli and Tim came too. Marc and Tim were surfers, Katherine was an island native, and Shelli was a swim instructor. Shelli and Katherine were my partners as we tried to solve the mystery. The massive amounts of money we had was thanks to the people that didn't come to the party. We stole their money out of their envelopes. Dirty money, but it got us the information we needed.

The party was such a success, and I can't wait for Jodi to have another! Or at least a themed party that we get to dress up for. I love to play dress up and be someone else. It brings out my creative side that I don't get to use that often the older I get.

Gordon's Tattoo parlor