Star Tattoo Designs For Girls

Star tattoos make a unique statement, the star as a tattoo design is very popular and has many meanings and symbolisms often unique to the individual. The star has long been considered a symbol of truth, spirit and of hope. Nautical star tattoos are a sign of finding ones way, navigating through life and becoming a better person. The star design is often combined with a variety of other design elements such as angel wings, crosses, tribal or sun and moon to make a truly unique star tattoo design.

Inspiring Myself

Now that I've finished scrapping my Seattle/kayaking vacation pictures, I decided to use the prompts from Shimelle's scrapbooking class to work on my Christmas pictures from last year.  So, get ready for a bunch of holiday layouts!  Today, Shimelle suggested finding one of your own layouts that you liked and using it as inspiration.  I chose the layout above (from a previous vacation album).  What I like most about the layout is the bold contrast of the colors and the way that bright blue print is featured prominently.  I looked through my Christmas papers and found a bold green print that I loved.  Unfortunately, I didn't have a full sheet of it. So, I adapted the idea and made the following layout:

I used a more subtle gingham print where I had used the blue flower print and then used the green print as an additional, smaller layer. I love how it turned out.  As always, you can click on the picture to see a larger, clearer picture of the layout.  The pictures are of my family's annual Christmas baking party. It's so much fun to get together with my brothers and sisters, and my kids love spending time with their cousins.

So, did you do Shimelle's Inspire Yourself challenge? If so, leave me a link.  I love seeing the inspiration and what you did with it.

Grady Sizemore Baseball Player

Grady Sizemore

Biography:

Grady Sizemore III was born on August 2, 1982, in Seattle, Washington to Donna and Grady Sizemore II. (Click here for today's sports birthdays.) Grady’s mom worked as an accountant. His father was an insurance adjuster.
The Sizemores lived in Everett, an easy drive north of Seattle. Like Derek Jeter, Grady was the product of a mixed-race marriage. Donna is white, while Grady II is African-American.
Grady II was a pretty fair baseball player in his day and enjoyed a good career in college. By contrast, he encouraged his sons (Grady and his younger brother, Corey) to play whatever sport was in season.
Grady’s baseball career started at 18 months, when his parents bought him a Fat Albert baseball bat. The first time he gripped it, his stance was so perfect that the Sizemores felt compelled to snap a picture. The family still has it today. By age four, Grady was hitting overhand pitching with an aluminum bat.

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Grady Sizemore

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Grady Sizemore

Grady Sizemore

2011 Resolutions Catch-Up and Things Still Undone

For 2011, I selected a "one little word" (health), an intention ("to be fabulous at 50"), and created a list of resolutions or goals. I've been tracking these in three separate art journals.  I recently posted my September page in my intentions journal and you can click on the label "2011 intentions" below to see more pages.  Today's art journal page is about my resolution to "organize, purge and don't buy supplies."  I've been very good at not buying supplies this year - I quit the monthly scrapbooking club I've belonged to for ten years and have probably only shopped for crafting stuff three times. And I still have more supplies than I could ever use in my lifetime! I haven't been quite as good on the organizing and purging front, but I think I will be able to do a major clean our once my semester is over in early December.
When I look at the list of things still undone on my resolution list, I have to admit that two of them are things that I have been putting off for too many years: finish settling my parents' estate and create my own will and estate plan.  I'm not sure why these are so hard for me to accomplish.  I don't think they're technically hard or even that time consuming. But something else is keeping me from checking them off my list. Thoughts?
Which brings me a page from my one little word journal:

As good as I have been about getting healthy this year, there are three things that I have been avoiding:  finding a doctor; getting a bunch of tests (you know, all those ones I should be getting every year); and going to the dentist. Not sure why I keep putting these off. I really want to do these before the end of the year.  Any ideas for motivation?
All suggestions appreciated!

Curtis Granderson Baseball Player Profile And Photos

 Curtis Granderson Baseball Player 

Profile:

Born: 1981/03/16
Age: 30
Height: 6-1
Weight: 185
Place of birth: Blue Island, IL
Bats/Throws: L / R

Biography:
Curtis Granderson was born on March 16, 1981 in Blue Island, Illinois. (Click here for a complete listing of today's sports birthdays.) His parents, Curtis Sr. and Mary, were both educators and impressed upon him the importance of staying in school. Curtis Sr. worked as a gym teacher at Nathan Hale Elementary, and Mary taught science at Curie High School.

The Grandersons lived in Lynwood, a southern suburb of Chicago. A gifted student, Curtis heeded the advice of his parents and spent plenty of time hitting the books. Intelligent and articulate, he felt right at home in the classroom.

His parents were there to catch every one of their son's highlights. Mary never seemed to miss a game, and Curtis Sr. coached a couple of his boy's Little League teams.

With Chicago close by, Curtis rooted for the Cubs and White Sox. When he discovered WTBS, he began following the Atlanta Braves, especially after they rose to prominence in the National League. The player Curtis most identified with, however, was Ken Griffey Jr. He marveled at Junior's combination of speed and power at the plate and loved the way he roamed the outfield.

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Curtis Granderson

Curtis Granderson

Curtis Granderson

Curtis Granderson

Curtis Granderson

Curtis Granderson

Curtis Granderson

Curtis Granderson

Photos from the concerts

Kid Rock

LL Cool J & Jennifer Lopez (Madison Square)

Marilyn Manson (Hordern Pavillion)

Rihanna

Tokio Hotel

Fat Boy Slim (Oxjam Music Festival)

Eddie Van Halen (Charlotte Bobcats Arena)

Davey Havok (Troubadour in West Hollywood)

Busta Rhymes (Boost Mobile Rock Corps)

Bruce Springsteen & Steven Van Zandt (Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band «Magic» Tour)

Photo: Kevin Mazur, Don Arnold, Mark Allan, George Henze, Theo Wargo, Bennett Raglin, George Pimentel, John Shearer.

Tracy Mcgrady

Tracy Mcgrady

Profile:

Team:     Detroit Pistons
Position:     Small Forward
Jersey Number:     3 with Knicks and 1
Height:     6-8 / 2,03
Weight:     210 lbs. / 95,3 kg.
Nickname:     T-Mac
All-Star:     7 times
NBA Titles:     NBA Championship Trophy - none
Born:     May 24, 1979 in Bartow, FL
High-School:     Aurburndale / Mount Zion Christian Acad
College:     none
Drafted:     9th overall by the Toronto Raptors in the first round of the 1997 NBA Draft

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Tracy Mcgrady

Tracy Mcgrady

Tracy Mcgrady

Tracy Mcgrady

Tracy Mcgrady

Tracy Mcgrady

Tracy Mcgrady

Tracy Mcgrady

Tracy Mcgrady