Bad Tattoos

Not only bad tattoo jobs, but bad ideas as well!  Includes this gem which claims to be a result of a lost bet.  Here is the rest of the gallery.  

My Birthday Week!

My favorite holiday of the year is tomorrow - my B-day!  I have some good things planned with my lovely friends which I will talk about soon.  As for this past weekend, I had a wonderful day on Saturday dozing off with Meatball on the couch while watching Bob Ross.  

His voice is so soothing, it lulls me to sleep!  And I want to pet his afro. What I did watch reminded me that I have to draw or paint something.  It's been two years since I touched an art supply and my art college education is going to slip away if I don't practice soon.  My action-packed, 4 wedding summer started with the first bridal shower on Sunday.  I gave her this off her registry,

Pyrex Prepware 13-pc. Set

which I secretly coveted for myself. One down, 3 more showers to go, along with bachelorette parties and the actual weddings. Oh boy.

Service project

I went to a catholic high school that has an alumni association that does a good job of keeping in contact with the alumni.  I got an email back in February that the alumni were doing a service project to help an inner city school in downtown Cleveland.  I emailed them back telling them I would volunteer to help.  I have been feeling sorry for myself lately still trying to deal with the effects of the breakup of my family from 4 years ago.  I knew that helping these kids would help me see how nice my life really is and get me out of my funk.  

Here's how the day went:  The events planned for the kids (grades 3-6) were a "field day" with different events.  The event that I was in charge of was the long jump.  There were other events including hula hoops, an obstacle course, free throw basketball, etc.  I had to measure how far each kid jumped, record it, and write down the best boy and girl from each of the 5 teams.  I literally bent down 50 times to measure and by the end of the day my thighs were burning!  But it was worth it to interact with and help these underprivileged kids have fun.  At the end of the games, there was a pizza lunch and a surprise talent show that even the volunteers didn't know about.  The group I was with came up with a dance and original lyrics in 10 minutes.  When it was time to perform, the volunteer "judges" gave my group a high score.  Then, the last group of the day went up and did the exact dance to Soulja Boy and won the talent show!  My group was so mad that they didn't think of that!

When the day was over, I went up to the principal and gave her my name and number and told her that I would love to help any time in the future.  I told her I was a graphic designer so I could help with art or anything.  I hope she calls me.  Here is a pic with me on the left and my group.  The girl who's arm I'm linked with is ChaNautica.  She is in 6th grade and was telling me how all the kids have cell phones because of how dangerous the neighborhood is when they walk home from school.  I wish all the best for these kids and hope they enjoyed hanging out with me as much as I did with them.