The Fourth of July: February 2012,

Feb 28, 2012

Back to designs

I'm slowly but surely bringing back my nail designs. My days are still a bit busy trying to find my true path with this new career. But i'm trying my best to find inspirations for my nail designs. So far the days have been very wonderful with occasional cold days. But Spring is definitely in the air.

I'm working a lot with pastel/bright colors, patterns and my 3D acrylic sculptures. I will bring back theme designs to show-off my skills. I'm also trying to expand my portfolio with soak-off gel designs. In the mean time hope you like these two recent designs.

My first hand-drawn lace design with 3d art and ombre color

Used 3 different shades of Orly Gel Fx to create a gradient look added flowers and dots.

Feb 26, 2012

Swoon

Take a long look at the face of your Mother.

Here is a woman who gave her all, everything that was deep within her, in support of her beloved Son. Scripture tells us that she stood at the foot of the cross during Christ's crucifixion. Yes, she stood, never wavering from her place beside her Son as the co-redemptrix of the world.

But when His three hours of suffering were through...

...come with me to Suscipio to read the rest of my reflection on Rogier van der Weyden's Descent from the Cross...

Feb 22, 2012

Beautiful White Wedding Nails Designs Ideas

Beautiful White Wedding Nails Designs Ideas

Will be married at the time of many plans are made for the preparation day of the wedding celebration. things you should persiapakan is a beautiful wedding flowers designs, wedding dresses designs, wedding hairstyle design, bridal honeymoon gifts, unique wedding souvenirs and invitation ideas, wedding reception table decorations and beautiful wedding nail designs for brides.

These are some examples of the best designs for weddings, beautiful nail designs in white with decorative stickers and others. If you prefer you can try to make this wedding nail designs ideas.

Find other articles about wedding :

- Wedding Flowers Designs

- Wedding Dresses Designs

- Wedding Hairstyle Designs

- Wedding Gifts Ideas

- Wedding Souvenirs Ideas

- Wedding Invitation Ideas

- Wedding Decorations Designs

- Wedding Nails Designs

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Feb 21, 2012

Marked

I receive the ashes that label me as His child, His own.

The dust flakes down into my eyes, flirting with my lashes and
blurring my vision of worldly things, reminding me that the
spiritual realm can often contain that which is dirty, dusty and dark.

I let the ash that marks me settle deep within my soul,
allowing it to mingle with the sorrow and joy that God's love
has carefully placed within my life.

There, in the depths of my soul,
the sorrow and joy churn the dark ashes,
creating something pure;
preparing them for their presentation to the Lord in Heaven.

I am marked as His own and will carry that mark
from my forehead to my soul
beyond this season of Lent and into forever.

(a re-post from the archives)

Feb 14, 2012

Happy Valentines day to me I'm a nail tech!!!!!!!!!!

The best Valentines Day ever, I'm an official nail technician. I've reached my goal.

Hey everyone I've been completely M.I.A for a very long time but I was dealing with the last days of school and studying for my state board exam. I'm completely fried i have studied like crazy from Anatomy, chemistry to dermatology. and everything about disinfecting. I was so nervous that yesterday I sat from 12pm to 1am reading my entire My Ladies nail book.

The test was not as hard as i thought but it was so stressful and i really thought i would pass out. Anyways I'm overjoyed its an incredibly feeling. This whole career is very important and special to me. Because i discovered that this was my passion upon being diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer. I'm so happy that something so amazing came out. Now i truly believe things happen for a reason. When i first began beauty school i was so scared. I remember the first month was so hard to adjust. My medications weren't working and i couldn't seem to adjust to a new routine. But i pushed myself and i completed my 400+ hours and now I'm an official nail technician. Thank you so much to my family and to all my friends who have been my guinea pig all these months. I'm truly grateful and feel very blessed to have had such great support. Also I'm so proud of all my class mates they all passed as well.

While in school i met incredibly class mates who have become great friends. I also want to thank my wonderful teacher Terry Cao he was amazing. He taught me well and gave me such great advice. I can't wait to start my new career.

can't wait to start doing my nail designs.

Feb 5, 2012

The Beauty of Italy - Sorrento, Portofino, Tuscany, Verona, Venice and others

I'm pretty sure that everybody who likes to travel have already visited Italy or have plans to go there. It's such a lovely country....with so many amazing places. I can't name them all, but can show some of them - Sorrento with all its wonderful seaside views, Portofino, Verona - all of them are great, and of course - Tuscany...

Tuscany, Italy

Verona, Italy

The Rialto Bridge, Venice, Italy

Portofino, Italy

Lake Como, Italy

seaside-Villas-near-Portofino-beauty-of-Italy-travel

Villas near Portofino, Italy

Weeping-willow-Canal-Clitunno-beauty-of-Italy-travel

Weeping Willow Canal, Clitunno, Italy

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Abandoned Mill, near Sorrento, Italy

source: Places I'd like to go

More Libraries AND More Churches

I wrote the following in response to an editorial that appeared in the Sunday, February 5th edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The story that I am referencing can be found in full at this link.

More Libraries AND More Churches

On Sunday morning I found myself with a few minutes to spare before my family and I headed out to Mass at St. Matthias Parish in Milwaukee, so I opened the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and was saddened, hurt and offended to read the article by Community Columnist Rose Locander titled More Libraries, Fewer Churches.

Ms. Locander identifies herself a retired public high school teacher from Waukesha and she bemoans the fact that this world seems to be filled with illiterate “sheep” who feed their souls with words of faith at the many local churches in our area rather than feeding their brains with the words of wisdom to be found at the library.

While I agree with her that the library is a great treasure in any community and would love to see greater use of all public and private libraries, I don’t understand why she feels so strongly that libraries should replace churches as a source of wisdom. Her letter seems to be filled with a fear of religion from which history has shown us can all too often be the seedbed of hatred resulting in discrimination.

Ms. Locander feels that “giving someone the impression that the sky is going to rescue them from challenges” and that “filling children’s heads with tales of arks, floods and magical amounts of loaves and fishes” is a mistake. She seems to feel that people of faith are mindless and that our “huge monuments to magical Deity” are without value. She feels that “another church, another minister, priest, rabbi or other religious leader is not needed.” Ms. Locander is of the opinion that any “homeless person on the street” can teach more about the afterlife than our religious leaders, many of whom just may have been educated at a public high school by a teacher such as herself. And here I must add that I am grateful that Ms. Locander is now retired so that she may no longer fill our children’s heads with her atheistic beliefs.

I would suggest that Ms. Locander spend her years of retirement by attempting to open her mind and heart to the wisdom that is found within the many churches in our area. By attending a church of her choice, Ms. Locander will find the wisdom that can only come from a deep love and openness to the mystery, not magic, with which our Creator has blessed this world. At her local church she would find the kindness and compassion of the the many faith-filled “sheep” she criticizes as being mindless, but who also happen to be the great leaders in many areas of our local community.

I would also challenge Ms. Locander to pay another visit to any local library and actually open and read the book of which she is apparently so afraid that she cannot even call it by its rightful name in print. I’m speaking of the “The Bible”, the book that Ms. Locander warns against reading to children because it “is a recipe for the creation of mindless followers.”

Finally, I would encourage Ms. Locander to pay a visit to one of the finest libraries in our area, The Salzmann Library at St. Francis de Sales Seminary in Milwaukee, where she will find the shelves filled with books that challenge and expand the minds and hearts of all believers. Here she will learn of the great history of Christianity, of the fearless saints and leaders who have bravely stood up for their beliefs against pagans who did their best to do away with all faith in the name of progress. Here she will find the love and intelligence of God in the written word and will come away with a greater understanding of the need for all of those in today’s society to embrace both libraries and churches with the hope of bringing peace and progress to our world and salvation for our souls.