Archive for June, 2008

Quotes of the Week

“A day will never be anymore than what you make of it. Practice being a ‘doer’!”
                                                — Josh S. Hinds

“Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?”
                                                — Ben Franklin

“If you can DREAM it, you can DO it.”
                                                — Walt Disney

“When you’re going through hell, keep going!”
                                                — Winston Churchill

Today’s Quote

“We have to understand that the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than the eye… The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.”

- Jacob Bronowski

Shade of My Heart ~ Addon

Released today and posted on Scraps by Liadan now. Shade of my Heart ~ Addon includes 2 New papers & 27 new elements in Chocolate, Periwinkle and Kobi (rose). The addon can be purchased by going to my store at Tantrum Scraps.

This Kit contains:

  • 2 Papers
  • 4 Flowers
  • 3 Loose Gems
  • 3 Mounted Gems
  • 2 Eyelets
  • 2 Butterflys
  • 3 Dragon Flys
  • 1 Frame
  • 3 Crossed Ribbons
  • 3 Ribbon Strings
  • 3 Single Ribbon ties
  • Today’s Quote

    “Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working 24 hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.”

    - Tom Blandi

    Shade of My Heart ~ Scrapkit now available

    I Posted this on my other blog, Scraps by Liadan, but thought i’d post it here as well, since I haven’t posted that I opened that site for my scrapkits and paper kits.

    The link is Scraps by Liadan

    My first kit “Shade of My Heart” is finished and up for sale at Tantrum Scraps.

    Click on the preview picture for a full size preview.
    The Kit includes the following items:

    • 8 Papers
    • 2 Wire Hearts
    • 2 Eyelets
    • 2 Ribbons
    • 2 Bows
    • 2 Ribbons & Eyelets
    • 2 Stitches
    • 2 Buttons
    • 1 Butterfly
    • 1 Frame

    Normal Sale price for this kit will be $2.50, however it will be on sale until Monday morning for $2.00.

    Today’s Quote

    “Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.”

    - Kahlil Gibran

    Today’s Quote

    “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile,  a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the  smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to  turn a life around.”

    - Leo Buscaglia 

    The Shadow Rising ~ Robert Jordan

    Book 4 of The Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan is The Shadow Rising.

    Min travels to Tar Valon to deliver a message to the white tower for Moiraine. Her talent to see auras around people tell her that there will be fighting in the White Tower, and that several will die. She delivers her message and a warning about the fighting to its recipient. Min is asked in such a way that she can not decline to stay in the tower as a guest, and help to find the black ajah.

    In Tear, bubbles of evil attack Rand, Mat and Perrin. Word comes that there are white cloaks in the two rivers where the boys are from. After an attack on the Stone of Tear, our friends separate.

    2 of our young ladies head for Tancho, to try to find a threat to The Dragon Reborn, One heads to the Aiel Waist to learn from the Aiel Wise Ones. One of our young men, and Loail head back to the two rivers, and the other two head to the Aiel Waste as well. We also meet a fourth young woman in Tear who heads to the Aiel waste to begin her teaching to become a Wise One.

    The Dragon Reborn learns of his parents, and the history of the Aiel people. A secret that if known will break the Aiel.

    Once again Jordan shows his tendency to slow down and over explain which drags the story a little, but as I have learned in reading through the books numerous times, these explanations help with understanding down the line in the story. Reading through the dragging portions of the story are well worth the time, and unlike in The Lord of the Rings series where skipping over areas (Tom Bombidil) do not detract from the story down the road, skipping these makes understanding later on more difficult.

    Before reading this book, I recommend that you first read, in order, A New Spring, The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt and The Dragon Reborn.

    This series is among the highest of my recommendations to anyone who enjoys reading fantasy novels

    Today’s Quote

    “The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are; first, hard work, second, stick-to-it-iveness, and third, common sense.”

    - Thomas Edison

    The Bachelorette

    Ok I’ve finally finished watching through this weeks The Bachelorette. This week Deanna took the remaining 6 guys away from the Out House.

    Her first date was with Sean. They had a romantic dinner on the top of a mountain, followed by dessert back at Deanna’s place. They talked a little about what the home town date would be like if she went to his place. At the end of the date if there had been a rose, she would have given it to him.

    The next day she takes Twilley, Jason, Jesse and Graham out 4 wheeling. The date starts with a helicopter landing on the lawn and Twilley and Deanna heading off in one, leaving Jason, Jesse and Graham to take a second to the date. Twilley gets motion sickness, and barely keeps his breakfast down. I think Deanna was glad to get out of the helicopter after that. Twilley says he thinks the ride was someones idea of a sick joke to make him puke in her lap.

    They head over a sand dune, and the 4 wheelers appear. They guys hop on, and Deanna takes off. Throughout the date Twilley is off in Twilley Land doing his own thing and not anything with Deanna. Jason and Graham take it safe on the 4 wheelers, but Jesse is doing wheelies and jumps left and right. After the date on the 4 wheelers, they head back to Deanna’s place for a pool party.

    Jason gets the first one on one time with Deanna, and they talk about the home town date. Jason says she would meet his Mom and Dad as well as his son Ty. He says he is like his mom more than anyone in his family and that she has taught him how to love.

    Jesse comes and steals Deanna away. After the 4 wheeling Deanna really wants to kiss Jesse, but he is completely clueless, and misses all the signals she is sending to him.

    Graham steals Deanna from Jesse, and they head to the hammock to talk. They talk a little, then start kissing.

    Jermey gets the last one on one date, at Frank Sinatra’s house. He gets to sing some of the songs written by Frank and dance with Deanna before dinner. The date is romantic, and conversation seems easy between Jermey and Deanna.

    At the cocktail party before the rose ceremony, the guys walk in to find Deanna missing. Chris comes in and tells them that there will be no cocktail party as Deanna has made up her mind. The rose Ceremony starts. Jermey gets the first rose. Jason the second, Graham the third. Last rose goes to….

    Jesse???? Obviously I am missing something here.

    Granted last week my picks for the final 4 were Jason, Jeremy, Graham and Jesse, but after watching this weeks episode I was expecting Sean to get the rose.

    My picks for the Final 3 who actually make it are are Jason, Jeremy and Graham. I am hoping that Deanna will finally get over the “Deer in the headlights” complex with Graham and send him packing. Yeah he may be hot, but he is not at the point that he would make a good husband for her. I see any relationship between Deanna and Graham falling apart quickly due to his attitude that for them to go anywhere that they need to argue and compromise on what they want.  There should be no compromise in a relationship unless its over furniture. Definitely not over the qualities you want in your partner.

    I will do my best to get next week’s summary up quicker than I did this week.

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