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Rinkside Romance: Hollywood's Latest Accessory of Hockey Players.

Some things just belong together. Peanut butter and jelly. Salt and pepper. Athletes and celebrities. No one bats an eyelash when a Kardashian and a professional athlete are photographed canoodling. Or even when Kate Hudson is spotted in the stands at a baseball game. Sitting on the sidelines has become quite chic, as more and more celebrities are photographed supporting their athletic better half.
While Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe may have been one of the first couples to romanticize baseball, and celebrity wives sitting courtside make the price of an NBA ticket worth double, sitting rinkside might be the newest place to spot celebrity wives and girlfriends. And with their recent engagements to hockey players, Hilary Duff and Carrie Underwood aren't the only ones to brave the chill of the ice rink -- romance between Hollywood and hockey is on the rise.
From singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl to announcing her engagement to Ottawa Senators player Mike Fisher, Carrie Underwood has taken her commitment to athleticism to a whole new level. After a low-profile year of dating, Fisher popped the question to Underwood in December 2009. Although the duo kept details of their relationship private, Underwood made reference to their romance in the liner notes of her album, 'Play On.' "I love you so much!" she wrote to Fisher. "You make my life better in every way!"

Hot on Underwood's heels, Hilary Duff announced her engagement to Edmonton Oiler Mike Comrie in February. A staple in the crowd at Comrie's hockey games, Duff's new found interest in hockey had everything to do with her man: "I'm the crazy lady sitting the crowd screaming my head off," she told PEOPLE in 2009.
Model turned actress Rachel Hunter has spent her fair share of time rinkside. Once linked to New York Rangers player Sean Avery, Hunter's hockey lust didn't stop there. In 2009, she was engaged to Los Angeles Kings player Jarret Stoll. Twelve years Hunter's junior, Stoll proposed after two years of dating. Just seven weeks before their planned wedding day, Stoll ended the relationship with Hunter in person, but e-mailed wedding guests to notify them of the cancellation.
A friend of Hunter's told The Sun, "She has absolutely no idea why Jarret has done this. It sounds like it could be a classic case of cold feet. He is a fair bit younger than her." With his failed engagement behind him, Stoll has moved on to daughter of former teen idol David Cassidy, 'Melrose Place' actress Katie Cassidy.
Best-known for his skills on the ice, Sean Avery is even better known for his comments off the ice. During his time with the Dallas Stars, Avery approached assembled reporters in a locker room prior to a game against the Calgary Flames and was clearly eager to make a statement.
"I'm just going to say one thing. I'm really happy to be back in Calgary; I love Canada. I just want to comment on how it's become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds. I don't know what that's about, but enjoy the game tonight," he commented.
While the NHL later suspended him for his comments, it was never made clear whether Avery was referring to Flames' player Dion Phaneuf, who currently dates actress Elisha Cuthbert, or Jarret Stoll, who at the time was dating Rachel Hunter -- or both.
It's not all negative commentary in the love life of a professional hockey player. Singer-actress and 'Dancing with the Stars' contestant Willa Ford has been happily married to Dallas Stars player Mike Modano since 2007. After a year-long on-again, off-again courtship, Modano proposed amid controversy that Ford was dating her 'Dancing with the Stars' partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
In the world of hockey player celebrity power couples, finding marital bliss isn't always easy. With an arsenal of famous women dating more and more hockey players, celebrity sightings at hockey games are becoming more and more common. While an actress on an athlete's arm may seem like a timeless pairing, a hockey player on the arm of a hot young starlet may just be Hollywood's latest accessory.

Model turned actress Rachel Hunter has spent her fair share of time rinkside. Once linked to New York Rangers player Sean Avery, Hunter's hockey lust didn't stop there. In 2009, she was engaged to Los Angeles Kings player Jarret Stoll. Twelve years Hunter's junior, Stoll proposed after two years of dating. Just seven weeks before their planned wedding day, Stoll ended the relationship with Hunter in person, but e-mailed wedding guests to notify them of the cancellation.

A friend of Hunter's told The Sun, "She has absolutely no idea why Jarret has done this. It sounds like it could be a classic case of cold feet. He is a fair bit younger than her." With his failed engagement behind him, Stoll has moved on to daughter of former teen idol David Cassidy, 'Melrose Place' actress Katie Cassidy.
Best-known for his skills on the ice, Sean Avery is even better known for his comments off the ice. During his time with the Dallas Stars, Avery approached assembled reporters in a locker room prior to a game against the Calgary Flames and was clearly eager to make a statement.
"I'm just going to say one thing. I'm really happy to be back in Calgary; I love Canada. I just want to comment on how it's become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds. I don't know what that's about, but enjoy the game tonight," he commented.
While the NHL later suspended him for his comments, it was never made clear whether Avery was referring to Flames' player Dion Phaneuf, who currently dates actress Elisha Cuthbert, or Jarret Stoll, who at the time was dating Rachel Hunter -- or both.

It's not all negative commentary in the love life of a professional hockey player. Singer-actress and 'Dancing with the Stars' contestant Willa Ford has been happily married to Dallas Stars player Mike Modano since 2007. After a year-long on-again, off-again courtship, Modano proposed amid controversy that Ford was dating her 'Dancing with the Stars' partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
In the world of hockey player celebrity power couples, finding marital bliss isn't always easy. With an arsenal of famous women dating more and more hockey players, celebrity sightings at hockey games are becoming more and more common. While an actress on an athlete's arm may seem like a timeless pairing, a hockey player on the arm of a hot young starlet may just be Hollywood's latest accessory.

Numero Six is Out of the Way

I just had treatment number six, and it went great as usual! I am getting used to the needle pricks and pops of the laser, but of course the PA does a great job of making sure I feel as little as possible (Thank you Jennifer!). 

This time (April 1, 2010) I finally remembered my camera, so I can share an "ash" photo. I guess this is my skin turning to ash...lol!


















**Notice the instant swelling, as depicted by the bulge on the left side of my arm.  This is why bandaging the first night is an arduous task. It becomes my arm with a tennis ball and a tent a-top!

Here are some other photos while I was in the doctor's office, so you see what it was for me pre-six:

Here is the before and after for my last treatment, so the photo on the right was taken in the same place and time (for lighting purposes) as the one just before treatment number 5. You are therefore seeing the effects of one laser treatment, before and after treatment five.

Very subtle! It really exemplifies the whole reality that the laser "fades" the tattoo away.

Well...I'll keep you posted. Thanks for visiting, and a special Thank You to everyone who has left encouraging and supportive comments, I really appreciate it!

The Look of Peel!

This is a pic from my last peel session (after treatment # 5). 

I took this photo a week after my last treatment, but I must have forgotten about it. This image clearly shows the layer of dark, "burned", skin that lays over the tattoo and eventually peels off. It makes the fading process a real surprise, because I have no idea what's left under that skin.  I'm always excited to see!

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Singer Susan Boyle Scotland performs

Susan Boyle

Singer Susan Boyle from Scotland performs as she makes a guest appearance in a concert of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, April 1, 2010
LONDON -- It's almost a year to the day that her short-but-emotionally-charged video clip perfect for the Internet racked up millions of hits on YouTube. Now having gone from dowdy to glossy, Scottish singer Susan Boyle is finally cashing in on her fame, and rather mightily too.

Singer Susan Boyle

Singer Susan Boyle

Singer Susan Boyle