August 11th, 2008 NKOTB in the hizzah!
I got a nice surprise this morning when I went to AOL’s Full CD Listening Party site. They’ve got the New Kids on the Block Greatest Hits CD streaming for free! Right now I’m rocking it at my desk at work. I swear, it’s like I’m 12 years old all over again.
Probably my absolute favorite song of theirs is “Please Don’t Go Girl” sung by my crush Joey McIntyre. I totally thought he was singing that song to me. “If You Go Away Girl” comes a close, close second, though. And you’re not a fan if you didn’t own one of their 5″ buttons. And their Christmas album. I totally owned their holiday album. But I never owned one of their tour jackets. To this day, I wish I had gotten one. I’d still be sporting it now if I had one. LOL - thinking about all this takes me way, way back.
It’s kinda funny, too, that the new Jonas Brother’s CD is streaming right along with theirs.
Boy bands forever!!
August 5th, 2008 A moment of silence, please.
To honor the new Ikea catalog which was waiting for me when I got home today. I am happy. Happy, happy, happy. And I predict I will get myself into trouble after I thumb through this bad boy. (And I didn’t even realize until afterwards that I photographed the catalog atop this Ikea throw blanket, which is currently my favorite. It was meant to be.)
Now back to your regularly scheduled program.
August 5th, 2008 We all love lists.
And here’s mine for today:
- upload the photos taken from Tony and Tina’s wedding
- clean out my purse
- backup my hard drive
- finish the FontWerks newsletter
- buy some oatmeal for tomorrow’s breakfast
- go for a 30 minute power walk
- finish uploading more client proofs
- take a nap
So much to do. So little time. Isn’t that the truth?
BINDER LOVE
When 2Ps started carrying the Making Memories kraft binders, I grabbed a few of the scalloped ones for my own collection. And today, I decided to share the covering if one of the albums I’ve completed along with a page inside. I love 3-ring binders because you can modulate them however you want. And with the example shown, you’ll see that I’ve punched holes into a Jenni Bowlin 5×7 bingo card and inserted that right into the binder, sans page protector. Love the look of multi-sized, multi-layered pages. Fun! Now I’m crossing my fingers that Making Memories will release this album in 12×12. I’d jump for joy at that.
"re-think" Binder Cover | (c) 2008 twopeasinabucket.com
Just a peek at one of the pages I completed.
Thanks for letting me share!
July 24th, 2008 Two good things.
First, this old school Coca Cola bottle. What is it about pop in a bottle that pleases me so? It’s probably the Filipino in me.
Second, this melon green colander from the Martha Stewart collection for Macy’s. Since I don’t cook, I never intended it for food. Instead, to hold those other things that sustain me.
Thanks for letting me share. 
July 23rd, 2008 Good friends, good times.
Posting photos from my trip to Chicago last, last weekend. Lent Joy a hand photographing another wedding. Unlike my last trip to Chi-town, which was only a month ago, this trip was super short - only 36 hours! But I’ll take a short trip any day if it means hanging out with good friends. Seriously, there’s nothing quite like spending time with friends to make one’s summer a blast.
Sahrie picked me up from the airport and I spent Friday night at her place. Glad to see her and MJ! Saturday morning, we headed out to meet Joy for a day of beautifying and shopping. Girlfriend time is fun.
Stopped by a restaurant for some grub. While there, I had to watch my beloved SF Giants lose to the Chicago Cubs. Boo.
Oh, I forgot to mention that I got a super cute haircut while I was there! It’s short and piece-y and reminds me of a cut I used to sport in the 5th grade. Ha! So to commemorate the occasion, we played Rihanna in the car.
Trekked it over to Joy’s place to spend the rest of my trip with her family. The last time I was there, I totally forgot to take a photo of her house rules. This time I made sure it was the first thing I did.
The last time I stayed over, little Rocket was only just crawling around. And in the short time since, he’s become a walking demon. Rocket, indeed. Glad to catch this shot of him when he was actually sitting still.
Had the pleasure of taking these family photos of the Uzarraga clan. They are a beautiful family. So happy to spend some time with them.
CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER
For the fantabulous Kelly Purkey. Who is now a Garden Girl. Who is a girl I love with all my heart. Sincerely and truly and so damn happy she’s on the team!
Congrats, KP!
July 20th, 2008 Cupcake psychology.
My cupcake is trying to tell me something, I swear it is. It’s either happy with me or aghast at something I’ve done. If you figure out which one, please let me know.
June 19th, 2008 I come cheap.
Need proof? I got it right here.
June 5th, 2008 Clean slate.
A new year. A new blog design. A new Grace. Here we go.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
I celebrated my birthday this past Sunday with the best people in the world: my family and friends. The party started early Saturday evening and we did a countdown to midnight. So much fun. I felt incredibly loved and so lucky with the people in my life. We had food cooked by my brother, an awesome guava cake, an ample supply of spirits, and Rock Band. I couldn’t have asked for more than that.
Here are a few pics from that night:
Archie, getting the party started.
Celebrating Melinda’s 30th birthday, which was the Thursday before.
With my roommates from college. We saw SATC the night before and continued the party.
Everyone playing Rock Band. It’s so freakin’ addictive.
I’m sure I’m saying something truly riveting…
The spirits. And there was more in the ice box in the garage. Oy.
And a game of Texas Hold’Em. I don’t play, but I love to watch.
Can you find birthday Grace?
A photo of just a few of the birthday cards I received. Love them all and I’m going to scrap them soon.
Thanks to my Dad for making sure I was a girl, to my Mom for doing most of the hard work, to my brother for being my hero, and to all my friends for keeping me theirs and loving me unconditionally.
CHANGES
So you like the new blog design? Goodness, there are still massive additions I need to make, but at least I got the foundation of this blog design down. There are a lot of pages that will remain under construction through the weekend, so I hope you come back to visit to see the changes.
HOME SICK
Ugh. I’ve got a head cold that I can’t shake off. So I’m sick in bed and messing around with my blog design. I need to finish a few designs tonight. Art therapy - there’s nothing quite like it.
May 12th, 2008 Say hello to my Copic pens.
(Trying for a nod to Scarface. Did I pull it off?)
Got my Copic markers late last week and I actually took a photo of them to share. Such perfect, pretty pens. Endless possibilities. They work beautifully with stamps and they blend seamlessly.
You know there’s something wrong with me when I go ga-ga for markers.
April 30th, 2008 What is sleep?
I don’t know. Because I’ve had very little of it lately. I worked late hours tonight. And I’ve been so busy trying to recover from my Wordpress scare. Thank God I back my stuff up. I am freakish about backing up my files
SO NO GRACE LOVE LIST LAST FRIDAY
Which means there will be a Super Special Edition of Grace’s Love List this Friday! Yay! With goodies to share! And maybe a few give aways! LOL. This Friday will be fun. F.U.N.
UNTIL THEN
I wanted to share these. The pages from my recently taught “re:ality” class. Unless I get requests, I probably won’t be teaching this class anymore. Which means I’ll be coming up with a whole new one to share and teach. Yay!
But until then, here’s the album I love so much. Click on the photos for a larger view.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAD
He’s the best. And today’s his day. So I’m wishing my father a very happy birthday with all my love.
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