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One day I was bombarded with a comments about my cubicle chic post. I was wondering why all of a sudden, then I figured it out. My cubicle design made it onto ikeahacker.

To answer some questions that came up. The monitor stand was made with a JARPEN shelf and some CAPITA legs. To stick the wallpaper up, I just used poster strength double stick tape and strategically placed heavy duty magnets. I covered the magnets with the wallpaper so they blend in.

Some additions to my cube since my original post was another vase from ikea, a desk organizer that fits nicely under my monitor stand, and a little station for my coffee press.

Psych

It rained in SD all weekend. Heck. Its raining today. Suppose to have sunshine til the weekend. For now, rain boots are back.

Goodbye winter

Hello sandals

Saturday

Went to a funeral...fell in a hole.

I want

Shirts from Cafe Press

More wedding stuff

Beautiful People—Robert Pattison

Love so intense I can't stand it. I watch Twilight last friday and was engulfed with Edward's love of Bella. Though the dialog had a few cheesy moments, and there was a few. The passion that these 2 actors had cancelled it all out.

Did I mention he also sings.

My new best friend

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It started at the races

Had a great Labor day weekend. Went to the Del Mar races for the first time. Hard to believe since I've in SD now for almost 5 years. It was pretty exciting. I only lost 2 of my races. But we were betting WPS so we didn't win the big bucks. The horse names were hilarious.

Had a BBQ at the house so I'm a little hung over this morning. I woke up early since I forgot to marinate the chicken the night before. Made pigs in a blanket, pasta salad, and some cupcakes. I had M test the grill around 11 to see if it was running properly. Good thing I did since it died on us. We thought we had a crisis in our hands. M went to walmart and had to buy a charcoal grill. 50 bucks!! I couldn't believe it. But it was our only option since he would of had to assemble a gas grill and we had no time for that. After figuring out how charcoal worked, our mini crisis was averted. The burgers and chicken turn out great. Both sides of our family showed up plus a few of Ms friends from work. Seemed like everyone had a good time.

Pretty little things—Cuisipro® Ice Cream Scoop & Stack

I need to get me one of these. Reminds me of Thrifty ice cream scoops or Rite Aid as some may know it. Brings me back to my childhood....what am I saying I still jump at the chance to get ice cream from Thrifty's. Chocolate Malted Crunch...yummy!

My family tree just got bigger

Had a lot of family visiting this weekend. My weekend started on wednesday at the Angels game and from there was Soak City, the movies, and lots of Mario Party on the Wii. Before heading back to SD on Sunday, I discovered that my uncle on my dads side is a family friend of my uncle from my moms side.

I grew up not knowing anyone from my dads side of the family. He passed away before I was born and we left the PI when I was 6. So I only know my moms side of the family. Shame that I was on my way out when I met my long lost uncle. And I was in total shock so I really didn't know what to do, say or how to act. Was I suppose to run to him and hug him? I kinda just stood by the door way. I told my sister about it so maybe she can do some digging and we'll find that other half of our family.

Vices—Cigarettes, Tequila, Whiskey

Sexy Coke

Robert Cavalli moved on to designing coke bottles

"I had a lot of fun creating three different "dresses" for the legendary silhouette of the Coca Cola Light Contour. They are seductive and feminine, in typical Cavalli style. They’re designed for the world of young people, which has always been a great inspiration to me,"- R. Cavalli.

Only if

This is adorable. Only if I had a cat.

Link to tutorial here.

Trip down memory lane

We celebrated Lolas 87th brithday yesterday. We ended up watching a home movie from 1988. Tons of people with really big hair, and acid wash jeans. Lola was so young and vibrant. She still had her salt and pepper hair. And I think her hair had the most height out of everyone. I got a little teary eyed watching Lolo dancing and having such a good time, hugging and kissing everyone when the new year broke. aww...memories.

On the Tube—America's Best Dance Crew

I enjoyed watching Boogie Bots, but they really are not in the same league as Fanny Pak, SoReal Cru, and Super Cr3w. I'm so glad American voters came to their senses and actually voted correctly last week. Now to pick top 2. SoReal Cru is inventive, creative and really clean, but I still see them as a college dance crew. I guess I'm saying top 2 should be Fanny Pak and Super Cr3w. With Jabbawockeez winning last year, I think Fanny Pak should win. We don't need another all boy, breaking group to win. Nothing against Super Cr3w, cuz I was rooting for them the whole season, but the innovation of the Fanny Pak choreographer (Matt) is totally new and exciting. Makes you want to know what else he got.

Enough with my ranting... so who are you voting for?

Love this

Ultimate Stress Reliever

When you've had a hard day at work, theres nothing like coming home to a klondike bar and some big balls.

I Want to Hold Your Hand....

...or not. If you look closely, this ad, though clever is pretty disgusting. The first hand has a band aid on it and then there is the hairy one. Yikes.

While we were in NY we always had hand sanitizer or wipes close by. The other people on the subway must of thought we were a couple of germaphobes. The question isn't whose hand you're holding, its how many.

Kick the habit

Would this smoking lounge help you kick your habit? Obviously it didn't help these two.

Lolo

Today is my Lolos birthday. It been 5 years since he passed.

This might be a little bias but, he was the most loving, kind, mellow grandpa. He made trucker hats cool before Ashton Kutcher. He wore one everyday for as long as I can remember. One of his favorite shows was the Price is Right. Every time I catch Price is Right on TV, I got back to those summer days where we would sit on the couch together and watch his favorite show. I wonder what he would think of Drew Carey?

Green never looked so good

R gave me Gorgeously Green for mothers day this year and since then I've been slowly introducing myself to the environments friends, natural and organic. There is a very small selection of natural home care products at target and if you don't know where to look you miss this.



J.R. Watkins Watkins Natural Home Care products. With labels this beautiful how can you not turn green. Only weird thing is, they don't sell refills?

Beautiful People—Jim Sturgess

While M was at his softball bbq yesterday, I decided to stay home and watch Across the Universe instead. I've owned the movie since it came out but never had the time to watch it. I found myself captivated by Jude played by Jim Sturgess. I think I found myself a new person to drool over. Not only is he a pretty face, but he can sing.

Road Block

I woke up this morning a little depressed and creatively starved. Then I saw this shadow created by my front gate and was instantly rejuvenated.



Something as simple as a shadow reminded me that beauty and creativity can be found everywhere and I just had to get up off my couch to find it.

Thought I would share how my wedding invitations were going. We are still at paper picking stage. My printer was kind enough to do some mock ups for me. This is not the final design...but it does have the look I want it to have.

New found love

Recently, I've taken a liking to vodka. I was for a very long time a Jack Daniels kind of girl....but with these beautiful labels I think I found a new love.

No fireworks here

It was a quiet 4th of July around here. After a whirlwind of events the last few weeks, the San Diego fair, birthday parties, visitors and dinners it was nice just to stay home. Poor Reggie, after two whole days of mommy and daddy being home, she couldn't even take us leaving for an hour. She cried and cried when we left and when we got back she was still crying. I hope she wasn't crying the whole time we were gone.

Cancelled

I guess my jet setting days have been postponed. I was planning on flying to Portland next month for my aunts 50th birthday. She lives in Vancouver Washington and I few of us were going to fly up there to surprise her. Well, my uncle's parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary so he couldn't plan 2 things at one time. Men. J/K So the trip has been cancelled. I guess we can plan to go up there another time. The tickets were kinda expensive anyways so I guess I could save that for another trip. Maybe stash it for the Disney World trip for next year.

NO MORE WIRE HANGERS!

Due to a hide and seek accident when I was young, I have a fear of wire hangers. Lets just say closet...hanger..eye. I don't think I need to tell you more than that. When I saw this hanger art I totally had a flash back. You won't see me at this exhibit. But I have to say, this is pretty amazing.

Lychee Martini

While I was in NY I had the best lychee martini at the Republic in Union Square. So every time I saw it on the menu I had to order one just to compare. R and I decided to make our own one day. The recipe called for some vermouth which made it very bitter. And the only lychee juice R can find, had Hello Kitty on the bottle. Needless to say, our version was not the same.

At my aunts birthday party this past weekend, my cousin introduced me to Soho Lychee Liqueur. So good. Just add some vodka and you are good to go. So good, that I'm planning on sending R some as a thank you gift for letting us stay at their place.

Jet Setter

I feel like such a jet setter. A few days in Boston and then straight to New York.

Boston
I've never experienced getting yelled at by a cab driver until Boston. It was kinda weird. And I never knew I can get sick of lobster. I have to say though, the buildings in Boston are beautiful.






The How Conference really wasn't what I expected. I have mixed feelings about it. I am very grateful that work sent me, but I think I set my expectations too high. I should of scheduled more fun sessions, instead of trying to cram in as much CSS training as I can. I also felt like some of the presenters weren't as prepared as they should of been. The resource center was totally awesome though. I actually got my pack and ship box today. So I guess the best part of the conference was the Veer guys and the resource center. Still, it was a great time.

And then there is New York.
I always have fun when I go there. I didn't do as much shopping as I really wanted to, but M did come home with a whole new wardrobe. I did get myself a little souvenir...New York City in a bag from MUJI.



Also spent a day in the country. R has a little house in Catskill that had an awesome view of the Hudson River. It was really breath taking.




Did I mention we even made to to New Jersey. M and I went to an old friends wedding. We had to beg a cab driver to get us over there after another cab driver kicked us out of his cab when we mentioned New Jersey. LOL

The view from the hotel was amazing. And we had a great time hanging out with old friends and making new one. A toast to table number 7.



I think my favorite was visiting the Brooklyn Museum to see the Murakami. It was a great exhibit. Floor to ceiling paintings and rooms papered with fun patterns. This little guy was my favorite.



I also got myself I new travel buddy. Maybe he can be my new jet setting partner. Hopefully he'll be able to visit a few more places this year. Meet Ibbs.



Its good to be home, and to be with the girls again. Its really hard to be away from them for so long. Maybe one day we'll take them on a road trip with us.

Whew... that was a long one.

Pack and Ship

Holy crap! How the heck am I gonna get this crap home. The first actual day of the How Conference just ended(sunday was pre-session), and I got a load of stuff to get back home. The resource center is insanely packed with people. The only booth I wanted to see was the Veer booth. I was brave enough to tell them that I picked the font for my tattoo from their website. Got me a sketch book and a sticker for that story. They also took a picture of it so maybe they will mention me in their lecture tomorrow. Good thing the conference has a pack and ship so I can just send this stuff off and not bring it with me to NY. I came out of the resource center with bags full of stuff cuz I figured I would sort out the things I didn't really want back in the hotel room. So just finished doing that and I still have a pretty heavy package to send home. Hopefully work doesn't mind.

WARNING: MAY BE BORING CONTENT
Its been a hard, tiring, but really exciting couple of days. Got here on saturday and a coworker and I headed off to the North End for some lobster ravioli....YUM! Darn, I should of taken a picture of it. Both of us were pretty baffled to see a ton of people lined up for some pastries (Mikes Pastry and Modern Pastry) We might try to get back there before we leave to see what all the fuss was about.

Sunday I had a 9am session about CSS. Not the smartest move since there is a jet lag issue and I had to wake up at the crack of dawn to switch hotels (long story). Right after the session had to run back to the hotel to drop off some stuff before the studio tour. Really interesting to see the difference between the small agencies and large. I like the small agencies better. Then, it was opening keynote time so both K and I were beat. We decided to end the night at the hotel sushi place. Which wasn't bad, but we were just too tired to find something else.

Today wasn't so bad, had some really interesting lectures, still waiting for someone to truly inspire me. I got a couple of more days here so I'm crossing my fingers.

No time to blog

Haven't had time to blog lately. Makes me wonder why I still have this open. Been really busy, so can't wait for my vacation to start. Two more weeks and I'll be in Boston. Hopefully its not raining so I can walk around during my down time at the conference. I'm flying straight from Boston to NY. I feel like such a traveler. I have a list of places that I want to visit...hmmm...where did I put that list. Crossing my fingers that we can find some Wicked tickets from TKTS. There really isn't anything I want to watch. Since TKTS doesn't list what shows they have available til just right before they start I'm putting all my eggs in that basket.

Been craving to do a craft project. Eventhough I'm designing everyday at work, there are so many rules to try to keep things in brand. I needed to create something out of the box. Made these save that dates for a friend. She didn't really ask me to make them so really these are just for fun. Unless she likes one of them. I didn't post the ones with their pictures for obvious reasons and the info is FPO.

I want

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Poor Reggie

Don't know how it happened but Reggie got herself an anal gland infection. The vet says that some dogs are just prone to having it and might become a recurring problem. Lets all cross our fingers that it doesn't.

I first noticed it last Friday. It was actually pretty gross. I gave her a bath Saturday morning to get a better look and I just freaked out. I called the vet right away to get her in for a check up. I called my sister and told her I couldn't go home for a visit and just started crying. Hard to believe that a little dog can make someone feel like such a bad mother.

She had her follow up visit today. Better, but not 100%. We'll be back at the vets in another week. Hopefully the antibiotics shes on has done its job by then.