“There’s no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves”

Balance is apparently something I'm not very good at. You see, I haven't had a boyfriend in eight years and was the "single one" out of all my girlfriends. Now, I have found the love of my life, Eggs, and love spending all my time with him. I try to make time for my girlfriends by having girl nights and keeping in touch with everyone, but I don't think I'm doing enough. Do you guys have any advice for me? I could really use the help!

March = Madness!

Now I'm not a huge college basketball fan. I'll watch and root for two teams throughout the year, University of Maryland (Go Terps) and West Virginia, but you best believe when March rolls around I'm filling out brackets and glued to the tv and espn.com.

This years tournament started today and so far has proven to be very exciting...which is a good thing since I am home sick with a sinus infection. So many upsets and my bracket is hurrrrting! I'm crossing my fingers that my luck and my illness changes soon :)

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Eggs and I went to the Federal Hill Irish stroll on Saturday with some of my closest friends. Despite the rain, it was a blast! Had a few too many car bombs though...




Hope you all have a wonderful St. Patty's Day! Be sure to drink lots of green beer and eats tons of corn beef and cabbage :)

Addicted

Hello, my name is Lisa and I'm a Twihard. That's right. I'm in my late 20's and I'm obsessed with Twilight. Don't judge! Needless to say, I am beyond giddy for the new Eclipse Trailer.



Looks so good! Although, I'm slightly bummed about their new casting choice for Victoria. When I think of Victoria now, I see Rachelle Lefevre.



What are your thoughts????

Let the Countdown Begin!

There are only 7 days until my favorite holiday, St. Patrick's Day. You know what that means...time to break out the green beer and corn beef and cabbage!!! My mom's side of the family is Irish, so it's always been a day that we go all out for. This includes my grandmother, who has already started her preparations.



Yup, those fantastic finger nails belong to my dear sweet Grandmother. I love her so much. She's the sweetest, kindest, loving, and most generous person I have ever met.

On Sunday, if weather permits, my family and I are all going to watch the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Baltimore. Afterwards, we're going to go to Brewer's Art to enjoy some delicious food and cocktails (Long Island Ice Tea from Grandma :)). It'll be Egg's first St. Patty's Day with us...he's super stoked ;)

This time last year, I had only met and talked to Eggs a few times at social gatherings. On March 13, 2009 I went out with one of my best friends and her boyfriend. We were going out in Fells Point to celebrate a friend's birthday. Eggs was there. We talked a lot that night and he asked me for my phone number. I excitingly gave it to him. The next day, my girlfriends and I went out for a bar crawl in Federal Hill to celebrate St. Patty's Day (day drinking is fun!). Eggs called me at 6 PM to go out. I told him that I wasn't in any condition to hang out/drink more and I was going home. We didn't really talk again after that night for 6 months. I would see him at the gym or at a random party and nervously say hi. In August that all changed, but that's a story for a different post.

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if Eggs and I did start dating then. Would things be the same? Would I be as madly in love with him as I am now? But then I just stop questioning it. Things happen for a reason.

The Woman Behind the Name

I was thinking about the name of my blog, Graceful Glove, today. For those of you who do not know me, it's a combination of my two nicknames "Grace" and "Glove". My cousin started calling me "Grace" when we were just kids and it stuck. You see, I'm not the most graceful person. I can run, dance and cheer with the best of 'em (those just came naturally to me), but when it comes to walking...well that is a different story. It's not unheard of for me to trip over nothing, fall up the stairs, or stub my toe on almost any piece of furniture. "Glove" is a play on my last name, Giove. I don't know why the "i" in Giove is so often mistaken for an "l", but it is. I stopped correcting people a while ago :)

Now onto the subject that everyone is talking about, The Oscars. It's no surprise that Cameron Diaz is my pick for best dressed.



I absolutely love her hair, make-up and dress. Plus, look at those arms! Man, she looked fantastic!

When these two came on the stage together to present my jaw dropped! They would make such an adorable couple, don't you think?



My favorite part of the night was when Ben Stiller came out dressed like this.



I was honestly in hysterics. Now I must go put The Hurt Locker in my queue to see what all the fuss is about.

Celebrate Good Times, C'mon!

My boyfriend, whom I affectionately call Eggs, started a fantastic new job this week. He's been working uber hard all week, so I decided to treat him to his very own day. Yes, this Saturday, March 6th, I have officially deemed "Eggs Day". While at first, planning out an entire day made me feel a little like Danny Tanner, I quickly became excited with the notion of treating Eggs for an entire day to celebrate all he has accomplished. He totally deserves a day just for him!

To start off the day, we will be receiving a couples massage. I'm hoping we won't have to change into silly little outfits like this...



Next stop, the Maryland Science Center to see "Alice in Wonderland 3D" on their ginormous IMAX screen.



I'm not gonna lie...I am HUGE wuss and this movie looks downright scary to me. Eggs is super excited about it though, so I'm taking one for the team. I keep telling myself, "It's rated PG. How scary can it be? Right?". We shall see!

After the movies, we're going to take a stroll around the beautiful inner harbor in Baltimore and then head to dinner at The Wine Market, a fantastic local spot in Federal Hill. Eggs has never been before and I keep raving about it.



We'll conclude the evening by venturing out to a few of our favorite watering holes in Federal Hill with some of Eggs' closet friends.



I'm so excited!!!