Autumn Times

I've been a horrible blogger... neglectful, lazy... bums. I've really been wanting to take a picture of our apartment because it's actually super cute but I feel weird about it every time I'm outside because idk. We have a lovely maple tree in our front yard (however, come spring, I'll be wanting to smash it with all the axes because of its dropping of incredible annoying whatevers) that is currently dropping cute leaves all over, which I have been collecting for my Thanksgiving decor project.

I would run outside right now and do it but... it's raining and cold and I'd rather just stay here on my couch and type.

Last night, our church had a trunk or treat night and Sean and I dressed up as the Donner Party. Hilarious, right? Well, we ended up winning the costume competition and ended up running out of candy fairly early. I'd say it was a good night.

The only thing I'm not having a great time with is that Halloween hasn't even happened yet! I was so hoping tomorrow was Friday because my mom, sister, and I are taking a little girls' weekend away and I am way excited. I think I'll even be okay not sleeping next to Sean that night because I'll just be happy it's not Halloween and we're just relaxing and being hilarious because it's always a party with those two.

Oh, Sean's home and guess who took a picture of outside! Best husband.

See? Isn't it super cute and quaint? It is.

Time for dinner.
love, Ellen

Oops...

I've been really pretty bad about writing this month... Whoops. I couldn't tell you why... I've just been super lazy and... yep. That's it.

Other than sitting around napping, working at a donut shop, and doing general October stuff, I dyed my hair and I'm planning the decorations for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is my absolute most favorite holiday. I love being around my family and eating all the delicious food and remembering all my blessings. It's just generally great.

My favorite holiday used to be Halloween but, as I've gotten older, it's been harder for me to figure out what to dress up as and what to do. I don't know anyone having a party and we live in an apartment where not a lot of kids come trick-or-treating. I have to (get to) dress up for work on Halloween but I have no idea what to be. I thought being Ellen would be funny (because... it would be) or I realized I have Snow White-esque hair and a new big red bow so I could be her, but I don't want to wear a dress to work and I don't have anything that would work with that. Any suggestions? Something easy and comfortable is preferable.

Anyway...
love, Ellen

Don't tell Edna...

I understand it's been a while since I posted. There's no excuse, I just have been excessively lazy and haven't really had much to talk about besides being tired a lot, working at a donut shop, and watching the World Series with Sean (Go Tigers! (only because I feel like Detroit needs a little love)).

So the laptop I've had all through college is a Toshiba Satellite (who I named Edna) and it's been fairly trusty up until a few months ago. Recently, it has been having screen problems where it splits into three and the two side portions flip places. Also, it randomly shuts down and has a really hard time finding the wifi.

So the solution to my problem? I'm getting a new computer (hopefully tonight). I'm really excited, to be honest. I don't get new gadgets all that often and I tend to get the thing that is already out of date. I don't have a lot of money to spend on this computer, but I still think I can get something pretty nice for my money.

Did I tell you about the time I slammed my finger in my car door, got the donut shop job, went to the zoo, and hosted a dinner party all in the same day? Well, that was way back in August when Sean's mom was visiting. Now, my finger is fine, however the nail has started to grow off. It's really kind of gross actually. Then, on Monday, Sean and I were carving pumpkins. He did this:

Super impressive. And what I did was screw up a cute pumpkin. I tried doing a Twins logo as well but I cut the W too poorly and tried fixing it with a toothpick and ended up stabbing myself in the finger. Same finger as the car door. So, essentially, what I'm saying is that something somewhere has a secret vendetta against my poor right index finger. It's made it a lot harder to do the dishes as well as plenty of other things.

There's a lot of really annoying road construction in front of our house. They're doing things at very inconvenient times (i.e. rush hour) and in a way that makes me feel like the tiny shack of a shop that I work in is going to collapse on top of me. At least I would be crushed in a building with food so while I wait for someone to save me, I can still have nourishment (delicious, delicious nourishment...).

I put on a new fall smell in our wax melter deal we bought from walmart to make our apartment smell less like previous smoker and poorly done wet paint (from a year + ago...). I really love this smell. It's
called Apple Spice & Citrus from Better Homes. Yum.

I feel like this is a lot of rambling but what can you do? Nothing.
love, Ellen

Octobre

YAY! Guys, this month is awesome. I'm so excited for our 1 year anniversary and Halloween and everything! WOO!

I want to make all the cute decorations and put them around, the only problem is that we have no where to store them after holidays are over... rough life. But it's okay, our situation won't be forever. And we can still carve pumpkins and put up a wreath... and stuff.

We redecorated our house again. I really love changing things up ever once in a while because then it helps us get rid of some of our junk and leads to a little better feng shui. All we have to do is put up a few shelves, stop by Deseret Industries, and take a hutch back to my parent's. Ahh... clean house, happy life... or however that goes.

That's probably enough for today.
love, Ellen

Golden Slumbers

not a reference to death. It's a beatles song. Yes, i'll talk about halloween, but i also wanted to mention some funny sleep experiences i've had lately so this was perfectly applicable. yeah.

i've been having weird dreams a lot lately. I woke up this morning laughing. and i can't remember what i was laughing at. All i remember is Marcus my ward-mate telling me to listen to the song that the evil people were singing and hearing them try to find a rhyme for something and instead saying "lime" and then us cracking up and then i woke up laughing. too bad i can't remember what it was...

and then this afternoon i took a nap and i remember some of it.. i went to this place i can't remember the name of but the manager lady said these words "it's like social sex." and i'm like what? and then i pay and go in. they put a blindfold on you but it's a see-through, plastic bandanna and then you're lead into a room, put on the floor and told to go. then you scurry around and find someone and start talking to them. and apparently you're allowed to sit in somewhat compromising positions (not like hold your horses, cowboy. but more like you're sitting awful close, mister...) and just chat the whole time. but the whole time was like 2 minutes. it was just weird.

remember how halloween was, like, yesterday? oh, it was. hurrah! it seems like forever ago. probably because i took that nap at 2 today and it was solid. anyway. Halloween was good. A bunch of my ward-mates gathered and we went to the pizza pie cafe in provo, ate, and then went back to Marcus's to tell scary stories and then watch the Doctor Who episode Blink. very very good. all the people were kinda disappointed though that no one really died and it was all happy in the end. but that's okay. it's still good.

speaking of the Doctor, i just finished watching the series! I'm all caught up! yeah! And my friend Alex said she saw a Matt Smith walking around campus yesterday but i missed him!! And i'm so sad. But i'm fixed on the theory that it was the real Doctor and he had to visit the school because there is something alien-y going on and he had to save the day.

And my roommate got a date! Yay! I'm so happy for her! I hope this turns out well and everything is super great! Super awesome.

And i think that's all. now i'm going to go finish my response to Meat-glue. Oh, for your food-y English class? nope. my Environment class. Sheesh, i might as well just combine them into one and say good. stupid. 
anyway.


à plus tard!
~E~

All Hallows week-before

seriously, it's been a lot. i think i'll make this a bulleted list!

• to start (because the picture thing is being a bum again) i got my fingernail all tore up putting away nakeds. hah. i mean naked juices. and also, there's a fan in the back of the fridge i accidentally got too close to and yeah. ow. and now i've got this really gross thing on my finger and i've gotta wear silly gloves at work and in the shower to make me not have to constantly change my bandaid or snag the dangly nail on anything. grooossss. sorry.. but still. here's a picture of my bandaid shortly after the incident
• found free streaming Doctor Who season 6! Hoooooorayy!! 
• speaking of the Doctor, me and my ward-mate Marcus are going to be the Doctor and a companion (probably Amy once i find a wig maybe. or donna. probably amy.) for halloween this monday! (unless not. because there's nothing happening. eh. but still) hooray again! 
• there was this guy at work today who was wearing a full on tux and then here's what happened: his friend (we'll call him guy 2) asked to see the tea choices. Amy (my boss) said "you've gotta give us something for it" (or something like that...) and the tux guy says "I'll give you a kiss" and Amy says "You'll have to ask my husband about that... but she [pointing to me] would be willing" and I say "I'm more of a fist-bump kinda girl." and he puts a piece of gum in his mouth and i'm like ew in my brain and then amy asks him why he's wearing a tux and he shrugs and says "just for fun." and i'm like double ew in my brain. so that's... interesting... 
• and i should've posted this earlier but there was a guy at work before i left for home that played like 20 questions with me and his name is Blair and that's his middle name and he's seen me around. so that's... interesting... 
• I went home. and it was super nice. i slept a ton and ate some yummy food and went to Logan and my dad helped me make chili for our FHE halloween chili cook-off slash party thing and it was cool. i didn't win, but Emily did and it was good. my cornbread should've won though. that stuff's like cake. I'll probably bring it to Italian Night on sunday. 
• doctor who never ceases to excite me. never. and i love it a mill.
• and i got some fancy facewashes today! It's that neutrogena skin id stuff and, so far, it's really nice. and it came with a lot too! like a 3-step regiment, spot treatment, body-acne spray, and a little tote bag. aww. i'm excited. it's super cool. and here's to helping my weird new acne problem. 
• i took a really stressy American Lit test today but i think i did well. i made post-it note cards. then i made them accordian style and it was even better. then i drank a cream soda before and it was good. good.
• french is fine. sometimes i accidentally speak in french and stuff. like i was just watching doctor who and he kept saying nephew and i kept translating "neveu" (i seriously just had to google how to spell nephew. sad day. and i'm an English major! who'da thunk?). 
• there was another thing but i forgot it. it's okay. i'll remember later and then say something or something. and yeah.

I think that's all.. 

Doorbell! I wonder who?

it's for Gabi. no suprise. 

so i'm gonna go watch more Doctor. k cool.

love, ellen

"I am so sad, I am so very very sad"

I bought Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World! it was only 10 bucks at walmart. And i've already watched it like 3 times. i love.
but that's not all this title has to do with my post, oh no. This pic should describe everything...

ok... not everything sucks. actually, it's pretty decent. I like my job still, school is... alright. busy but alright. And i like my ward a lot.

We went to the corn maze last night and it was super fun. Well... we got lost. obvz. and then we went to Del Taco like usual and it was cool. We chilled and chatted and left.

And i have a new bff! hah. Emily is way cool. we're cool. hah. she's in my ward and we chill.

but i do have to explain the picture, right? right. So remember those last 2 posts about that guy from work? yeah... he left the library yesterday with a girl. and she was wearing slippers. ew. but i guess i shouldn't be too sad considering i didn't even know his name.. but still. eh.

oh, man! I just tipped over my huge flower. my home-teachers and marcus brought me over a gigantor flower (a bird of paradise, i believe). here's a pic:

oh, it's from a fashion show. this is it as a fashion piece:

it's in her hands...
but it's cool, yeah!
man... i just worked for 5 hours and now i've gotta pack for my trip home tomorrow and clean my room and i've gotta do some homeworkz. oh. hah. my English class should definitely be called "Hipsters and Food 201H" becuz that's like what it is. and my teacher said "internetz" today and i refrained from lolzing.
anyway.
S'later!
-ellafella
p.s. I'm watching Father of the Bride pt. II and it's funny because Kieran Culkin is in both this and Scott Pilgrim. he plays the son in FotBpt.II and the gay roomie in SPvs.tW

Youthful Energy

i have some. i actually have a lot. of both. Maybe not in equal proportions, but they're both there.

Turns out, i'm an incredible dancer. I won 3rd place at the 80's stake dance last night because i can really shake it. too bad i had to shake it to some weird "pop" music (whatever that is...) song. but i'm still awesome. i got a pack of victory tropical skittles. and a bunch of high-5's and a self-confidence boost. and a whole lot of day-after soreness. like paralyzing soreness. but it was still fun!

I hate to say it, but i'm kinda embarrassed about my age... all of the people in my ward are older than me and a lot of my classmates are older than me. All i have are class of 2011 sweatshirts and they screeeaaammm "Look how young I am!!" "I have no real-life experience!" "I'm a noooob!" and "So thaat's why she's not _____" fill-in-the-blank. maybe with "interested in dating me because i'm [probably] looking for an eternal companion."

man. my dishwasher is looouuud. i can hardly hear Titanic. yeah.. it's the only thing on tv. boooo no direct tv.. whatever. at least i have one. i cleaned the bathroom today. and mopped the floor in the kitchen. yay. oh and i hung out with erchap. it was rad. we ate some magnificent pizza and went to the mall for a spell and chilled and chatted. and looked at pics of Carl. yeah... i have a huge crush on him.

my head is singing "We watched Titanic and it didn't make us sad!" over and over because i'm watching it and i'm not sad a: because i don't get sad easily, 2: i can't hear it (as aforementioned) c: I love Leo DiCaprio a mill and he will never die to me. and when he does for real, i will be most sad. that is when i'll cry. possibly. or not... because i don't know him and i don't cry. Not heartless, just doesn't cry.

YAY! HAllowEEN Is COMING!! yay. yayaaayyyyyaaaay! it's my fave. and, and, i love how much candy i can buy for less. i'm gonna get a lot and then eat it over the span of till christmas. probably. oh. and i'm hungry now. I even ate 2 WHOLE pieces of pizza and lunch! and a bowl of oatmeal! blah blah.

oh, and if you want a shot of happiness with your morning coffee. or whatever you drink.. go to here and say "awww!" and "cuuuute!" and other things like that. seriously, it makes me so so happy.

that's all, she wrote.
-elle

contentedness

This week was certainly a make-up for the heck-tic mess that was last week. I don't even remember what happened because i was so flustered and stressed and it was not fun. in the slightest.

But this week has been really nice and fun. I was never in a tizz or panic-y. It's just been lots of good. if that makes sense... i'm just trying to remember why this was such a good week. I gave a guy in my ward my number. we played Halo on tuesday and it was fun. i killed some things. I'm really glad the real world isn't as violent and i hope that, if it does, the Doctor can swoop in and make it a peaceful place again. that'd be nice. and Jonny and me might hang out this weekend or something. idk. maybe the dance! (stay tuned for more into on that)

And a couple boys in my ward gave me their Joker pumpkin after famblynite. It's in my room on my dresser right now! and it looks like this:

It's really cool. and i'm very happy. it's painted greenish black on the back.

Oh, i'm at school right now. I have a class in an hour and a half and then i have work until 6ish. i close today. and then there's an 80's stake dance!! I hope it's real and good 80's and that, if it's not, they'll let me dj. because i know my 80's. even though some of the peeps in my ward were born there. you know... in the 80's. still.

And i'm watching Yellow submarine "The meanies are coming! The MEANIES ARE COMING!" on youtube at the same time. I have a paper due in my next class but i did it already and i really hope it doesn't suck. i hope it's actually really good. i feel good about it, but you know... blah and stuff.

And i guess you could say i'm on another epic Beatles kick. hhoops hah. no, it's cool. i like it.

 I'm thinking of buying a hot chocolate but i can just make me a free one in a couple hours. patience is a virtue, i spose. Seriously, though, it's freezing out here. there were like 2 days of autumn and then snow and cold and unhappiness. but i think it's going to warm up in a bit here. or at least it should. mother nature is a beast who is pms-y during spring and fall. short-tempered and quick to change her mind. sheesh.

and yeah, i think you're up to speed. so cool.