as of late

so i may have recently spent some time here...

doing a little bit of this...

and this...

and i just might be a bronze goddess right now.

*and thank you for all the awesome book recommendations! i ended up not reading anything because someone hogged the kindle the entire time... but now i have a list of must reads. thank you, thank you!

quick!

i need a good book to read asap!

to the few of you that are still reading this blog:

if you were going on a bit of a sunny vacation what book would you bring with you?

what's your favorite book?

what book do think paige would like?

in case this helps, my favorite books are probably:

the secret life of bees

the help

to kill a mockingbird

the historian

i like mostly upbeat books that will make me laugh, smile and maybe cry (but not because they are depressing). and i apparently really like books that take place in the south and dabble in the civil rights movement...

please help me.

i kind of miss my unemployment days.

this time last year my days consisted of waking up whenever, applying for jobs (don't miss that part), feeling overwhelmed and poor (that part either), and watching eight episodes of LOST everyday. doesn't that just sound glorious?

at the time i kind of hated that i couldn't go anywhere or do anything because i didn't have any money but who really wants to leave their apartment and go anywhere and do anything when it is this cold outside?

i know i don't.

i am so grateful that i have a good job and that i can go places and do things but lately i have been feeling really nostalgic for when i just did pretty much nothing.

sometimes (a lot of times actually) i just like doing nothing, you know?

also, i came across a video the other day about Jesus played by desmond! i love desmond! and i always said he looked like Jesus... i actually think that might be what started all this... i need to watch some LOST. asap.

my strong distaste for utah winters.

this is the weather in colorado:

60 degrees... are you kidding me?

now look at provo's weather:

misery... every. single. day.

yay or nay?

my mom forced me to wear lipstick when i was getting ready for my junior prom. as soon as i was in the car i rubbed that lipstick off as fast as i could and slapped on my one true love: chapstick.

i've just never really felt like a lipstick kind of girl. and then i stumbled upon this little blog and i just don't know anymore (oh and also, can we just add this precious little blog to the list of blogs that make me want to die?). i mean should i just stop wearing all this makeup and only do blush, lipstick and mascara? seriously though... red is always classic and cute and the hot pink. oh my goodness, the hot pink! i am in love.

thoughts?

oh hey!

well hello old friend.

sorry for neglecting you. i have a computer now so maybe i will post more often. but i haven't quite decided yet. don't worry though, i still love you.

and ps happy birthday in two days just pudge!

in case you didn't know

...i'm getting my wisdom teeth out today.

in sixty-seven minutes to be exact.

i'm slightly terrified.

words of encouragement greatly appreciated.

***update: removal went well. recovery is going well.***

surprisingly well, a little too well.

thanks for the words of encouragement.

a summary of october in pictures

so my dad gave me his old iphone a few weeks ago. one of the great things about the iphone is that now i can send and receive pictures...hooray! the following is the photographic evidence of my life the past month.

i went down to st. george with these lovelies one weekend...

we rode 4 wheelers, shot guns, ate good food, slept and watched movies.

oh, and i tamed this beast...

i downloaded a polaroid app and you could say i'm a little obsessed.

AND i started wearing earrings.

well, clip on earrings since i still don't think i'm ready for pierced ears.

brooke gave me her old fur bedding. it is so cozy. and classy.

now i can get precious pictures of my colorado babies.

if i'm not all that busy at work i get a little tired. and bored.

one of my projects that i have given myself is to assemble ligature samples.

i may have escalated to drinking rockstars. we had all of these just sitting around the office and i've just been so tired and they are starting to taste good to me and not just like fruit/vomit/bubble gum anymore.

well...there you have it. paige's life from the camera roll on her iphone.

you may have noticed...

...the lack of posting on this blog as of late.

i don't really have an explanation for it.

BUT you should prepare yourself for one of those catch-up posts.

maybe.

scout's honor

as i'm sure you are aware...halloween was last week. andie (get it: andrea + boy scout = andie. i kill myself) and i decided to be boy/cub scouts for halloween.

aren't we just precious?

*note the bloody handprint behind andrea.

we ran into a fellow scouter at the ward halloween party.

i guess he's supposed to be the kid from up.

and i made these brain cupcakes.

they were devil's food. i know, i'm so clever.