October Magic

I think this time of year is magical. On the other hand, I think most things are magial. Welcome back Fall!

Life

Dude, where can I get these rad glasses?
So, I've be crazy busy! Here's what I've been up to:

~ I got a job at Hallmark! And I've been training for that.

~I dyed my hair red! "Dark Intense Auburn" to be exact.

~I've been working on a grandparent journal. Basically I ask my grandparents a bunch of questions about themselves and record it in a journal. I am very excited about it!

~So, I joined academic decathlon because I'm a nerd like that, and it is a lot of studying and work!

~Classes are pretty crazy this year. I suck at Chem, big time. And math isn't a picnic either. A.P. English is tough, but I'm learning a lot. And I don't mind French and History. Still, junior year is the worst!

~Sleep is small to nonexistent in my life. And I really wish there were more hours in the day.

~ OK, the coolest thing. I went to the doctors and instead of giving me a flu SHOT, they gave me flu NASAL SPRAY. It was so much better than getting a shot.

~I went to my best friend's surprise party & it was amazing! She was SO surprised.

~My friend and I sent a care package to our friend who moved away this year, and I think she's really gonna like it. Hint- it contains Beatles t-shirt, candy, Japanese stuff, & of course, a Morgan Freeman movie. (Her nickname is Morgan Freeman.)

So, yeah. All in all, life's been pretty good.
I hope your life's going great too!

XOXO, Emma

Stuck in My Head

Love

Love is beautiful. And I love to love. I dare you to be more loving. Just try it. It makes this world a happier place to live. So just love. Ok?

Here's what I'm loving right now:

~My family
~My friends
~My comfy pajamas
~Yummy brownies
~This beautiful time of year
~The fact that I just bought Big Bang Theory Season 3
~My dreams
~Hard working people
~The Work & the Glory Series
~Cherry red nailpolish
~ & of course, the world and all who inhabit it.

What do you love?

More Music Crushin'

This music video is completely not what I expected. I love this song though.

True Beauty

This video is crazy. It really brings out the truth about what we compare ourselves to. We are always comparing ourselves to these women that aren't even REAL. They're computers. This video is great, everyone should watch it and stop feel sorry that they don't look like the women on the billboards. Who wants to look like a computer generated supermodel? Not me.

Music Crush

Happy Monday!

Well, I'm sick. Like everyone else. But I'm not going to let that bring me down!

I've been feeling kind of blue, but also kind of good. I absolutely love this weather. It is the best time of year. I cannot wait until the leaves change color and until I can go apple picking! I love fall! I can't say it enough.

I love starting the week fresh. Happy Monday!

Just A Few Photos From the Past Little While

County Fairs, Pretty Sunflowers, and Pancake scented candles. Life is good.

I Got A Job

It's true! I got the job! So excited!
& I just had pizza. It's a good day.

Something Lovely & One Stressed Gal

I just adore this lovely wallpaper! I cannot wait until I have my own home or apartment so I can decorate!

Well, the stress is setting in. A.P. English is not going to be as easy as I thought. My brain turned to mush over the summer, and now I'm paying for it. It's not all that bad actually, I'm just overthinking and making myself crazy. The usual.

To all my Mormon buds, I just got every book in "The Work and The Glory," or whatever it's called. I'm pumped to read it because I've heard such great things about it.

Also, I have really been groovin' to The Mamas and The Papas. I'm such an oldies geek, it's ridiculous.


So last night I watched Anne of Green Gables; the Continuing Story and bawled my eyes out. Every since I was little I've loved the series, books and movies, but this last movie is so good. Watch it. I need to visit Prince Edward Island someday because it looks like the most beautiful place.

Anyways, that's my life. Hope yours is going good!

P.S. I'm supposed to get a call pretty soon from Hallmark! Cross your fingers that I get the job!

Blog Makeover

I decided to give my little blog a little makeover. I'm the kind of person who changing the song in the middle, and who can not stand the same thing for to long. So it was time for a spruce! Hope you like it!

So life has been pretty awesome recently! I had a job interview yesterday, and I think I'm almost definitely gonna get it! School's fine, just the same old same old.

"On the Road" by Jack Kerouac reminds me of "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. Which is one of my favorite books! So I think I'm gonna like it.

New music I found? Florence + the Machine. Love it.

OH! Big news! I can't remember if I wrote about getting my permit, but a couple of weeks ago, I FINALLY got it! But anyways, the news is that I drove on the real road for the first time last weekend with my Dad. It was a crazy experience!

I cannot describe to you, how much I truely love this time of year. Autumn is the best, for so many reasons. I love every season actually, but right now I'm diggin' autumn.

Tomorrow's the first football game of the season (I think?) I'm not a big sports person, but I am a band geek. A proud one!

So, I hope your weekend is awesome! I'm sure mine will be!

I'm a dork

This cracked me up.

Hermonie

I LOVE Emma Watson's new haircut! She looks like Twiggy. I am so excited to see Harry Potter 7 by the way. Is it november yet?

Fun

Sometimes I wish I had someone to spend the day with to do fun things. Also, that that someone was a cute boy who was really sweet. Fantasy world, I know.

Don't ya just love to laugh?

The Office

I am addicted to this show! I originally thought it looked kind of dumb, but this weekend my friend made me watch it, and now I can't stop. I love it!

Last Day of Summer

Well, today is the last day of summer. My junior year starts tomorrow. Ugh, I really don't want to start school. On the other hand though, it will be good to get back into a routine.

I think I had a pretty good summer. I got to go to Florida, Maine, and New Hampshire. I went to Harry Potter World, EFY, Girl's Camp, and so many other places. I got my first job, and finally got my permit! I got to spend time with lots of friends and family. It was overall pretty great!

I'm kind of nervous for school to start. Junior year is a very important year. But I'll make it through!

Moon River

You don't know how many times I catch myself singing this every day. It's one of my favorite songs & of course, this is one of my favorite movies.

You wanna know something? I'm really happy.
Life's good.

Here's what's on my mind right now.

I'm lovin' Marina & The Diamonds, can't get enough.

Current old school music obsession? Peter, Paul, & Mary.

I hate 5 People You Meet in Heaven. & I hate Mitch Albom. I canNOT believe I have to write 6 pages of notes on the thing.

I just read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows....again. & I fell in love with the series....again.

I am so glad I live near the ocean. I love the smell of it! It's gonna be weird not to have that.

I love the fair! I went with one of my best friends yesterday, and we had a blast!

I would really like to go to a different country next summer and help orphans. That sounded weird, but I really want to do that.

I'm excited to learn french this year.

I want a cute boyfriend. But then again, I don't really have the time.

I'm really excited to start school, and normal routine life. But then again I'm going to miss these lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer.


I think it might be time for a snooze. It's been quite a long week.
goodnight moon.

Loungin'

I love sitting around. After a long day, I love to just curl up into a ball and relax. It's great.

This week has been pretty busy. I worked Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Then on Tuesday I had parties and adventures. And tomorrow I'm going to a fair, and movie later on. Whoa, hold the phone, it looks like I actually have a life!

This is shocking.

Oh No!

One thing I believe in; rad people. And she's one of them.

Girls

This is me. I'm a girl scout. No lie.

Ok no it's not. But I really am a girl scout.

I just wanted to say how much girls rock! We are the coolest. I just got back from a week at my church's annual girl's camp, where all the girls from the area go up and camp in the woods! I love it.

We have a craft barn, waterfront, candy store, and all sorts of cute stuff. We learn our knots, go out on canoes, make adorable crafts, and get closer to god. It is the most perfect place.

My church is so important to me and I love going to girl's camp because the spirit there is incredible. You just feel so good and close to the other girls! They are like the sisters I never had.

I can feel and see my life changing for the better right this very moment. I'm getting out of my comfort zone and just living.

It is pretty rad, I must say.

Love This

Weddings

The greatest thing about weddings is the gifts! Seriously you get so much great stuff. We just bought my mom's friend a wedding present and I decided when I get married I'll invite sooo many people so I get lots of presents :D

Ok, I'm not really that terrible, I promise. But weddings are really great.

First of all, finding your true love is a pretty exciting deal. Obviously right? I'm always saying that I'll never get married because honestly, there aren't that many guys out there that look appealing to me. I'm only 16 though, so I'm surrounded by jerks. No offense to the good ones. The truth of it though, is that I would really like to get married.

To the right guy.

I don't just want to get married for the sake of getting married. I know people who have done that, and that is NOT the way I wanna go.

The bottom line of it, is that I don't know what the future holds for me. Nobody does. I'm not going to start picking out baby names like all my friends. I'm just going to live my life and see what happens!

I just want to say congrats to my mom's friend who is getting married on this beautiful day! She deserves every happiness.

XOXO Em

Church Nerdiness

Sorry to spring more church nerdiness on you, but I adore this song. It's really comforting to me.

I would love to get the sheet music for this. Although maybe I should learn how to play the piano better first.

Uklele

So I've decided the uklele is probably one of the raddest instruments ever. My friend Chritstie brought one to EFY and I fell in love with it.

The cool thing is that when I got home I told my dad about it, he told me he was thinking of getting one! That's the greatest thing about having a rockstar daddy!

So my Dad, knows a guy, who know a guy in Hawaii who apparently makes the best ukleles in the world. And we might get one! I'm rather excited if I do say so myself.

P.S. I'm having a Pixar Party tonight! A bunch of my friends are coming over to veg out and watch pixar movies. How cool are we?

XOXO Emma

I Love This

Curves and Curls

The typical beauty of today is having the smallest body and the sleekest hair right? But what is typical really? Because in my life I've know people who come in all sizes and shapes. People with every color hair and some crazy styles. And you know what? They are all beautiful in their own way.

I'm always trying to overcome my self conciousness about what I look like. I hate to admit to this weakness but yes, I do get the blues over my appearance.

Recently though, I've been feeling pretty content with how things are. Summer and EFY and many recent experiences of mine have left my feeling confident and pretty and well, just, GOOD.

Loving yourself is a constant struggle. Not just for me but for everyone! And all I know is I really wanna try and work on it.

From now on, I love my curves and my curls. Because they make me unique and they make me who I am.

Beautiful

It's a beautiful day. It's a beautiful life. And here are some things that I think are beautiful.

Little acts of kindness.

Self-Confidence.

Smiles.

Nature.

Uplifting music.

An ice cream sundae (come on, you think so too!)

Love. In all shapes and forms.

But most of all...YOU! You are beautiful! And so am I. We are beautiful in everyway and nothing will shake us.

Have a beautiful day! (:

Churchy

I know I'm getting really churchy, but this is my blog, and honestly I am a church nerd. So I'm gonna post what I wanna post!

This is the efy theme song for 2010 and it has been stuck in my head ALL day. I love it. And all the songs on the CD.

I'm stilling living off the EFY high, and I don't want it to ever go away. I love it so much.



On another note, I had a really fun day! I went to Canobie Lake Park with my friend Sam and we had a blast! The Tilt-A-Whirl was the highlight of the day. So much fun.

Tomorrow I'm having a beach day all to myself. Besides my mom and brothers. But it should still be great.

I am so happy right now, and so content with who I am. And that doesn't usually happen. I'm totally lovin' this! I feel happy, and churchy, and nerdy, and awesome. It's the greatest!

EFY

I can hardly find the words to describe what an amazing week I had at EFY. I feel like a totally changed person. I am to tired to write out everything that went on, but all I can say is, I know that my church is true. I strongly believe in it, and after all I've felt this week, I could never deny it. I'll write more about it later, but for now, I am just so tired.

This video was shown to us at the Young Women Activity and it made me really want to get up in the morning and love myself, just like this little girl. That is one of the things I plan to work on. Because I want to love all my hairs and my whole house!

Ya-Ya

So, I just finished reading The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and I L-O-V-E-D it. It was not one of the original books on my "Summer Reads" List, but I have been adding on books as I go. I only finished about 10, which is hardly any. This might end up being my "2010 Book List."

Anyways, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood was an amazing book and I highly recommend it. I loved the friendship aspect of it, and I love the time period it takes place in! (1930's-present day.) It made me really want a sisterhood.

Now I am reading, Eat, Pray, Love which is also turning into a great summer read. I originally had a lot of classics in my mind when deciding what I would read this summer, but summer just makes me lazy. I feel like reading a lot of beach books, and I'm really ok with that. The classics can wait! I'm enjoying my summer before I have to make my brain function properly again. I don't even wanna think about that!

Well I've got a big day ahead of me so I better get some shut eye!
goodnight moon!

Lovely Quote

“The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity.”



Margaret Nadauld

1 day home

I just got back from a vacation in Maine! And to tell you the truth I'm kind of exhausted. I have one day home, then straight to EFY. it will be nice to get away for the week.

EFY is a program for the youth of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. EFY (Ecspecially For Youth) is one of my favorite parts of the summer. I get to go to this college and met tons of new people, take a bunch of great classes, go to dances, and afterwards I feel spiritually refreshed. I can hardly wait!

King of Anything

British Accents

British Accents make me go weak at the knees!

The Lake

Off to the lake for the week!

Restless

I feel like jumping out of my skin. Don't you ever just feel stuck and like you're not going anywhere in life. I'm just feeling restless. It's hard to explain.

Random Thoughts

I just had a few random thoughts that have been on my mind recently. I thought I'd share them with you...

I want to try everything worth trying, at least once. Everything in the world, I want to try it all.

I love to swim. It makes me feel weightless.

I like to get places fast. When people walk slow and dilly dally, it drives me nuts.

I just watched "The Long, Long Trailer" with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. It makes me want to buy a trailer and travel America in a couple years. I seriously love that movie. And those two stars.

I hate it when my cat is rolling around, begging me to pet him when I'm on the computer. He is doing it right now. I love him anyway though.

I feel stuck. Where am I going with my life? I just want to go some place new and start completely fresh. Two more years until I can do that. I'll just try to enjoy the time I have left.

Sometimes I don't realize how different I am. But lately it's become more and more obvious. I sometimes wonder...is that a good or a bad thing?

I love having friends who influence me in such big ways, good ways. Even if they don't realize how their attitudes affect me.

I like to eat and not feel guilty. But it sure is hard.

Just finished, "The Secret Life of Bees." Really good book!

Is it better to be lonely, or fit in? I've always picked lonely. But sometimes it really sucks.

I think a lot. But I don't know if that's entirely healthy.

Time is going by quick. Am I living my best life? I don't even know.

I am excited about the future, but honestly, I am terrified. We'll see what happens.

I always get excited about te next season. Like in the spring, I was excited about summer. But now that it's summer, I'm excited about fall. Weird, right?

I miss my best friends.




I have so many thoughts always buzzing around in my head. I just need to vent a little. On another note, I am prettyy excited about nexty week! I am spending the whole week in Maine with the family! It is going to be marvolous! I'm also happy I get to hang out with my Nana tomorrow and spend sometime the rest of the week with friends. Summer is doing wonders for me!

Red

Why do I love the color red so much? I can give you 5 reasons....

Red lips

Ladybugs


This, just this

Red nails...oh, and red M&M's are pretty grand

Strawberries

& Roses

Books

Ok, so I love to read. Maybe that's nerdy but I don't care. This weekend I went to a book fair TWICE and got some major books. Like 20 at least. I just love adding to my collection. I ecspecially like getting the classics. The language is so beautiful and sincere. It makes me sad that less and less people are reading books these days, ecspecially the really good ones. I'm still working on reading all the books I put on my "Summer Reads" list. I have a longg way to go. But I'm enjoying the ride. So far I've been to Wonderland, New York, Africa, London, and Heaven. Reading, it's simply magical.

Pearls

Maine

This picture made me think of the lake house, which is where I am going for the weekend! Call me, beep me, if ya wanna reach me, mis amigos. Later gators.

Me Too

Creative Itch

I am having a serious creative itch! I really need to do something about it! Maybe tomorrow after work, and after I clean, I can play with some paint. Or some pen & paper. Whatever works!

Exhausted

My weekend was pretty amazing I must say. On Thursday I got to see some great friends and have some great conversations. Also a fun little photoshoot was thrown into the mix. It was nice to spend some time with them, no matter how short an afternoon it was! Ecspecially since one of them is jetting off to Utah for 5 whole weeks! Actually, she's already there. I miss her already!

Then I spent time with my longtime friend, Ora! We tried snowballs for the first time, listened to girly music, had a gorgeous photoshoot, saw Toy Story 3 and gossiped (something we are really good at, even if we shouldn't be!) She kept making fun of me for crying during the movie, but honestly, how could you not? It was very sentimental, and I am an emotional gal.

The Fourth was a good time too! I went with the fam down to the waterfront to see the fireworks and we relaxed and had a great time! The only problem was these extremely annoying kids sitting behind us screaming and being completely obnoxious! Then these guys standing in front of us, blocking out the fireworks! Ugh, it was driving me nuts! All in all, we had fun though. We went to Sam Diegos' for dinner, even though we had already eaten. It was like 10:00 and I'm not usually hungry, so instead I downed 2 diet cokes. The walk back to the car was long and scary, what with all the drunks all over the place, but we survived. Not the best Fourth of July, but pretty good.

Today I got to babysit my adorable cousins for, 9 hours! And all I can say is I am not ready to be a mom anytime soon (my parents are relieved to hear this.) It is completely exhausting chasing after little ones! I had a good time though! I had an excellent excuse to play with my old barbies and watch The Little Mermaid and Cinderella. Oh, and not to mention Seseame Street! Landon could NOT stop crying the whole time though! Major headache right now. But I managed to calm him down for a bit. We took a peaceful walk and sat outside for a while. Babies really are incredible.

Anyways, after such an eventful weekend now I'm pooped. Tomorrow I have to go to a funeral (sadness) then work for the next 3 days. Luckily, I'll be heading up to Maine on Thursday with Dad just in time for the library book sale! I know, NERD ALERT! hahaha

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Greg Brady

"I think you're happenin', in a far out way."

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