Why Can't I Just Have Both?

I have talked about all of the great things Las Vegas has to offer, but there are quite a few things that they do not have here that I really miss some days.

Right now in Utah, it's fall. The leaves are changing. The mountain sides are turning from shades of green to shades of red, orange, and yellow. The sunsets take your breath away and the air is crisp and cool. All you want to do is get a chai tea from Beans & Brews and cuddle up with your wooby.

Speaking of Beans & Brews, I had no idea it was just a Utah business until I started living here...I no longer get to have the most delicious Chai in the world in the mornings before work...It's tragic.

Via City Weekly

Here, everything is still green. I had to wear a jacket this morning, but the days are still sunny and warm.  I'll be excited for the day that I get to wear some boots and a sweater and it actually looks appropriate for the weather. Yes, that will be an awesome day.  Unfortunately, that Beans & Brews thing will never resolve its self.

I just really hope the days of dressing like this have not come to an end...

One of my favorite pass times at home was strolling through the Walmart...yeah Walmart in Las Vegas...There isn't one on every other major road like there is at home.  That means that when I'm too scared to get out of my car at the one on Tropicana--Yes, that acutally happened--I don't have many other options. At least not that I know of...I guess that means that I miss the security of living being in a generally safe area all the time.

I'm also going to miss the crunch of the snow under my feet as I walk out to the car.

I will not, however, miss scraping the frost off my windshield in the morning...That was the worst.

I miss my mom's spaghetti...It's not anything spectacular, but every time I came home to find out my mom was making spaghetti for dinner, I was instantly happier. I also really miss sitting at the table with my family talking about how our day went...

I miss cooking.
So. Bad.

I'm going to miss the annual fall trip to the pumpkin patch and pumpkin carving...

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I miss my family of course. I suppose that one goes without saying. Every time I leave them I miss them. I love being independent and away from home, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to play with a cute lil baby or take my sissy to the mall...even though she's impossible to shop with, I still miss it.

Being away makes you grow up. It makes you a big kid real quick. I learned that when I was in basic training. I am an adult.

I have my own life separate from the one my family lives...

Why can't I just have both? like...now. 

Winter Wonderland...

I was planning on throwing down the Sunday Social today, but first I had to finish my application to University of Washington. It ended up taking forever and I didn't get a chance to write my Sunday post and now it feels like it's too late!

So instead, Ima tell you 'bout my weekend.

Wow, I shouldn't ever talk like that.

Thursday was the "warm before the storm". It was beautiful out probably 70 degrees. Friday, the snow storm hit. It started snowing when I left for work and it didn't stop.  I had to brush the snow off my car that morning around 8:00 then again when I left work at 4:00...I was so pissed, I took a picture of it. Hence, bottom left photo.

But I'm very excited that it's time to bust out the coat/hat/scarf combo though! I wore a sweater to work today.

Check out that Sepia tone...I'm cool. 

On Saturday, it was my friend's birthday. The roads were terrible and I was really scared to drive, but I braved it anyway. It was totally worth it too! It was a Harry Potter party.  Yep, grown ass adults have a Harry Potter party. It was fun...don't judge. And we had festive cups. What up.

I named this file "drank in my cup". I thought it was clever.

Oo, and on Friday I made my delicious taco soup and we found out that I'm going to be the auntie of a lil' baby girl! I'm very excited for that!

Friday, I went to a "Thank God Obama won" party.  It was a little bit strange for me to go to, seems how I'm like...so conservative it's not even funny but I had a really great time. Made a bunch of new friends, took some fun pictures, and made some great memories...

My goal for this winter, is to enjoy it. I'm going to do my best to love the snow.  I will freeze my toes off wearing my Chucks in the snow...

 I'm going to find a coffee-type product that I like, and I'm gonna drink it. I'm going to go ice skating and eat soup. I'm going to wear scarves, boots, sweaters, coats, and hats. And I'm gonna party. Party like there's no tomorrow. Because I am young, and I can. :)


What are you doing this winter? Have you had the first real snow where you live at? Does it snow where you live at? Hate it? Love it? I want to know :)

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Social Without Structure

Today's Sunday Social is one unlike all others. There are no questions for us to answer! At first, I was disappointed. I love answering those questions. But then, I decided that this would be a good oppertunity to talk about the things I loove about Fall.

If you want to share you favorite things about fall head on over to A Complete Waste of Makeup and Link up!

Admittedly, Fall is not my favorite season. I'm not a fan of the cold, I dislike Halloween, and I hate how it gets dark so early. But there are definitely things that I do like about it, even though I wish it was Spring turning to Summer not Fall turning to Winter...

One thing I love is Fall decor. My cousin Jessica runs a shop on Etsy called DefineBliss where she sells all this awesome stuff that she makes by hand. My favorite things are always the fall decorations.

Source: DefineBliss Etsy

Source: DefineBliss Etsy


Source: DefineBliss Etsy

In fact, I love all these things so much, when I hit 50 followers, I'm going to be doing a giveaway! My very first one!  My favorite thing about all this stuff, is she makes everything herself. She gets help from her sister and other family members when she's trying to build her inventory for a show, but for the most part, everything is made by Jessica from her imagination. She also can do almost anything custom orders. It's amazing. She is so talented :)

And now that I've gotten very off-track...

There's a couple more things that I love about fall.

I love our annual family Pumpkin Patch excursion as well as the carving we do after that. I really don't like to carve pumpkins, but it's always fun to get together and hang out with all our cousins.
 This year, we decided to pick our pumpkins while we could have the pick of the patch then we'll carve them in a few weeks. That way they will still be good on Halloween.
We started the tradition of going to Mabey's Pumpkin Patch a few years ago. It was a lot more fun than just going to the grocery store and grabing one out of the cardboard bins.

We went out yesterday and this was the result!

That's Jessica from DefineBliss in the middle!

My mom and sister stolling through the patch

That speck in the distance is my grandpa in his motor-scooter. He decided to do some off-roading without us and check out the pumpkins.

That pumpkin had to have been 30 lbs and my sister wanted it. So I carried it halfway across the patch for my mom to say that she couldn't have it...

We ended up wtih three little wagons filled with pumpkins for us to carve.

Also, I really love Thanksgiving. My post giving thanks is already in the works. It's so important to me to let people know how much they mean to me and how many amazing things I have in my life.

Plus, I love mashed potatoes and side salads...Who doesn't?

Wow, that ended up being really long!
Stay tuned for a post about the actual carving of those pumpkins.

And also, like I said before, when I hit 50 followers, I'm doing a DefineBliss Giveaway! The sooner I hit it, the sooner some gets a fantistic piece from Jessica's shop!

Until next time!  Happy Autumn!