Wednesday, October 28, 2009

My Love/Hate Relationship with October

I thought i loved october,
  • the crisp fall air
  • being able to sleep underneath the covers and not get too hot
  • the leaves changing colors
  • it getting darker sooner
  • corn mazes
  • haunted houses
  • pumpkins
  • halloween
  • and the list literally goes on and on.
But i recently realized that these things i 'love' actually make me 'hate' october. for example
  • the cool air? maybe its cool in the afternoons but the mornings are freaking cold!! As in i am skipping class and staying in my warm bed.
  • my warm bed, i wanna stay in it until at least 11:00 am
  • it getting darker sooner makes me sleepy and want to go to bed at 7:30...
  • the leaves, stick to everything my shoes making me drag them into the house and making my shoes wet in the bitter cold mornings.
  • halloween i still love you but i hate deciding what to be, and i hate when i find the perfect costume early and i order all my supplies in advance and some dont show up (like the 74 feathers i ordered!!!)
  • haunted things, you always sound like a good idea but you never manage to scare me. it is a waste of my money and time...
so i guess that i don't love october, i think i do but in fact i do NOT!!

one thing i do love about october is that makes me remember a great man in my life, although i remember him every day and his example will always stick with me Oct. 29 will always be a sad day. its been one year tomorrow since my grandpa luthi past away, he was an amazing man and i will always remember the conversations we have had and the advice that he has given to me. i still feel very close to him and i cannot wait for the day that i can see him again. although i think he may be disappointed in me for my lack of effort at school lately. learning was something he taught me to never take for granted and every time i read a newspaper i think of him. he was always learning always keeping up on current events. he has impacted my life in such a positive way. i love you grandpa!

Saturday, October 17, 2009

my newest obsession...

so ever since the weather started to chill i have been thinking of my halloween costume. what could i be??? i was having a hard time coming up with any ideas so i youtubed halloween makeup and got a ton of videos of pin up girl makeup and hair. and although i decided to not go that route i am obsessed with that era, the women were so beautiful and classy to me. i recently have decided that i am going to be a classy women and start feed off the attitudes and confidence that women had in themselves back in the day. here are some of my favorite girls i am taking inspiration from: Gene Tierney, Miss Monroe, Ingrid Bergman, Elizabeth Taylor, and of course Audrey Hepburn. I was born in the wrong decade!