I can be crafty.

So I HAD to dress up for Halloween this year.

If I was going to do it, I was going to do it good.

I went to the Halloween store to get ideas and found this...

Christmas Story leg lamp.

$45

Heck to the nothankyou

So I made it myself..

My mom just happened to have this lamp shade in the basement that she had never used.

Because I am not 10" in the waist..me and my brother took wire cutters and cut it like above.

This made it so I could stretch it over but it still stayed up.

Next I went to Walmart and bought 1 1/2 yards of this black trim to hot glue on= $3

While I was there I bought some fishnets = $5

And for a total of $8 +tax I made a costume.

I quite enjoyed it and so did some of the customers.

Some people actually had never seen the Christmas Story

and thought I was just a random lamp.

I'm offended.

Even our dogs got into the fun!

Well that's enough Halloween for me..

off to watch Hocus Pocus! :)

Yes, I really am.



St. George is becoming my second home

Now that my sister is at Dixie we are there like every other weekend.

It's pretty crazy, but pretty crazy darn fun.

I'm going to try to use as less words as possible because I am getting tired by the minute.

Long story short version:

Left work early and hit bad traffic--suprise, suprise

Got pulled over by a highway patrolman, coolest guy=no ticket. BOOM.

Jen sprained her ankle.

Ouch.

They did win though.

Jen sits on couch, icing, and taking medication. Occasionally snoring.

Me, my dad, brothers, little sisters go to Fiesta Fun.

Fiesta Fun=ghetto boondocks.

Go Carts are the best thing, I wish they could go faster...miller motor park anyone?

I took second in mini-golf..only because I accidently hit a light pole.

Played football on the Dixie football field.

We scored every time and I even made 2 field goals.

Relax the rest of the night, jen falls over from medication=who wouldn't laugh at the crippled at that moment?

Me and Sean (brother) drive home

So did everyone else from the break so it's more like we sat on the I-15 conveyor belt.

Longest drive!

But we made it home safely, I wrote a paper, ate more junkfood, and even posted this minimal word-usage that makes no sense to anyone else but me post.

I'm pretty awesome.

You should push the follow button.

Have a good night and all that ish.

Love,

Marlisa Anne



Your welcome.

I have some secrets to share with you.

Ok not the secrets your wanting to hear {the deep, dark ones} but these will become beneficial.

I discovered a pretty fantastic website the other day:

Groop Dealz .

All you do is put your email in and your get an email everyday with their new deal of the day.

And it's not the average waste-of-time deal of the day.

I ordered this:

For $12!

They have lots of different, boutique-ish things for cheap..cheeeeck it out.

Also I recently signed up for this.

Birchbox

All you do is put in your shipping info and answer a couple questions about your needs/wants pertaining to hair, makeup, cleasers, etc.

and for $10 they send you a box of samples of different things for you to try!

If you like any of them they are available to order full size.



I am headed to George, home of the saint to watch the little munchkin {sister}

Happy long weekend everyone!

Halloween Season

I feel like it's been a while since I have posted

but for good reason, I currently have all A's in school :) booyah.

I have a love/hate relationship with Halloween and let me tell you why...

HATE:

the fact that as a girl the only costume 'socially acceptable' is anything that is nothing=less clothes the better

i hate that you not only, again, as a girl, go dressed in your undies (barbie, duh) but you have to participate in skanky activities in your skanky 'costume'

and although, this might make me sound self-righteous, but that's just my opinoin

LOVE:

C.A.N.D.Y!!!

Hocus Pocus - no, not the spell. The movie!!

It is my absolute favorite, i usually just watch it on tv every year but I bought it this year and I literally jumped up and down! love, love, love.

Aaaaand that's the only 2 real things I like about it haha.

I'm the scrooge of halloween and don't care for dressing up

I like cuddling up in a blanket, eating endless amounts of candy, and watching Hocus Pocus.

Even if it's by myself.

I think when I'm married I'll like to watch scary movies but I hate it right now.

Even when you do have someone to cuddle with during it you eventually have to go home by yourself.

Oh and the weather gets chillier=winter wardrobe=love.

Happy October everyone!

Fist Pump

Today is a fist pump day.

Get it on.

I just got an A on my biology test!

and before you start the double fist pump..click follow :)

Have a good day ya'll!



Goodbye Summer.

This is a follow up of the Summer Bucket list I made back in may, you can read it here.

2011 Bucket list:

Wakeboarding= no. haha the closest I got was paddleboarding and that was totally worth it! Love it!

Camping= another no.

Sleepover with the cousins=check. It's tradition and it's one of my favorites. sleeping under the stars are some of my favorite memories.

Golf= check. I got to go after work a lot of nights which was awesome! can't wait for next year!

Fishing = sadly no.

Hike Timp= a very cold check. That was an experience to remember read about it here

Timpanogos Cave = yet another year goes by and I have yet to do it.

Back flip= :( help?

Ride bikes on antelope island = i decided that wasn't the funnest idea ever haha but it's not completely off future lists.

Finish temple baptisms = also a sad no. Slowly but surely getting closer.


Total tally: Yes=3
No=6
and one substitute (paddleboarding for wakeboarding)

Wow. How pathetic am I??
I blame it partly because I got a promotion at work and it increased my hours significantly.

On another note...
..winter has hit Utah!
For now that is.
We are now to that stage where it goes cold and hot and cold and hot until december.
As long as the mountains have snow I could care less.

Here's to another snowboarding season :)

Sister Time.

I have the cutest little sisters ever.

Period.

The youngest just turned 5 and is the smartest girl I've ever met.

She folds the laundry, beats me at the memory game, knows where everyone is at all times, packs herself when we go on trips (yes, she really does), and if that isn't enough...

when I went grocery shopping with her I wasn't sure what kind of flour my mom usually bought and guess who knew?

Yep.

Miss 5-year-old-Emma.

Well I told her I would take her to the Farm Country out at Thanksgiving Point and believe me there is no going back on your word because she WILL remember and hold you to it.

Well because it was rainy and cold we decided to go to the Dinosaur Museum instead, it was so much fun!

she was asleep two seconds after this picture.

dinosaur she 'built'

TURTLES!!

that shark head was awesome! I'm excited for Shark week haha...next year.

I can honestly say that I enjoyed every minute and love hanging out with this girl.

She is the sweetest girl, she still goes and gets me anything when I'm too lazy to get up and get it myself.

Love ya Emmy-lou :)

Friendship of a lifetime

I have the blessing of having two best friends from high school

that I am still the best of friends with.

Aprilyn and Toniann.

These two girls are the greatest friends I could ever ask for.

April lives in St. George playing soccer, Toni lives in Salt Lake, and I didn't go anywhere..aka. Utah Valley.

We are all over the place and live the busiest lives but somehow everytime we get a chance to get together

it's as if we never skipped a beat.

It's just one of those friendships that stays strong no matter what.

It's kinda blurry but this is us in high school and just describes us so well.

April is on the left laughing her very unique laugh, I'm next to her making a face for who knows why, and Toni is the one on the right getting the chip crumbs hahaha :)

Then April went and got married last January...don't worry, we like Mike :)

Emily, April, Toni, Me

Me and April at Boondocks after graduating high school

Justin (married April's little sister, also our good friend), April, Mike (April's husband), and Me

Me and April at our senior basketball banquet

Me and Toni at April's wedding

The latest picture of us..getting all of us together now is pretty hard so when we do, it's always the best :)

P.S. Toni just got engaged last month and is getting married next year!! So excited for her!

I miss you both so much!

Love you girls :)