happy halloween :)

the old lady, the lumberjack, and the mad hatter.

we like to improvise :)

to love the mountains here :)

aren't they pretty? :)

the story of the slarf

~transcript of a conversation between roommates via facebook chat~

dude

this exists

http://www.etsy.com/listing/44901655/sleeve-scarf-fw-2010?ref=fp_treasury_1

it's called a slarf

what thet!

the*

that is redic

hahahaha

i want one

except it's 200 DOLLARS

TWO HUNDRED

WHAT THE HECK

it's too bad you can't make numbers be all caps..

i know right

i don't understand why the left arm gets left out in the cold haha

just the letters spelling out the numbers

not the same thing

literallly

out

in

the

cold

COLD

yeah fool

and def not the same

stand up.

I recently watched this video {youtube splits it into two} and it really impacted me. It's about 16 minutes long, but for me it was well worth watching.





These are some of my favorite quotes I've gleaned from her speech: 

what do an atheist, an agnostic, a jew, and a mormon all have in common?

"Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming [others] on questions about the core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions... On questions about Christianity – including a battery of questions about the Bible – Mormons (7.9 out of 12 right on average) and white evangelical Protestants (7.3 correct on average) show the highest levels of knowledge."

http://pewforum.org/other-beliefs-and-practices/u-s-religious-knowledge-survey.aspx

This is not meant as an insult to other religions. Of course this doesn't mean that all Atheists know more about religion than any given Catholic or Protestant, or anything like that. I just found it interesting :) Personally I think it's very important to be well-educated about not only one's own religion, but others' as well.

You can take a short quiz here to see about how much you know :)

{my personal score was 15/15... I like religion :)}

i love october :)

crunchy leaves

sweaters & boots

skinny jeans

hot cider

seeing your breath in the morning and at night

crisp air

apples and caramel and yum

cold enough that tip of your nose gets numb… but not so cold that you get frostbite

beautiful colors on the trees & all around

my birthday month :)

pumpkins!

colder at night

pretty stars on a dark night sky

halloween = excited little kids, costumes, dressing up, candy, love

excitement in the air

it’s that much closer to the holidays

still warm during the day

jumping in leaves and puddles

bright sun

wrapping up with blankets on the couch and being happy :)

photo credit: alisonayubi