Insanely Happy Little Girl With Nicki Minaj

I love Sophia's reaction to Nicki Minaj... so adorable.

DREAMS DO COME TRUE: ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT IS COMING BACK!!

omg omg omg

it sounds like the rumors might actually be true this time! for years i've heard rumors about the show coming back, but these rumors may really be factual!

three seasons was just not enough of one of my all-time favorite tv shows. i'm beyond thrilled at the thought of 10 more episodes & a feature length movie! let the masterpiece continue!

check out the NY Times article detailing the announcement:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/mitchell-hurwitz-promises-an-arrested-development-movie-and-new-tv-episodes/

emails from my mom make me happy

Hi Annaliese,

I just saw the video that Ramsey posted!  That was Martha, Elaine, and me doing our thing!  We had the pregame 'tailgate' at our house.  It was quite a bit of fun.  I had a contest where we selected "Ms. Purplelicious"  based on how many purple things she had on.  Sue Fickett won with 15 items.  (I did not compete.)  I made her a purple sash with glittery letters.  We also did some shots of Hot Damn in frozen purple shot glasses.  Supposedly 7 of us were doing it in order H A M P D E N, followed by the cheer Hot Damn, Hampden!  Hot Damn, Hampden!  but we did not get that down quite right.  We will need to practice.  It was all fun except that we lost the football game, darn it!  They scored one more touchdown, plus they made all their extra points and we did not so we actually lost by 10 points.

Miss you!

Love, Mom



A few things I would like to point out about this email:

1. It's awesome that my parents are still throwing ragers.
2. When my Mom said "That's me, Elaine, and Martha doing our thing," she's referring to the time they dressed up in fat suits, wore purple wigs, and choreographed a dance to the Hampden Academy school song.... and then performed it in front of a ton of people.
3. My mom pointed out the fact that she didn't compete in the "Ms. Purplelicious" competition--obviously, if she competed, she would have won.
4. My mom made purple (Hampden's color) ice shot glasses, made up a Hampden-related cheer to go with the shot, and specifically picked Hot Damn alcohol to take a shot of, because the name rhymed with our town's name).

happiness quote

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Helen Keller

happy quote

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Benjamin Franklin

ONLY IN COLORADO

Last Saturday, Nikola and I went to the Pink Elephant Party. We got there around 10pm, but when we got there it was semi sketchy, and we saw signs on the same road for Yarmony Grass Festival. So instead of settling on a night at State Bridge, we decided to drive the 3 miles down the dirt road to checkout Yarmony. When we arrived at Yarmony, we saw a field of tents and stages in a valley next to a river.

We went to the ticket booth and asked about tickets and camping... That's when the good things started happening. We got hooked up with FREE camping & parking and super discounted tickets (even though camping was sold out and parking was full). It didn't hurt that the ticket guy lead us in a golf cart to the best parking spot/camp site! WOOP WOOP. We set up camp in the middle of a group of ridiculous hippie boys. We ended up dancing the night away to amazing live musicians

THEN on the drive home, about 30 minutes after I left the festival, a random car sped by me, with everyone in the car looking at me. A minute later the car pulled over to the side of the road and the passengers signaled for me to pull over. Then, the driver came out of the car, and goes "Are you Annaliese Lafayette?," Turns out, the driver had been asked if they knew me at the concert, because the ticket guy who'd hooked me up the night before had found my wallet and was asking around to try to find me. The driver had noticed my plates and Cornell bumper sticker (there was a maine id and cornell id in my wallet), so she pulled me over to tell me I'd lost my ID. I went back and got my wallet, which basically made my life about 100x better this week, since I don't have to cancel my cards, get a new id, etc.

I Love Colorado.

camping out

trancident @ yarmony

Beautiful Drives

Ashley came to visit, and as usual, we had a super fun time. On her first night in town, we drove through the canyons to Glenwood Springs-- it was outrageously gorgeous. We got lost in Glenwood literally 5 times in a row, but it was OK because we laughed the whole time (plus we got fast food).

On Saturday, we drove from Vail to Steamboat Springs. The drive was beautiful. When we got there, we went to the Strawberry Hot Springs. There were several different pools, and their temperatures range from freezing cold to really hot. So amazing!

ash at the springs

strawberry hot springs

pretty horses we saw on the drive