absolutely adore fall

i absolutely adore fall.

crunchy leaves. leaves turning all different colors.

a fun walk downtown with a nice young man.

brunch in chicago at grand lux cafe with girlfriends, gretch and amanda, and boyfriend, matt, and a lovely smoothie (amanda and gretch not pictured here, unfortunately).

Dear Hippie Shower Head Attachment,

I very much appreciate all your efforts to be a sustainable fixture in our household as you attempt to help all three of us girls become more green and water efficient. But, can I be completely honest? I hate you. Somehow, you being attached to our shower head is supposed to help us consume less water in the shower. I think that's great. I'm all about using less water. However, I really look forward to my showers. I really like water pressure. It is comforting, relaxing and clean. I really like all three of those things. You just drip on me. And I don't even know where you came from really. All I know is that one day I was looking forward to a soothing shower after a long, hard day's work and you were there. I have tried to remove you, but you will not budge. I don't even know your name. And I don't care to know it. I just want you gone. Please leave.

Not Yours Truly,

Angelica

my brush with fame and fortune

so the other day i was in the slc airport. calling matt. when all of a sudden a i see a very familiar person walking towards me.

elder dallin h. oaks. he is just as regal and handsome in real person as he is via satellite. we didn't talk. he just passed by. all i could do was stare. we made eye contact. he smiled. and i think i was so stunned i just kept staring.

on friday, i got back from my first, official business trip. i was in houston for a client conference, attended by foreign and national business leaders and dignitaries. we stayed at the houstonian hotel. this is how posh it is.

when you walk in the lobby

when you walk in my room after two crazy days

after a beautiful, beautiful five-hour night's sleep that i wish could have lasted forever. it felt like i was sleeping on a cloud.

when you walk out of the hotel room.

really though. thank goodness i'm a simple, midwestern girl at heart.

grabbing a hot dog with matt at kojak's.

Eat Me Daily

Presently, I am at my desk in my office at work. Eating a slice of delicious Lou Manati's vegetable deep dish pizza leftover from a client visit yesterday. The goal was to write a few e-mails in between taking some of bites of bliss, but instead I procrastinated the e-mails and decided to surf the net. I started by checking my gmail, glancing through my friend's g-chat statuses. One friend always has great statuses complete with a funny/interesting news link. So naturally I checked his out first. And oh boy am I glad I did. You see, I have never had the privilege of seeing a Japanese Water Noodle Slide before. Please note how happy this cute family looks in the picture below. If this noodle slide can bring a smile like that to a face, I wouldn't be surprised if these are the hot ticket item this holiday season. Only $118 USD according to www.eatmedaily.com.

What has been going on

Whirlwind. Are you ready?

Labor Day weekend. Went to Utah to visit my boy-f Matt, my BF Mel and her cute little girls London and Brea. Please see the cutest pictures below for evidence.

Matt and I spent most of the weekend at his aunt and uncle's cabin in Brianhead, UT. Mountain biking, watching movies, eating and hiking in Zion's National Park. It was my first time mountain biking and like a pro I ate it going 30 miles an hour. I have bruises and scrapes to prove it. So fun.

And then this past Friday. We had a Cousin's Party at my place. Rock Band was the main highlight of the evening. So was fitting seven of us in my Toyota Camry.

Saturday night I went to an ice skating show. With my sisters and mom. Skate for the Heart. Sasha Cohen is in the picture below. I LOVE her. Love. The show will actually air on NBC January 31. Please look for me. I am the girl at the very back, top row in the dark.

A Tribute to Summer 2009.

I know, I know, I know.

A little MIA in the blogging world as of late.

My summer has been SO, SO, SO jam packed.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So a video must be worth what - a million.

I am sad to see summer come to an end. It was such a fun one.

Here is my tribute.To both summer and LFO.

Enjoy.

News

This is Matt.

We're dating.

He is great. 

We have fun.

More to follow soon!