bold as love.

the computer battery is about to die,
which means it's the perfect time to
scrawl out a blog post.
life is lived better under pressure.
at least that's what we tell ourselves
every morning when we wake up.

a few interesting/great/cool things have happened.

1. dylan gave is farewell talk.
so great. really, dylan. awesome job.
his mom had the best post-farewell food of all-time.
that's not up for debate.

2. the packers won the NFC chamionship.
HECK YES.
after this occurred, taylor b. and her brother
spent hours making rad signs
to hang in various locations.
and place mats.
anyway, they made a couple
"honk for The Pack" signs
and hung them in every single car.
basically, this will be the best superbowl ever.
that is also not up for debate.

3. the state of the union happened.
just barely, actually.

4. the snow at sundance...existed.
like, there was actual snow up there today.
go figure.

5. taylor o. has noteworthy practice.
what else isn't new?

that seems to be all for now.
we're over and out.

---taylor & taylor.

classes are classless.

another week is halfway over.

it's a wednesday night here in the dollhouse,

and what are we going to do?

probably not spend it in the dollhouse,

oddly enough.

that had nothing to do with anything, really.

anyway... biggest loser and parenthood

were great last night.

clearly, taylor o. isn't able to enjoy our 3hr t.v. night

because of noteworthy.

but it's the highlight taylor b.'s and veronica's week.

if anyone was able to catch BL,

do you not agree that the large, mustached twins

are rather frightening?

and how did they both +9 themselves?

freaky.

one down, one to go.

tonight, taylor is playing one song

at grand pianos live.

(emphasis on the "one,"

because we like to emphasize.)

clearly, veronica and taylor b. will be

attending, and following it up with

a dessert of some sort.

dessert TBD.

in other news,

sundance is currently one, large ice rink.

it may be icier than an ice rink,

so we're hoping that those wasatch hills

received some serious snowfall today.

that's about it.

good timez.

---taylor & taylor.

more than words.

oh. hey.

1. russia. i know right??
did i call it or what?
(drew got his mission call.
st. petersburg, russia).

2. can you eat 2 pastries, a tart,
chocolate mousse and cream
puffs all on the same day?
apparently, yes.

3. oh the weather outside is frightful.
and the fire is so delightful.
really, though.
the fire is delightful, and the weather is frightful.
tis cold here. 12 degrees right now.

4. thanksgiving dinner was oh so great.
i sent a picture of me eating my first
bite of meat in 3 months to all our cool friends.
you didn't get it. obv.
but nbd. i'll post it here.


my mouth is full of turkey.
and yes, that is a new sweater.
i know you'll be asking me that later.

anyway, here are some headlines:

this morning i woke up at 6:30am
to help with a 5k up by lagoon.
it was the coldest experience of my life.
you think i'm kidding.
okay, maybe you don't.
but i'm telling you: BRRRRRRRR.

yesterday, i shoveled snow off of our deck.
having a large deck is great in the summer.
i'll kill it in the winter.
some photo evidence for you:


(i'm wearing the blue tights and skyline
shirt i told you about a couple days ago. obv.)


this is my backyard.
can the leaves not fall after the
ground is covered in snow?


apparently these green leaves think they can do
whatever they want. oh, and kipper says high.

i've been cooking like mad this week.
i think it's how i deal with being away from you.
and we have so much pumpkin pie at my house.
seriously. pie after pie after pie.
and you're the only one i want to share it with.

finally, i charged my phone and showered today.
both could have probably gone for
a little bit longer, but i think took it far enough.

also, i'd rather live here:


i'm not eating another bite
of pumpkin pie until you get home.
just kidding. that's such a lie.

:D,

taylor

p.s. HAPPY FRENCH THANKSGIVING!!

the young and the not so restless.

s taylor os -
it's 10:20 am here in sandy, ut.
it's 6:20 pm there in paris.
just thought i'd draw that connection.
.
marci and i are sitting here enjoying a lazy morning,
watching 10 snow plows drive by.
there is nothing left to plow.
oh, and the "snownami,"
"the blizzard of 2010,"
"utah's katrina" ??
as holly brimhall says,

"my 3 year old nephew could have
done more damage."

we got probably 4 inches
and a whole lotta wind.
who knows why everyone freaked out so much.
i mean, it's utah.
it snows here.
but not in provo, apparently.
andy is pretty disappointed.
.
oh, i went to the mall yesterday.
you know those annoying kiosk salesmen?
yeah.
you let your guard down for one second....
this bonehead sat me down on a chair
in front of a mirror, and tried to sell me
a straightener by straightening my
already-straight hair.
and then he curled a few strands,
and left them like that.
c.h.n.
but the part that got to me was
when he asked what my name was.
i told him, and not 1 minute later,
he called me audrey.
c.h.n.
and he didn't believe me when i said
that i was 19 years old,
and then made me guess his age.
got it. 21.
.
hey, remember that time when we won
a free piece of cheesecake
by guessing our cheesecake factory waiter's age?
let's do that again sometime.
.
k, seriously guys.
there is no snow left to plow.
great use of our tax dollars, though.
.
well, watched the 2nd h.p. last night.
i don't know why.
and today i'm making a pumpkin pie.
a real one.
i'm hoping that it will turn out
better than that mess we made on sundee.
j.k. that one was actually pretty alright.
i'll let you know how this guy turns out.
.
(anyway)(well),
miss you somethin' awful.
it's snowing again.

luvs,
taylor sr.

p.s. it stopped snowing.
p.p.s. bring me a pastry.
p.p.p.s. i really want to know what you
almost had for dinner.
a card laid is a card played.
p². p².s. tony never suited you anyway.

this is gonna be a big one.

taylor-

so, you're in paris right now.
i'm in salt lake.
well, sandy if we're going to get technical.

here are the headlines:
1. i almost ate chicken last night.
pan-seared basil pesto chicken to be exact.
man, it looked good. and smelled good.
someone's got to cook while you're away.

2. the storm is rollin' in. it's gonna be a big one.
i say "the" storm, because that's what everyone
has been calling it. i don't think it yet
deserves that kind of a title, but...
you know how weathermen are.
think they know everything.

3. the family is gone today.
i'm all by my lonesome,
and man it is great.
running around in my bright blue tights
and over-sized skyline cross country shirt,
beltin' to whitney's christmas album.
doesn't get much better than this, i'll tell ya.
i'm sure you can picture it,
so there is no need to post a picture.

4. "ADVERTS WCA" keeps calling my house.
and the american diabetes association.
i just tell them this isn't the "burhos"
and that a "mersy" doesn't live here.
no one even has diabetes in my house!
ctn. seriously.

5. i watched the first harry potter last night.
what a tareet.
i miss the days when the characters were
actually at hogwarts and they hadn't
gone through puberty yet.
clint kept mentioning how
"emma watson really grew into her beauty."
blah, blah, blah.
not him too.

6. yesterday at the doctor's office,
i realized i hadn't shaved in a while.
weeks maybe.
embarrassing? no.
for him, maybe.
stuff like that doesn't even phase me anymore.
and you're in france.
good thing it doesn't phase you either.
and anyway, too bad for him.
if he can't fix my knee, that's what he gets.

well, that's about it for now.
it's supposed to be in the teens tomorrow.
it's gonna be awesome.

don't have too much fun without me.
jk. have as much fun as you want.
as long as you film it.

much love,
taylor brin handsome.

p.s. i like your cardigan.
cwn.

p.p.s. let's have a woman date when you get home.
ctn?! please.

p.p.p.s. let's work on our christmas mixed tape.

deep like the grandest canyon.

guys. thanksgiving break is all but here.

1. our pre-thanksgiving is feast tomorrow.

since the french don't celebrate thanksgiving,

we decided to send taylor o. out with a bang.

grocery shopping for the feast was a bit of a mess tonight,

but grocery shopping is always a bit of a mess for us.

2. no school. for almost a week.

3. reading. traveling. working. relaxing. eating.

happiness.

4. it snowed today.

it's snowing right now.

we heard the city got dumped on.

provo is a little behind,

but what else is new?

but guys. it snowed today.

it really did.

and we had a snowball fight.

and we loved it.

it's going to be a good holiday season.

it won't be quite the same with out these guys,

but it will be great nonetheless.

we love that---taylor & taylor