An Amber-Colored Life

Friday Flashback: Somethin Spooky’s Goin’ Down Now

For this week’s Friday Flashback, we’re flashing back to one of the most beloved Halloween movies for the Xenial generation: 1986’s The Worst Witch!  A television film based on a children’s book by Jill Murphy, it was really only available on HBO and the Disney Channel, so if you weren’t rich enough to have cable or didn’t have an rich friends, sorry ’bout your childhood, because chances are you…

Halloween costume round-up, because I haven’t gotten married or died yet and thus haven’t gotten to have an amazing slideshow of my most adorable baby and childhood moments, so I get to make up for it by doing stuff like this.

Originally Posted October 31, 2012: If you know me at all or have ever read this blog, then you know that I love Halloween. And I especially love Halloween costumes. My favorites are always the play-on-words, mainly because they’re clever, cheap, and easy. Like me. But first, let’s take it back to a time when I was super adorable:   I could wear this Native American costume because I, too, am…

Envelope of space and time.

One of my favorite parts of human existence is how a scent can sucker punch you, sending you on a time-traveling expedition. This a.m. I walked outside and was transported back in England…to those drizzly, mild days of white skies and grey sidewalks in Peterborough. The memory trip was so intense that I could taste the tea and shortbread that Fran would send ‘round 3 times a day to the staff at…

LOOK HOW HAPPY WE LOOK DON’T WE LOOK HAPPY HEY EVERYBODY LOOKIT HOW HAPPY WE ARE Welcome to a brand new recap series, Bachelor babes! Whilst Bachelor Nation takes a Quiet 15 in between Bachelor In Paradise and The Bachelor: Nick Always Gets Dumped!, The Free Form Network (formerly known as The Family Channel, it’s now rebranding itself as the Lifetime version for young women who love top knots,…

It’s been a minute.

What’s up, babes! I haven’t posted on here since June. You maybe even thought I died. Spoiler: I didn’t! I’m still living. See! Proof that I’m still alive. Alive with some new silver unicorn hair, but still.  But to bring you up to speed: Life got really busy this summer/early fall. My best friend Katy had her baby:   It is so surreal to watch the girl you used to go to middle school dances with…

‘The Bachelorette’, Season 12, Episode 1: JoJo Is Hot

What’s up Bachelor babies! Welcome back to another season of champagne wishes and red rose dreams – hope you’re ready to take off on the helicopter of validation and cry some of those sweet, sweet white wine tears of joy! https://twitter.com/erinruberry/status/734910907151683585 https://twitter.com/KristenGBaldwin/status/734922398932291584 I’m actually not ready, not even a little bit (maybe you…