a very italian weekend.

-had a spaghetti girls-night-in with Jamie & Kess
-watched Only You {set in Italy}
-enjoyed delicious macaroni and cheese & good company on friday night!!!!!!
-had gelato 2 nights in a row {the guava from bellissimo is amazing!!}
-i've been reading the first book of Eat, Pray, Love, which is set in Italy.

yeah... that's about all...

unless you want to count the fact that i'm currently using my knock-off prada bag that Sean got in Italy... and that I scared Kess yesterday with the mask Sean got in Venice... and that I'm going to Spaghetti Factory tomorrow...

but that's stretching it :)

engaged!

annette & brad got engaged yesterday! they're tying the knot on december 16th and my baby sister annette sheffield will become mrs. field :) awwwww i'm so excited! congratulations, love birds!

what we've been watching.

don't worry... these weren't all in one weekend.

-bella {which I read about on shawnee's blog} was amazing.
-for some reason i felt the urge to watch the village the other day. i liked it. just enough scariness/suspense. not too much gore/satan worshipping/etc.
-two weeks notice cracked me up! i had totally forgotten about this movie. "did you say, 'billy, i love you?'..."
-we finished the whole 2nd season of heroes in 2 days {it was only 11 episodes}. loved it. and i ♥ mohinder.
-i got sucked into watching the first episode of the new 90210. dumb. i much prefer my gossip girl {which by the way started out the season with a bang... just as scandalous as ever.}
-august rush is a new favorite. i cried a lot {when do i not?} in a good way. sean liked it too.
-i hated the nanny diaries. it was disturbing & sad.
-after reminiscing with kess about it, i looked up ghostwriter on youtube. awesome. if i could find it on dvd i would totally buy it.
-the democratic & republican conventions. blah. i'm not too excited about any of the options.

what have you been watching?

salt lake symphonic choir.

I had my first rehearsal with the Salt Lake Symphonic Choir tonight and I'm so excited! I'm still sad about the UMC, but this new choir is going to be a lot of fun. For one thing, it has around 100 members, which really takes the pressure off :) I often felt like I was singing a solo with the UMC, so this will be a nice change! AND there are MEN! hooray! AND they have a rich, full, wonderful sound! They would love to have even MORE men, however, so if you know anyone who might be interested, send them my way! And now... for the most shocking part of it all... I, Ariel Smith, will be singing SECOND soprano! I know, I know. You're all in awe. You all thought I was a die-hard first soprano. Well, it wasn't my choice :) But really, I'm excited about it. It will be good for me to actually have to sight read for a change! And I will definately not miss those high A's & B's and whatnot. Juliann will just have to elbow me when I start singing the Soprano 1 line! Anyway, I am looking forward to my first season with the Salt Lake Symphonic. It's going to be a blast! {um did I mention that at our first rehearsal we sang the Hallelujah Chorus? and everyone knew it but me?? haha! I felt kind of dumb}

#22

The polls came out yesterday and the mighty Utes are ranked 22nd in the AP and 23rd in USA today. I’m curious to know which friends of ours are Red and which are Blue. Don’t worry I have nothing against BYU. We actually cheer for BYU to win, but when it comes to the “Holy War” there is no question on where our loyalty lies: GO UTES!!! (If you comment that you are a BYU fan and don’t hear from us during the season….you know why.)