The Importance of Being Lauren

My fear of Lawn-Guys started last Summer, I will tell the story in third-person because I have to practice writing it..... It all started when a young unsuspecting thirteen year old was outside practicing Kung-Fu. The poor girl had been trying to teach her younger sister (unsuccessfully) the form and she was sweaty, tired, and irritable. When her little sister left she practiced on her own. The while doing a jump kick a truckload of Lawn-Guys passed and they honked and yelled at her. The girl was mortified! She decided to finish practicing because never in a million and one years did she think that they would come around again. This girl was completely foolish; because they did come back, and they were even louder the next time! Completely ticked at these strangers she threw down her Bo-staff in frustration because she knew she couldn't do anything about their childish attitudes, and she stomped angrily into her house. As she glared out the window she mumbled to her embarrassed...

Merry Christmas everybody!!! This afternoon I took on the chore of listening to the piled up messages on my moms phone. It's really is a grueling job, but I enjoy doing it. Anyway back to what happened...... So first I went through the usual boring messages, and then I heard the formal serious voice in the receiver say,"Um...I would like to tell you that your daughter Monkey has won our Colossal Stocking !!!" I screamed at Monkey who was playing on the computer,"You won, you won the Ginormous Colossal Stocking!!!!" I was jumping up and down while saying all of that, while Monkey's face was completely passive and she shrugged her shoulders and said,"So...." I was shocked, because when I won last year I was so excited I practically died of happiness. (check here for pictures of my Christmas booty.) When I was finished being happy for her unimpressed self; she told me that the only slip she put in was the one I filled out for her !! What can I sa...

Last night my mom took us on a walk around our neighborhood. I love walking, and it makes it even more fun when we bring Reagan the flower sniffing dog. I made it a little over half way before I had to stop to tie my untied shoe lace that kept tripping me. I decided to stop at a stop sign. As I was kneeling I felt something poking my knees badly. Finally I was able to get up to look at my knees and I cried,"No!!! I can't believe out of this whole yard I found the spot with all the thistles !!!! Ow. Ow. *pain dance* Great now I have them on my knees and my fingers.......This is just perfect." The pain dance I did was pretty amusing to my siblings. Well I'm glad that somebody got a laugh out of my pain.......

This is what the real Breakfast Bowl looks like! A couple months ago my mom and I tried the new Jack In The Box breakfast bowl; courtesy of my grandmother. I was pretty hungry that morning so I asked my mom for the big bowl, instead my wise mother said,"You've never had it before, how are you sure you'll like it?" She of course won, and we both got a small. It smelled so good and I was almost tempted to open it right then and there but I waited like the good girl I am. Finally we stopped and I opened the container holding what I thought was breakfast deliciousness; as I opened it I found that the ad on TV was a total scam! The bowl of "food" on my lap looked like really bad dog food that even my dog who eats practically everything wouldn't eat. "I'm sure it'll taste fine.", I told myself as I took a small bite of it. I was wrong, so wrong I tell you. It was absolutely horrid! I couldn't believe that somebody would actually sell...

This girl is very nice, but she dumbs herself down to impress the boys. (I'm not quite sure why ) So this post is not against her, and I'm not trying to be mean. Yesterday one of the rude boys in my class asked the girl mentioned above,"Hey, did you know that I have a pet ferret?" "A ferret!” she exclaimed in a valley girl voice that I usually only hear in movies . "Isn't that like a half bird thing?" All the rude boys laughed so hard that they fell of their rear ends. "What?", cried the girl in a fake pitiful (valley girl) voice. "I know that ferrets are half bird, half rat animals!" I was so shocked that somebody would actually say something like that! The shock was so great that I couldn't move from the doorway where I was attempting to make my escape from those people. (I use the term people lightly, they're more like savages.) Her absolutely brilliant response to what the rude boys said next was,"*giggle* ...

A few minutes ago after I finished working on the awfulness called Algebra. I felt like my head was going to implode from all the knowledge that I had just attained from studying, so I decided to rest my head on the inflated balloon that rested on the shelf right next to me. It felt really good...... until I moved a little bit, and then B A N G !!!!! For about five minutes after my accident I was seeing psychedelic colors flying at me from all around the room, and seeing my sister in double! After I recovered from that I realized that my balloon was not free, but that he was beimg held captive to the Evil Decorated Cement Block Party Balloon Weight Thingy ! (I knew my balloon wasn't evil enough to lead me unto major head injuries!) *Lesson learned from this: Do not use a balloon for a pillow, because it may be working (under captivity) for the Evil Decorated Cement Block Party Balloon Weight Thingy ....That is all.*

Monday afternoon I had the pleasure of watching the highly anticipated movie Twilight ! I thought the movie was okay , the music was fantabulous though, and the people were extremely good looking. My mom and I laughed a lot throughout the movies running time. I almost passed out from lack of breathing because I was laughing so hard when Edward kisses Bella's forehead. (It looked like a lip-suction cup on her forehead.) And again at the very end when Bella wants Edward to bite her and Bella's eyes are rolling all over the place in anticipation!!!!! That was the greatest!!! I liked the movie don't get me wrong, but it had so much potential to be better. They put way too many "wink, wink" moments for me to take it too seriously. I loved Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and of course Edward! They are my favorite vampires!!! Now tell me what you thought of the movie........... This scene was totally awesome!! His......Hair......Is.....Perfect!!!! The best pictures of Robert P...

Behold, the latest dorky thing that I have done.......... Cameo and I were partners for our Young Women class a couple weeks ago, and the lesson was on "How To Be In The World, Not Of It". So each group had to choose a scroll and read the problem on it, and then come up with a solution. I was still embarrassed from something I had said earlier so Cameo went up and got our scroll, when she came back she whispered,"I have a good feeling about this one, it was totally calling out to me!" As she was unrolling it my heart sank when I saw the title was "Chastity and Virtue".... I chose to go last because I had to read about "Chastity". My face was burning when I got up to the front and started reading. I wasn't paying attention to the things that I was reading and I started to let my mind wander, and then I heard myself say,"You should not commit " sexual transmissions "!" That's when I heard the gasps, and then the burst of...

Sister Norton is one of my favorite people in the whole world! Not only is she adorable, but she's also incredibly sweet. About two months ago when James Dashner came to Texas, she invited me to go to lunch with her..........and James Dashner!!!! Not many people can say that their favorite author bought them their first ever Burger King milkshake, but at least I can! (It was really good!!!) Thank you so much for everything James and Sister Norton!!! And now without further ado the pictures from my amazing time with you guys! This is my little sister Mel Smells showing off her signed bookmark. Do you see that thing draped over my right shoulder? That's the shirt that I won!!!! It's way cool and I got it signed too!! Behold, the awesomenss of the authors table! Ewww, who did that?

I just had one of the best mornings ever!!! Last night for Mutual our class decorated Halloween cookies, and delivered them to people in our Ward. Sadly Monkey and I could not attend the activity, so I didn't think anymore about it. At about 7:00 in the morning I got up to make the lunches of my "schooler" siblings. As I stumbled across the kitchen I noticed a plateful of beautiful pumpkin shaped cookies on the counter with my name on it! (Literally) I would like to thank my teachers and all the girls in my class for this!!! It was really thoughtful of you all, and I would like you to know that I really appreciate it!!! I love you guys, and I think you're all awesomerific!!!!!!!

Halloween is less than a week away!!!!! There are a couple reasons why Halloween makes my "Top Four Favorite Holidays" list every year, is ....well to be honest...I like it because it's a lot of fun!

Oh my goodness!!!!!! A couple minutes ago at dinner I had this terrible experience that I hope will never be subjected to ever again!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You see I was just absentmindedly enjoying my ravioli at dinner, and my mom who had already finished hers was going through the grocery bags and exclaimed,"Papi, I see that you've bought this lovely loofah for yourself. What's that all about?" My dad got defensive about his new ugly loofah and said,"Well I was tired of using that puny white spongy so I had to get this ." Suddenly I heard in a faint voice the description of "puny white spongy". "Wait a minute........" I thought to myself; that sounds just like my spongy, the one that I bought for camp...............(all of this thinking only took a second) And then............ "Noooooooooooo!!!!!!! Oh my gosh!!!!!! Oh my gosh!!!!!!! Oh my gosh!!!!!!! That's my spongy!!!!!!!! Oh my gosh!!!!!!! You scrubbed your nasty butt with the spo...

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Last week while my familia and I raided our local Kroger store we met this rude lovely lady on the reject aisle . I personally think the lovely lady was badly in need of a couple of glasses of apple juice, and a couple of reeealllly long naps!!!!!! My feisty middle sister Caterpillar is notoriously known for her temper-tantrums, and her "stubborn as a mule" attitude. At one store all the employees know her by name and they shake their heads and mumble,"It's Caterpillar! The girl with the baddest attitude in all of Tacoville!!!!!" every time we come in. (Just like in Hello Dolly where the waiters all start whispering,"It's Dolly! It's Dolly! The lady with the biggest appetite in all of New York City!!!") Anyway the most recent tantrum was over her doctors appointment, she was so upset that she yelled at my mom,"I'm not going home with you! I'm going to live here forever!!!" She even sat down in the middle of the aisle t...

Since I don't feel like writing at the moment I would like to instead share my favorite song ever with you....... Different by Acceptance !!! (This is especially for you Lauren because I know that you love Acceptance too!!) I have been crying to this emo song for about two years now and I'm still not tired of it. So please enjoy this until I come back with a real post for you guys tomorrow...... Lots of Love- Sunbum *My 1st Blogiversary is in 8 days!!!*

After finishing Breaking Dawn I didn't think that I could love any book ever again. Boy, was I totally wrong about that!!! This is the first time that I've actually been glad to be wrong...... The lovely sisters Brynn and Cherstin recommended both of the following books to me. Thank you guys for telling my mom about the Uglies!! My mom and I absolutely adore the Uglies series!! Please don't tear me apart for saying this but .....I think it was way better that any of the Twilight books...... I didn't read this book at first because everybody I knew who read it told me,"Oh, Sunbum you would love this!! It's so your kind of book!!" I truly despise being predicable so I decided I wasn't going to read it, and their predictions wouldn't come true. (Ha!) You can see how well that plan worked out.........I'm a sucker!! I couldn't resist for very long; so now I have proved them right! I really hoped that I wouldn't like it, but my hoping w...

Happy Labor Day everybody!!! Up until recently I thought that Labor Day was just another excuse for people to take one last vacation before the end of Summer. One afternoon I asked my first source of information (mom) about it. If my mom hadn't challenged me to find out what Labor Day actually was on my own; I would still be soaking in my ignorance. Since my first source wouldn't help me, I had to solely rely on my second form of information......Wikipedia!!! I learned a lot of things about this holiday, and I would like to share some of my new-found knowledge with all of you! Labor Day: · A United States Federal holiday · It originated in 1882 when Central Labor Union of New York City made a day for working citizens to have the day off. · It was made a holiday by Congress in 1892 · For some people it symbolizes the end of summer · It is celebrated the first Monday in September (I already knew this one.....) · It’s different then Labour Day which is celebrated in most ot...

This all started while I was feeling sad because Ross didn't have any emo shoes in stock!! Through my sorrow I noticed that I didn't know where my family was, so I started walking around trying to find them. (Not that it's hard to) I was looking down each of the aisle trying to find everybody when I saw her !! She was an older woman, obviously from Hispanic descent, she was um....a heavier set lady. Honestly it wasn't her that I saw......It was her tight gold shirt that had some very interesting letters on it! Across the saggyness right above her belly it read," Sexy !" in rhinestone letters!!!!!! (See I told you very, very interesting ......) I cannot lie! I laughed so hard I fell over on the floor, and then of course I had to share this moment with my mom. She acted very stealthy while taking a sneaky peek down the aisle, sadly her stealthiness was ruined when she came back and started laughing with me. Then she was wondering why in the world would she we...

Recently I had the pleasure of reading this wonderful "coming of age" book....... The Gospel According to Larry. Truthfully one of the only reason I even looked at this book is because of the cover. Hey , I didn't judge it until I actually read it......... This book made me: Cry buckets, scream in frustration, laugh out loud many times, and feel sad for the main character Josh aka. Larry. This is Josh's story about how his life completely crumbles after make in the hit website.... TheGospelAccordingtoLarry.com . He created this website to show the world how he saw things through his "Sermons". They were mostly about anti-consumerism. I didn't actually agree with all the things that he wrote, but I'm a sucker for books like this..... * You may not want to read this book if you: Cry easily, or if you can't stand preachy books. For everyone else I think you might like it......*

I was sitting on my moms bed talking, and waiting for the accursed Parental Blocks to allow me back on the computer when this happened........ Me: Buster, pretty please may I read your Boy Scout popcorn brochure! You know how much I love reading it!! Buster: No. It's mine. Me: But.......But for all these years I've let you read my American Girl magazines!! Buster: *gasp* What? *frantic jerking of his head* Mom, I have no idea what she is talking about! Me: *evil grin* Yet you do Buster....Don't you remember when you got in that cat-fight with Warden Monkey for the last issue? I mean with all the injuries you sustained from that, I thought that you might remember. Buster: *Incomprehensible murmuring and dirty looks* Me: Can I read your brochure now ?...... *The sad thing about all of this is that I didn't even get to read the brochure, even after all of that!! Oh, well....*

Once a very long time ago this happened to me. This story is probably old enough to have "Once Upon a Time" in the beginning......I promise!! The picture above is from one of my least favorite movies otherwise known as Willy Wonka . It's not that it wasn't good , I just didn't like the singing Oompa Loompas and weird chocolate tunnel scenes. I had nightmares about them for months after I watched the movie! Violet Beauregarde was one of my favorite characters from that movie so one day I decided to try what she did to perserve her gum. That's right I stuck it right behind my ear before I went to bed one night. When I arose in the morning I did not remember it so I started my day as usual. Though as soon as I got to the bathroom mirror the memory hit me. You can probably guess what happened next.....First my mom got mad at me, second I was forbidden to chew gum ever again, and last and least painful some of my hair had to be cut off. Just when I thought I co...

It was the beginning of Kung-Fu class, and we were doing some jump-kicks. I was in a good mood, and I decided to try to jump farther than my usual puny jumping distance. I did jump longer, but sadly I landed in a weird (and hurtful) position. I was in shock for a moment and then the pain hit me while I tried to walk back to the line. I knew that I wouldn't make it through the rest of class so I hobbled over to Master J. and whispered through my pain,"I hurt my ankle and I don't think I can do jump-kicks anymore!!" Master J. told me to sit until I felt better. I waited a couple of minutes and then my ankle started swelling so I went to tell my mom. As soon as I got outside I let go of the tears and let them flow as I sobbed my story to her. After class was over Buster told me how one boy asked him when I was sitting in the corner,"Whoa! What happened to Klutz Girl ?" Buster was confused who " Klutz Girl " was so he didn't answer. The boy then a...

Tomorrow is the Breaking Dawn release party at Barnes and Noble!! Monkey and I are very excited about it!! Monkey is going to go as Alice, and you can probably guess what I'm wearing....

In my church classes I might be considered a "Nerd" by the other kids. I answer most of the questions, take notes, and thank the teachers after every lesson for preparing it for us. Sometimes though I say or ask off the wall, crazy, goofball things that makes everybody laugh at me. (Note that I say something crazy every week no exception.) Well I guess I'm half "Class Clown" and half "Nerd" how interesting......This is just one of the dorky outburst from yesterday: Beehive Teacher: Okay you read Isaiah, and you (Cameo) read Jeremiah, and you Mosiah. Monkey: Um....What scripture did you say for Cameo? Teacher: Jeremiah. Monkey: What did you say? Teacher again: I said Jeremiah.....This is where I sang," Was a bullfrog!!" Then there was silence for one small moment,and then there was a burst of laughter that came out of every mouth in the room. I'm very glad that my teacher just laughed along with the rest of us. *Hm...Actually I'm p...

Yes, it's yet another stinky deodorant complaint. Last time it was Monkey's horrible smelling "Fresh Arctic Apple" deodorant, sadly this time it is completely worse because it's times two! My dad yet again bought horrible smelling deodorant. But not only for Monkey, but also for poor Caterpillar! He got Caterpillar All Natural Patchouli deodorant. I can't can't put into words how bad that smells! It's horrible! I'm sure that there is a warning label on there that we missed that reads," Warning : This deodorant is guaranteed to make everyone within 24 feet of you want to run away or faint from your overpowering smell. Not recommended for anyone that has a boyfriend, fiance, or any other relationship that you want to keep..... " I don't think it is any accident that Caterpillar often "forgets" to put on deodorant most of the time. Do you? *I thought deodorant is supposed to make you smell better not worse!*

One of my bad habits is that when I talk I get distracted very easily, and then I say things that I really don't mean. This is the most recent incident....."Oh, really that's horrible? My grandfather died from a haircut also!!" Then everybody in the car that I was in started laughing hysterically, and then I realized what I had said. Sadly it was too late to correct myself.....Last week at Mutual one of the girls said to another who wasn't there the day of my embarrassing mistake,"Yeah. Well Sunbum's grandfather died of a haircut!! *giggle* I wonder how bad it was....." Of course the other girl almost wet her pants from laughing so hard much to my horror then everyone else wanted to no what was so funny. Yes, yet again everybody laughs at me and not with me. They laugh, and laugh, and laugh until it grows old, and I say something else dorky that they can laugh at...... *What I meant to say was "heartattack". And in my defence I was still th...

I got this quiz from Beau and Emily! Surprisingly the horrible Parental Blocks accessed this Blog! You Are Snow White! Pure and trusting. You are a gentle soul who can get along with just about anyone. Everyone you meet instantly falls in love with you. How can they resist? You have a pure, lovable nature that's irresistible. Just don't trust everyone who comes across your path. Which Disney Princess Are You?

I saw the Valedictorian at the library last Friday! I remembered her from the article that I read in the local newspaper about her achievements, and that she volunteered at the library. Yes, I know I'm a nerd for reading the paper, knowing who the Valedictorian is, and knowing her academic plans for the future. I excitedly whispered to my mom,"That's her, that's her!! The Valedictorian!!" My mom told me that I should congratulate her because I would love it if somebody did it to me. Then she started quoting,"Do unto others as...." That's where I rudely interuppted and walked over to her and stammered,"Um....Hi...I saw you in the newspaper, and I think that being Valedictorian is really awesome! So congragulations!" She and I both looked embarrassed but she still said "thanks", and then we parted. After that I bragged to my siblings that I talked to the Valedictorian! As you could probably guess they were really jealous of me......

Thank you, thank you, thank you Alice for sending me this awesome shirt! I love it beyond the point of comprehension! I would also like to thank you for bringing me back to my senses. That's right I'm on Team Edward again! Of course I would have gone to your Blog to express my thanks unto you first, but alas the horrible Parental Blocks just had to strike again!...... I was in Twilight Heaven when I opened the package and pulled out this amazing shirt! Isn't it awesome?! Why I'm doing that with my lips is a mystery even to me. Do you see what it says? This is the Edward that I want to bite me. No Robert Pattinson thank you. *I know that this post is already in the awesome overload, but I just wanted to say for one last time (in this post).....Alice I think you're awesome!!*

There's a crazy dude in Kung-Fu that my family and I call Man-Crush. The following is the reasons that he's crazy, and the first of many stories behind his name...... It all started one Monday evening Kung-Fu class, I was minding my own business and doing what my teacher told me to do; when I noticed a guy in the corner that I had never seen before. He was watching ogling Kevin do jump-kicks with two other kids and telling the dude next to him," Kevin is so awesome! I mean he teaches and he's still at the top of his game! When I tried to teach I always forget things, but I mean Kevin , well Kevin is totally at the top of his game!!". When Master J. finally let Kevin take a break he was completely red in the face, and breathing really hard. Then Man-Crush came up to him like an excited puppy while waving the Powerade and saying,"Kevin! Kevin! Do you want some Powerade?" Kevin responded by telling him,"No, *huff* thanks *puff* man.....*gasp*...

Wonderful Upop (as heard on XM radio) has just introduced my mom and I to this amazing band from Denmark called..... Alphabeat !! I love them for their peppy, cute, musical sounding songs that are easy to sing along to. Their adorable videos are super fun to watch also. This band is just plain awesome!! So I recommend all of you to give them a try!!.......

H-A-P-P-Y B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y Brynn and Cherstin whoo!! Yeah, I'm in cheerleader mood right now..... Anyway I think you guys are the awesomest sister set eveh (after Monkey and I of course)!! You guys are awesome because.... Brynn: It's like your super power or something to make me laugh at everything you write, or at least to make me crack a smile. You're really sweet and optimistic, and completely awesome! I always feel so much happier when I come back from your Blog!! Cherstin: I love your Blog I never know what to expect......Background wise.....I promise that as soon as I get my dad to access your Blog on the horrible Parental Blocks that I have to endure :( I'll come back!! I still love your Blog just so you know, by the way what background are you using now?...... "Happy happy birthday Brynn and Cherstin dear happy days will come to you all year.........."

Dear Stomach, I'm terribly sorry that I ate both sauerkraut , and burritos at lunch today. I know that I was very foolish to commit a crime so horrendous, and I'm truly sorry for the pain that I caused you. I would also like to apologize for drinking a milkshake even though you already felt like dying, I honestly didn't feel your pain until after I had already finished. I hope you will accept my apology, and also understand that I have learned my lesson and I will never do it again. Lots of Love (and pain)- Sunbum *This really did happen, you can ask my mom. I came moaning onto her bed and she said,"If you ate a burrito and sauerkraut for lunch then I have no sympathy for you!" I stared at her in disbelief. "How did you know?" I asked her astonished. She laughed and shook her head at me and said,"No sympathy, none at all. It's your own fault. You are the one that started the war between the Mexicans and the Germans." *sniff* My mother ...

My dad took my siblings and I on a shopping adventure to Kroger last Friday. While we were in the produce aisle my dad asked Buster to get a cantaloupe. Buster quickly began his process of picking a good cantaloupe by knocking on the outside of it. (When he did that Monkey and I said in squeaky voices," Yes ....Who is it?" Sadly he didn't hear us.) The next step was putting his ear to the cantaloupe to "hear" if the cantaloupe was sweet. Poor Buster wasn't able to finish choosing because dad turned around and saw him!! Buster was especially embarrassed when everybody started calling him The Cantaloupe Whisperer . *By the way Buster started a Blog yesterday clickedy here to check out The Burrito Boy !!!*

This post is brought to you from Sunbum's Dorky Injuries Report. The following is just to assure you that this is not being written from behind or beyond the grave....... Anybody who has ever read my Blog would know that it's just a walk in the park for me when it comes to hitting my head on car doors , and munching the floor in skipping accidents , or pouring scorching hot cereal on my face!! Sadly it wasn't any of those things this time. Today I got to try something new and " different" in the kitchen injury department. It wasn't the dorkiest thing that I've done, and it wasn't life threatening (If anybody was worried)it was just plain old Sunbum dorkiness......Can you guess what I did? I was attacked by the papercut giving "Paper Plate of Doom" at lunch!! I have the cuts to prove it too! Yes, you may laugh now.....

One day I was teasing one of the girls in my class about being so White and Nerdy , while she was teasing me about being a Graham Cracka! Just as we started to break out some Weird Al awesomeness these two girls came up behind us. We didn't want to completely embarrass ourselves by singing in front of people we didn't even know so we stopped and waited for them to leave. We were just waiting "patiently" when we heard them say this...... Girl 1 : Ow! You pushed me!! Girl 2 : Well you were supposed to stand Steadfast and Immovable ! Girl 1: *giggle* *snort* That was so funny. Girls 1&2: Exit the scene laughing and repeating everything that just happened. White and Nerdy and I turned and looked at each other with our mouths agape. I told her,"I'm sorry but you have just lost your title of White and Nerdy , and I now award it to them ." She said,"I'm going to have to agree with you Graham Cracka ." And then we walked away stumped on what...

No offence to any devoted Edward fans!! Spoilers for those who have not read the books!!! There are a lot of speculations about Breaking Dawn. For example some people think that Angela will turn out to be a witch and she'll fall for Jacob, I personally think that's foolish! I mean really she could have used her "spells" to write all those letters in Eclipse instead of having Bella help her, and she is perfectly happy with Ben. This is what I hope will happen: Edward won't change Bella after all, the wedding won't happen because Edward will have second thoughts, or Bella will fall for another guy (named Jacob) and leave Edward, but then the guy will break her heart. But it will be too late to go back because Edward will be so heart broken that he'll decided that he couldn't go on living so he'll go back to the Volturi to kill him, but while he's there he will decided to join them instead. Then he will fall in love with one of the vampires he...

This summer I've decided to educate my taste in books. I have already finished Romeo and Juliet, started Hamlet, and tried starting Wuthering Heights . Romeo and Juliet was pretty good, I thought it was kind of silly though, Hamlet is really hard to get into and even as I write I have an ever growing late-fee on it at the library, and Wuthering Heights ......um...Alright I'll confess I couldn't get into it because I was just reading it to say that I read it. *I finally made it to page four yesterday! Isn't that amazing?*

Almost every time I get into a car I hit my head on the door frame. The probability my hitting my head is 8 out of 10, yes I know that's really sad but it's completely true. On the way home from camp I had a splitting headache that only musicals could fix. You can probably guess why I had the headache but I'll tell you anyway. Okay I was distracted by a girl who was teasing me about the way I say buttons, which I pronounce buddins. It's not that different, is it ? I was telling her that I wasn't weird for saying buttons the way I do, and then SMACK!!!!!! It was so forceful that I fell backwards into the actual door, and then the crown that I was wearing painfully pressed into my scalp. (I now have a bump on my head from it.)*sigh* I had to endure friends teasing almost the whole way home.......

I had this dream a couple weeks ago but every time I carry my moms camera I'm reminded of this dream. In my dream I was wearing my awesome white "Does the shirt make my bass look fat?" shirt, and carrying my mom's camera but she wasn't at the blueberry farm. As I was picking I got blueberry juice on my shirt and I freaked out, Cameo volunteered to hold the camera for me while I washed in the bathrooms, but I wouldn't let her; so she followed me. The restrooms were for both boys and girls, no separation whatsoever. (That scared me most) As I was walking down the stairs Jams came up and told me in a very sophisticated voice,"You know there use to be stairs here, it was a total pain to come to the bathroom." I gave him my "What planet are you form" look and continued to descend down the stairs to the restrooms. When I got to the sink Cameo took the camera from me, as I tried to get it back she dropped it on purpose! I was completely horrifie...

I got tagged by Whitney!! Okay here are the rules: You link back to the person who tagged you Post these rules on your Blog share six unimportant things about yourself Tag six random people at the end of your entry Let the tagged people know by leaving a comment on their blogs Enjoy the results! 6 Unimportant things about me.... 1. I've read each book in the Twilight series at least 6 times. 2. I love the Internet, and computer. 3. My favorite game is Monopoly because I always win. 4. Most of my friends in the home school group are boys. 5. I have a big mouth. 6. I don't like when people write JK and in parentheses just kidding as though I don't know it means. >:) I tag: Sister Face, Lauren Face, Cameo, Nadia, Brynn, Awesomeblossom.

Whoo!!! Girls Camp was the awesomest!!! Although it went way too fast. :( I learned so many things this year, and I also made a bunch of friends! On the way home Jazzy and I wrote new lyrics to The Sound of Music songs, and sang a butt load of other musical. We also did Rich Man, shaking included. It was a lot of fun. *I didn't get any major injuries at camp, most of them came on the way home!*

As usual I'm surprised that everything fit in my duffel bag! I started packing Monday night and didn't finish until last night. Last year I could barely get it off the ground, but this year I'm bringing my "Butt Purse" to put everything I couldn't fit in my duffel bag in, sadly I still can only get it a couple inches off the carpet and I hobble when I have to walk with it. "Butt Purse" is amazingly awesome, I'll post a picture of it when I get back! Whoo! I'm so ready for Girls Camp!!

Every time we try to take pictures of Reagan he turns around at the last second so that we always get pictures of his ginormous butt. My mom probably has hundreds of them! Are you wondering why his big honking booty isn't in the camera lens in this photo? Well if you are, it's because he decided to mix it up a little, so he started licking his rear-end . Nice Reagan..... real nice..........

Last November my mom found these beauties at the Magnolia Dollar General, where generally nothings ever a dollar, or even around a dollar. My mom was delighted to find that they were having a super mark down sale for everything they couldn't sell from the summer. From all that stuff I got a shirt to bead for my Apache Dance performance (that Monkey did for me), a Sponge Bob shirt (that I love and wear all the time), and these awesome not dollar..... not 50 cent..... but 10 cent thongs!! 10 cents ! Are you jealous now?

Friday afternoon my mom finally decided to satisfy her ongoing craving for Chinese food. As soon as we walked through those golden doors; and passed that smiling Buddha rubbing his own belly, I knew that it was going to be an odd meal. I was the source of entertainment in the beginning of the meal, because every time I ate a piece of sushi I would pile on the wasabi and pop it in my mouth. If you have ever had wasabi you will know what happened, for those of you that haven't it isn't pleasant at all! As the meal progressed I ate even more sushi and then I almost tried egg drop soup. I say almost because I got scared of the absolutely horrid smell. When we were all so full that we could hardly move; my mom bet Buster everything in her wallet to eat a octopus. While Buster went up to get it, I whined to my dad that nobody ever bets me to eat stuff he told me,"Well Sunbum it's because you'd eat anything . So it's not any fun to do it to you." Hm.. It's ...

Monday night my mom and I went to Wal-Mart. We of course were listening to the awesome station Upop on her XM radio. We were about 3 minutes away from the parking lot when the new Muse song came on (No, sadly I don't remember what it's called), my mom grudgingly kept it on just for me . It took about 5 minutes to park, because she couldn't get into the space right, even with me directing her. When she came out she told me,"It's all because of that horrible music you made me put on! You see it was so distracting that I couldn't park right." I of course just laughed and teased her about it throughout the whole store. There you go Muse music is so powerful that it can affect your driving!!! The horror!

It's only two weeks until Girls Camp! With my excitement comes the fears of forgetting my toothbrush again, or not packing enough underwear. Last year I had a dream that I forgot to pack underwear, so that's why I'm scared I'll forget one of the most important things! Have any of you had the pre-camp fear?

Saturday evening my mom made a delicious dinner which consisted of rigatoni, salad, watermelon, and biscuits . During dinner I decided that it would be polite to compliment my mom so I told her,"Hey, mom these biscuits are really good!" I thought I was being nice, but suddenly she looked upset and asked,"What about the rigatoni? All I did with the biscuits was put them in the oven!" I felt my face go crimson while I tried to make things better by saying,"Well I think all of it is good, especially your rigatoni. I just really liked the biscuits ." Thankfully my siblings all came to my rescue and started complimenting the rigatoni also. It's not my fault that I love Pillsbury stuff, I would have taken credit for it!

Have you heard of a show called Dresden Files ? Have you ever seen it at your local Blockbuster and thought that it sounded really good; but you decided to get something "better" instead? If you have done either of these things then rest assured you are not alone. My mom really wanted to get it, but of course she didn't get it then and there, but eventually she decided that it was finally time to get it. Well actually I'm the one who reserved it at the library for her, I was shocked to find that we were number 30! It seemed as though everybody wanted to see it at the same time. We've had it for two weeks now, but we only started watching it yesterday. When the rest of my family finished eating cake that was left over from my cousin's 3rd birthday party we all gathered our mushroom chairs around the computer, and started this thrilling adventure without having to move an inch. That is of course if you don't count our ice cream break, which was necessar...

One day as our dad cooked dinner and my sisters and I were setting the table we decided that like Snow White's annoying 'whistle while you work' admonition we also needed something to do while we worked. Suddenly without a word of warning all us girls suddenly burst out singing ' Clothes Off' by Gym Class Heroes. Dad was horrified! As we all shoulder shook, and sang into our forks he just shook his head at our craziness and went back to cooking.... I would like to see Snow White and her animal posse do that. "We don't have to take our clothes off to have a good time, oh no......"

Last night I had the opportunity to watch this amazing movie!! Of course that was after my dad watched it first and gave it two thumbs up. Whether it was for family friendliness, or for guaranteed emo-ness I have no idea. I suppose it was both. Since we were watching the movie at home I had to choose between getting killed for not watering my moms plants for the second night in a row, or watching the whole thing. If I had watched it all the way through I wouldn't have any tears left in my emo eyes. I love this movie because : It made me cry, there was a lot of gorgeous music (that made me cry even more), and it had a very sweet ending. (Yes, I cried at the end too) Mr. Muscle unfortunately chose the spot next to me in the mushroom chair and he got squeezed many times in my anticipation of the ending. Mr. Muscle loves superhero movies and despises anything sweet, so I was very surprised when he said that August Rush was even better than Iron Man ! * sniff* I always knew he had a ...

I have just finished reading Scrambled Eggs at Midnight at midnight on Friday. I decided to read it after Cameo recommended it a couple months ago. Yes, I know it took a while but it was completely worth the wait. I wasn't enthusiastic about reading it at first, but as soon as I read the first line where she says,“My mother is a wench. It says so on her w-2″ I knew I was going to love it. Sure enough I "ate" it up, and it was really good. Thank you for recommending this book to me Cameo, and to all of you that haven't read this book you should! *Especially those of you who are hungry for a good book.*

It's my birthday!!!!! Yes, I'm turning 13 today. *sob* So far I have been treated to a dewberry pancake breakfast courtesy of Monkey, my other siblings decorated my chair, and ladder with streamers. They look really awesome! Plus Mel even let me have pink Boobah to carry around for the rest of the day. Then they made really cute flowers out of tissue paper, one of the flowers is behind my ear at the moment. I love my brothers, and sisters! *Ha! I'm not going to be thirteen until 12:45!*

In my house I'm considered the Roach slayer , so whenever there's a roach terrorizing the not-so-innocent residence in our house no matter what time it is, I have to go kill it. There have been a lot of tree roaches around here lately so I have been in a constant Code Raid alert made for a while. Anyhow yesterday morning my mom woke me up at 4:00 to kill a roach that she had seen crawling in between the orange bag, and plates that Caterpillar had neglected to put away the night before. I wanted to get over with it as soon as possible, so I walked into the kitchen not knowing what kind of trouble I was getting into. As soon as I saw how huge that thing was I instantly felt afraid, and wanted to turn back and run to my bed. Curse that stupid brain of mine that decided to stay and face that absolutely ginormous roach ! *shudder* I'm still scared to think about it. Okay back to the story... Monkey was awakened by mom also but she's never much help when it comes ...

Yesterday my sister Mel was standing in front of the fan and saying,"Look at me I'm Superman!" When she said that my dad laughed and said,"You're a girl, I'd be worried if you were Super man." The moment Mel stopped singing and comprehended what he was saying she got very indignant and told him,"I not say Super man, I said Pooperman! " I was laughing so hard that I fell out of my chair, and then got the perpetual "evil" eye from my dad. *Sigh* *Prepare yourselves for her "amazing" powers*

Last week for my Young Women activity we learned how to cook. Apparently cooking macaroni from a box, and frozen tortellini doesn't count as actually cooking. I was sorely disappointed about that. We learned how to cook chicken noodle soup, biscuits, and chocolate-covered peanut butter balls. It wasn't the healthiest meal ever but it tasted good, and the girls didn't lick their fingers while cooking so that added another point to the quality of the food. While we were eating some of the girls were arguing about whether a tomato is a fruit or not. One girl stated in a pompous tone,"Well tomatoes have seeds so that means they're fruits. So I'm right." I turned averting my attention from eating for a second and said," Hm . I'm the fruit of my mothers loins so that means I'm a fruit too! Wow! Isn't that amazing?" Most of the girls fell into fits of laughter, while Ms. Pompous rolled her eyes at me. It was totally awesome.

The other day my dad got one of those ad letters in the mail. It read, "You've won the grand prize! You can choose between a Porsche, or a Mustang!! Congratulations!!!" I thought he meant porch so I asked,"Why don't they just give you the whole house?" Then Monkey said," Yeah . Wait, is it a front porch or a back porch?" My dad looked disgusted and he told us that a Porsche is a car, and that people don't usually give away porches . See I learn new and interesting things everyday. *sigh* At least it happened at home so nobody else had to suffer through that horrible ordeal.

I'm so happy! Surprisingly the weather here is perfect, and I love it. Since I want to soak up the sun (no I am not quoting Sheryl Crow!) before it's too hot I have spent many of my precious hours outside like a normal kid. Ha! Like I could ever be normal . Yesterday I went to help my grandmother clean her house, I also did her weeds. Hers are a lot better than ours. *sigh* The worst part though was that all her weeds were inside the holly bushes . I have just developed a strong hatred toward holly bushes , you should see the scratches they give. Yuck! Today's music selection is..... Spill Canvas's All Over You. I think that song rocks, I listened to over and over while I wrote this post. I think you should listen to it right now on my play-list.

This picture is of my new favorite band Metro Station . The band was started by Miley Cyrus' brother, and Oliver from the show Hannah Montana's older brother. I have their song Shake It on my play-list, and I recommend that you listen to it. That's right just go and click on it and give it a listen. Hopefully you guys will think that they are awesome too!

Today is Monkeys 12th birthday. Yes, we are both going to be 12 for the next month. Isn't that great? So this is for you Monkey. Sorry I just discovered that there is very few pictures of just you alone. Well Happy Birthday anyway!!!! Come here to wish her a happy birthday too! She's the tallest person in this picture. *sniff* This is what she had to wear when doing Taekwondo. It was completely white until she started exercising in it. Woo hoo! That was one of the funnest pictures ever to take. Wasn't it? (Is funnest a word?) I think she might love this family more than me. :( She is a true cheese-ball, but we all love her like that. These are her stick-figures, man they're very fancy! Beware: She is fierce when she has her cookie gun. Make no sudden movements when she has it in her hands. You have been warned. Seriously she gets really mean if you mess up the cookies. These are some of the things I know about you: Your favorite color is: Turquoise Your fav...

The following is a recap of Teen Quest last night..... Teen Quest was awesome! Monkey, and I had a blast. Monkey learned that I never exaggerated while describing the craziness of the home-schooled teens, she was extremely surprised at that. The lesson was on the importance of scheduling, and prioritizing your task so that you'll get things done during the day. They told us that you shouldn't multitask because you can't focus on just one thing. Did you know that there has never been a time where they have disappointed me with their lessons? Yes, it's that good. They totally had me when they brought out the Twinkies in order to put everything in perspective. Ha! I'm just kidding about the Twinkies , I don't even really like Twinkies I only like Ding-Dongs . All that chocolate cake goodness.... Well anyway after it was over I went to talk to my friend Jamie, it's always fun talking him. To make a short story even shorter I had a wonderful time, even though ...

Tonight I'm going to Teen Quest, and I'm very excited about it. Teen Quest is an activity in our home-school group and usually we have someone come and teach us, and then we do activities related to whatever they taught. So tonight they asked us to bring friends to the activity. But sadly I couldn't invite anyone from my class because the Young Women fundraiser is tonight also. Now I don't know who to ask because it's in a few hours. Argh... I was considering inviting Nathanial but sadly my parents didn't agree with that plan. I know I'm going to invite my imaginary friend Lola. *Extending the invitation to Lola* Wait what did you say Lola? You can't go because you have what ??!! Oh I see...*ahem* Alrighty then Lola can't come. Shoot now I'm sad! If you could come would you go with me?

In the front of our neighborhood we have a sign that the "Home-Owners Association" puts announcements on. Can you guess what this months was? No, probably not. All it said was a boring "Happy April Fools Day". I was totally outraged at this lame sign, and I wanted to do something about it. I told my mom," I could do so much better than that!" This is what the sign would look like is I was in-charge...... " Christmas Parade this Saturday @ 10:00 come and meet Santa! (Be sure to dress warmly) April Fools Suckers! Have they no creativity whatsoever? I guess there's always next year. By the way I hope you have a great April Fools day. *Can you guess what my April Fools thing is?*

I have just finished reading a fantabulous book entitled The 13th Reality by James Dashner. My mom totally surpised me and my siblings by making an un-announced stop at Barnes&Noble bookstore last Wednesday. I wasn't sure what book she was getting but then I remembered, "Oh yeah...That book she told me about a couple months ago. What was it called again?" Sadly, my feeble mind just couldn't remember. As soon as we paid and the book was nestled into my grubby, little hands, I started reading, and before I knew it, I was hooked. I couldn't believe how good The 13th Reality was. I had a hard time tearing myself away from the book for even a second. Of course I kind of have a life so I had to occasionally...........at least for potty breaks. Anyway, I absolutely loved The 13th Reality, and if I was a critic I would give it 5 stars. If I had 5 thumbs, I'd also give it a 5-thumb salute! It was one of the best books I've ever read. Yes, that's right I d...

As most of you know I'm completely and utterly obsessed with my teeth. But does anybody know why? Nope. But I'm going to write about it today. So then you can say,"Pshaw, I knew that a long time ago. That's so old news." Do want to be able to say that? If you do read on.... The disgusting reason why I'm obsessed..... .. Last year when I went to Girls Camp I made list after list of things to bring. After all my preparing, and craziness I forgot to list an very important essential. My toothbrush !!!! Of course when actually remembered it I was well on my way to camp. Needless to say I panicked. But sadly I couldn't do anything but worry. For the whole week I had to clean mouth with mouth wash! It was absolutely horrid. I was afraid to talk to anybody, in fear that they would comment on my breath, or die because it was so bad. I was so thankful when my secret sister gave me mint gum. The moment I got home I made a solemn promise that I would never do that...

Yesterday we finally finished working on the front yard! And I'm very excited about it. Before we finished Monkey, and I were talking while we weeded the big planter. Monkey was telling me about a girl in her class that can mimic all the characters on Napoleon Dynamite. I was laughing and quoting Tina's moment in the casserole spotlight until mom who was a couple feet away from me asked what I was talking about and I told her," Hello mom, you can't interrupt me while I'm talking about lama-eating casserole." I had meant to say casserole eating-lama, but whatever it didn't come out that way. As you can probably guess I was taken over by my laughing. After my laughter had died down, and I could see and talk clearly again my mom said to me,"If there was a lama-eating casserole you wouldn't be allowed in a petting zoo ." She said that they would tell me,"Sorry ma'am but that casserole is a danger to our lamas so you'll have to lea...

What movie is my favorite movie at the moment? Read on and see........ ....I have just finished watching League of Extraordinary Gentlemen . I loved this movie. I didn't think it was going to be as awesome as my dad said it would be, but I'm glad to say it was. This movie was a big nail bitter. Literally I hardly have any nails left! I now know that when you mix Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , a vampire, an immortal, an invisible man , an expert hunter , an awesome Martial arts swordsman Captain guy , and Tom Sawyer, you have a great movie! It had wonderful action scenes, and interesting characters. And surprising villains, and heroes as well. Actually it only had one surprising hero, most of the people were bad. Anyway I highly recommend this movie to all of you.

On Tuesday I saw the most interesting thing while I was weedin g the front yard. Needless to say I couldn't resist Blogging about it. As Caterpillar, and I sat pouting about being subjected to the dread chore of weeding, and making a game where we each took turns telling each other how much we despise weeds when our neighbors garage door started opening. After it so rudely interrupted our pity party, I turned around and saw pink Van's walking toward the opening door, I was going to be nice and say,"Hi, Mrs. K." but I stopped for a moment and waited until she came out and then I saw," Oh. Um...That's not Mrs. K, it's her son Nathaniel !" I have no idea why I stopped before I said it, but I'm very glad I did. And that it didn't become one of my many embarrassing moments. After that close call I sat in ants on accident. Yeah, Caterpillar and I had ants in our pants, and up our legs! Then we danced around the yard trying to get them out. ...

Warning:This post contains an atrocious name, and mention of Hepatitis numerous times. A couple years ago our home school choir did a "Patriotic themed presentation". Everybody dressed accordingly, I wore my special patriotic visor that says " Princess Sunbum !" All the families were required to bring cookies. Needless to say there was a butt load of them. After the show was finished I went to go and snack with my friend Hannah Banana, and her friend Francisca. Alright, I don't remember the girls name. I guess I could have given her a better name but I'd rather not. As we were eating Francisca's brother ran up to us and told her,"This cookie is gross. I don't want it. Do you?" She took it, she took one bite, and made a nasty face. Then she turned to Hannah Banana and handing her the cookie. Hannah surprised me by taking a bite too! I couldn't contain my disgust and I said,"Hannah! By sharing food that other people have already bi...

This is a question that I have been pondering about for a while. Please give me your opinion on this question. When you tell your family that you don't like somebody, and you have almost completely deluded yourself into thinking that you don't, but you know deep down inside you do like them. Does that count as lying to yourself, and others?

The geese at our park are snobbish, spoiled, and mean. They also enjoy chasing children into the water. Yes, that would be me . We wanted to feed them but because of their rudeness we decided to walk on instead. We walked, and walked until we got to the fishing pond at the back of the park. While walking around Buster found a fishing wire, and hook. The rest of my siblings were impressed, and wanted to fish too . Soon almost all of them had their own sticks, and wires. They were determined to catch at least one fish. All of them kept coming to mom, and I to get Wheat Puffs to tie on their wires. Buster suddenly came running towards us. Before he could catch his breath he told us,"*gasp* I learned this at Boy Scout camp! *huff* Can I have more food ?!" Mom and I fell over with laughter. Buster looked confused. She said to him," No wonder you liked it there! You were probably eating all the time" After that we stayed for thirty more minutes. Much to their disappoi...

Thank you for this award Brynn. It's awesome. I would like to give this to Whitney, Cam, Sister Face, and Lauren. One of Buster's all time favorite movies is Nacho Libre . I was not there the first time he watched it, so of course I got stuck listening to his interpretation of the movie, phony accent, and everything! After what it seemed like hours he finally stopped to breathe, and then he asked,"Sunbum, do you know what they got paid with when they won the competitions?" "No, I don't. But I'm sure that you'll tell me anyway," I replied. Unfazed by my negativity he jumped up and said,"Pretzels!" I fell over in surprise, and then I thought,"Wow! Those guys must really like pretzels! I wouldn't fight anybody for 10,000 pretzels! I don't even like pretzels!" A couple days later I decided to watch the movie to find out if it was true. As it turns out they got paid in pesos, not pretzels!...... I was pretty disappointe...

For the next two days I will post about my brother Buster. These stories are reminders to me that he is truly my brother, and not some snot nosed being from another planet. A couple years ago when Buster was five his teacher made the class peanut butter play dough . She told them,"This is edible. That means you can eat it. But I don't recommend that you do." Yeah. She said that to a bunch of five year olds! I think she overestimated their intelligence. You see the only thing Buster heard was,"Edible." He ate the whole bag of play dough ! And then he wondered why only he, and another boy ate theirs. After church my dad told Buster,"Buster *shaking his head* she didn't say to eat the play dough . She meant to tell you that it was non-toxic!" That didn't faze him because later that day he told me,"It was so good! It was a little salty but other than that it was great! You should try it someday." Sure. I don't really see that hap...

This is a another reason why I can't wait for the Twilight movie. I don't think Robert looks that bad as Edward now. The rest of them are perfect! I can hardly contain my excitement about this!