The Importance of Being Lauren

My taco salad didn't look quite like the one above.....It looked ten times better!!! My family thinks that my "taco salad making skills" need work. I can't say that I agree with their opinion though, I mean I didn't miss any of the ingredients like I usually do. So that proves that I'm getting better already. Adam is one of my favorite contestants this season on American Idol, and um.....I love his hair, and the way he dresses. I was so glad that he made it and not Nick/Norman Gentle. I didn't think Nick/Norman was funny I thought he was totally annoying, he did have an okay voice but I could only stand his performances if I just listened and averted my eyes from the TV to save myself from being embarrassed for him....... I have a camp out tonight for Girls Camp certification!!! Usually I pack so much stuff that I can barely lift my bags off the ground, but this time I packed light. I actually packed less then my sister!!!! All of my stuff fit in a ba...

Yesterday I got my sword!!! I can't believe I've advanced to Sword Forms already!!! I'm super excited to start, but I'm a little scared of cutting myself while learning! (Just like Cutter-Dude) One of the boys in Kung-Fu named his sword: Picklepimp after the sword that he fights with in his favorite video game. I love the name Picklepimp !! I want to name my sword Picklepimp . I don't think I can live without something named Picklepimp in my life. I think it's an extremely funny name, and I want to steal it from him..... I still haven't found the perfect name for my bo-staff, and I've had it for months! I have a really hard time choosing names, I always want to go back and change it..... What do you think I should name my sword? *I named the skeleton pen I got for Christmas "Killian", I really like that name and I haven't had the desire to change it yet! (That's a record or something!)*

Yesterday I went to my grandparents house to go and see their new dog. While we were there some of us started playing their Wii, and the rest of us watched a movie. While I was watching the movie my dad walked into the room and said," Connor is here." I couldn't believe what I was hearing so I said, "What?!!....um.... I mean so what? Who cares?" Then my aunt smiled and sweetly said,"Sunbum, will you go and get me a glass of water from the kitchen?" "Uh, sure." I answered. So I walked down the stairs and saw him. I gasped in horror when I found that in fact my dad wasn't lying to me, he truly was there sitting on the sofa where I had just rested my butt on, then I realized that his dad was Home Teaching !!! I pulled myself together and ran past the living room where they were sitting (he was facing my way so of course he saw), and into the kitchen. I fumbled while trying to pull a glass down as fast as possible, and accidentally made a...

Last Friday I went to volunteer at the elementary schools Valentine's Party. I had a good time, and the kids were really funny..... 1st Grade Class Party: The first grade classes were doing Valentine Card Scrapbooks for their project. (I liked that better then the " Caterpillar Of Love " thing the third graders did) I helped this one little boy who was uninterested in doing anything other than his Transformers Puzzle Valentine card he had gotten from a friend. As I was "helping" him glue things into his book he looked up and asked,"Why are you wearing nail polish? You're a boy!!!!" I just about fell over in surprise. I looked at the boy, laughed, and then told him,"Well, actually I'm a girl." "Really?" asked the boy. "Yes, really. I promise I am not lying to you!!!" I replied smiling and still laughing on the inside. I finished helping the boy, and then we moved on to the game. You wouldn't believe how many f...

1. Put your music listening device on shuffle. 2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer. 3. You must write that song name down no matter how silly it makes you look. 4. Title this post what the answer to your last question is. 5. Good luck and have fun! IF SOMEONE SAYS 'IS THIS OKAY' YOU SAY? "Fork and Knife" Brand New HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF "Different (acoustic)" Acceptance (Well, that was right on...) WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? "Crushcrushcrush" Paramore HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? "Pony (It's Ok)" Erin McCarley WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? "Never Going Back To OK" The Afters WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? "Satellites" September WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? "What I've Done" Linkin Park WHAT DO YOU OFTEN THINK ABOUT? "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" Lost Prophets (Yeah Right....) WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? "Annie" Vane...

Lately I've been terrible about doing "Thank You Posts"! So I'm going to do one to my friend: Nancy Face !!! The awesomerific Nancy Face has sent me a whole lot of stuff and I still haven't thanked her for it!!! (Please don't think I'm ungrateful, because in truth I really love everything!) First she sent me a huge envelope of candy a couple months ago (I shared.....A bit), and I never Blogged about it because somehow the pictures disappeared or got deleted, and I didn't think my post could be completely without showing how happy I was to open the package and stuff.... On Monday I opened the mailbox and saw my name standing out on one of the envelopes, and then I saw who it was from........ One thing about me is that I love getting things with my name on it, and a second thing is that I love anything Face. Anyway so Nancy Face sent me an adorable Valentine's Day card!!!! (I really did almost pee because I was so excited. ;)) So this is what I have...

Addison Road- Hope Now My grandmother took me to see them yesterday!!! They are one of my favorite Christian Rock bands ever, because they remind me of Paramore (one of my favorite Alternative groups ever...). The video is kind of boring, but I think the song is super pretty. They were absolutely amazing live. And even though the lead singer was totally pregnant she still jumped around the stage, and was energetic. Her voice was also very powerful, she was awesome!!!!

We got a guinea pig on Saturday, and we named her Ophelia. Guinea Pig = Cute, but not very bright or exciting pet. I like my butt flower sniffing dog better than her......

Ahhhhh!!!!! I'm so frustrated!!!!!! My mom got me "Nuclear Pink" semi-permanent hair dye from Hot Topic the other day. I asked my dad to help me put it in this morning, and he and my sister did my hair together. We followed the directions precisely, but all the color washed out after an hour of waiting!!!!! *huffy sigh* I'm very upset about this!!!! I think I'm going to dye my hair permanent red like my dad recommended. :(

I had a super weird dream last night, so of course I have to Blog about it! In my dream I was walking in a forest or something and admiring the beauty of nature. As I was walking through the trees a roach ran right next to me and started purring and rubbing against my shoe. Yes, my friends I said purring ! Then when I looked down I saw that the roach was pink !!! But the weirdest part is that I didn't even try to kill it! Instead I bent down and scooped it up and then all these other pink roaches came up to me and wanted me to hold them also. I woke up just as my dream self started whispering to the pink roaches in a baby voice,"Who's the cutest little roach ? Yes, that's right you are, you are." I'm completely disgusted with my dream self!!!!! How could she do that to me? After I woke up I realized that I was thirsty, so I tentatively got out of bed and did a fast pink roach search before drinking, and then again before running back under the covers....

Today I learned how to use pomegranates! You see my mom scored a sweet deal on them at our second home......Kroger! We stocked up on those suckas and brought them home with us! We didn't realize until later that not one of us had any idea of how to eat, cook, or even use a pomegranate. I was then assigned to look up recipes and use them up before the poms went bad. At first I was vigilant, but after two days of failure to find advice I gave up and forgot about them. For some reason I decided today that I was going to: Sew the sofa cushions back together, fix the glorious mushroom chair and make it even more glorious, do something with the pomegranates, and Blog about it all before noon!!! So now I've almost done all those things!!! Okay, so back to the pomegranates.......The first thing I did was google "Pomegranate Recipes" and surprisingly I found exactly what I was looking for. ( Alright I'm not going to go through all of the long grueling steps of peeling, pit...

I read Flipped a couple years ago, and while I loved it I did not fully appreciate it. I've had it for a few days now and I've read it cover to cover, and then went back to read it from the middle where everything starts changing. This book is well written, witty, funny, and it makes you understand what the characters are feeling/going through. All in all I think it's is one of the most amazing books ever!!!!! I have to admit that I wanted a better ending, or a sequel but sadly there is nothing after the last line that reads: "Maybe it's time to meet him in the proper light." *sob* *sniffle* Anyway I highly recommended this book to you guys!

Today is my friend Cameo's birthday!!!! Usually I would just go to her Blog and wish her a happy birthday there, but the accursed Parental Blocks has ban me from it for: "Objectionable content that can only be approved by the administrator". Pshaw, is what I say to that ! "Happy, happy birthday Cameo dear happy days will come to you all year"......*huff* Okay you get the point. I'm going to sing the whole song to you at Mutual tonight. Mwahahah!!!!! (You might want to bring ear-protection gear) :) Come HERE to wish Cameo a happy, happy bday.

Good news: I got a haircut!!!! Bad news: The lady did a horrible job. She wouldn't do what I asked her to do and she gave me a flippy mullet . A MULLET? !!! Yes, my friends a mullet!!! To make matters worse I have naturally wavy hair so it flips in my eyes like an emo, and then the long hair in the back makes.....a flippy mullet !!! *shudder* My mom took me back and another lady "fixed" the mess as best as she could but sadly she couldn't do much, and now I have ugly hair. As if this experience couldn't get any worse every time I try to be positive about having a horrible haircut somebody in the house will come up to me and say,"Whoa, your hair looks awful. That lady did a really bad job. *snicker*" Ha! I'll see how you mocking people act after my beautiful brown locks return, and I once again have wonderful hair to swing in your faces. *sob* I'm going to post a picture of my mullet hair later so I can get advice of what to do from you guys!!!!...