The Importance of Being Lauren

Buster: Man , that kid is butt ugly! Me: Buster, stop looking at yourself in the mirror!!! Buster: *gasp* Oh, Sunbum that was really mean..... Later after the rest of us had recovered from laughing a pouty Buster stated sullenly to me,"You know I was talking about the boy on the cover of that book on the counter......Wait a minute....You're Blogging this aren't you?!!!" I laughed lightheartedly and proceeded to open Blogger, so I could Blog about it......

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.......

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?

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...

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...

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...

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 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......

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.....