The Importance of Being Lauren

I'M BACK! Well kind of. So it's time for another update on everything that has been happening in my life.... School: I am taking Interpersonal Communications, and Government 2302. I am pretty much in love with both of my teachers. They are fantabulous. My government teacher has so many amazing stories about his past and all the awesome things that he has done. My speech teacher is really spectacular as well. She is funny, and she makes the class laugh almost the whole time, she is extremely nice as well. I adore her and her Texas accent. I wish I had one! :) Job: Even though I pretty much JUST started working I've already had to train 3 people. They say I'm really good at training! And yesterday I had my first "review" by my boss, and I got a pay raise! Squeal!!!! I was happy, and then a really nice old lady told me I had a pretty smile, and so then I couldn't stop smiling! Church: So this happened a couple months ago and I was so happy and excited.....I w...

Dear Bloggy World, It has been a Loooooonnnngg while since I have visited you. And for that I am deeply sorry. You see I have been very busy these last couple months. No I am not kidding.....I actually have been busy. "What exactly have you been doing?" You may ask. Oh let me list the ways.... First of all I got my drivers permit. Words cannot express my excitement when the lady at the DPS uttered the words "Okay dear. You passed!! You're permit will be in the mail in a month." My face pretty much broke because my smile was so huge. Second, I got a job. I am now a proud employee of McDonald's. I pretty much love it. I've gotten the opportunity to meet so many new people and make a lot of new friends, and I've only been working there for three weeks. It's spectacular. And now for my third and last thing that I have been busy with this month, I have been preparing to start finishing up my classes at college! Yup that's right people. I only hav...

Aieeeee! I'm turning 16!!!!!!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE IT. When I was 10 I always thought that my life would be so freaking awesome when I turned 16. I would be able to date, drive, and get a job! I'm UBER excited for driving!! Dating and job.....Um. Not so much. Dude. I'm getting OLD. My AMAZING Young Woman leader brought a chocolate cake and 16 candles for my birthday to mutual. I was so sad because I'm on a special diet and I cannot under any circumstance eat sugar. Therefore, i cannot eat cake, not just any cake, I cannot eat my BIRTHDAY CAKE. Yup definitely going to be the BEST BIRTHDAY EVER. I'm going to be writing a Government research paper, and presenting my art project in from 16+ people. I'm not even being sarcastic. I'm excited. It will be a challenge to both of those things and it will prepare me for other things in my life. *Next week is Finals! I am so happy!!! ( Not to take the tests but because I will FINALLY be done with this semester) *I AM TU...

A while ago I decided to become more self aware. I kept track of all the things that bothered me about myself. Doing this made me realize that I complain.... A LOT. I don't even have a lot to complain about. I've been thinking about this ungrateful and whiny attitude that I've developed, and I also thought about how much it bothers me when other people do the same. I don't want to live my life with this bad attitude anymore. I learned in Seminary a couple weeks ago that a person's attitude affects everything. I LOVE being happy! So from now on I'm going to focus on my attitude, and the words that come from my mouth. Things I'm grateful for today: 5) Getting decent grades in school. And having awesome Professors. 4) I can listen to my favorite music pretty much all day everyday. 3) My Seminary teachers. They really help me feel the Spirit and learn about the gospel every morning. And that helps me think clearly throughout my day. 2) I have an intact family, w...

1) I have just been converted to the awesomeness that is the TV show "Psych". Can I just say this: "I freakin LOVE SHAWN SPENCER and Gus!!!" They are hilarious! Anyway. It's pretty much the bomb dot com! 2) So I spent most of my day yesterday watching one of my new favorite shows "Pretty Little Liars". I know that it LOOKS trashy, and some of the parts ARE trashy. But I was pleasantly surprised. I actually like it. It's like "Clue"....I suck at playing "Clue" though, so all the people I think are totally guilty are probably innocent. Anyway , I highly recommend this show, if you like mystery-drama. I don't like any other mystery-drama shows , so this is a first for me! So yeah. I'm spending my winter break on playing "Connect 4", eating Saltine crackers, babysitting, and catching up on my shows! I'm a bum.....

My sister Natalie and I were walking home from the duck pond yesterday, and we were just having a random conversation as usual. Then something she said reminded me of the movie Penelope" and so I blurted out quite loudly "I'm old enough to buy my own 'Ho Hos', mother!!!" Natalie and I laughed and laughed because we are both in love with that movie. When I was done laughing I looked to the left and realized that I had not seen the lady that was gardening right next to us. She looked at Nat and I and shook her head dissapoovingly. I tried to make the situation by saying "I mean the brown 'Ho Ho's' No wait! I mean the cupcake 'Ho Hos'. The brown cupcake 'Ho Hos'. You know they are kind of like 'Ding Dongs'!!! I don't mean anything bad gosh!!" Everything I said made her dissaproving head shake get worse. So then Natalie and I ran home before I said anything else. Yeah, I went home to the people that understand and...

  Finishing this project has really inspired me. I never knew half the things I now know about my family. I'm in awe of the things that my ancestors have done, and the way they have shaped my life. I feel extremely thankful that they kept records of the important things they did. I never really appreciate the things I learned at Church. They always tell us to write in our personal journals, to search out our family history, to get to know the works of you ancestors. I now realize the importance in that counsel. Without records I would have never known that I am a cousin of British Royalty, or that my grandmother's shaped the feminist movement, or the medical discoveries of my other ancestors. Because of this project, I feel excited to get the chance to read the family records. My dad just showed me today that he has put together 64 pages of our family history. This Winter I plan on helping him do more pages, and learn how to operate the LDS Family Search site with better techni...

 My dad's grandmother and her sister lived during the Mexican Revolution. (1910) Their father owned a larger ranch. During the war the Revolutionary Men would steal women and take them as wives, and help them with things while they were fighting. They would also steal whatever they need from the people. The girls father built secret rooms in the basement to hide his daughters in so they would not be taken. The Revolutionary Men would at times stay for weeks. Because of this the girls would have to stay underground in total silence, and the ranch hands would sneak food to them. My dad's dad's mother was the only daughter of her parents because her twin brother died at birth. Her parents died when she was very young. All the land and animals they left her was stolen by her relatives, and then they sent her off to live with her Godparents. She never got anything back, even when she was an adult. Emilio Brachetti is my fathers 3rd great grandfather. He came to Mexico from Italy...

  This is the video interview with my Great Grandma Dee: Questions For My Interview with Grandma: What year were you born?  "1931" Where did you live when you were little? "I was born in South Bend In where I lived until I was 5 years old then I moved with my Grandparents to Kewanna, In. where I lived until I graduated from high school at age 17." What was your life like growing up "Kewanna was a very small town and we played outside games such as hide and seek, tag, roller skating. My grandparents were very active in church so I did many things that church related ." What did your parents do for a living? " My father had a car agency and my mother worked in a garment factory for some time. But since I spent most of my time with my grandparents my Grandfather was a mail carrier and my Grandmother was an old fashioned housewife." What was something you loved doing when you were a child? "I love riding bike that my father bought for me when I ...

 Making fires fascinates me! I love setting it up and making sure it doesn't go out. I've learned to make the Tepee Fire, the Crisscross Fire, and the Star Fire. This Summer I actually made a fire with flint. It was the first time I had made a fire without matches! I now know how to set up a safe fire, start a fire, and extinguish a fire. Some may say I'm a fire-bug but I'm certainly not the only one! Go to fullsize image This Summer tragedy struck my family. Our kitchen sink broke. It would not drain so it was flooded with gross water and it stunk. My dad thought he could fix it so for a week we went without a sink or a dishwasher. Instead we washed out dishes outside. This was our process: Me: Scrub the dishes in a bucket and then pass it on to mom Mom: Quality control and rewashing the dishes, pass it on to Stef Stef: Rinse the dishes off with a hose (and spray me every single time) and then hand it to Josh. Josh: Dry the dishes and put it away This process happened ...