The Importance of Being Lauren

Yesterday as we were piling in the truck to go to church I was exiled to the cab of the truck, that of course meant that I had to share booty-space with the "little people". In the short time that I was back there I found out that they all enjoy playing telephone and having weird messages. Mel-Smells weird message was directed to me, her sweet voice whispered into my ear and said,"Sunbum is as pretty as a goat !!!!" "What?!! I don't have a beard like they do!!!" I exclaimed in surprise. Later she told me that she thought goats were very cute, and pretty. So maybe it was a compliment........

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...

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 !!!*

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!

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.

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.

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 ...

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?*

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...

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...

Belt: I bought the black "emo" belt a couple weekends ago. I was wearing my black outfit so I bought it. I love this one more than the old one. I mean come on, it's black! I finally found my old "emo" belt ! Shoes: These are my "emo" shoes!! We went to the park, and they got muddy! My poor shoes! In my eyes cleaning my shoes when they're dirty shows my affection. But my Mom says I'm gross. Nail polish: I have been looking for black nail polish since Halloween. We couldn't find any, anywhere we went! My Mom said that an "emo" convention probably came through town. Well I did notice a ton of people in "emo" wear. When my Mom came home from the store she revealed the wonders of black nail polish ! I painted my nails quickly before church, and then I put orange dots to look like flames. Um.. It didn't turn out very well. So that's the history behind my "emo" wear! Interesting stories right?

My Dad told me I should Blog this.... I love the cold! But I always get chapped lips, and hands. So as I was talking to Cam yesterday I mentioned the condition of my lips. When I told her she laughed, and said,"That's because you were kissing with those hot boys yesterday! There are consequences you know!" What?! I exclaimed in surprise, almost dropping my water. She, and her friend Em laughed at my reaction. Then of course I told them about what happened Wednesday. Here's the story...... Buster's activity had been cancelled, so he was just waiting for me to be done with mine. He said that he was wandering around, then our friend Jamie took pity on him, and invited Buster to his activity (video game night!). On our way home Buster couldn't stop talking about Guitar Hero 3. I had to admit it sounded really fun. But after he had settled down he got very solemn, as he told me "Sunbum, when I was walking past the bathroom I passed three different people kiss...

When "Aquamarine" came out I begged my parents to get it at Blockbusters. Buster started groaning, and said,"I don't want to watch "Aquamarine", it's a girly movie! And I'm a boy!" The girls dominate in our family, so we won. Well guess who was sitting in front of the T.V, with his mouth dropped open, watching the movie like it was the most interesting thing ever. Buster! After we finished the movie all of my sisters, and I were talking about how much we loved it. Buster jumped into the conversation and said,"That movie was the best movie like ever!" The next day when he came home from Boy Scouts, he told us he told the boys in his troop,"Guy's yesterday I watched "Aquamarine"! It was so totally awesome!" To my surprise the other boys agreed with him, and then they started talking about other chick flicks they liked to watch. Um.. Hello boys this is not Girl Scouts! You're supposed to be hiking, and camping...

The next book club meeting is next week! We are going to read "Stargirl" again! Bro. Smothers loves that book, so we read it every semester! I've read that book many times, and I've just read the sequel. They're both really good books by "Jerry Spinelli"! He is also one of my favorite authors. Anyway I was talking to Mona yesterday, and she was telling me that she was over at Mormon Drama Queen's house (my best friend, and one of Bro. Smothers daughters!). So she said that he asked if she was going to go to their ward on Sunday, and she said,"No, I'm going to my ward. But Sunbum's in my ward!" She said the Bro. Smothers got really excited, and told her,"Sunbum! She's my favorites person in the whole world! Tell her I said hi!!" No worries, I got the message!! Of course I did, he asked Mona to tell me!...

I just read the best book ever!!! I know I have said that many times before, but this time I'm positive! It's called "The Seer and The Sword". How did I come across this wonderful book? I will tell you.... I was at the library, and everyone was outside waiting for me. I couldn't find anything that looked remotely interesting, and when I did it was always the middle of a series, or something that my Mom wouldn't approve of! I was rushing to find a book by that point, I turned around and there it was shining in it's plastic cover! I quickly took it down, and practically ran to the checkout (I would have, but I went down the stairs!). When I reached the truck my Mom sarcastically said,"Well it took you long enough!" So that's the fateful story that brought me to my new favorite book!