Man Purse

Man purse: who? what? when? where? why? how? My dad has a man purse. My dad's man purse is exactly like any other man purse. It is a HUGE backpack. Ask any male figure if he has a man purse. If his answer is, "I have a backpack," then you know he has a man purse. I just want to know what men put in there man purses - I mean, they are so big! What could they possibly need? My dad takes his man purse with him to work. I have to commute with him and his man purse. His man purse has got to be 3 times the size of my school backpack, which has everything I may need during the day, as I am stuck on campus far away from home with no car or locker to store things in. My dad gets to go to an office. Can't he leave stuff there? Futher more, what does he need that his office doesn't have? I don't know how these men do it. Today, my dad almost knocked me off my bus seat when he took his man purse off. That's how huge it is!

Enchanted

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We had a lot of fun down south with the Grandparents Stapley. Anyways, we went and saw the new movie "Enchanted" today. It was so good! It's basically my new favorite movie!

Here is the movie trailer:



And here is the Carrie Underwood music video with the song "Ever Ever After" from the movie. I LOVE this song!

Snow, Where Art Thou?

I can't wait for it to snow! I love snow and am getting more anxious every day! Every day I get more anxious! Wow, that was repititive, and redundant. That was repititive, and redundant.

Major Changes...No Punn Intended

I changed my major. I was doing a major in Health Promotion Education teaching and a minor in math teaching. But then, out of no where, I had a major panic attack and started to wonder if teaching was really what I wanted to do. After this stressful situation, and some research, I decided on a major that is definately what I want to do. I am still doing Health Promotion and Education, but I am doing the Consumer Health track, so I am not going to be a teacher. I don't know exactly what job I will get, but I do kow that there are TONS of possibilities with this major. The advisor for this program told me to come and look at five 3 inch binders to see some of the careers I could have with this. Holy moly! I'm really excited about this major, and I know this is definately what I want to do. :)

Tag! I'm it? What the Heck?

I have been tagged! Eeek! I have been tagged by Kristen, a.k.a. Bomamallama, E.L. (evil lady), or Llama Lady. Let's see if I can handle this:

RULES:
1. List the link to your tagger and also post the following rules.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog - some random, some weird, etc.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your blog also leaving the links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are "tagged" by leaving a comment on their blog.


Seven Facts About Lauren The Great!

1. I have weird nose bleeding issues. Sometimes, my nose bleeds really bad, out of no where. And when I say it bleeds really bad, it literally waterfalls out of my nose! My last nose bleed lasted about 2 hours, until the doctor drugged it up and stopped it.

2. I enjoy donating blood. Well, I'm kind of a health nerd, so I enjoy weird things like this. Plus I have a rare blood type, so American Red Cross like my blood.

3. I set my alarm to go off about 45 minutes before I have to actually wake up. Once it goes off, I just keep hitting the snooze button for 45 minutes until I have to get up. I think this is some sort of psychological thing which makes me feel as if I am actually getting more sleep than I really am.

4. My favorite show of all time is Gilmore Girls. I am addicted! It is so hilarious! I am constantly checking out the seasons of Gilmore Girls from the library. I can watch episodes over and over and over again, and they still crack me up!

5. I love pajamas. I have way too many pairs.

6. I have a missionary. He is really cool. He is my favorite friend.

7. I am a radio freak in the car. I always have to have a good song playing. I am constantly changing the station, and I become very upset if there are no good songs on. The radio is kind of a big deal for me in the car.

Now I get to tag. (I am only tagging 3.)
Nedge
Cousin Haley
Natalie Kid

Country Music Awards

The CMA awards were on last night, so I didn't get to bed until late. My favorite performances were by Rascal Flatts, of course, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, and I really liked Taylor Swift's performance. Some of my favorite winners were:

Horizon Award: Taylor Swift. For those of you who don't know, Taylor Swift is only 17 years old, and she helps write and play her music. When she won she said "This is definately my highlight of my senior year." It was funny.

Vocal Group of the Year: Rascal Flatts. They are my favorite country group.

Female Vocalist of the Year: Carrie Underwood. This was her second consecutive year to win this award. Last year, she beat Faith Hill out in this award. Faith Hill is one of my favorites, but when she lost, she flipped out, and it was so hilarious.

Single of the Year: Before He Cheats, by Carrie Underwood.

Entertainer of the Year: Kenny Chesney.

Great Weekend!

Boston Red Sox won the world series! Yahoo! And my favorite player is JD Drew! He hit a grand slam against the cardinal 2 weeks ago!

I FINALLY took the time to get some new, and well-needed, running shoes.

I got a letter from Jeff!

I had to deal with out-of-control Natalie, who was excited because she is on U.E.A. break. Wopee.

My health class was cancelled this morning, although I'm not that excited about it, because I love that class.

California Wildfires

I am guessing all of you are aware of the horrible fires in Southern California that are happening right now. Well, I was aware, but became especially nervous when I heard on the news this morning that thousands of people in San Diego, and other parts of CA, had to be evacuated from thier homes. I was nervous, because that is where Jeff is serving his mission. But, don't worry, I found out from one of his family members that he is safe and fine, because I knew you all were worried about him.

Graduation Night: June 2nd, 2006

I just got this picture from one of my friends today. This was at our graduation night party on the night of graduation. The Kearns pool hosts an all night graduation party for Kearns high every year. But me being the forgetful peron I am, I did not have a camera with me. Luckily, one of my friends did so she took this picture, and I was able to get it from her. In the boat is Chalece, Me, Jeff, Spencer, and Mike. They are some of my really good friends from high school. What a fun night!

Bye Bye Fall Break!

This entire week was fall break for us U of U students. Things I loved about Fall Break: Sleeping in, staying in my pajamas in the morning, not having to commute to school every day, being lazy. But on Monday, I have to go back to school, and I better get my butt back in gear real fast, because I think I have a psych test next week. Ahhhhhhhhh! I do have to say that though school is hard and extremely tiring and stressful, I am glad to be a student. It's nice to get away from my house every day. Next break to look forward to: Thanksgiving Break!

The Coooooooooooooolest Song Ever!

Monoplastery

Monoplastery - what exactly is it? I have pondered this for the past few days, and still have no idea. In fact, I get the feeling that someone, we won't mention any names, made this "disease" up! Alas! Seriously, what the hellicopter? To my friend who is ill with this "monoplastery," I think what you really have is polydipsia. Maybe you need a hepaticocholangiocholcystenterostomy!

In other news, I've been watching season 2 of Gilmore Girls, which I've allready seen, of course, and just HAD to put these funny clips on here. There are 2 naughty words in this, though. Gilmore Girls is hilarious!

To: Kristen

Of course it is a real disease..........actually it is a virus. I'm coming over to your house and I'm gonna give you a big, huge hug and cough all over you and try to spread my virus to you! Mwahaha! (Allthough I don't think it is contageous, dang it!) Then you can blog about have some disease, and I will be all like "Oh, poor baby!" Your just jealous that you've never had a blog dedicated to you, like I have dedicated for the most amazing Cindy Buckley, who is my favorite person in the entire stake! Bwahaha! Well, now you have a blog dedicated to you! Just teasin'! Love you Kristen..........maybe! Ha! You rock!

For Cindy Buckley, And Anyone Else Interested

I am beginning to feel better. I've been sick with Pleurisy, which is an infection in the lining around the lungs. It is very, very painful. Most people who get Pleurisy, have pain in their chest. But I had it in my back. It got to the point where it was hard to breath, because of the pain. I just have to wait for this to go away, since it is a virus, but the doctor put me on some nice, strong pain pills to help with the pain. I am feeling better today. I've been going to school, which has been uncomfortable. I missed church on Sunday, and pretty much layed on a heating pad all day long. But I got work off yesterday and today, to get more rest. To answer Cindy's question: How do I feel today? Well, the pain is less, but it seems to have moved into my neck a little. I had a bit of a headache today, but after a nice long nap, I feel much better. I am going to go to work tomorrow, and see how I handle it. I will conclude with the fact that pain pills are a great invention!

I Love........

Being Single!

Sunrises

Sunsets

School

Stormy Weather

Rascal Flatts

Cowboys

Whyoming

Flip-Flops

Hannah Montana

Missionaries!

Gilmore Girls!

Dolphins

Beaches and Oceans

The environment, especially the mountains!

Season Changes!

You All Must Read This Article!

Hey everybody! My older sister writes for an online newspaper. Here is the link to her most recent article. It is a very inspiring article!

http://www.hardnewscafe.usu.edu/

Look under the opinion section and the article titled "In the pool, determined swimmer teaches life lesson to coach."

Nervous Child

Last night, after our family prayer, I was reminded of something funny I use to do when I was about 6 or 7 years old. Well, I always love when little kids bear their testimonies in sacrament meeting and say somthing really funny such as "I hope my sister won't hit me anymore" or something like that. It's so funny because they are young and innocent. I use to be one of these kids. But my silly little sayings occurred whenever it was my turn to give the family prayer. Every time I said the family prayer at bedtime, there were two things I would never forget to say in my prayer. I would always say "Please bless that our clothes won't catch on fire," and "Please bless that our house won't get crunched." Man, if I heard a kid say those two things in a prayer, I think I would bust up laughing. But my parents never laughed - probably because these were regular things for me to say. I aske my mom if she ever thought it was funny or anything. But she just told me it was sweet, because I was so sincere about it. I was a nervous wreck as a child. I worried about all kinds of little things. In elementary school, fire drills and earthquake drills terrified me! These are two serious things to be concerned about, but I remember going home from school so upset after we had a certain type of drill. Now, after going to Kearns High, I have no reaction to fire alarms. Those of you familiar with Kearns and the "fire alarm situations" know what I'm talking about. Well, that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!

GRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!

Good News: I donated blood again today. I felt cool because American Red Cross actually called me and asked me to donate, because they needed my blood type.

Bad News: I am very annoyed at my coaching job and I want to quit!

Have you ever heard of sugar free, sugar?

Whoa! Look at Emily swim! Doesn't she look just like Maddie doing the butterfly?

Well, I've messed up my blogging goal allready. I'm bad at this! Anyways, good news of the week: Jeff had his first baptism! Yeah!

My Friends!

This is my gang I hung out with in highschool, well except for like one of the boys, but that's ok. Now, all the boys are on missions, one boy is in the Navel Academy, and I really only see one of the girls regularly, but I have been trying to stay in contat with the girl I don't see much anymore. Anyway, my friends are awesome, and I miss them all!

I have had a request from my Cousin, Willie, to update my blog everyday, even if I just blog about how well I slept the previous night, allthough I haven't even really been sleeping well lately because I feel like I can't get my mind or myself to relax. I am up to this challenge. The only challenge is that my week is so busy, yet I still feel like I have nothing to blog about. So if I ever have some way random blog, that makes no sense or is just pointless, you will know why. I realize I may miss a day here and there, but I will try my best to please Sir William.