I love my new printer!!
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Friends and Family
Stef got me the coolest printer for Christmas!! I love it!! It's the Canon Pixma iP 1600 and it is so freaking cool! The quality is UNBELIEVABLE!!

I've been telling my mom that I'll give her some new wallet size of me - she's been carrying around one of me and John Miller from ten years ago! Yep, time get something new, I'll say.

Speaking of family, my Great Aunt Ruth passed away this week, so keep my family in your prayers, please!

Well I was a sicky and stayed home from work today, so I'd better be getting to bed early...

bonsoir!

Happy New Year!
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: Cowboys vs. Rams
Topic: Football
Just wanted to wish everyone a safe & happy new year! 2006 will be a much better year... it has to be!

Watched the Redskins pummel the Eagles today... and what a fine day it was!

Made chicken parmesan tonight for dinner for my baby... I feel really gross, I over-ate.

Tomorrow I'm hoping to get some cleaning done and do some estate stuff that I've been putting off... I have a lot of mail to go through and some bills to pay.

Tomorrow evening, Brian and I are going to my Aunt Mary's for dinner... I'm pretty excited about it!

Well, I'm off to bed soon......... happy 2006!

A belated Merry Christmas!
Mood:  lucky
Now Playing: Mixed CD
Topic: Introspection
I know that it's been a while since I posted... sorry for being such a slacker!!

My final and paper writing consumed the majority of my time at the beginning of the month, and then various get-togethers, parties, happy hours and whatnot took the rest of my month. The good news is that I maintained my 4.0 gpa! I've decided to just stick with one class next semester, too... my favorite psych professor again of course - child psychology. I figure that if I'm earning A's in her classes, why switch, especially if it's going towards my degree. Ya know?

In other news, my baby put in his two week notice with the deathtrap air freight company that he's working for. Hopefully the weather will hold up and be nice for his last several weeks. He still hasn't heard from the regional airline in the caribbean, but chances are that he'll get the job if he goes to interview it... he has the hours, degree and skill required, so the next time you're hopping islands in the caribbean you might get the treat of flying with the best pilot in the world. ;)

Christmas was great - I spent it with Brian's family. I received some incredible gifts, the best of which cost next to nothing - a cd that he made for me and some beautifully written words that meant more to me than a diamond ring.

Another Christmas present that Santa brought me was a Redskins "W"!! Just one more win and we're in the playoffs, baby! Let's hope that the Eagles don't play spoiler... given the way that the Skins are playing lately, we should have a win, but it's in Philadelphia, so we'll see.

Finally, in the "hell has officially frozen over" category (pun intended), I bought a bible. It's a study type bible, in easy to understand language, and has really great explanations of each passage. I'm looking forward to reading it and learning more about that whole religion thing.

So I'm broadening my horizons. Go me!

DVD
Mood:  lyrical
Topic: TV, music, movies, etc.
Wow. I just finished watching part of the LC dvd. Wow. It is unbelievable... and not just because I'm in it, haha. Jeff did an amazing job with it... I wish that I had the time to watch the entire thing... but I really think that it captured what the band is all about. The only thing that would have made it more real is to have some footage of some nights in OC with everyone watching the sun rise and Dave playing his guitar... or maybe a recap of Big Joe's birthday a few years ago (jeez, I think it's been FIVE YEARS now!!)

BTW, I didn't mention this before, but Brian's mom had surgery on Monday to repair two aneurysms in her brain... the surgery was a success and she's doing very well. Today they took off the bandages so you can actually see the incision & where they shaved her head... I told her that maybe she can start a new style! But anyway... it's late and I should be getting to bed. Actually I should be working on my research paper. I really need to start on that, ugh.

Hope everyone is well..........

it's been a while
Mood:  spacey
Topic: Miscellaneous goings-on
I've been bad about updating my blog..... I feel so guilty!

I just seem to not have as much time for tripod anymore, I'm afraid. :( Myspace has taken over my life! It's just so easy to use and so many people are on it... I'm hooked!

So you should just get on... be my friend......... please??

The best recipe in the world
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Losing the blubber
Yeah, you're not going to lose any weight by eating this, hehe... this is one of my top 5 favorite recipes. Try it, you'll be hooked!

Pumpkin Pie Crunch

1 pkg Duncan Hines Moist Yellow Cake Mix
1 can (15 oz) Solid Pack Pumpkin
1 can (12 oz) Evaporated milk
3 eggs
1 1/2 c sugar
1/2 tsp salt
4 tsp Pumpkin pie spice
1 c chopped pecans
1 c butter or margarine
Whipped topping (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom of 13 x 9 pan. Combine pumpkin, evaporated milk, eggs, sugar, pie spice and salt. Pour into pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix and pecans over top. Drizzle with melted butter. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes, or until golden. Cool completely. Serve with whipped topping. Refrigerate leftovers.

Who woulda thunk it?
Mood:  spacey
Topic: Who am I, anyway?

Where do you fall on the liberal - conservative political spectrum? (United States)
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I guess that I have become somewhat of a conservative, but my views on some of the more important issues fall on the liberal side. Weird.

Myspace
Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: Kelly Clarkson
Topic: News
I just wanted to say that if you haven't already, you really need to check out Myspace.com!!

I have a page up there, "thatlaurenperson"... so yes, I have yet another blog. You should really sign up, and add me as a friend. ;) Everyone's doing it!! I'm still going to keep this blog of course, but I'm all over the place these days. Probably ADHD.

I need to start learning how to sleep. I can't remember the last time I had a full 8 hours. *yawn*

Guess that's it, I should really go to bed now.

too tired to post
Mood:  lazy
Topic: Weekend happenings
But I wanted to let everyone know that I made it home from Vegas......... at 4 am today. Ugh. Missed my flight and its a miracle that I made it home at all. Could have sworn that the woman at the check in counter said gate "C12"... so Brian and I go and grab breakfast, I'm sitting at the gate waiting, and waiting. I look at my watch and I'm thinking "Why haven't they called us to board? It's getting late!" SO I doublecheck my gate. Yeah, I was supposed to be at gate C2... so I run through the terminal to my gate just minutes after my seat was given away. Plane hadn't even left. Ugh. THAT'S never going to happen again. Got a flight to Phoenix, then ended up spending 6.5 hours there waiting because I couldn't get on standby for the 4:50 flight, and then the 7:10 flight they bumped me to was two hours late because of a medical emergency that happened some hours before. Ugh.

Vegas itself was fun, although not quite as crazy as I thought it might be... my weekend was pretty G rated, although I did gamble a little bit, ended up $50 up. I'd like to go back, but I'd like to have more time... that's a long trip for just 2 days, and the only day we did much was on Saturday, so we jammed everything into one day. My legs are still sore from all the walking!

Here are some of my favorite pics from the trip... I'll post more when I get some sleep.

Which one is Brian? Teehee. Playing at FAO Schwartz. :)

Aren't we cute? Waiting for the pirate show at Treasure Island.

Ahh, oh well... I was trying to put up some pictures of our hotel too, but tripod is being retarded.

A few pics from Orlando
Mood:  accident prone
Topic: Friends and Family
This will have to keep you occupied for now... my vacation was filled with all sorts of craziness.

Aww, aren't I purty?

All of the girls at Tu tu tango, an excellent tapas restaurant where we became regulars!

I love this picture of me & Rebecca... except that she looks like she's about to start drooling on my arm, haha!

That's it for now... I'm off to Vegas in less than two days... will post some when I get back, or maybe sooner if I have internet access there!

Hope everyone is well.