I'm confused.

at 01/02/10 12:38AM

Ten? Oh-Ten? Twenty-ten?

You forgot Two Thousand Ten for those who like to say it in it's long form. I'm not sure what I'm going to call it yet. I'm leaning toward Twenty-Ten which to me sounds like a weird scifi movie.

by crazy_mama at 01/02/10 1:23AM
I've been saying the above form.. but I'm sure I will switch between that and "twenty-ten"

by sjbgurl at 01/02/10 10:18AM
For some reason I don't like "twenty-ten" as well as "two-thousand and ten," even though it's shorter. Maybe I just like doing things the long way. lol. not always.

by seashelll at 01/02/10 12:43PM
It was nice to see you again at FC in November after such a long time. I'll probably be coming this fall. Will you still be there then?

by seashelll at 01/02/10 12:45PM
Twenty-Ten. Easier!

by brownblackeyes at 01/02/10 2:35PM
i call it..."this year"

by humankumquat at 01/02/10 3:33PM
also, "steve"

by humankumquat at 01/02/10 3:33PM
I've been saying 2K-Ten.

by Arwen_Undomiel at 01/04/10 9:36AM
Whoah. You posted.

by emmylou at 01/10/10 7:30PM
Hi cuz.

Just wanted to say hi and that I love you:)

by jesspico at 02/24/10 12:00PM

Addendum: I also rise up and call my parents blessed for also giving me summer employment, and the highlight of my year was my brother coming to spend a glorious week at our home.

at 06/19/09 11:13PM

Now, get off my back.

I like you, Lauren.

by click at 07/22/09 1:52PM
Is the horse in the picture yours or someone else's?

by seashelll at 07/29/09 11:17AM
Well, it's pretty. I like horses. :)

by seashelll at 08/01/09 3:43PM
Why are you so cute?

As if you are ever going to get this. Maybe in another 3 months!

Find my brother and meet him please! His name is Dallas Cloud. He's a big nerd and needs friends! :)
Kidding. He is pretty social and knows more people than I did when I went down there. I think I just knew a few!
He grew up going to camp so he had a head start!

Hope your year goes great!
I KNOW you are so happy that Vicki has been around and WILL BE!!!!!! I am jealous!

by tortilla at 08/27/09 12:02AM

Let me start by saying...

at 06/17/09 9:43PM

...that I just saw the last two minutes of the musical Chess in concert on TV, and I watched it because it had Idina Menzel and Josh Groban as two of the leads. The last two minutes were incredible; does anyone know if the whole thing is good?

Anyway, I'm incredibly blessed. In the past 6 months:

*I enjoyed my second semester of living with my wonderful, encouraging, beautiful roommate Kathryn Miozza
*I had the opportunity to help do the backstage managing for the FC musical Little Women, which I loved, and hope to do again.
*I started a relationship with Daniel Lankford, and it has been a wonderful and encouraging 4 months. :)
*I went on chorus tour, and was in a packing group with three of the girls that mean the most to me: Kathryn Miozza, Joie Camp, and Haley Hegeman.
*I got through all my finals, and am glad I accomplished an entire year of college.
*I decided on my major: History

*This summer, I have not found a job, despite my searching. But, it has also turned out well for me. My parents are letting me work for them on my own time, which is making frequent trips to Memphis to see a certain someone quite easy to plan. :) My wonderful aunt is also hiring me to do some work for her. *I also get to help out with DOV camp this year, and I'm getting very excited!
*I have started to train myself to run. It ain't easy folks, but I'm workin' on it.
*I am working on opening my mind to more music. I want to find new artists I haven't heard, and I also am working on organizing and learning pieces to play myself. In my fantasy, I'm learning to play guitar, and want to learn mandolin and violin as well. :)

Most importantly, I'm trying to focus spiritually. I became very lax about my reading and prayer at college, simply because I was so busy. But I need to learn to make it a first priority. If I calculated up all the time I spend on Facebook, I would probably realize I have much more time than I realize.

"Unite my heart, O Lord, to fear your name."

How are your summers? :)

my summer is fine. excited about Harry Potter 6 of course:) but I'm busy with an internship downtown and a job at Forever 21...interesting about you and Daniel. I hadn't heard! :)

by phoenixfire at 06/17/09 10:17PM
That wonderful aunt is excited about you coming....Heh, heh, heh...(evil laugh)...Just wait 'til she sees what is in store for her...

by mamap at 06/17/09 11:44PM
I enjoyed your update! I miss seeing you at school. Glad everything has turned out. I laughed at what you said about the time spent on Facebook. I have gone on a "Facebook fast" this week and after two Facebook free days I realized one horrific truth: I am utterly addicted. I am forced to do other things with my life! How sad that I didn’t notice that it was huge, time-sucking black hole, before ;). Anyway, you made a good point :) Have a great week!

by minnie at 06/18/09 12:40AM
I didn't realize that Daniel was in Memphis now. So many things have changed since I left. Where does he go to church?

by amandochka at 06/18/09 6:22AM
I'm so happy your summer is going well! History? Nice :) Have a blessed rest of the summer! I can't wait for next semester. hehe

by sjbgurl at 06/18/09 8:39AM
Ooo..., I'd be VERY scared if I were you! ;) I'll be interested to hear what's in store for you..

Cuz, you encourage me. I want you to know that!

Sounds like you've made great memories your first year at FC...here's the second year with even MORE good ones in store! LOVE YOU!

by jesspico at 06/18/09 12:17PM
I guess the reason I'm not in this post is because you're going to dedicate the next post exclusively to me.

by diminished_seventh at 06/18/09 4:20PM
Matt, I've already pointed out to her that her aunt got a "wonderful" shout-out for letting her work for her; Mom and Dad got nothin' but an honorable mention for letting her do the same.

by harbermama at 06/18/09 4:36PM
Hm, I looked up the Chess show you mentioned. It looks interesting! But yeah I dunno if it would be good. But I do know that with Idina Menzel, Josh Groban, and Adam Pascal all in the same show the music's gotta be amazing :)

by skittles at 06/18/09 10:49PM
Looks like someone else needs a class on "honor your father and your mother" more than my 5 & 6 year-olds!

by harbermama at 06/20/09 4:59AM
Ooh...you're getting such a hard time, I think you need to come LIVE with me!!!

by mamap at 06/20/09 9:48AM
You guys are hysterical.

by whisperam at 06/20/09 10:03AM
Have you been in plays? I've thought it would be fun to act in a play, but I've never been in one, just a very few skits.

by seashelll at 06/20/09 4:30PM
You are wise to add the addendum up there. You will be greatly rewarded for it! :) Colby will be jealous of your choice for a major! That is great! My brother will be at FC in the Fall and I can't wait for him to meet you and a few others who are down there already. Please spy on him and send me reports! Our baby will be coming at that time, Lord willing, so I won't be able to bring him like I wished! But, I will be there in spirit with you all! :) Happy summer!

by tortilla at 06/20/09 10:54PM
well, that wasn't exclusive, but it'll have to do.

by diminished_seventh at 06/21/09 1:05AM
I'm sorry your brother is incapable of saying nice things to you. You might mention that he didn't say anything about you in any of his posts.

by ice_queen at 06/23/09 11:29AM
i love you.

i am glad to see you added matt as an afterthought to your original, heartfelt post in which i was mentioned twice. he can be quite sensitive.

I THINK I'M COMING TO TENNESSEE AUGUST 11. and bringing zachary. does that week work for you? :)

by kathrynmae at 06/24/09 12:38PM

AAAH! I lost my gold.

at 01/06/09 8:11PM

*sigh* Oh well.

Update on Lauren's life: Everyone today has been asking how my break was, and I keep using the same word: WONDERFUL! It really was. I got to go visit Matt and Katie in Pittsburgh for several days, celebrate Christmas there, and meet the church, which was so good. For New Years, we had a singing at our house with several teens/college kids from the area, as well as several families from church, and it was one of the best weekends I've had in a long time. There was (of course) bluegrass, and those who wanted to stayed the night and we went hiking at the Narrows of the Harpeth state park the next day. The weather was perfect, the people were wonderful, the scenery was beautiful...it was a fantastic day.

And now I'm back at FC! And it's already shaping up to be a FANTASTIC semester. Busy, but I'm happy when I'm busy. I'm going to be involved in quite a bit this semester. Piano lessons/ensemble will take up quite a bit of time, as well as yearbook, Freshman Class officer things like planning the sophomore cruise, etc. I also just found out that Kathryn (my roommate) and I will most likely be the stage managers-in-training for the spring musical, and I'm extremely excited about that. I wanted very much to be involved, and this will be perfect! We'll also be working very hard in chorus to get ready for tour on spring break, so that will be a lot of time too.

But, I know I will love it. :)

Although I normally think that New Years' resolutions put too much pressure on me and if I mess up I can't try again until the next year, both the new year and new semester are making me want to improve. Over break I had a lot of time to think about it, and I also had the opportunity to hear a wonderful sermon from Gary Henry about the advantages of daily bible reading, whether or not you get it done in one year, and that is something I've very much been slacking in. I'm trying to read every day, and hopefully get it read this year. Keep me on track! I can use your support. My roommate and I are also trying to make time every night to read Diligently Seeking God and pray, and I can already tell that will help a great deal.

For those who are interested, here's my schedule:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday:
11:00--Intro to Music Lit (Payne)
12:00--New Testament History and Geography (Peeler)
1:00--Chorus (Bassett)
3:00--Western Civ: 1600-Present (Crispell)

Tuesday, Thursday:
8:15--Intro to Music Tech (Payne)
9:15--Piano lesson/ensemble practice (Mrs. Barlar)
12:00--New Testament History and Geography (Peeler)
1:00--Chorus (Bassett)
2:00--Marriage and Family (Dickey)
4:00--Yearbook

I'll have voice lessons too, but they aren't assigned yet.

If you can't already tell...yes, I am trying out the music program. Most of the classes will count for my AA requirements even if I don't end up doing the program, and I'm technically almost a sophomore already by credits, so I had some time to experiment. We'll see what I think. :)

Well, that's probably way more than you wanted to know, but I thought I'd put an update on here before my life got too hectic again. I love you all!

You forgot to add to that first long paragraph, *I got to spend lots of quality time with my wonderful Mom and Dad!* I'm sure it was just an oversight.

by harbermama at 01/06/09 11:35PM
You also forgot that you are VERY VERY SAD that you DIDN'T get to spend much time with your favorite aunt Nancy...

by mamap at 01/07/09 12:04AM
That was implied.

by lah90 at 01/07/09 12:09AM
You will probably study as much for Marriage and Family as for the rest of your classes combined. But that's a good thing.

by diminished_seventh at 01/07/09 9:26PM
the post sounded good to me. :) keep up the wonderful work!

by benb at 01/08/09 11:03PM
You must have a great roomate! Wish mine had been that good. (kidding-- you DO know it was Vicki, right!? ;) What will the Spring musical be?? You seem to be enjoying life so...just like you should! ;)

by tortilla at 01/16/09 10:59PM
So mom filled out our DOV camp applications :) :) I heard you might be going?

by lilpico at 01/21/09 7:06PM
Yeah she's tryin to come :) And that would be cool ;)

by lilpico at 01/22/09 4:01PM
I am coming soon! Titus said he misses you

by she_a_hen at 01/23/09 8:41AM
how do you think you did on the music lit test? ~Rachel

by rachel_michelle at 02/01/09 10:35AM
In some ways I'm sad that I'm not at FC.

by seashelll at 04/30/09 9:23PM
Um, update, dear Lauren??

by motherofall at 06/15/09 6:00AM

I'm DONE!

at 12/10/08 3:09PM

It's OVER!

I'm going home TOMORROW!

YAAAAY!

you sound way happy. :)

by click at 12/10/08 3:20PM
and I don't blame ya!

by click at 12/10/08 3:20PM
yay for you!

by snoopy at 12/10/08 3:58PM
WaHOOOOO!

by whisperam at 12/10/08 4:54PM
I'll see you in 24.5 hours!

by harbermama at 12/10/08 6:26PM
yay! :)

by benb at 12/10/08 8:45PM
YAY! :)

by lionessofgod at 12/10/08 9:08PM
Bye, Lauren!! Be safe, and have a wonderful break. We love you!

by motherofall at 12/11/08 6:21AM
Yay !

by samsclub at 12/11/08 2:31PM
You're not making any sense. As I remember, you were all excited about going to school.

by diminished_seventh at 12/11/08 2:59PM
Glad to hear you made it home safely! I get to see you tonight since it's already today, you see... hmmmm......

by mamap at 12/12/08 2:16AM
"Welcome home " !

by samsclub at 12/12/08 5:27PM
Have a wonderful break! :)

by sjbgurl at 12/12/08 10:34PM
Congrats!

by obi_wan_kenobi at 12/13/08 11:19AM
Have a great break!!

by minnie at 12/13/08 6:28PM
Hey girl, just wanted to let you know that there is another study in the making. If you are interested go Here.

by flychic at 01/04/09 5:09PM