Fire!

Last Tuesday was a very interesting Tuesday Morning. Unexpectedly my mom wakes me up at around 5 o'clock in the morning (I usually get up at around 6 or 6:30). She wanted me to wake up with her because she thought there was an electrical problem. I didn't want to get up so then she was like Laura Beth you need to get up with me I'm smelling burning rubber and I think something is smoking in the kitchen. Well, with that information I got up really quick. As soon as I walked into the kitchen I smelled it too. My sister's room is in the basement and my mom said all that she could think about was the circuits and electrical box being down there and so was my sister so my mom made me call Jessica to get upstairs. So I did. My mom was trying to decide whether there was a fire or what was going out- she was freaking out, and by that time I was crying because I thought the house was going to burn down. My sister kept saying Mom, just call 911! So we all went outside and mom called 911. When the firefighter's got there, there were about 6 firetrucks, Lined up and down West 5th Street Road and Dalton Street (my house is on the corner.) With my dad being away in Wisconsin my mom hadn't a clue what to do, so she called one of our old neighbors, Donald and Jennifer, that now live a street over and they came over to be with us. When they got there, the firefighters were already in the house and everything. We were just outside waiting. I didn't have any contacts in or anything, so I couldn't see. My shirt was on wrong-side out and on backwards, so the tag was sticking out on the front. I had on PJ pants and house shoe boots and my hair was in a messy bun on top of my head. By that time I put my contacts in. Then, the firefighter's turn on the big BRIGHT spotlights and I'm thinking, how fun a bright spot light shined on me for all the neighbors to see my when I'm dressed in this, LOL but I didn't care at that point. My uncle Jody, Andy, and cousin Terrill are all firefighters but none of them were on call at the time. One of the firefighters saw a sign in our basement that says "Fiorella's Pool Hall" and he asked which Fiorella lived here and my mom said Jerry Pat and they knew him... of course, haha. Anyways to sum it all up, the problem wasn't our fault. OMU had a break in the lines outside supposedly and no "neutral electricity" was running to our house and our breaker box was like sparking and catching on fire and heating up really quick. The firefighter said if we didn't call within the next 10 minutes or so... the wood floor panels that seperate the basement to the upstairs would have caught fire. Now, we have our electricity fixed and everything, but it shorted out a bunch of our appliances. Our microwave, a refridgerator in the basement, some florescent lights in the basement, and a surge protector for our computer. So OMU will pay for all that which is good and our house is back to normal again (:

Movie Ratings!

Okay so this past Sunday I went to the movies with Alexus, her little sister Maddie, and her friend Sarah. We went to go see Avatar-3D. I was bored at first but as the movie progressed it got better. The movie ended up being like 3 HOURS LONG. The worst part of it was it cussed WAY TOO MUCH! It was rated PG-13 but it shouldn't have been! It said the GD word like 20 times no joke. It said the B word, the D word, and I'm pretty sure the F word at least once. It pretty much said all the words you can imagine! Everytime it said one I just turned to Alexus and looked at her like OMG. There has to be some sort of restriction on which words and how many times they are said. If there aren't then there really should be because I'm sure there are a lot of movies out there that are rated wrong.

In this movie it says: "Moderately strong language used by Military Men"

Trademarks!

Alexus Rae Sinnett: Her trademark would have to be the Louisville Cardinals and her car. When I hear her name these are the two things that I immediately think of. Her dad and her are Louisville fans and my dad and I are UK fans. At her dad's house they have a Louisville flag outside, that's how I know which house is hers, lol. When she stays the night with me she always sleeps in either Louisville PJ pants or shorts. Alexus' car.... That's a very fun topic to talk about (: I loooove riding in Alexus car. We always have fun listening to the CD's that we make at my house. We have fun in her car singing the songs and cruising around. Oh and when I say have fun we're safe too, haha don't worry everyone. Alexus is a greaaaaaaat driver (:



Sarah Caitlin Wilhite: Her trademark is probably her laughter. It's the absolute best thing about her. We always are laughing when we are together. The way she laughs is hilarious too! She like ends up crying EVERYtime she laughs because she laughs so hard. Her face gets all red sometimes and she can't breathe, lol its funny.



Rachel Elizabeth Adkins: Rachel's trademark would have to be duct tape and her keys! She has a pretty cool wallet that she made out of duct tape and she can make all kinds of stuff like roses and stuff haha. All the stuff she makes is really awesome. Her keys are always around her neck or in her pocket. Their on this rainbow string thing and they have her keys and a wooden keychain that says Rachel. I always feel so cool when she lets me wear them (:

Those are just a few of my friends' trademarks- I was gonna blog about everybody but I ended up typing a lot on these so I'm gonna stop.

Names!

The other day in English, Mrs. Matthews gave us a blog writing prompt about words that seem ugly to us. Well, instead of ugly words, I'm going to write about ugly names. My aunt Gail lives in Louisville and she works as a Child Services worker... she gets people to pay child support and stuff of that sort. Anyways she came in town and we were talking about baby names, idk why we just were. I was thinking about it and I really do love my last name and I was like, "When I'm older I think I should keep my last name and have twin girls and name them Ella and Bella Fiorella! Would that not be cute? Lol, but yeah my mom was like "laura beth no, those kids would get laughed at all the time... and i was all, "i know, lol thats cruel." If you think that is bad listen to this. Gail heard what I said and she was telling me about some of the names that people name their kids in Louisville. Some are: Penny Money, Chicken Little, and Marijuana Stoner! Now, THAT is cruel. Those children have to live with that name for the REST OF THEIR LIVES!! Wow, I'd never do that to my kids. Another thing, in Chemistry Mrs. Clarke was telling us about names too. Who in the right mind would name their kids orangejello and lemonjello! It sounds like ORAN-JELLO and LEMON-JELLO. I think they are going for some french sounding name or something, lol. This one is the ABSOLUTE WORST. Shithead- No I'm not cussing- it's pronounced SHI-TAY-UH for a girl and SHI-THEEED for a boy. That is awful! The last one which is funny, but mean is L-a pronounced L DASH UH.

I just though these were funny so I thought I would share with everyone (:

I <3 White Days!

First off, my classes are WAY EASIER than on blue days. Chemistry, Study Hall, Spanish, and Art. On blue days I have Pre-Calculus, AP US History, English, and Sociology. Then, white day lunches are so much more fun than on blue days. My white day lunch "crew" is the best! It's Me, Ashley, Steph, Marley, Shelbey, Shelby, Hannah, Yvonne, and a few other people. Oh & Derek, lol you can't forget Derek. We always have the best of times during lunch.We have made so many memories like Handcuffs, SlimShady, 21! And a lot more but I can't really think of them right now. I like white days soooo much better than blue days! Plus on white days I get to see my bff Ashley twice and NONE on blue days :( And another thing, the school really doesn't want me to be friends with Miss Marley Elizabeth Edmonson, because we haven't had a class together since Freshman Year. Lol, they put us together then and realized that we would cause trouble so they decided to split us up while they could! Haha, but that didn't stop us, We're still BFF's (:
I'm not really sure the point in this blog, but I wanted to blog so Yeaaaaah!

American Idol!

So for the past two nights my sister and I watched American Idol together. Watching TV or movies is like the best thing to do with my sister because we like the same things really. Like Criminal Minds, NCIS, American Idol, The Bachelor, Bad Girls Club, Real World... stuff like that. The absolute best part of the show, or so we think is watching the auditions. I'm not trying to be mean or anything... but do some of those people actually think they are decent singers? I would NEVER audition for American Idol unless I absolutely 100% knew I was good, and well other people told me so! There is no way that some of those people have actually had compliments on their singing. It seems to me that they are setting themselves up for embarrassment... in some cases more like humiliation. But, they have to have a lot of guts to get up their and audition on TV I guess. I just don't understand how they think they are good. Haha but anyways some of my favorites were probably the guy that had a britney spears shirt on that said "britney changed my life" and he sang Oops I Did It Again. LOL, and the boy who sang "cause everytime we touch I get this feeling and everytime we kiss I swear I can fly... now cant you feel my heart beat slow, I can't let you go... I need to you in my life" It's the song that some seniors guys performed at Eagle Fest this year. They did a project with if for GSA/GSP last year and It was hilarious! It just made me think of that! Another one I liked was the guy that was trying to hook up with Mary J. Blige. He was hilarious! Well, those are the No-Talent people that I liked, haha. Some of my favorite singers were the really young girl, I can't remember where she was from or anything but she had an AMAZING voice. There was also a black guy that was maybe 19 who spent his life taking care of his sickly Mother and was a big part of his church Choir. He was really good too. I also like the Country Girl form Volmore Tenessee or whatever, haha. I LOVED her accent. My sister kept making fun of me and said you sound like her. But I don't really sound THAT country. She was hilarious and had a good personailty & voice. That's about all I can remember. Cool Blog, I know (: Haha.

Free Time?!

Okay, so today when I got home I started on my homework like I usually do. Well, somehow I finished almost all of my homework! I did my spanish first because I knew that it would take me the longest. I had to find an article in spanish and then read it and then summarize it. It was about Human Rights. It took me a little while, but it wasn't too difficult. Then, I did some chemistry work that isn't technically due tomorrow but it should be done. Then I wrote another article summary for Sociology. I just finished reading about 10 pages of the reading assignment! This is seriously about the fastest I've done my homework this year. Now I can relax. I'm putting new music on my ipod right now and just texting people. I'm loving this free time. Haha lately I've just been really busy. I'm probably going to Subway to get some food with my sister and then coming home to watch American Idol, fun fun (: and then the new episode of Bad Girls Club. This blogs really just babbling on, but I'm pretty pumped about this free time I have... soooo I decided to blog (:

56 Days!

I'm really excited for March to roll around. My dad's coming home & I CAN'T WAIT! I'm sure he's going to be happy to come home too. This year has been... weird not having my dad around and everything. He's always been there before and then he just has to, well leave. I may sound selfish and everything because I know that people's parents are divorced and they have to deal with it everyday, but I'm really not used to it. I am sooo blessed that my parents are still together, I don't know how I would live if they weren't. I feel like such a little kid when I talk about how much I miss my dad. Over spring break of last year my dad came home because he had "leave" time. He knew he wasn't going to be home for his and my mom's 20th anniversery so he got tickets to a Nascar race in Florida. My mom absolutely loves Nascar. She used to go to the races a lot when she was younger. So they both went to Florida for a week or so. I really felt like a little kid then, because I cried once or twice because I missed them. I was just not getting used to not having one parent around, but when both of them are gone, that just wasn't cool, haha. This is another reason why I'm so nervous about college. I'm going to get VERY homesick... even if I do go close to home. Hopefully, I will "grow up" and get used to it. I think I am already starting actually. I used to not like staying home at all because I would hear things or just get freaked out... but lately I've been staying home alone a lot when my Mom has meetings or has to go to help with my Memaw. As a matter of fact, Last night I stayed home all afternoon until about 9:30! I was proud of myself (: Lol. But yeah back to the MAIN point of my blog.... my Dad comes home in 56 days!!!!! You guys just don't understand how excited I am, things will somewhat go back to normal, haha. This is been the LONGEST year of my life, I can say that now! haha.

BTW, these pics are from Christmas!

College!

In the blog I posted earlier, I talked about going away to college next year. I'm pretty sure I want to stay in Kentucky. There are more positives this way, then going half way across the United States. For one, I get to use KEYS money, which will be very helpful. Also, I will be close to home. I think that if I go too far away from home then I will become home sick. When I was little I could bearly stay the night at a friends house without missing my parents or wanting to go home. I know that going close to home is the best thing for me. There are a few colleges I have in mind, I haven't done much "looking into" though. I've been to Western several times for Foreign Language Festivals and I really enjoy their campus. My mom went there and it seems like a good school. It's only 45 minutes away, which sounds liveable, lol. This way if I was ever to get a phone calls saying something went wrong, I could leave if I needed to and make it there at a decent hour. Another school that I have in mind is UK. I've been there a few times as well for the Foreign Language Festival and also for Basketball games with my dad. UK Basketball is something that my Dad and I share. I don't really get into it as much as he does, but I always watch games with him, especially UK vs. Lousiville. Btw, did you guys watch the game? Haha, Alexus sorry that Lousiville lost & I'm sorry that my Dad hates you because you don't like UK. You know he was joking right? But anyways, UK is a great school as well. My dad went their and he's always saying, if you go there get me some tickets, haha. There's only one bad side that I can really think of about UK. It's in Lexington! It's not THAT far away, but it's FAR ENOUGH. What is is like 3 hours? That doesn't really sound that bad, but to me it seems really far. Now my Mom on the other hand wants me to stay right here in Owensboro. She is always saying, why don't you just go to KWC. That's another thing my Dad and I have in common. My Uncle Tony is real big in Kentucky Wesleyan somehow and he gets my Dad tickets to the Basketball games. I love going to see the Panthers play with my dad and Uncle Ton! Haha. But you see, Wesleyan is a little too close to home. I'm not really sure where I want to go yet. I know I really need to figure it out soon though. Hopefully I will, Wish me luck! (:

New Year, New Me!

Everybody talks about their New Year's Resolutions and what not. I always set one, but never follow through with it. This year I hope it's going to be different. I'm not really setting any Resolutions, but I'm changing my ways. I want to bring some of my grades up. My B's right now are APUSH, English, and Math. I hope I can bring them up at High B's or maybe even A's! That would be nice. Also, I would like to sleep more! I know that's not a very big change but I really need to "improve" my sleeping habits. I got spoiled over Christmas break. I stayed up verrrry late and had friends over too many times. Then I would just sleep until like 11. I absolutely HATE sleeping in. I know weird huh, A teenager that hates sleeping in? But when I wake up and I look at my phone and it's 11 or 12... I feel I've wasted half of the day! I think that on weekends 8 is late enough! I used to wake up at at least 8 or 9 every day no matter how late I stayed up, but that's changed. Another thing I want to do this summer is "grow up." My mom has spoiled me for so long. I'll admit it. She wakes me up for school EVERY morning, I don't use an alarm clock. She also washes my laundry and cooks for me. I can cook some things, but not too many. It's not really a bad thing, but it's a thing that I want to break away of. I've just been thinking lately about how I'm growing up and will be graduating next year. I'm going to go away for college, hopefully not too far (probably Western). So, this summer I want to learn how to cook more meals, how to wake up with an alarm clock, and I'm going to start doing my own laundry, if she'll let me, haha. My mom has always done all of this stuff for me, I don't hate her for it, I'm very thankful for a Mother that cares and takes care of me.... even if it is too much sometimes, lol (: But back to the topic of college, well I'll post another blog about that Later!