How do I know Heavenly Father loves me?

You know those times when something crazy happens, and you think "wow! what a blessing!" and then you think about how grateful you are to know that Heavenly Father loves you..

Let me tell you about mine for today.. I'm home laying in bed (sick) reading. Then I heard a sound that sounded like something tapping on the wall... just really lightly.. and I thought about a story that my good friend, Janet told me yesterday about a similar sound she heard, and it ended up being a cockroach.. and then she told me about finding a scorpion in her house too.. so I was thinking "ugh that tapping better not be a cockroach or scorpion on my wall!!" then I thought "oh yeah, I'm in Nova Scotia.. we don't have those.." so I kept reading.

Then.. I kept thinking I should look up- so I finally decided to look up-- there was a SPIDER on the wall RIGHT above my HEAD!! AHHHH!! how GROSS!!

So, after I freaked out and got rid of it, I thought "YEP Heavenly Father loves me.. " He was warning me that the spider was there, and I looked up just in time!

haha so yes, it was a silly little reminder.. but I'll take it. He loves me, and I love Him :)
ugh spiders are icky!!!

In west philadelphia born and raised. On a playground... nope. I'm just in the Airport

Well, I'm in Philadelphia.. at the airport. Its fun.. i'm being slightly sarcastic.
I like having fairly long stop overs, so that I have time if something happens, like a delay in the previous flight, or getting lost, or customs.. etc.. So I was happy to have a 4 our stop over. It actually goes by pretty quickly. BUT we were supposed to board at 5:30pm, and leave by 6pm. It is now 7pm, and I'm still sitting here. They are “repairing” the plane... I say – take that plane, put it in the shop, and give us a spare one.. you know like when something happen to city bus.. they send a new one.. they really should have extra planes for times like these..

It's supposed to be like 41 degrees tomorrow in Phoenix, and supposed to feel like 45.. but i'm sitting here in the airport FREEEEZING!! I came in shorts and t shirt. Now i have a sweater on, and a scarf around my legs. I've been shivering for a while. Now my muscles hurt from being so tense.

Plus side to the trip so far- People in Philly are NICE!! everyone is all smiling, and two people said they loved my shoes, and continued to comment on how cute and comfortable they looked :)
I was sitting next to a guy on the plane from Halifax.. He was really nice. Usually I don't really like talking to people on the plane, cause sometimes it's pretty awkward. He was just really cool though.
He had asked me before the plane even left if I was a Mormon. Haha Is it that noticeable? Just kidding.

I told him I was going to Arizona for school, and he asked a bit about that, then I told him i was planning to transfer to BYU and he said “BYU? Brigham Young.” and i smiled and said “yep!” and he said “you're not Mormon are you?” and I said “Yep, I am” and he apologized for asking something personal.. haha so I said I didn't mind at all.

I found out that he is a philosophy student, from Halifax but going to school in Pittsburgh. He doesn't like flying much. He said taking off and landing makes him nervous. I agreed, but added that it was also really fun, like a roller coaster. I like that he humoured me.. He was a really nice guy. Made faces at a baby a few seats ahead of us, helped some people with their bags without being asked. Pretty decent.

I'm so cold!!! my nose is numb, as well as my legs!! and my back is breaking!
I'm also super tired! I am definitely going to be sleeping on this flight if it ever leaves.

I don't do well with travelling even though I love it. Haha. No matter how long the trip, or what happens.. my hair is guaranteed to look disgusting on arrival. And people get that “travel smell” haha i donno what it is.. but I don't like it.

Oh well, I guess for now my rant is over. It's too much effort to keep my laptop on my lap. Even though it is providing some warmth.

Peace out for now. :) Lets hope I make it to Arizona... although, I could get used to having people complimenting my shoes all the time :)

Obviously, I am horrible at blogging! it's been a month!

anyway... honestly, I can't believe it's been a  month! nothing of great significance has happened. LAME i know.

this is actually going to be short, I have been SEARCHING a crazy amount for a job this entire month. I've  applied to over 40 places!  Ask me how many I've heard back from.. essentially, none! It's insane! I had an interview at one place, and i was SURE I was gonna get it.. I was/am ridiculously qualified..

anyway, I've decided.. I'm going to make cute, unique teddy bears, and sell them! I made some on my mission (some of them were pretty scary.. :S) but I've had some more practice, and I must say, I'm proud of their cuteness! I will take some pictures, and post them to let you all see. I'm excited, I'm not normally crafty (in the good or bad sense of the word :) ) but i really like making these bears!

anyway.. i'll be posting pics soon!

Pace fuori :)

I'm not Voting

That's right! I'm not! Now, according to one of my friends, you now all think that I am just a young person that doesn't care.
That couldn't be further from the truth. I posted a while ago about things I love.. well I'm adding to the list.
I love FAIRNESS, I love FREEDOM, I love CHOICE, I love not being talked down to, taken advantage of, lied to, and treated like a child.

If given a choice between moldy cheese, dog poo, and nails for supper.... what would you choose?? a LOT of you would ACTUALLY choose one... not I! I would say "No Thank-you, I'll have something better" Why? because we were put on this earth, and given our agency, so I most certainly do not have to settle for moldy cheese, dog poo, OR nails for supper! I CAN have something better..

Some of you may say "..but this is the best they can offer us.. don't you think that these people would be trying their hardest so that we vote for them?" NOPE.. I'd say the complete opposite. They don't want to work hard, or make things more complicated, They want to offer as little as they can possibly get away with. and guess what.. THEY ARE GETTING AWAY WITH IT! because SO MANY people are settling!

I don't want to pay my taxes! Why? because It isn't FAIR that I have to pay for some road in ontario that I have never even driven on! I am not against paying for services and things that I use, but it is ridiculous to make me pay for anything else. Most of my taxes go to politicians salaries anyway. LAME. Not that it would make me vote for them, but If someone running for prime minister took a HUGE pay cut, I'd have a lot more respect for them.

Pet Peeve alert!
1- the mindset that "1 person can't change anything" (SO false, and such an ignorant way to think)
2- Having someone try to take my agency away! (NOT cool)

there are more, trust me..

But if you are not happy with your choices for our government, then DON'T vote... What would happen if no one voted? The candidates would be forced to change!
Can anyone say Revolution?? That would be great!

Last thought- I took anthropology this semester, and we talked about societies, how they began, and what came of them. Way back in the beginning, where there were bands, there was no government set in place. Everyone pitched in, and did their part. They governed themselves, and things worked out! These societies were egalitarian.
The need for power, and money, brought about stratified societies, and this is where we are now.
Lets go back to the egalitarian ways!

YOU      CAN   make a DIFFERENCE!

$10,000?? YES please!

So, c100 is giving away $1,000 everyday this week to the hundredth caller at 7:40am and 1:somethingpm. They kept announcing it, and seriously, I never listen to the radio.. ever. Why would you, when you could hand pick your favorite songs and have your own personal radio station (via mp3 player/ipod) ANYWAY, I randomly listened to the radio on my mp3 player, and I haven't stopped since. Literally- If I leave the apartment, I have my mp3 player, and here I'm listening to it streaming online. So, i've been listening to the contest stuff, and people win $1,000. I was like "hmm that'd be pretty sweet!" then they announced that THURSDAY is different. hey are giving away not just $ONE,ooo but $10,000!! haha so I was like "why not! there can't be that much competition. No one listens to the radio, and at 7:40 in the morning.. no one!"

SO i checked out the rules of the contest, made sure i just had to call, and not do anything silly.
Found out I just had to be caller #100.. (and you can only win once during the week) so I decided, I'd try first for the $10,000, and then try the day after for the $1,000. So I set my alarm for 7:30 am.

and here are some pictures of my morning:

this is c100 streaming. it had been on all night. I had to be listening.. that makes sense to everyone right? haha

Oh, and they said you had to correctly
answer a math skill testing question. Since I have NO mathematical skill to test... I looked up an online scientific calculator! It was ready to go!

BAM.. a not happy(makeup-less, barely awake) me at too early in the morning, having already lost! man that's a bad picture! (note to guys- makeup IS a good thing!)

so I called, and it rang once then a busy signal.. so i kept calling immediately after each busy signal.. FINALLY it rang more than once! Someone picked up and said "Hello, you are caller 67, try again" then she hung up. So I kept trying.. ring-busy, ring-busy
several times! Then they announce that they were on caller 89!! ahh!! so I kept going.. and then it stated ringing like before when they answered. I got really excited and nervous!.. nervous?....

they didn't answer!! so I kept trying.. until They announced their winner... :(
oh well.. :( I'll try for $1,000 later today, and tomorrow. I have to win. I was close! I was gonna also use our home phone, but what are the chances that Amber got a phone call literally 2 seconds before my 7:30 alarm went off!!? (that is perhaps the first time.. the first that I know of anyway)

Alright, time to get ready for school..

This is me, peacin out -still poor- Laura.

5 second later update- now they have the winner on the radio rubbing it in my face!! seriously, her voice just came out of no where said "I'm ______, and I just won $10,000 on C-100!!"

Creative Laura

SO, i LOVE the Dollarstore. ANY dollar store. Dollarama is my favorite but the other ones make me happy as well.. so i went today, and got these. I also got one that says "With God all things are possible" plus i had already gotten ones of the leaning tower of pisa and the eiffle tower

A Dream is a wish the heart makes

this one is a little crooked.. it came letter by letter rather than word.. and i just did it quickly, so it's blah.. oh well i'll be moving home in a few weeks, lol so it'll be coming off the wall shortly.

this is my favorite! and the actual creative part.. the other ones i just peeled it off and stuck it on the wall.. but not this one.. i love it! It makes me feel really happy. if you can't tell ( i'm not sure why you wouldn't be able to.?) it's partly on my door (to the right) and on to my wall, and around the corner. I love love love it!

well, that's it for now.. it's SPRING... so i'm going to eat a popsicle :)

SEEYA!!

God likes science!

So, I'm taking Mind and Brain (psych class).. it's by far my hardest class this semester.
We have "minute papers" every once in a while. So he(my prof) gives us a subject or question that we have to write about .. we have a couple minutes at the end of class to do it,and then pass it in.
Last week we had one about religion and brain activity.. some say that religious experiences are merely results of stimulation of a certain part of he brain..
So, i don't remember exactly what I said.. it was pretty scattered (I thought I wouldn't do very well on it, which was disappointing because I had a lot to say haha)

I said in my paper:

-It makes sense for religious experiences to stimulate your brain, as does all other experiences.
-I don't believe that science and religion need to be separated. They go together perfectly. and

-religious experiences are not dependent on the stimulation of the brain.
- "God likes science"
(and other things but I can't remember)

So, after we have minute papers, after hey are marked, the mark is posted online, and if he thinks you did an exceptional job, he'll give you a bonus point, and if he REALLY thinks it's noteworthy, he'll show it on the projector infront of the class and talk about it.

So, my professor started class with "the minute paper marks are online and everyone did really well!" he said it was hard to pick ones that got a bonus point and not..
haha so i'm thinking "mine was just so unorganized.. and just not very well written.." so i felt even worse because everyone else did so great.. like as if i was the only one that didn't do well.
So I looked online and I got 5 out of 4! I got the bonus point!

Then he's showing someone's paper on the projector.. and then he starts reading another one and it sounded familiar.. cause IT WAS MINE!! He liked it!!! and then he added the part that said "God likes science" and he laughed a little and said "that's interesting"

YEEEH!!!!! so apparently, I did a good job :D

haha sooo.. that just happened, and I'm still in that class, so I'm going to pay attention now.

ciao!!

mmm Wind!

I went to see Never Say Never last week with Laura, Vanessa, Karen, and Erinn. It was so so great! Justin Bieber is one awesome kid!! He has been crazy talented since he was really young ( I know he's still really young but I mean compared to how old he is now) It was actually a pretty inspiring movie. I admire him a lot more. I kind of assumed he was somewhat a punk since he's a young famous kid.. but he's humble, and kind. If he was older, I'd have he biggest crush on him!! haha.......................... we are going to see it again tonight. haha :S Don't judge! at least it's cheap night movie night.


So, I just adore spring time. I know it isn't technically spring yet, but it's GREAT out! yesterday it was like 10 degrees, and even though lack of sun is depressing, the temperature made up for it 100%! i even enjoyed the rain!! (except when i was walking back from sobeys last night and got back to my apartment more wet than if i'd just gotten out of a long shower with all my clothes on haha.. oh well.. it was fun)

Has anyone noticed how different my posts are now that it's getting nicer out?? It's amazing how different I feel when winter starts to go away, and spring starts to show itself. I feel just so happy inside, with so much energy, and excitement...

I am excited to go to school in Arizona and feel like this even in the winter!! YAY

This is going to be short, and probably without pictures.. sorry. I have 2 mid terms tomorrow, and one the next day. My anthropology mid term was supposed to be today, and thankfully it wasn't!! I discovered a leak in my heater that had spread on my floor almost the entire size of my bed, and it became moldy as well.. GROSS (probably why i've been sick non stop) so, I had to stay home from class today so that people could come look after it..

Weird fact about me: I love the wind (or hate it.. depending on the circumstance- i hate it when it's dark and scary outside and i'm walking alone and can't hear if someone is coming after me.. lol) I love being in the car with the windows down, or sitting in-front of a fan full blast. I honestly have a face that I make when I am experiencing the above situations.. haha it has been named my "wind face" haha wonder why..? Imagine a face of pure peace/happiness.. this is my wind face!
I mention this, because while i love the feel of it, I also love the sound. Fans, vacuums, hairdryer, microwaves.. they all give me goosebumps... and the people that fixed my floor/heater issue left a fan on in my room to dry the carpet quicker.. and I am sitting in the living room fighting back the urge to go in here and sit in-front of it with my wind face and just fall asleep. (the sound puts me almost instantly to sleep :) )

yep.. can't fight the urge anymore.. PEACE :)

QUICK!!

IT IS SO NICE OUT!! I AM SO HAPPY!!

I FEEL LIKE ENTHUSIASTICALLY YELLING EVERYTHING!!!

this is me enjoying the sun in my yellow shirt (and enjoying how long my hair is getting :) )

I am a sun person. If there is no sun shining in the sky, there is no shining in Laura going on.. hence why most of my winter posts are not all that happy. haha

So, I decided to blog real quick before the sun went away.
SO, with the sun being out, and me being a ridiculous amount of happy..
I am just amazed and so excited..about everything-

1- I bought this flower/plant a few weeks ago.. it's totally cute.. but the leaves were getting droopy, and the flower part was completely bent over this morning!! so I was wondering how to make it stay up straight while it grows... and I was kinda sad about it.. then the sun comes out, and i'm looking at the flowers.. and I think- well I don't know what to do, but I should water it in the meantime. I watered it like an hour ago, and it's completely straight up now!! :O AMAZING!!! (on a normal winter depressing day I would be like "huh.. that's fun.." but i'm like freaking out right now about how cool it is! lol

2- I ranted a few posts ago about music... well, Nessun Dorma is an AMAZING song!! listen to it really loudly.. I seriously don't understand you people that listen to music quietly.. yes, when you have to.. that's fine. but TURN IT UP!!! FEEL it!!! make it like you're THERE!!

3- Daddy says the northern lights will be out tonight!!! YAYYY!!! all I have to do is stay up late, and figure out where north is! haha I love seeing the northern lights!! so cool!

4- I went through some mission pictures and videos.. they are soooo random and GREAT!! I miss my mission somethin fierce!

well, this post has taken me forever.. the sun is almost down! I have to end it on a happy note!!

I LOVE THE SUN!!

That's it!

So, I've been grossly sick for a few days now.. maybe that's why I was so thirsty?? boh! no clue.
This pic is a good representation of me since wednesday! no makeup, and still doesn't even look as bad as I feel!

anyway, I've had a lot of time on my hands.. not that it was enjoyable AT ALL.. you know when you're super busy, and you just want a sick day... then you get one, and it's the WORST cause you're sick..? haha well, that wasn't really me this time.. I've been busy, but not grossly, and I haven't been craving a sick day.. BUT I got one... or three..

So, I was using toilet paper to blow my nose (yuck.. i know) and then that started to hurt my nose.. like on the commercials.. it's CRAZY how much of a difference there can be between toilet paper, and kleenex- they must use a different kind of tree..? :\ anyway.. it's scary how accurate the commercials are! My nose felt like it was in a cloud when I used kleenex! (actually- it was Puffs!, with the vicks vapo stuff infused or whatever.. it was excellent!)

ON another note..

I am going to be adding little tips or rules , or little.. tibits in each blog from now on..

#1- FACEBOOK- if you are on chat, chatting with people.. and you have to go. TELL THEM.. don't just leave.. next time someone does that.. I'm going to just randomly hang up on them- mid-story the next time I talk to them on the phone. YEP - cause it's the same thing..
(there are exceptions... but very few)

I AM SO THIRSTY!

... no deep meaning to that title.. i'm just really thirsty!!

I suppose I could deepen it..?

Well, on Sunday we had testimony meeting. , and there seemed to be a theme of scripture study.
I just wanna say "Amen" !

Sometimes it's crazy that we know something will make us happy, and it will help us in life,and make things easier.. but we just don't do it!!? WHY?! It's nuts!!

We in the YSA branch are challenged to read the Book of Mormon by April General Conference. That means 6 pages a day. (starting Feb 1st) I have a little bit of catching up.. cause I'm one of those people I mentioned above.

In my defense, it's not just scriptures that I neglect sometimes.. I also skip eating.. lol takes too much time... (don't worry.. I don't skip eating often..)
Anyway- the point was not to confess all my sins and weaknesses.. haha the point is- The scriptures are good, and make you happy, so don't be silly, learn from them!! Quench you're spiritual thirst :)

SNOW- holy moly! It's time to go away.. forever- please and thank-you!

check out this snow!! that's from a morning of snow, not the whole winter!

haha the snow was wet and heavy.. it would accumulate so fast, and then fall off the branches in big clumps! so yeah, the tress were throwing snowballs at me!! Rude!

I've been alive for 24 years!

Happy Birthday to me :)

I was gonna go home for the weekend.. but it is just so expensive taking the bus.. I might as well just buy a car.. anyway.. I have some pretty great roomies.,,

Amberle made these pizzas that were healthy and veryyy yummy!! one had peppers on it, and the other asparagus.. YUM

sorry, i don't have a real camera.. so my pics are all from my phone (not good quality)

Amber made a crazzy awesome cake!! Both of them worked so hard on my Birthday dinner!

finished product.. so pretty eh??

Candles! I blew them all out in one breath.. so I was all excited, cause that means your wish will come true... but then I was informed that the ones that remain lit represent the number of boyfriends you have/will have.. haha sooo what if your wi

sh was for a boyfriend?? haha juuuuust kidding... :\

yum look at those 4 layers.. sooo goooood. that is how much the 3 of us ate.. so we called/texted up some people.. Nathaniel won. lol I texted him and then before he even texted back to say ok.. he was buzzing my apartment

haha. too funny!!

I also dyed my hair .. every so often, I need to do some

thing to my hair.. it's "golden brown" but it's never the color it says it is at the beginning.. it's basically black!!

BEFORE

AFTER

it's kindof a dark picture anyway..

Welp... Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes!! :) It has been a great day so far! I'm just at Ashley's now hanging out with her and little baby Sophie!! oo speaking of sophie, i have a funny pic of her too haha

she's got some crazy hair lol

and crazy faces.. i LOOOVE HERR

Happy January 25th!

Music really makes me happy.

Rough weekend.. now i'm waiting for my Dentist appointment.. listening to music.
A world without music would not be a world I could survive in!

Another thing I love is, to laugh!

I like bright, happy colors! (that's why i'm wearing dark jeans and a black shirt today..?) haha

Love # 3 (but not in importance) = CHURCH!! I don't normally plan to not pay attention in church, but Saturday night was sad.. and I needed to write in my journal, so I brought it along.. I didn't write in it though, because the talks and lessons were amazing! Not only did I feel they were talking to me.. but pretty sure they even LOOKED at me more than anyone else.. haha I very well could be crazy.. but I'm not so sure.

Love# 4 -People! I love people! contrary to what some people I know may think.. I really love the people around me. Sure, sometimes they are frustrating, (especially when they're TRYING to be) but I try to see the good in everyone, and i'm almost always successful in that.
We are all Heavenly Father's children.. how can I not love my brothers and sisters, if He does??

Love #5- Family and real friends :) I love love love love them

dentist time.. :P I'll have to stop my love list for now.. bye bye :)