Thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!(yesterday)

yep. its that day. we stuff our faces and share what we're grateful for. An excellent holiday in my humble opinion.

I'm thankful for so much! Its kinda ridiculous how blessed I am. Why do I often focus on what I don't have rather than the many MANY things I do have? Just to name a couple of blessings, I have great health, a loving family, the most amazing friends anyone could ask for, foooddddd, a love of learning, my basketball team(yes, I claim them:)), warm clothes, a cell phone, the true gospel of Jesus Christ.

This year I was priviledged to indulge in not one, but TWO thanksgiving dinners. Yesterday with the Websters and today with the Maxwells. Tight.

Its kinda become a tradition for me to wear my favorite sweater to thanksgiving, so yes, the tradition still lives on! Here are some lovely pictures of this picturesque sweater. A true gem. Oh and the best part is that all of my cousins on the Webster side have these. Girls in red, boys in blue! Yes sir, we love them...or at least I do!



Doesn't that empty mug make the whole ensemble seem much more cozy? haha I thought so too:)

Oh don't worry, I just found these pictures of the one and only Paige Maxwell on my computer. She's a keeper! And I'm proud to say that she edited the green one all by herself and it is currently her profile picture on Facebook.







mechale lauren

today

I feel ill. not seriously, just ill. I woke up to death itself. No bueno. Cero divertido.

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oh and the basketball game i've been counting down to got canceled due to the "blizzard." lovely. but that just means we have a game tuesday, thursday and friday next week. tight.

mechale lauren

Accomplished.

I had a debate tournament today. Me and Hannah competed in Parlimentary Debate which is an impromptu, current event, debate event. So hard. So fun. So crazy! Basically, we went into the tournament thinking we didn't care and just wanted to have fun. After the first two rounds we knew we had won so why not just try hard for the rest of the time? For our last two rounds we put so much effort into it. We wanted to win! They were way hard debates but we did really well and to our utter surprise we took FIRST PLACE!!! YeeHAWW! Honestly I was shocked. I thought we did well, but not that well! and there were a lot of teams! I'm so proud of us:) I feel accomplished. We placed in something other than duo haha.. (its kinda a whimpy event even though I LOVE it...) Well thats all I have to say:) Oh and we got these way big trophys and viking hats!




I'm elated.

mechale lauren

I've been thinking...

I've been thinking that I don't want to grow up and decide where to go to school. I've always wanted to go to BYU and I think that's where I'll end up but what if USU is better? I could easily get full ride there. To never have to pay for school would be incredible. Good thing I don't really have to worry about that for a year.. ish.

I've been thinking that it would be fun to move. I've lived in the same house my entire life. Yes, I have roots here and it would be so hard to leave everything, but how cool would it be to start a new life. Meet new people. Have new experiences. I just want to get out for like a year. I guess college is like moving.. I'll wait until then.

I've been thinking that I'm home. Baskeball season is my home. Last night at Meet the Team night I kept the score book for the boys scrimage. Honestly, no one will understand this, but I felt like I was home. Watching 10 boys, three referees, two hoops, one ball and a court interact is the best thing. I love all kinds of basketball, but without a doubt, my favorite is high school boys basketball. The NBA is amazing and the players play with such skill and precision, and their plays are so exciting. College is just fun. The best month of the year is March because of the NCAA tournament. But high school is my favorite for its unpredictableness(uhh new word?) and its intimate setting. Some of the best days I've ever had have been those where I get to watch 3 back-to-back basketball games, keep the book for the first two and pour out my soul cheering for the third. Best ever. I love basketball. This season is going to be amazing.

And that's what I've been thinking!

mechale lauren

Thats how I feel about you

"Well she was wearing a skirt and he thought she looked nice,
and yeah, she didn't really care about anything else
because she only wanted him to think she looked nice.
And he did."
-Kate Nash, "Birds"

How true is that? Well sometimes. I know that looking good for someone isn't the most important thing, but really, think about it, we all do it. I definitely do it. A LOT. hahah the things we do for boys...

This song is my favorite right now. Its darling. And Kate Nash's british accent is right nice. I also love her style. Her lyrics aren't super rhymey or anything. They just tell a simple story. I HIGHLY reccommend her. For "Birds" listen here

Anyways, enough music musings. Sometimes I hate my best friends. Not really, but really. I'm not getting into that here though. I just needed to throw that out there.

And then there are those others. Best friends but somehow casually thrown to the side. Yet always in the forefront. There are two in particular who have saved me tonight when those other friends weren't there. They are my cousin Jessica and she-who-must-not-be-named-in-this-post:)

My cousin Jessica(the one in my profile picture over yonder ----->) is the most caring person I know. She truly is one of my best friends. I feel so lucky to have her in my life. She knows more about me than anyone else. Really though. There are many things I've never told anyone but her. I know she will never judge me or look down on me. She just cares. I know she loves me and is happy for me when things are looking up and takes my sorrow when I'm feeling down. I don't know how many times I've texted her randomly when something's not right and not a minute later she responds with an honest caring reply. Like tonight. I miss her so much. Now that she's in college I don't see her nearly as much as I used to. I look up to her so much. I'm so grateful families can be together forever.

Next is she-who-must-not-be-named-in-this-post. I don't even know how to adequately express how much she means in my life. We've definitely had our ups and downs as friends. Honestly, sometimes I wonder how we've remained such good friends. We've managed to get through some tough times. She's one person I know I can always go to for anything. She knows how to get mad when I'm mad but gently bring me back to reality. I love her. Really, there are so many other things I could say about her but I won't bore you with those details. I hope she knows how grateful I am that we're friends. She's blessed my life in countless ways. I feel like she does WAY more for me than I ever do for her. Thanks she-who-must-not-be-named-in-this-post:)

mechale lauren

12 days until basketball season officially starts

I wish so badly I had something good to say right now but the fact of the matter is, it don't. But I want to blog so I'm faced with a serious dilemma. I'm never at a loss for words, I love talking. This is weird.

Maybe I'll just go read the Scarlet Letter instead. Oh no, did I really just say that??! I'm such a nerd. But really. Calculus and Chemistry are my two favorite classes. Oh dear. I should have kept that in. But now its out and it'll take too long to erase.

There are the most beautiful bananas on my kitchen counter right now. In case you were wondering..? What's with me?

Just so you know, anything I start to write right now, I'm not erasing. Thats why I'm getting so random.

I really have nothing thought provoking or deep to say right now. How tragic. Usually when I blog I'm thinking about something worthwhile even if I don't post it. Not right now! haha gah.

I'm just a waste of space this second. Give me something to think about!

Everyone reading this now thinks I'm a freak. I promise, its just an off night. I should be hot tubbing at Hot Tub Thursday with friends right now. But instead I'm here. Maybe that's why I'm so bored. I definitely should have left my homework for later so I'd have something to do right now.

I kinda want to go to my room but its FREEZING! I'm on the corner of my house with windows on two sides and wood floor with just the garage beneath me. It's an ice box. Thank goodness for electric blankets!

I love it when my brother plays the piano. Like now.

The Prestige is great.

My brother just stopped playing and said, "Mechale, how do you right a song? Like the words." so I said, "search your innermost feelings and write what comes hahaha" then he said, "I have no innermost feelings." well Johnny, you've got a problem.

I miss my cousin Jessica.

Bountiful is in the semi-finals for football! WOOT! so now we play at Rice Eccles Stadium tomorrow! YAY! and we get out of school early for the game. Tight.

well this is just such a waste of both of our time so I'll be signing off.

Peace out girl scout

mechale lauren

Psh, Yeah Right!

My brother just told me I look like a polygamist. Jerk. Granted, my hair is doing a sort of wooshy up-do thing. Shoot. I look like a polygamist.

mechale lauren