New person?!

Today is a new day... and I almost feel like a different new person. Which is ok because my past experiences have made me who I am today and I am who I am for a reason. :) I felt inspirational today.... like I am slowly finding myself. :) I just hope so anyway because it's about time I feel this way. :) How was everyone's week? Anything fun planned this weekend?! I have shopping to do tomorrow and mom's making chili on Sunday for the nice fall weather. Doesn't sound like a bad weekend. I am getting very tired so I am going to keep this post short but enjoy your weekend!!!

Thursday morning which means it's almost Friday!

Hello. I didn't realize that this semester would get busy very fast! It wasn't to hetic last week and then all of a sudden BOOM. Class,work, and homework seems to be my life! Geesh. When will I have time for me?! Well right now I have a little bit of time so I figured it would be a great time to write a post. :) Life can be crazy but one thing we need to remember to do is breath. Life shouldn't get us to a place where we feel overwhelmed or stressed. So when you feel like that you need to sit back and think is it worth it? Is what you are stressing and getting upset about worth it or are there better things your mind could be doing rather then stressing. I hope this all helps you if you ever feel like you can't do it! Today I had a english muffin with a little but of peanut butter, a banana, and pumkin spice coffeee! Yum. I love the fall colors and smells. It's a great time of year! :) Do any of you have any fall-like weekend plans? I am planning on going shopping with a friend on Saturday... Today I am finishing up homework then heading to work for two. Not a crazy day which is good because tomorrow is my longest day! Well enjoy your day and stay positive! :)

Monday night..

It stinks that I don't have more time to blog because I do enjoy it.. I also wish I was better at multi tasking. I am watching the new premiere of "Lone Star" but am not paying enough attention! There needs to be more time in a day.. with school and work there is just not enough time for me! I have a marketing quiz tomorrow.. I want to type out what I am studied to see how much I go. This may not be interesting to you but it will help me out to see it typed out!

Marketing Quiz 1:
Marketing: Social and managerial process in which individuals get what they want and need by creating and exchanging products with groups.
Exchange concept: Getting something by voluntarily giving something back.
Historical Background: Has to do with philosophies. Each philosophy is from a different era.
Philosophies: Product- Innovation and creating new ideas. Production- Production of new methods. Sales- Convincing customers of something they may need. Marketing- Satisfying the customers. Financial- Cost control.
Marketing Mix- Price- What will be paid. Place- Where it's available. Product- What customer needs. Promotion- Making conversation with customers.
How to optimize marketing mix- (Make effective)- 1. Competitive Advantage- Creating value to customers. 2. Integration of mix- Make sure mix is well integrated. Desired competitive advantage. Customer Expectations- Target one group and involve mix. Make value and make sure it's better then it's competitors.
How is customer value and satisfaction created? Customer value= perceived benefits- perceived sacrifice. Perceived Benefits= product Perceived Sacrifice= cost
3 A's- Affordability- Is it in the right place? Acceptability- Is it the right product?Availability- Is it a convenient time and place?

Reading this probably make you yawn! Sorry but it helped me study! Wish me luck on the quiz. How was your weekend? Was your Monday horrible?! Hopefully not. I had two servings of pumpkin spice coffee! I was extra tired...blah. Hopefully tomorrow I wont be. Have a good night everyone. :)

The weekend.

Hello there. Sorry about the lack of posts. I've been busy with the start of classes and work. Everything seems to be going smoothly! It's Friday night and I am exhausted from the week. While most college students are out I stayed home and relaxed. That's is what my Friday nights will mostly consist of! How was everyone else's week? Does anyone have exciting weekend plans?

Labor Day!

Hello! Happy Labor Day! The weekend is almost over but I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend. :) Today I made a list of things to do on a pretty pad of pink paper.. Unfortunately not a lot of my "to do's" got done. Luckily, I don't have any classes tomorrow and can do those errands! The reason why I didn't get anything done was because by the time I got home from the gym and got ready my mom wanted to go to the grocery store and I couldn't let her go alone! The reason being I might not get the things I want! So by the time we went to the farmers market and got all our fresh produce and went to the grocery store it was already time to make dinner! I wanted to share what we made..

So first off I made this recipe: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/thai_chicken_satay_with_spicy_peanut_sauce.html

It was very tasty! It wasn't one of my favorites but I do enjoy peanut sauce! I think the best I have had was at wings your way! Delicious.

Then I did a kind of combination of two other recipes..

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/black-bean-corn-and-tomato-salad-recipe/index.html

http://www.eatbetteramerica.com/recipes/dinner/zesty-chicken-with-corn-salsa.aspx

What I did was cut up:
Half a Pepper.
Half of a Red Onion
1 stalk of Celery
1 Large tomato

I combined all of those ingredients with 3 ears of corn off the cobb and 1 can of red kidney beans. I threw all of that into a frying pan with 1 and 1/4 of spiced paprika and 1 tablespoon of oil. I cooked it for about ten minutes on medium heat stirring every so often! Sometimes that best way to cook is playing it by ear and coming up with your own recipes because to be honest I couldn't decide which one to make... so I did a little bit of both! :)

I wasn't sure what I wanted my second post to be about but I think it turned out to be perfect! Now you know a little bit about what I like to do! :) I hope you all have a great rest of the night. My Monday night show "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" is on tonight and it is unfortunately the season finale... Comment if you watch it=and tell me what you think may happen tonight!

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Laaauren3

All new.

Hello! First and foremost my name is Lauren. I am 20 years old and will be a junior in college. I have many different interests such as blogging, working out, girly things, and I enjoy organizing! This is all new to me so please forgive me for how random this first blog entry may be. What this blog will offer... is just about everything! Health tips, organizational tips, etc.. I want your advice to! If there is something in particular you want me to write about let me know!

lauren :]