Tuesday, July 14, 2009

More Information...


Current song- When God Ran

Current mood- happy I was able to help a friend


Twenty five things about me you probably didn't know about me...


1.) I prefer to drive in the middle lane. The other two make me nervous.


2.) I cannot stand to have my fingernails painted because I cannot see the dirt that is building underneath.


3. )I cannot stand not to have my toenails not painted especially if I'm going wear flip flops or

something that will show my toes.


4.) I've only been kissed once, still not exactly thrilled about it.


5.) The thing I hate about mornings is getting out of bed, but once I have ate breakfast the crankiness wears off.


6.) I had all together seven teeth pulled in my life.


7.) I love the feeling of holding a child as they sit on my hip.


8.) I have a hard time telling people no.


9.) It's easy for me to tell someone all my deepest darkest secrets but I cannot tell them how they have hurt me. I go absolutely speechless trying to form the words.


10.) People with strong personalities lead me to feel very small and to hide in my shell.


11.) I am very comfortable with children, it's one of the few things in my life I feel absolutely confident about.


12.) I get to0 attached too fast.


13.) When I get into something, I jump in with both feet not bothering to see what the water feels like. This leads to some success but most the time some painful failure.


14.) I can crack several of my joints- knuckles, arms, neck, back, legs, ankles, and toes.


15.) I try praying for my future husband at least once a week and I write him letters.


16.) I played Mary for a Christmas concert once.


17.) My mom accidently ran over my foot one Sunday afternoon. This has lead me to be kind of skittish around cars.


18.) Bugs don't really bother me...but ceni and millipedes make me cringe.


19.) I cannot stand the idea of a hurting child or someone touching a child negetively.


20.) I have double jointed arms that I didn't realize I had till my freshman year when I was leaning on my desk funny and someone pointed it out.


21.) Hardest thing I have ever had to do was walk on the bus leaving two crying native children behind not knowing if I ever will see them again.


22.) When I was in seventh grade I recieved a forward email telling the story of a girl my age with cancer wanting to have the record for most cards, so I had all my school make her cards and sent them off to her to find out it wasn't true (the cards part).


23.) I love anything pasta like.


24.) I had a learning disablity that held me back through out school.


25.) There are several things with my right side of my body I can do that my left side cannot. (example- winking)


Are you not just thrilled you know all that now? : )

Monday, July 13, 2009

Get to Know me

ABC About You Questions:

A - AVAILABLE: I am but I'm enjoying my singleness
B - BIRTHDAY: January 17, 1989
C - CRUSHING ON: a new friend
D - DRINK YOU LAST HAD: Pepsi
E - EASIEST PERSON TO TALK TO:
F - FAVORITE SONG: When God Ran
G - GUMMY BEARS OR GUMMY WORMS: Bears
H - HOMETOWN: Eastpointe
IN LOVE WITH: God...author of the best love story of all time
J - JUGGLE: Only if there are two objects
K-KILLED SOMEONE: Not yet...one of these days...jk
L - LONGEST CAR RIDE: ride home from TLC 16 hours on a bus in August with pnemonia ...blahhhh
M- MILKSHAKE FLAVOR: chocolate
N - NUMBER OF SIBLINGS: one, my sweet baby girl
O - ONE WISH: salavation for the world
P - PERSON YOU CALLED LAST: Josh
Q- QUICKIE: not sure what it means
R- REASON TO SMILE: see answer I
S - SONG YOU LAST HEARD: Like a Man Possessed
T - TIME YOU WOKE UP: 7:45am I got to sleep in : )
U - UNDERWEAR COLOR: purple with different poka dots
V - VEGETABLE(S): umm..yummy, is that what youre looking for?
W - WORST HABIT: noise my mouth makes when I'm concentrating
X - X-RAYS YOU'VE HAD: three ct scans, one MRI, two chest, one neck, many for braces and wisdom teeth...gosh I hope thats it.
Y – YOYOS ARE: Cool stuff i cant do
Z - ZODIAC SIGN: ...

Random Questions About You:

Spell your name without vowels: Rchl Mn
Your favorite number: 17
What color do you wear most?: brown maybe?
Least favorite color?: like them all really
What are you listening to?: Ludovico Einaudi's Primvera (beautiful song)
Are you happy with your life right now?: I reallllyyyy am actually
What is your favorite class in school?: i love them all now that I arrived in my program
When do you start back at school/college?: Beginning of September
Are you outgoing?: for the most part, if Im with someone with a strong personality is around I tend to be reserved.
Favorite pair of shoes?: right now, flip flops that coordinate with my outfit
Where do you wish you were right now? Manitoulin Island
W Can you dance?: Ha...white and baptist make a lethal combination
Can you tie a cherry stem with your mouth?: No :(
Can you whistle?: not really
Write with both hands?: almost legibly
Cross your eyes?: only if i stare at my finger
Walk with your toes curled?: maybe

THE DO'S:

Do you believe there is life on other planets?: where all my brothers come from ; )
Do you believe in miracles?: mhmm, God working in cold resentful hearts
Do you believe in magic?: i guess so
Love at first sight?: interest at first sight
Do you believe in Satan?: oh yeah, big time enemy who has my name highlighted on his list trying to tear me down from this high
Do you believe in Santa?: never did
Do you know how to swim?: Yes,
Do you like roller coasters?: =I always get sick...I could only go on the Iron Dragon and even that my breakfast ended up on my lap.
Do you think you could handle the stuff they eat on those reality shows?: It always looks so good.

THE HAVES:

Have you ever been on a plane?: Many many times...most were not pleasant experiences
Have you ever asked someone out?: not to my knowledge
Have you ever been asked out by someone?: once or twice...I think
Have you ever been to the ocean? mhmm...I even swam in the Carribean
Have you ever painted your nails?: yeppers...cannot stand to have my finger nails but my toe nails

THE WHATS:

What is the temperature outside?: according to yahoo...its 73
What radio station do you listen to: usaully 9.63
What was the last restaurant you ate: McDonalds
What was the last thing you bought?: scrapbook stuff..hehehee
was the last thing on TV you watched?: my work on the news

THE WHOS:

Who was the last person you IM'd?: Can't remember
Who was the last person you took a picture of: I took 1,500 pictures last week...who was the last one to get a picture...Josh, maybe?
Who was the last person you said I love you to? mommy.

HAPPY SECTION.

Are you a happy person?: for the most part
What can make you happy?: God and His faithfullness
Do you wish you were happier?: Im pretty estatic right now
Can music make you happy?: If its a beautiful instrumental piece with strings and piano

LOVE SECTION.

How many times have you had your heart broken?: I lost count unfortunetely
Have you ever loved someone so much that you'd die for them?: I love the people in my life

LOOK AT ME. NO SERIOUSLY CHECK ME OUT.

What is your current hair color?: brown
Current piercings?: earrings
Eye color?: Blue ocean eyes any guy can get lost in

HAVE YOU EVER

Been to jail: nope
Mooned someone: cant say I have
Ran away from home: I remember wanting to as a teenager...ughhh stupid kids
Laughed so hard you cried: defintely too many times
Cried in school: yeahhhh
Thrown up in a store- silly worse fear- throwing up or choking in public
Wanted to be a model: when i was kid I did a model audition
Cheated on someone: alledgely I tried too...but no
Done something really stupid that you still laugh at today: im constantly laughin at myself
Seen a dead body: still have nightmares a year later

THIS OR THATPepsi or Coke: PEPSI!
McDonald's or Burger King: MCDonalds
Single or Group Dates: Both are fun in different aspects
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate
Strawberries or Blueberries: Strawberries
Meat or Veggies: Meat.
TV or Movie: movies
Guitar or Drums?: guatair
Chinese or Mexican: Mexican
Cheerios or Corn Flakes: neither.
Cake or Pie: Cake either one
MTV or VH1: dont care.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Update

So I lied...I do not have the flu. I have a sinus infection and acute (nothing cute about it) bronchitis. Funny thing all the problems fell on my right side. My right ear has fluid built in it, my right lung has the bronchitis, right nostril is plugged up, and my right side of my top lip started swell up. I went to a small clinic yesterday to figure out why my fever would not go down after four days. The friendly doctor took a long look at me, hour and a half to be exact, and found out the cause of all the joy I have experienced in the last almost week. Just to warn you, if you do not like the idea of things up your nose never allow yourself to get tested for the flu. Ughhhh.

I have a graduation party to attend tonight. I would consider not going at all, but my initial plans would have not let me. The graduate was bummed. Then I found out I could go and she gave me the biggest hug ever and couldn't stop smiling. Now, I cannot simply subject my friend to greater disappointment by not showing up. I may go for a little while as long as my energy permits me to show my face and support.

Tomorrow as far as church is concerned, I'm not sure if I'll be able to go. This bums me out because I love Sundays. Catch up on everyone's lives while joining in fellowship and gaining much needed encouragement from worship as well as spiritual smacks in the face from Pastor Bob. However, due to my sickness would it be very kind to share the lovely germs that I should be hogging to myself? I suppose I could not asschiote with the older crowd or the kids for fear their weaken immune syestems could come crashing down upon talking to me. But that's half the people I seek out on any given Sunday. Oh the turmoil! Haha...

I may just to stay home during church and then suddenly rise like the sun in time for our first VBX meeting and then another missions trip meeting. I feel so official, I have like four meetings in the next week with church. We'll see...

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Everything stops

Everything came to a screeching halt early yesterday morning when I was slapped with the flu. I woke up at 2 in the morning and found it impossible to fall back asleep being I could not breathe out of my nose (which I hate, absolutely hate when I have to open my mouth to breathe) so I got out of of bed and watched television until 6:30. Then like a little child, I crawled into bed with my mommy and complained of my aliments. We figured my allergies were acting up so she got up and got some benadryl for me. By the time she came back, I was fast asleep.

After waking up and eating lunch is when I was offically smacked with the flu. I became achey. I was shivering even though I had six blankets ontop of me but yet I had a 102 degree fever. I fell asleep on the couch about six times during the day and really couldn't muster much strength to do anything else. I had class and work yesterday but it seemed physically impossible to get up and go to get something out of the kitchen, I couldn't imagine driving, sitting through a four hour class, and chasing sixty children.

Today, I feel much better. Now let me define better- no chills and fever has gone down a bit, but I'm still completely exhausted, still got a nagging cough, and nose is still stuffed up but I can breathe out of it! My ears are starting to give me problems, so the worst of it is still to come.
I will say this though, it worked out really well that I got sick this week. I was supposed to being working at a conference this week, starting tomorrow till about Sunday. I asked for the days off at work and used my last vacation days that I needed to use up before the end of the month. Well, my school schedule would not allow me to have to particpate in the conference but my boss gave me the days off already so I figured I would use the days to study and to do other productive things. However, I still had sick days to use and I wasn't about to make up being sick to use them so I waited for a legit reason to call in. Yesterday and today are my days that I consider legit sick days. So I get the whole week off to recover. Hopefully though, I can push past exhaustion and get some stuff done.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Where has the time gone?

Current music playing- Opening instrumental sequence for Unbreakable : )
Current mood- content in all facets
Current word- Disquieted (sometimes when I hear a word, it will ring in my head over and over until I find the definition of it)

As you can easily see, it has been a few days or more since I have updated this bad boy. Life has been a whirlwind of busyness for the last few weeks. I cannot even attempt to capture everything that has happened. Nothing bad I do assure you however, no news is good news. So much has happened since Good Friday and it would be torture for me to tell you of everything so I will have you look forward with me.

This summer is going to be one of my busiest summers of my life. I will be working, hopefully two jobs- one at the daycare and I am looking for a part time nanny position. (I know, working with more kids, what can I say? I love them) I do not have a lot of hours at the daycare right now and as much as I wish it wouldn't be a problem, I need a new car and I am taking part of a missions trip in a little over a month.

This missions trip is to Manitoulin Island (across the lake at the Sleeping Bear Dunes) in Canada to put on a VBS for an Indian tribe. I am not going to lie, I am absolutely thrilled about this trip. We will be, you'll never guess, working with kids....oh the shock of such an omission! I have been wanting to go on a missions trip since I left Jamiaca back in my graduating year of 2007! This trip has been such a God thing and I cannot wait to go on it! Right now I am preparing for it by being the group secterary, which I truly love. One of my weirdest nerd qualities is I love taking on the role of secterary. I love making copies, organizing papers, and taking notes...all that stuff!

Leading up the trip I am taking two classes- Nutrition (Tuesdays / Thursdays 8:00am-11:55am) and Sociology (Mondays / Wednesdays 12:30-4:00) starting tomorrow. I am truly excited honestly, I did some research on my professors and they had phenemonal reviews. Annndd maybe to have a right to complain and reason to get another job, I found out I will be travelling something like 200 miles for class for the next months. Yay. Especially with this gas prices our president of change increased...by change maybe he's hoping will trade in our cars for tennis shoes since soon we will be walking everywhere. Haha. Small minor rant. ; ) The nice thing is the classes end two days before the trip and everything else that I have going on this summer.

I am of course working in VBS as well. For the sencond year I will be serving in VBX, the ministry for upcoming sixth graders. We have a stellar team that I am so excited to work along side with. Along with talking about VBX, this summer I have been asked to start teaching in Ignite on Wednesday nights. I have taken the awesome responsiblity and I start next week. Amazingly enough this Last minute Lucy who writes this blog has already written a rough outline of her lesson which is The Great Commission. Ohh...I gotta come up with a title. The Great Commission not for the fainthearted. Haha...we'll see!

There's more this summer will be filled with but I should go now. Currently I am housesitting and I should do some cleaning. Last night I had some friends over (with the permission of the owners) and we had a M. Night Shymalan marathon. The dead people, unbreakable heros, the creepy aliens, those we don't speak of but tend to speak of a lot, and the pale water lady all lasted us till about five o'clock this morning. It seemed we had a competition who's energy could go all night. Yours truly just started to fade at like three in the morning in the middle of Lady In The Water. Someone had asked if I was sleeping, I replied no but dozed off shortly after for a sencond. Ben holds the award for staying wide awake the entire time however, he cheated. His job during the winter entails him to be awake midnight through early the next morning. If it probably would have not been Sunday night, I could have done it without so much a blink. ; )

Friday, April 10, 2009

His Pain, My Gain


His Pain, My Gain

He cried

looking upward


no one replied


no one heard


His crying out


all this blood shed


this is what love is about


soon to be lead


to Satan's domain


where all souls found dead


but the Father's reign


strong and overpowering


roaring like a train


has Satan cowering


fearing judgement day


but we will not


it does not bring dismay


since our souls no longer rot


instead we will live


and forever praise


our lives we give


but a thankful song we raise


for here is the King


sit on bended knee


come let us sing


for He died for you and me

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Survey Says




You want to learn more about Rachel? Well here you go. Here's a random survey I found...


1. Where did you take your profile pic? Germany overlooking a thousand year old city!

2. What exactly are you wearing right now? jeans and grey long sleeved shirt

3. What is your current problem? I need to take a shower, I smell funny ; ) but something's wrong with a water

4. What makes you happy most? mom always says in regards to me "its the little things in life that make Rachel happy." The best thing is having God in my life : )

5. What's the name of the song that you're listening to? The True Art of Music by Thomas Newman...I am instrumental nut!

So...theres a few firetrucks down the block from my house and I am wanting to go check it out, I'm a naturally curious person as it is, especially after the suicide.

6. Any celeb you would marry? if Chad Michael Murray became a hard core christian, I would definitely consider him...but until then, no thank you ; )

7. Name someone with the same birthday as you? well, James Earl Jones, Jim Carrey, Kid Rock, Maury (blah, get another birthday) Muhammad Ali. (not to brag or anything) My adopted grandpa, Denise (one of my moms friends from high school)

8. Ever sang in front of a large audience? many concerts

9. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity? I was told I look like someone...but I can't remember who. My best friends used to say I looked like Princess Leia to get me to watch Star Wars. Ummm nice try...but I did fall in love with movies.

10. Do you still watch kiddy movies or kiddie TV shows? I am with children all the time so I "have" to watch them.

11. Do you speak any languages?English and my own ramble

12. Has anyone you've been really close with passed away? my grandpa, he was my first best friend and father like figure, I still miss him!

13.Do you ever watch MTV? when I am really bored (hardly ever) I'll watch Punk'd

14. What's something that really annoys you? Messy handwriting when Im taking notes for class!

Chapter 1:===============

1. Middle name: Louise

2. Nickname(s): Rach, Rae, Rachie (need to obtain special permission to call me that), Rae Moe, Lou, Bums of Steel, Rocky, Mo-Mo, Sarah's big sister, Shoot and Scoot, (dads are mean sometimes) The Truncate One, Kalina (means sky princess in Aramaic), Scout, Annabelle, Moeses, tons more...

3. Current location: couch in living room

4. Eye color: ocean blue eyes any guy can get lost in hahaha...

Chapter 2:===============

1. Do you get along with your parent(s): We get along great...for the most part, every once awhile we will butt heads because I can be unfortunately very difficult and stubborn

2.Are your parents married/separated/divorced? Married for nineteen beautiful years

3. Do you have any Siblings?: one lovely little sister Sarah (13 going on 14)

Chapter 3: Favourites===============

1. Ice Cream: my own Cold Stone creation- vanilla icecream with oreos and caramel

2. Season: spring

3. Shampoo/conditioner? Herbal Essence- Long Term Relationship for long hair

Chapter 4: Do You..===============

1. Dance in the shower? somehow I think that would end badly

2. Do you write on your hand? I was never allowed too so I stay away from it

3. Call people back? I'm pretty good at it...depends who it is ; )

4. Believe in love? I think I was in love with the idea of being in love

5. Ever talk to yourself? Ha...everyday...and I even argue

6. Any bad habits? time waste

7. Any mental health issues? say what you will...but Im fine according to my psychiatrist ; )

Chapter 5: Have You..===============

1. Broken a bone? surprisingly...no

2. Sprained stuff? my ankles

3. Had physical therapy? yeppers...painful stuff getting your vertrbrae in your neck to move

4. Gotten stitches? tough mainly voice "Who needs stitches anyway" nope

5. Taken painkillers? Yeppers...

6. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling?No, but it would be awesome

7. Been stung by a bee? many many times

8. Thrown up at the dentist? not that I can recall, wouldnt be surprised though to find out

9. Sworn in front of your parents? haha first time I swore I said to my dad "Dad, open the 'Dang' door now" in third grade.

10. Had detention ? nope, all through out school career. The worse I got was screamed at but she later apologized because she thought it was me who was talking.

11. Been called a hoe?:
Mr. Jones: "What do you do when your wife wont listen to you"
Evan: "I'd slap the hoe"
Mr. Jones: "Now that your best friends with every girl in the class Evan, lets move on"

Chapter 6: Who/What was the last===============

1. Movie(s)? A Long Kiss Goodnight - pretty interesting

2. Three people to text you? Techincally I cant text but people keep texting me- Jenn Duff, Ben, and Macey

3. Person you called? Jenn Duffaroo : )

4. Person you hugged? my daddy : )

5. Person you tackled: an attempted failure on my dad

6. Person you talked to on IM? I havent signed on in awhile...i dont remember

7. Thing you touched? reese wrapper

8. Thing you ate? freshiest reeses ever

9. Thing you drank? in the process of finishing a Tropicana Strawberry Melon drink, I can just feel the sugar go right to my teeth

10. Thing you said? "Goodnight and Love you."

Thursday, April 2, 2009

As the Thunder Roars

I am sitting in the living room, sort of laying/sitting on our couch, looking for a second job for this summer as a thunderstorm slowly drifts away. Actually it was quite funny tonight, my mom and I were talking about some of the painful things that have happened in my past. (hehe...thunderstorm is coming back) Anywhoo, as I became angry thinking over something as I was saying it, my voice got louder and angrier, just as this loud thunder rumbled through out the whole quick thing. Mom and I had a good laugh about that thinking it was so dramatic.

I am truly thankful this week is almost over. It hasn't been a horrible week, just very emotionally draining. Life isn't bad necessarily, (my circumstances do not determine my happiness) it just has been a long week. A few little things have come up, stuff like a lady I worked for and with last summer is dying. I am trying not to let myself think too deeply of it but I can't run forever, it's going to hit me that a lady I spent everyday with loving on her with everything in me to feed her, bathe her, get her out of bed every morning, talking with her, watching TV...it's gonna hit me that she has about a week left to live when I have a chance to realize the sadness of it.

Then there is this situation at work, that I had not seen the enormity of the situation till this morning. I need so much prayer in this situation, I am fighting the hugest spiritual battle in my life at a christian school. Those beautiful little people are not being treated right, I myself being beaten over and over again, and God's name in this place is no where near being glorified. That situation right then and there has completely ran me completely dry this week. I am so weary that I feel like collapasing on my bed and never waking up again. But I need to go to work, everyday during the week, and stand up for those beautiful amazing children and I need to stand up for gospel.

Pray...I need strength in this fight.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Can You Imagine?


So I did some reading on the car accident that claimed the lives for four teenagers this past week. My heart is so broken for everyone's lives affected. Those kids, were just that, kids. One was fifteen, two were sixteen, and the other was nineteen. They were just finding themselves in this world and then they were taken away. They were so young.


I cannot imagine what their friends and family are feeling. Sadness, anger, regret, resentment. Death has the tricky way of making you feel several emotions all at once. Their poor parents who now lost their children. I am told there is no greater grief then to lose your child. Can you imagine having to bury your child and not have it the other way around? Can you imagine having them one day and then before you can even blink, they are gone forever? Death is the horrible lock on the door that can never be opened again. *Shivers* I have experienced only one trully painful death in my life and that was my grandpa, my first father and friend. I was only six but the grief still was hard for me to shake off. But I cannot imagine losing someone now, where you able to process things more, and even have memories to haunt you, Ugh...


Can you imagine what these teens friends are going through? What if one kid had all four as friends? Losing all four in one night? I will tell you honestly, I HATE the thought of losing my friends to death. I know I will see them in Heaven again, but until then, it would be so hard.


Can you imagine the lady who did this? Her name is Frances Patricia Dingle. Most people are angry at her but my heart actually breaks for her too. I honestly think I hurt more for her then everybody else. Now I am against drinking and driving like anybody else. When I was in fifth grade of my friends Hannah's family and her were in car accident with a drunk driver. Her mother and the other driver died instantly. Her brothers faced terrible head injuries that last time I heard still leave them handicapped and I believe she is never going to be the same either. She was an incredible friend and so sweet. But to think, the weight of guilt after realizing what you have done, your stupid decision to drink and drive killed someone or worse, several people. To be honest, if that ever happened to me (regardless if I was drunk or not) I would wish I would have died in the crash along with kids. I couldn't live with myself. Can you just imagine how she feels knowing she killed four teenagers? She killed someone's daughter, son, aunt, uncle, sister, brother, friend. Can you imagine her in her cell, trying to sleep but the guilt weighs down on her heart and the only way she can sleep is by crying? Can you imagine living your life knowing what you did? Can you imagine have four families hating you?


I hurt for everyone in this situation. I hurt most for Frances and I am going to be praying for her as often when God brings her to my mind. I will be praying His mighty grace will be evident to her and she will cling to Him for forgivness of her sin. God has His reasons for this tradgey. We may find out in this lifetime or we may never know. He knows what He is doing. "He does all things for His glory and our good!"

Friday, March 20, 2009

Friday Night


Currently listening- WallE Soundtrack, hehe : )
Trying to Do: Read three chapters and take notes for Early Childhood Education
Truly desiring to do: Crawl into warm bed and fall asleep
Current Mood: About to fall asleep on keyboard


It's about five minutes after midnight and I am fighting every urge in my flesh to crawl into my bed and sleep. I had promised myself tonight I would stay up, study, and get some homework done. There are two factors I did not see coming that would prohibit this idea and that is 1. I would have an eight hour shift today (once again, most of ya'll work that everyday but in my line of work, that is one heck of a long day) annndd I have been awaiting my midday sencond wind to come in since noon and it has failed to arrive. I believe it is safe to say, twelve hours later...it is not coming anytime soon. My luck (I don't believe in luck just to let you know) it will arrive when I am trying to sleep.



Yesterday after a seven hour shift that went extremely well, I headed over to my best work friend's house. Sara, William (the custodian at school and Sara's brother) and I ate delicious Lebanese food for dinner. I am a quarter of Lebanese so that stuff makes me extremely happy! After stuffing out faces with Humus, Meat Pies (chopped up Lamb), Kibbe (Raw lamb), and pita like bread, we took our full bellies down to their basement to watch Walle. I believe it was my...well let's see, New Jersey, girls from church, babysitting Farmers/Warbingtons, babysitting Russells, family, Will and Sara...I am sure there's more then that but that's sixth time seeing that amazingly precious movie! One day I will own it! : )

Tomorrow the game plan flows something like this: going to Sarah's soccer game at 8:30 (I honestly doubt if I'll be able to pull my coma like self out of bed) do a few at home projects, go to Great Skate for one of my sixth grade darlings birthday party from one to four, follow her family home for cake and ice cream. Study what I could not do tonight. I am going to try to see if Da has a hockey game so I can have a chance to hang with my Jenn Duffaroo! : )

On Sunday night, Jordan and Jessa are leading Sunday Night... I am soooo excited! It will be an incredible night that I have been looking forward too! Yayyy! Afterwards we get to go to the Huteks for bible study as always! Yayyyy!!!

I should stay up till all hours till my notes are done, but I am dying. I'll just finish my one project so I do not have to work on it tomorrow. Worse case scenario is I have to do it Monday being that I work 3-5:45! (yucky short hours but, give me time at home and to be productive with homework, if I use it well) Alright, gotta get to that project so I can get into my big comfy bed! Yay! : )





Monday, March 16, 2009

Has it been two weeks?


So quite frankly, I have nothing to write home about. I cannot even try to knock my head for any interesting things to tell you about. These past two weeks haven't been bad or boring (ha, I don't have time to be bored, it would be nice) neccessarily. I just cannot think of anything blog worthy. Tomorrow is my first day off from life in like forever. I am not working, I am not going to school (don't tell anyone, work will find it and have me come in) I am going to spend my day aimlessly doing things. Get up whenever I decide to, wobble over to the couch to watch television, and do whatever. I believe the only thing on my schedule is to go to my little sister's volleyball game. But really that's all for now and Im hoping it will remain that way. I am looking forward to the 63 degree weather tomorrow...hehehe! I may sit out and get a much needed tan! Haha...or just do the cool thing, read. Probably the latter. : )

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Just About Recovered

(Home sweet home, this is Superwoman or Hannah whatever sounds cooler, I loved this little pumpkin so much!)





Like I said in the previous post, I embarked on the last winter trip for the season this past weekend. Woweee...I am still so tired, sore, and my voice is still funky. The ride up there was honestly one of the awesomest bus rides of my life. (keep in mind, I have been on a bus at least a hundred fifty three times or something like that) We sang songs for almost the majority of the ride. There were several songs the kids wanted to do over and over in different accents, voices, and dialects. My voice began to squeak like a poor thirteen year old boy before we even pulled up the camp. Seriously, the singing was so much fun. I tried my song, for those of you that are wondering, and it went well. It didn't totally click but that's okay. We did "We will rock you" amazing grace style and that went very well. Some of the louder boys wanted me to stop with the singing so they could talk. After awhile, I listened to their requests and went to socialize with various girls.


As the drive wore on, I had pretty much all the girls ask if they could be in my cabin. (keep in mind, we only could have five in each to evenly distrubute the girls) I had eleven girls begging me to let them in my cabin. Two of them were in my cabin last year and probably will be in mine next year at the Ignite retreat. I told the girls that whatever cabin they end up at, it will equal the same fun, and that we'll hang out all together. That put their little minds at ease. So we played a few games and I had several of them use me as a pillow as they fought to keep their eyes open.


We got there to find we were in the artic. Ice casted a heavy blanket every where. The trip instantly changed it's name from White Out to Wipe Out. The kids and leaders enjoyed taking numerous spills. I actually did okay, leaving the kids to recongize Rachel was a good person to hold onto so they wouldnt fall (I know what youre thinking, I was surprised too) One time all the girls were holding to me while we walked to lunch and one fell causing me to go tumbling after as well. Anywhoo, the trip was tons of fun for the kids and well, me too.


The kids learned from three different speakers that they could worship God in other ways then just worship on Sunday. I-Worship was the theme, through obidience, humility, and suffering. It was a great challenage and reminder.


Tubing was fun activity had by all. We truly had a blast! The kids loved sayin, "Rachel I want to die come, come tubing with me!" Well how could I pass up the chance with that motivation? I had one kid tell me, he was determined to fall off the tube mid ride. Reminded me of a younger girl that was determined to kill herself on a tube. Her freshman year she was successful and landed herself in the hosptial for a concussion. Anywhoo, I told the kid, if he came with me he would be sure to fall off. So instantly he jumped on my lap and we flew down the hill. Like I had promised,
he flew off. He was so happy! I was accused by Brien Brough that I pushed him. I can be evil, but not that evil.
I believe we only had one major tubing accident the entire weekend. Two of my girls went down and one fell off somehow in front of the tube, got ran over, and her face got slashed by ice. I looked over at her to see her face bleeding. Upon seeing blood coming from her face, she screamed. The guy from the camp overseeing the bottom part of the hill, told her it was only bleeding like if you popped a zit. I just thought it was utterly hilarious at this man's attempt to calm the screaming girl. : ) Anywhoo, Slash turned out to be alright. Just a good slash under her eye leading it to be all swollen. Tough chicka, I tell ya...

The stomach issues I had been facing all were not really an issue at all. There was a point after posting my last post, where I highly considered not going because of how terrible I felt. I went and found myself so busy taking care of kids, that I didn't even have to time to realize if I felt sick. I was so busy with kids. I really respect mothers to a whole new level now. Kids really don't care if you're tired, if they want you- somehow they're gonna get you. On the way home I lied my pillow on the window and tired to muster some kind of sleep. I really didn't want to sleep period because this was my time with the kids but I could barely keep my eyes open. I told Emily to wake me up in half an hour. I was just getting to that deep sleep part when my girls started to pull my shoes and socks off fifteen minutes later. Meanwhile they let another leader sleep for the majority of the ride home. That wasn't fair. Oh well...I woke up and watched exhaustedly all the fun shannigans Jim Lowe did for the remainder of the trip.
We got home at like five o'clock, I came home hung with my parents for a bit. I shot over to the Huteks house for a bible study. My voice sounded absolutely horrible. Everyone kept making fun of it asking me speak louder so they could hear me. I was actually full of energy in the beginning but on several occassions, I almost fell asleep as one of the girls opened their arms for me to lie in. I was ttiiiiirrrrrreeedddd. Luckily, I didn't have to work the next day till 3,I know a leader who a thirteen hour day the next day. Ughhhh. Anywhoo, that about sums up the trip. That trip ends Rachel's desire for winter to stay, now she eagerly anticpates spring. : )

Thursday, February 26, 2009

The Last One of the Season...

Well tomorrow I am embarking on my last winter excursion for the season. I will be accompanying 24 3-5th graders of church on Whiteout along with eleven leaders. As always, I will be leading in singing on the way as means of making the three hour trip seem somewhat shorter. I believe this time will run much smoother only because they are more easily amuzed and have an easier time following these kind of things.

This time I am going to bravely teach the children I song I wrote and see if it flies. I actually had a few guinie pigs to try it tonight. I babysatt ten little ones under six years old for small group. They actually did a lovely job following it besides the fact I couldn't do my own motions right. After we did that song, we engage in some other worship songs. As their little voices sang, apparently their parents were praying upstairs and recieved great joy hearing their little ones singing praises. Meanwhile, Rachel was just leading in singing only because we had already cleaned the basement and did all the things the kids wanted to do. I was asked if we could make this time a teaching/worship time for them. Being that tonight went rather well, I will try to allow it to happen more.

So anyways, with success tonight with my song I will defintely have more courage to use it for the kids tomorrow. I think they'll appreicate it more, maybe. Pray for our weekend. Pray for safety, health, their hearts will be prepared for the lessons. If you find it in your heart as well, pray for me. For the last two weeks, everytime I eat, I seem to face unpleasant reprecussions from it. The worse it gets is pretty nasty nauseua that makes me feel really sick and ready to gag. If you remember that, it would be nice. Thank you.

Hope you all enjoy your weekends. I will be home Sunday night. I will probably head over to the Hutek's where Jenn has offered her shower and bed for me to crash at until bible study. I am pretty sure I will take her up on it. : )

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Overview of Saturday

Today, after facing a restless night's sleep, I arose out of my bed at 8:15am. I put some comfy clothes on and left the door at 8:25 to head six blocks over to babysitt Selena and Savanna for the morning. We watched a Care Bear's movie that really took the majority of the time. In admitting that, I feel like a horrible babysitter that I used a movie as means of entertainment for the girls. Afterwards, we had lunch and then I changed them into their clothes for the day. I have dressed kids before but today, I for the first time got to pick what they would wear and I got to style their hair. Ugh...it pretty much was the highlight of my morning. Someday I will have my own...

I came home a half an hour after noon and hit the books studying almost immeaditely. I memorized the last fifteen terms for a test I have on Tuesday. I have it all the terms memorized three days early. That could be described as a record! After that, I quickly cleaned up my room since I just cleaned it a few days ago. I just picked up the random items that fell from my hands to the floor.


Dad, mom, and I spent some time on youtube showing each other various videos. Sitting between my parents felt so...I don't know, lovely. I love those two so much. After the video sharing, I outlined the next chapter of the same class I studied for earlier. We ate dinner together shortly after. Shrimp Alfredo...yummm!

I then started to clean up my little office space downstairs I have. I use it for studying, scrapbooking, reading, doing devotions, and other various activites. So I decided to organize and put more decorations in it all today. I got so into it I loss track of time and forgot about Da's (Dan Stephens) hockey game I was invited to go too. By the time I realized what time it was, the game would have been over in twenty minutes. Aw well. I took pictures of the various parts of my cozy little space. So here are some pictures of it....with my running commentary.








This is the whole space in general complete with old wicker bookshelf, various pictures I took that mom framed, pictures and reminders of people I love, the desk I recieved as gift from my high school drama teacher, and Frank Po sitting up my suitcase that will be packed in a couple days for White Out.






This treasure right here is a famiy heirloom. Okay not really. But it has been apart of the Moen household since I have been born. Dad almost threw away this priceless treasure away when I snagged it for my area. The top shelf you will observe carries a radio, a cute snoopy Vday card on top of it, my God box (I put prayer requests in there, things that concern me and come back later to see how God has answered them, its pretty encouraging), Graduation Bear, and Snorta.
Next we have, my collection of notebooks and DVD's. The notebooks generally carry stories. I also have some cards from my birthday that just warmed my heart. I also have a picture of my late Grandpa Tony and me when I was four years old.

Under that shelf, we will find more notebooks however these ones carry notes from school and notes I shared back and forth with friends. There are two bags in the middle, one holds a pretty design and the other is a Teletubbies one. I use these bags to carry encouraging notes people have written me over the years. When ever I find myself not loved, which I am ashamed to admit, is more often that I would like, I go through those notes. I should read the Word...but I don't. I also have three different Hoops and Yoyo cards from people who know I love a good Hoops and Yoyo card. A card a friend sent me from Florida while I was in Germany. Photo ablums that hold my favorite photography shots I have taken. One day I will use them to have prospect buyers look through. All four of my high school year books are lined up in order.
One the bottom we have my scrapbooking supplies. I think that row holds my favorite things to organize. I was able to organize my stickers...which for anyone who has ever scrapbooked with me can say that is a huge deal.





Here is the wonderful free desk. I was in the market for a cheap desk for a little over a few weeks. One day, as I was having lunch with my drama teacher, Ms Swan, I saw she had moved her desk in the garage to be pitched. I asked her what price she would allow me to have it for. She insisted I just take it. So I took her sixteenth birthday present and it nows sits in my basement. Amberlee, my laptop, sits there (with the Ignite group as the background) owning the show probably playing my newest instrumental music addiction- chinese music with an erhu playing as the main instrument. Pure beauty. I am not going to bore you, more than I already have, with all the items in the desk area. Hmm idea. *Thinks out loud* I could decorate the outside of the drawers with several different pictures. Ohhh that's a splendid idea. When I get my own house, it will decorated with so many pictures of the ones I love. Just watch.




I love Saturdays, no work, no school -plenty of time to be productive with stuff that cannot get done during the week. Most the time anyways there aren't many Saturdays spent like this. Usaully I am lazying around. However, there are many Saturdays I wish Sunday wasn't after. Days like today I will be wanting to charge various projects and stay up all night doing so. Like right now, I want to reorganize my bookshelf in my room. But being that it is almost midnight and I have not showered for tomorrow, I can not. *Looks down defeated* OH well...tomorrow is Sunday which is another glorious day. Goodnight and good luck! : )

Friday, February 20, 2009

His Greatest Loss


I am in the process of writing a fanfic. A fanfic is when you see a movie or tv show, and say you did not like the way the movie ended, you can rewrite it and people will review it. Anywhoo, I wrote one and here is the beginning...

Tears of the Universe

The leaves crunched under his dress shoes as he walked up the hill. His heart was drowning in a hundred sorrows to fill the ocean that stretched a few miles away. Tears filled his eyes that were the color of the midnight sky. Typically, they held the glory of the stars of the universe amongst them but since the fateful day a week ago, those stars lost their magnitude due to a heavy blanket of fog.
Lucas Scott never experienced pain like this, the roaring throbbing pain coming from his heart with every passing minute. Physically, yes, he had experienced such pain coming from his heart but emotionally this had been a first time. His thoughts faced a vicious spinning circle. He just could not let himself move pass the fact that Keith died. Keith, his uncle that sacrificed so much so Lucas could have a man to rightfully call father, had been killed the week before.

Months before, Lucas and his entire literature class had an assignment to write about loss. He could not place at that moment what exactly he wrote as his greatest loss but he knew that it would not compare to the empty hole Keith left behind. After eighteen years of selflessly loving Lucas like his own son, Keith went out to sign papers to officially adopt Lucas during school. Lucas and he would go out for dinner and a basketball game in Charlotte to commemorate the event after school. That day had been January 26. The day of the shooting.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Weekend Adventures

Currently Listening to:Any Other Name Thomas Newman (my favorite score as of right now)
Current mood: tired with hungry stomach
Current food in making: Mac N Cheese
In an hour I will be: leaving for school for the day



This weekend I had the chance to go up north from about Friday evening till well...about 7:00 this morning. As much as I wished that it would have been a vacation, it was more of a study retreat. While everyone did the various stuff- shopping, go into town to see a movie, sightseeing, I stayed and studied. Joy to the world...

We (meaning my mom, Sar Bear, and her best friend Brooke) headed up Friday evening as I said previously. We all brought along tons of luggage and enough germs to bring back the bubonic plague. Mom had a pretty nasty cold, Sarah had just got over a fever, Brooke just recovered from Bronchitis, Laryngitis, and the Flu, and I had was home sick from work because I stayed up all night with stomach issues. Plumbing issues as my dad calls them. All in all the health of the group was overwhelming.

Half way to the cabin, we stopped at Bronner's. It is one of the biggest Christmas stores. We took a gander at all decorations. The Grinch that writes this blog really enjoyed herself despite the unsettleness in her stomach and the fact she likes Christmas to stay at Christmas time. I cannot wait to own a home where I can decorate it with stuff like that. I found this beautiful music box playing this most amazing music. I fell in love with it. It was this large honker of thing but it was just beautiful! I asked how much it was and to my astonishment, it was $13,000 buckaroos! I vowed when I come into tons of money, I'm going to go buy it. It's just one of those weird expensive things people want.

A few days later...

I thought I posted about the trip already but upon checking it, I realized I had not. So now a few days later, here I am, updating my update. Anywhoo, after Bronner's we headed up to the cabin. I also failed to mention that Uncle Kerry and Aunt Deda own this cabin up in the woods. Since the patriarchs of our two families have been best friends since eigth grade, we go up to cabin quite frequently. Well...we is the interesting word, I maybe get a chance to get away about once or twice a year. Which is truly great but being that my family was up there five times before my first time this past year, it's sad. It's tough being an adult. ; )

We arrived at the cabin a little after eleven o'clock. We put in Kung Fu Panda but since we all were not top notch healthy, we all fell asleep before the ending. Uncle Kerry and Aunt Deda, after dropping off Katey Bug, at Lake Ann for the Winter Advance, arrived at 3am. The next day was full of lazy souls...mainly me, procastinating against productivity and homework.

However, sicne it was VDay, I decided to take a romantic walk with the love of my life, God. I walked for three miles which equaled about two hours and a half. I brought along Gracey, the Weishaupt's dog. I prayed out loud since no one was around, I sang various songs even made up some too. It truly was awesome and needed.

After Saturday, I studied. Studying, studying, studying...did I mention I studied? By Monday night my brain was crammed about various ways to study children and methods. I studied for a bit on the way home. I took my two tests when we got home and they went extremely well. I got a 90% on one. : ) The other one, which I was more confident about then the other, I pretty sure I got an 100%. That excited my soul so much and has me motivated to keep studying. So with that said, I am going to get to that. : )

Pictures of the trip will be posted soon.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Valentine's Day


So this weekend holds the day of love, Valentine's Day. This day can be looked at one of two ways- total excitment to see what one's significant other did to honor them. Or looking at with total bitterness at your lack of a special someone that you could share it with.


Last Valentine's Day started off as my hardest you see, because I just went through a pretty painful break up and I worked at Hallmark. I remember sorting through the VDay cards and My Heart Will Go On came on over the radio. My fragile heart became bitter at that point wondering why in the world I didn't have someone to share the day with. However, that's when I thought of the idea of getting with a bunch of single girls in the church and spending the day with them. I told my best friend about it and we gathered up a few girls. We made cards for a bunch of the widows in the church. Then for the actual day, we dressed up and went out to see Defintely Maybe. It ended up as a wonderful night.


This year is not going to be so hard. This year I fully appreicate my singleness. If I went along with peer pressure, I might be inclined to feel as if I deserved someone. As I look around this year, I take notice that most of my good friends have someone special. Some of these friends are ones that this will be their first Valentine's Day with someone and for that I am excited for them. I myself am glad I do not have anyone right now. I have so much to work on with my walk with God, I am apart of a ministry, I have a load of classes, and other important relationships that are far more important right now.


Provided I do get married and that it lasts for years, I will spend many Valentine's Days with my future husband. But right now, I am single something everyone should cherish and take of advantage of. I can do so much right now without wondering what my boyfriend will think or how it will affect him. I am going to spend the day thinking of all the people I love and appreciate.


So Happy Valentine's Day to everyone who has shared a part of my life. I love you all so much! <3

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

A Few Honest Confessions


Currently Listening to: Undertow- Jordan Anderson
Currently Snacking on: Toast with peanutbutter and cinnamon
Current Novel Reading: Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
Current Topical Reading: Let God be God by Ray C. Stedman

Over the process of the last few days I have found out a troubling fact about myself. I have become complacent in my walk with God. I go to church twice on Sunday, Wednesday nights, I serve in a ministry, I attend bible study Sunday nights. I also pray quite often. I even open my bible to read it everyday for a quick read so I can check it off my list of things to do. However, I realized today that I make the bear mininum a Christian does to honor God.
I spend more time reading fictional books and get more out of them then when I read the precious word of God. I open up my Bible, read the verses my devotional says for me to read, and journal thoughts- on somedays. There are days more often then not, I'll just read the verse and not even let myself think of what I just read. What I just read will fade from memory as soon as another thought comes along. It's truly sad more than anything that it's how much I value reading the bible.

I humbly admit my prayer life isn't bad. It is not the best or the worst. It certianly could be so much better. People used to say that I was a huge prayer warrior and even one friend said he knew when I was praying for him. Now, I just pray for easy stuff if you will. I have random reminders to help me pray for others. Everytime I see wild berry skittles I pray for Jeremy for instance or when I use my wipers and see sour patch kids, I pray for Kevin, or when someone says something about a Mac I pray for Josh. Things like that... but I hardly pray for the unsaved souls in my life or in the world, for my own purity, that I will glorify Him every moment of my day. My best time to pray is infact when I am driving. I actually pray out loud and talk to God. So if you ever pull up next to me and see me talking out loud, more often then not Im praying.

Anywhoo...that's what Im wrestling with lately. Pray that these convictions will get me to change. God's grace is more than enough for me to get out of bed in the morning or to climb a mountain. : )


Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Winter Blast





Since I am horrible at updating this blog, I am going to talk about what happened two weekends ago. We had the chance to take the 6th graders from church, out for Winter Blaze. We drove a few hours down to the Kalamazoo (which isnt too far from Hell) region. Yours truly lead the beautiful chorus of angels in singing on the way. The singing didn't go as well as last year's White Out but the kids in the group were younger and excited. Anyways, we got there safely right in time for a pizza party and then late night tubing.






My darlings, (the girls) all were amazing to spend time with this weekend. I was so glad to be able to kick back and relax with them. I love those girlies, but boy they are sure talkative. I am not even talking about during the day, at night they were talking in their sleep. It was stinking hilarious! : )






I have been to a total of three camps for the winter Lake Ann, CoBeAc, and Bair Lake. By far, Bair Lake has the best hill. You would jump on a tube and found yourself speeding down the hill without speeds up in the 100's...well maybe not but hey it felt like it. The hill was easy to climb back up which is nice. I love Lake Ann's hills...despite the 3rd one on the right giving me a pretty nasty concussion but they are hard to climb. Anywhoo, we had tons of fun with the hills and the kids. We had a very large tube that we attempted to put ten kids including myself on. The hill went down a few feet and then flipped over. I flew forward doing a flip that started on my neck so I could rush the arthritis that is building there. I fell to the ground on my back. I lied there with my neck and back hurting when I heard someone saying one of my girl's were hurt. I got up and ran to her side. She had tears streaming down her cheeks as she said she hit her head on the ice. Though I dont have the memory or witnesses to prove it, that is how I got my concussion at Lake Ann. After a little love and care though, Elizabeth was okay. We proceeded to have an incredible time tubing through out the weekend. Note: soccer punching yourself in the stomach is not the way to enjoy tubing to its full extent.






We sat under the amazing teachings of Kevin. All through his internship I have heard great things about his style being really awesome but I had not the chance to sit under him until this past weekend. I am surely glad I had the chance. He challenaged me if not the kids.






I believe the trip went very well despite a few drama issues that Miss Rachel had to come down on. After this trip, my love for my little darlings just increased. I love them so much! : )


Monday, January 26, 2009

20 Years Later...An Update

So much has happened, in the past week but basically I will be covering January 17th. I woke up that day, a year older. I woke up as a twenty year old...a new era of life now that I am out of those weird teenage years that never seemed like they would end. I was able to celebrate my birthday in the most mature way possible by going to Great Skate with good friends. I believe I may have spent many birthday parties there when I was eight years old but no matter, this was a proper thing to do to bid my childhood ways farewell and welcome adulthood.

One thing that ushered me into maturitydom was having an amazing song dedicated to me from Kevin. I had no idea that a song talking about one man singlehandley bringing back a very conceited adjective leaving other men not knowing what to do with themselves, could describe me, a sweet innocent new adult but alas, it was dedicated to me in my honor leaving the other souls at the rink to look at me with wonder and jealously of how I was chosen for this song and they weren't. I remained a humble disposition as I skated past them as the song rambled on. Truly before this day, I had never heard more then the first line of the song and after hearing it all I was not expecting such a song to be chosen in my honor. Kevin, I graciously thank you for dedicating this song to me, I love your guts (platonically of course) for it! ; )

After this, a couple of us headed over to American Pie (another attempt at maturity) to break bread together. Of course, I had to remain dignity that I may have lost at Great Skate so I entered the restaurant to fall on my bottom due to a wet floor. I knew the floor was wet but I figured maybe the sign was just kidding. Nope, not this time. After composing myself we indulged in some pizza. I was spoiled with having my favorite dessert being specially made followed by the restaurant singing me happy birthday. Of course, in my humble attitude, I had no idea it was going to happen, neither did I expect it, and even more I received it well and thanked everyone for their sweet singing and applauding.


Following dinner, the group grew smaller and headed over to the Niffenegger's home where we spent the duration of the evening. As a twenty year old, I received a $20 gift card to Toys R Us, the most awesome gift ever. I will relapse in my anti immaturity days and splurge on Walle items. We proceeded to keep the theme of the day alive by playing Disney Scene It and other random games that allowed us to laugh hard.



It truly was a wonderful day! I was truly blessed to have so many friends to celebrate my day with! Some other things happened in the day that will mature me in the aspects of new changes but that's part of growing up. Things happen to us where we look up to Heaven with our tears streaming down our cheeks, and bless His beautiful name. : )

Some things written about in the entry may or may not have been truly the way they were reflected. : )

Friday, January 16, 2009

Answers...


Boop Beep- where's your sheep?
Highly attractive picture of me with braces and dressed up for the play Pride and Prejudice.
Alrighty, since the overwhelming results have poured in and there is a lot of threats against my life if I do not post the answers soon, here they are...




1. Yes...I do sleep with a retainer every night and it will stay there till the day I die. It not only keeps my teeth straight, but there's a splint in it to fix problems linked with my ears and jaw. (kind of TMJ problems)




2. I LOVE Soundtrack scores...speaking of which, I need to get some playing right about now. Ahh...pure beauty!


3. This is sooo false. It pained me to write that lie. Yuuucckkk!


4. Yes, I tend to walk and talk in my sleep when I am really tired. It's really more complicated then that but it's the simple way to explain what is happening.


5. Braces, yes, but four years...not three- Got them on in eighth grade and had them finally removed my senior year. Is that four years...


6. Scrap booking, I love it dearly. I acknowledge that it is a time consuming hobby but I love it!


7. I did go to New Jersey this summer with my girls.


8. Nope, I haven't always loved the idea of being a girl and dressing up. I was a tomboy for the longest time. I loved sports. Dressing up was torture. Forget about make up. Attempting to look beautiful has been a new thing in the last few years.


9. I am deeply fascinated with Hitler and Stalin's lives. I find it thrilling to read about their lives and what exactly triggered their sick minds. The Holocaust is also another thing I find intriguing. I was able to see a former concentration camp while I was in Germany and it was very fascinating.


10. This statement is half true- I want my wedding at Cornerstone but I want Patrick to do my wedding is the real other must. Hopefully these two items can be made possible.


11. Nope, I can stand the sight of blood or surgery. I think that kind of stuff is rather cool.


12. This summer I do plan on working at Children's. : ) But I say that every summer, this one I am going to try hard to make it happen.


13. My first job other babysitting was at Cold Stone. Oh joy...


14. I have donated blood three times! Hehee...I have saved lives.


15. Ha...this is the biggest lie of a lifetime. Enough said. : )

Monday, January 12, 2009

Let's Play a Game


So I have a good hour before I have to go to work and I need to update this thing. Since I have nothing really to write home about, I am going to play a game and want you to play too. I am going to list things about me. Some of them are lies and some are actual truth. See if you know enough about me to discern which is which. I will post answers in a couple of days...ready? : )



1. Every night I sleep with a retainer.


2. My favorite kind of music is soundtrack scores.


3. I absolutely love country music with all my heart.


4. When I am reallllllyyy tired I talk and walk in my sleep.


5. I had braces for three years.


6. I think scrapbooking is the biggest waste of time ever.


7. I went on a road trip this past summer to New Jersey.


8. I have always loved dressing up and being a girl.


9. I love studying about Hilter, Stalin, and the Holocaust.


10. There are two absolute musts for my wedding- It has to be at Cornerstone and there is going to be dancing.


11. I cannot stand the sight of surgery or blood.


12. This summer I plan on volunteering at Children's Hospital.


13. My first job was at Cold Stone Creamery.


14. I have donated blood three times.


15. I really can't stand little kids, too many of them freak me out.


Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Sweet Relief of Contact



Today was a long day at work...a verryyy long day. I had a nine hour shift, which most of you are like "Sooo...that is my regular day at work or that is a short shift for me" but for working at a daycare, that is one heck of a long day with only a half an hour break. Most people get the luxary in their jobs to sit and relax for their lunches...I am usaully just about to take my first bite of my lunch when a child decides to knock their lunch over to spill all over the ground. Anywhoo, I should not really complain, I love my job very much.


I came home today verrrrryyyy tired. I fell asleep on the living room floor at seven o'clock, that is how tired I was. However, the day proved worth it when I recieved a phone call of a lifetime. My mom had mentioned that someone had called the house just before I pulled up the driveway and she told them to call me back later. The phone rang, I answered it having no idea who I was talking to for five minutes. Then she said, I hope you would know what your new jersey twin sounds like by now.


Good gollie gracious gee wilkers, I was sooooooo excited! I have not heard from my beautiful twin from new jersey since I went there (New Jersey) in July. Okay let me explain the two of us. Heidi Elizabeth Mayo and Rachel Louise Moen met up at Semp 2004 (students equipped to minister to peers) in Toronto. She is in Johnnie Norbeck's church for clarification. Anywhoo, we met and kind of didnt think much of each other. Then Semp 2005, we remembered each other, and maybe talked once or twice. However, we exchanged email addresses and thats when the magic happen.


We very quickly found out that we had everything in common. The really only main difference between us is the fact she has blonde hair and I have brown hair. I am not even blowing this out of proportion but everytime we talk, we both will share what God is teaching us, and not even kidding the other one will have already experienced it. But even better, the other one will just have experienced it so the lessons learned are fresh or we both go through the same thing at the same time.


At Merge 2006 (Semp totally revamped everything) Heidi and I could not wait to see each other. I was showing the girls from our youth group around the hotel and she was too. She apparently saw some of our luggage on the floor in one of the hallways and got very excited. We both left our groups and started running for each other. We turned this corner and crashed into each with this huge hug. We fell into everyone's luggage. It was truly romantic. ; )


We used to only see each other once a year but now it's every few years. She attends Word of Life in Argentina to pursue missions work so we barely even talk now. So, we made a road trip to New Jersey and I didnt even tell her about it till a month before hand. She somehow still forgot about our trip out so I surprised her. I love her soooooooooooooooooo dearly. But yeah we were able to talk a good half an hour tonight and hopefully more will come. : )

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Big Update...


Forgive me my friends for not updating this in awhile. This entry may go on forever as it covers the last week and a half. Ready or not, here we go...

Christmas with my family was an absolute delight. I was able to see pretty much every member of my extended family. After opening presents at home, we ventured over to my Grandma Nader's (my mommy's mommy) and hung around there for a couple hours. We ate a little lunch to hold us over till dinner with the other side's family. Once done eating, us girls played Scattogories. Things you find of the beach with H- my fourteen year old cousin Kristy claims "Hotties" It was sooo hilarious...We then headed over to my dad's older brother's house and ate the big feast...YUMMM!!!! My cousin Kristina had the chance to catch up on our lives. Kris was like my best friend growing up as she is older then me by two years. We have a lot in common, you can tell we are related. (even though we are not legally cousins) We possess so much in common that in fact, without contact previously, we wore the same outfit to Uncle Scott's. We are just that awesome.

Two days after Christmas, I was able to sleep over one of my good friend Emily Horadoko's house. The night was so warm, so we went out and took a walk around her subdivision. It was the end of December, in Michigan, and I took a walk with only a hoodie and sweats! It was pure amazingness. Sure, it was crazy windy and my pant bottoms were soaked from all the puddles, but it was great. We came back and played Karoke on her playstation. I attempted to pull a Whitney Houston and sing "I'll Always Love You" and her sister came down, thinking it was Emily singing said "Who's killing the cat down here?" only to find it was me attempting such a crazy song. Whitney, I'll just let you sing that song from now on.

For New Years (December 31- January 2) I had the awesome chance to go up to Lake Ann Baptist Camp for an phenomenal retreat for college students. We had a small group of ten students represent Cornerstone, with four girls and six boys. Ohhh my word, it was stinking incredible! The worship team was absolutely encouraging as well as very talented. I would not be shocked to see them go far with what their gifts.

The speakers Tony Tice and Ken Rudolph, though two different teaching styles, were wonderful. God used them to speak right to my heart. I am not going to lie, I am overwhelmed with conviction right now in what I need to work on in my life. I had a breakdown about it leaving me un able to tell my friends what was bothering me without crying more. It's going to take a lot of work and I think it is all too much, but He would never give me more then I can handle. A lot of things in my life are going to be turned around and fixed. I am so grateful I had the chance to get away and just experience such great things. We had a party on New Year's eve. We had a worship session and then later Audio Adreadline came in and we had a mini concert. They ended minutes before the ball dropped. We watched it with noise makers ready to explode. It was a veryyyy fun trip, I already look forward to next year.

That is it for now...I hope everyone had a beauitful Christmas and an incredible New Years! Much love : )