Soccer Kid

This is the best thing I've seen in a long time!

Family Wins Everytime

http://www.invisiblechildren.com/home.php

Cool peoples =]

TOO IRONIC!

'What will your obituary say?' at QuizGalaxy.com

If you saw my post down there -points- than you get this.
Missed by the muppets, huh? Maybe it's a sign

Anna and I have decided we would make very bad babies.

Rachel -- [noun]: A real life muppet 'How" will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

My Birthday

Me and Mrs. Rasamoulie {who I lovingly call 'Mrs. Ras'} at the airport before I left.
She said I took their sunshine with me =]


Hayley and me. Our last moments together.
She didn't remember it was my birthday until the airport and she needed the date for a form =]


On the plane.


Not happy about the 5 year olds kicking my seat and the two screaming babies in front of me.


Anna and me at the airport. My first dozen roses =]
I'm so glad she came! I thought is was going to be just my mom.
I love surprises!





Surprise visit to Faith.
How it was decided:
Mom: "There's the exit for college park."
Anna & Rachel: "Oh yeah."
Mom: "Wouldn't it be cool to surprise her?"
Anna & Rachel: "Oh yeah! Do it, do it!"
Mom: -swerves quickly {double the speed limit} thru several lanes onto exit-

Ate at Applebees and then headed to Coldstone.
Not a bad birthday =]


Me and my pup.
Movie meeting =]

Star Struck

Dear bloggers:
Okay, so here's the deal.
I met my first famous person...s.

ALL AMERICAN REJECTS!!

Believe it bloggers.
Hayley and I were just sitting there on the train to Amsterdam and this rowdy group of twenty-somethings boarded the train.
About twenty minutes until Amsterdam I started to get suspicious of these boys who I suspected was a band of some sort.
One of the cuter guys was walking by and asked if we were Americans.
"Yes." said we.
"Celebrate it." Said he.

It was in that moment that I realized who he was: Tyson Ritter!
WHAT?!?!?!
I wasn't sure it was him, but I suspected.
On the way out of the train there was a hold up and I asked one of the guys {who is actually named: Nick Wheeler} if they were a band. He said yes and I stupidly stopped there.
But after further investigation we now have proof.

Visit this website if you don't know who I'm talking about: http://www.allamericanrejects.com/home.asp



Hayley and I can not believe how star struck we are.
More details when I get back.
Love you guys--Rachel

Vihn

In Germany. W00T

13 days away from my puppy *weeps*
Mom says she waits outside my door in the morning.
Now how sad is that?
I nearly broke down in tears =]

I've done so much I can't write it all.
Been to Paris.
AMZING.
I love it so much.
The Eiffle tower was everything wonderful you've ever heard about it and more!
I felt as if I were on top of the world. And yes, I have been on top of taller structures.
But something about it, the time, the place, the idea made it so much better.
So much more real and romantic...
{Romantic: marked by the imaginative or emotional appeal of what is heroic, adventurous, remote, mysterious, or idealized}

So next favorite: Varseille. I would have be-headed somebody for this paradise too!
The house is gorgeous, but the grounds are truly the prize!
Hayley, Ellaine, Torie, and I had a french picnic there on the lawn.
Wine, cheese, apples, baquette {LOTS of it}, and darkk chocolate dessert.

I had my first frozen Margarita in public. I am so proud.
I like drinking alcohol in public. Yes, yes, I do.
It is freeing and I am not afraid to admit it.
Not the alcohol that's freeing, but the privilage.


Had Spagetti Ice cream here in Germany. It was so strange and GOOD.
It is vanilla ice cream strained to look like spagetti. Topped with strawberry sauce and mounded atop real whipped cream. Oh yeah! And grated white chocolate ontop to look like cheese =]
It was fabulous.
I took a picture so I can show you when I get home.

{Pictures are impossible to load here. Sorry}

Oh. We ate in the ruins of a castle today!
There is a restaurant there.
I had snitzel {sp?}
You know, like snitzel and noodles {the song}
It is a thin slice of meat {most any kind} breaded and fried.
It was devine!
I also had a salad with some sort of yogurt dressing. It was different. Not bad =]

Love you peoples!~
KISS--Rachel

France

Bonjour!
5th day here.
CRAZY

Saw Cassis today with becky and one of the families older woman friend.
It was gorgeous.
the water was so blue!
I saw where i want to live. It was a huge castle in the side of the moutain.
Cassis is close to Marseille.
Very close.


Aeux-En-provence is great. Everyone intimidates me with their inate sense of style.
But America and France have such different shopping and style senses.
Americans: Comfortable, versitaile {sp?}, affordable, lots of it.
French: Few outfits, stylish even if painful, very expensive.

Anyways. Must be off!
Head to paris tomorrow morning!

LOVE LOVE!
Big kiss!

GOING TO FRANCE

Last post in the U.S.A for three weeks.
Pray for me when you think of it =D

Love you! Miss you already!
Au revoir!



P.S. Got a digital camera as an early birthday present from my 'rents!

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NEW LINK.
titled: two cuties

People forget that death comes during day too.

more people mourn these days.

I wonder,
if you wonder
if we need wonder.

I lament to say that people are much deceived.
People think of death as 'only happening in the dark'
A scary thing that should not be spoken of.

A boy died yesterday.
In the light.
the literal light.


Jodi's, a good friend of Greg's, brother died yesterday morning.
Takeing a curve quickly, the car tumbled.
It took the firemen 1 hour to get him out of the car.
He was bearly alive.
Rushed him to the emergency room, but life was to fragile.

He was twenty-three

WHAT?!?!?!

So I was thinking about it..now and again. and this is what my thoughts were thinking..or my mind was..is. {I'm a bit con-jumbled right now}

'Next Wednesday I will be a week from leaving for France.
On that wednesday at 7:59pm {an odd time to set the flight for, why not just an even 8pm?}
I will be on a flight taking off.
I will be heading to Peter's path..'


WHAT?!?!?!


'That following friday I will be in Marseille.
I will be with Becky, my long lost friend.
We will be laughing.
silly laughter for I will be half asleep.
=Although girls laughter is often silly, no matter the context.='

WHAT?!?!?!


'And then we go onto Paris {Hayley and I}.
PARIS!'

WHAT????!!!!!


'In Paris I will purchase souvenirs.
The only souvenirs worth buying: CLOTHES.
It will last for a long time and I will use it a lot!
Perfect.
PLUS++++ I can use this catch-y phrase when someone asks, "where's that from?"
"Oh, this old thing? I picked it up in Paris."

We are also going to Amsterdam and Germany.
Where more shopping will occur.'

WHAT?!?!?!

'I am so excited.
What will I do with all this excitement?'

ACK

The Greg boy it home!

=D

W00T

March 25th

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LOVELY!

Someone's had a birthday!
--Who could it be?
Please raise your hand so all may see.

*watches as crowds of hands shoot to the sky*

A happy birthday, a happy birthday, a happy birthday,
to YOU!

For those that like the long posts.

A story for the pictures to follow:

My weekend without my parents

I have so much to post! Ack!

But I think I will tell you the story and then show you it.

Friday my parents left on a train headed for North Dakota to visit my brother, Ben.
Greg 'took care' of me while they were gone.
2 Friday nights ago at 7pm the St. Patricks Day Tournament started down in ocean city.
{this is SUCH a fun soccer tournament}
I went.
They tied 4-4.
He played with a team he has played with since he was 8.
It was amazing.
We drove back to Tyaskin.

Saturday we woke up at 6am and drove to McDonald's at the head of Nanticoke rd. where we met Jordan.
{one of Greg's team mates and friends}
I got coffee because it was too early for anything else.
Greg had everything. Ha ha.
We drove down to OC for their 8am game.
They won: 11-4 {HA!}
It is beautiful watching these boys play.
They've played together so long and they're all so good that it's {almost} magical watching them play.
{I say magical for lack of a better word}

Greg and I then crashed at my aunt's place {who lives 5 min. out of OC}
I stayed there while Greg went home and got my puppy and brought her back.
He then went to work.
My aunt was having a party that night.
I stayed and partied.

At 12 o'clock midnight Greg had a game.
They won: 8-1 {HA!}
Spent the night at my aunt's

Sunday we slept in and then ate pancakes and bacon.
Greg had a 1pm game.
I went.
They won: 10-3 {HA!}

We then proceeded to the Green Turtle with some peoples and did nothing.
Greg wasn't hungry and I was too tired to eat.
The waitress kept messing up John Sapp's order so he went with Greg and me to Wawa.
They ate.
I was too tired.
We went back to the soccer fields and waited for 5pm for their next game.

It was so quiet because no game's were being played.
It was sort of fun.

There is something about certain guys that they feel they must strip down for no reason infront of a crowd.
I will not go into details.

5pm game.
I went.
They won: 6-5
It was a close game.
Greg was on fire! He scored 3 goals!
One he scored with only 50 seconds left.
The winning goal.
W00T
SPOTLIGHT on Greg

To celebrate we went to Dummsers and got milkshakes.
Yummy!
They're the best!

Greg and I went home.
With the puppy.

Dancing the whole way to techno.
{most of you know about Greg's driving...the party wagon}

Got home ate Mac & Cheese and hot dogs with Sherwell. {who doesn't know how to cook hot dogs}

THE END.


My parents returned this saturday and more adventures followed which I will explain with time.

6am in the morning.
NOT thrilled.


Coffee=the miracle drug.

For 8 years in a row this high end magazine {The name excapes me} has rated Starbucks coffee 'Best Coffee of The Year'. But this year McDonald's coffee WON!
And let me tell you, I know why.



Approaching OC.
The skyline.



Let me just say: Taking pictures from bleachers, thru plastic 'glass', of moving figures is not easy.


At my aunts.



Making noodles. {i thought my cousin looked so adorable. Deffinately not the norm. Which was REFRESHING! I hate normal things}


I had a black thumb for the weekend.


We were both trying to look serious and we just came out stupid.







My aunt and her boyfriend, Andy.
Andy is really nice.
He's a happy soul.


Par-D-y Har-D-y!
that's what I say.



Okay. Let me express how completely upset I am.
Some of the pictures I took have just...disapeared! Needless to say I am not thrilled.
Movies are missing too!
WHAT?!?!
I am going to try to find them
but until then. This is all I've got.






Raychi OUT!

NEW LINK!

*gets VERY VERY VERY depressed because nobody has commented on ANY of my last 5 posts*
Faith said to post and when I do?
Nothing happens
Thanks for the support guys.
{Note: the sarcasm}

This is why people delete their blogs.

Headed for France

My mother bought my France ticket last night!
Be ready french!
W00T!
I am so excited!
I leave April 10th and get back May 1st.
I will be on a plain for my birthday.
Sarah Meadows: I wonder who I will spend my birthday with?

Heh heh.

Is Linnea awesome or is Linnea awesome?

Yes with out a doubt, yes

Fun Game!

www.lost.eu/2ae2d


Go to this site! It's a new game that is super crazy!
It only takes two seconds to sign in and then the funness starts!
YAY *cheers*

W00T!

I think you've all seen the original of this guy perform.
If not visit here: http://www.poqbum.com/FlashAnimations/numanuma.htm

cool?
I think it's amusing.

Someone's birthday is fast approaching and her name is Hayley Ann.

March 1st--A Very Good Day For One-ness.

LOOKIE COOKIE WHAT I GOT!
We {my mom and I} were at GAP shopping for a birthday gift for a friend. {for those of you that don't know I could LIVE [literally] at GAP. I just eat and drink their stuff in}
So I had been seeing a lot of cute stuff and I realized I needed a medicine bag.
and low and behold: a medicine bag. A Majorly cute medicine bag.
So my mom said she'd get it for me.
My jaw dropped.
My mom is generous.
So I got this.
I am simply in love:




CAT!




So at 2pm we {mom and me} took Flossie {my adorable puppy} to go for her first grooming session at Petsmart.
[Is it 'Pets-MART' or 'Pet-SMART'?]

Anyways, they did an 'oh-so-fab' job and here are the results:

Before--


AFTER---


{I love this look}
Flossie--"w00t I'm hot!!"
Ha ha. I love this pup. She's got attitude in a good kind of way.

I had a cool day.



Is everyone going to the dinner tomorrow night?



{xanga too, I know. kill me. NOT! Ha ha}

How to Make It Big.

Okay. After much study, I have found that a sure-fire way to make it 'BIG' is to create a chick-flick. They're easy to make and are always big with a majority of the world {I.E. the female sex}
So here's a list of things you need to remember when writing that screenplay:

1. Disease.
Your heroine must have a terrible disease that has no cure. You can write it so she was already diagnosed, or maybe receives the diagnosis during the second act, preferably after falling deeply in love with the 'Perfect Man'.
-The obvious choice here is cancer, which did wonders for Susan Sarandon in Stepmom and Mandy Moore in A Walk to Remember...you get the point.
-Don't be afraid to branch out, however. Try multiple sclerosis or just Google "terminal diseases." Complications related to pregnancy are also good, and you get bonus points if she dies within a minute of safely delivering the baby and holding it in her arms. A word of warning though: steer away from ebola, leprosy, or anything else that causes exterior beauty defects.

2. Almost Perfect.
It is every woman's dream to meet a man, fall in love, and then change him.
-Perhaps he's too uptight, like Richard Gere in Pretty Woman; or hates woman, like Richard Gere in Runaway Bride; or obsessed with his work and wants to break out of his rut, like Richard Gere in Shall We Dance?
-Of course, outside of the lone flaw, the romantic interest must be perfect, thus making your main character "complete" him.

3. 80's Sing Along
At some point, the main character and the people she cares most about (friends or family) must hear a upbeat 80's song, either on the radio or a jukebox {on TV is acceptable, too}, and sing it together—ideally into combs, in underwear, and while dancing about in a completely random and spontaneous way. {see '13 going on 30' and 'Raising Helen'}
-Nothing helps a white, twenty-something, upper middle class woman like having her a) know all the lyrics to and b) be driven to uncontrollable dancing to Motown.

4. Mother's and Daughter's
The ultimate chick flick must have a theme of motherly disapproval of the heroine and/or her life choices.
-Perhaps she moved away from home, forgetting her roots and never living up to her mother's hopes and aspirations, and—you know what? That's pretty much the reason for a mother-daughter conflict in every movie. Regardless, the hostility culminates in at least one openly confrontational scene between the main character and her mother, ultimately resolving itself on the heroine's deathbed when she and her mother realize they fight to no end because there is no end to their love.

5. Matthew McConaughey or Richard Gere
In fact, for the ultimate chick flick you probably need both.
-One should play the guy who broke the main character's heart and the other should be the rebound who turns out to be Mr. Right. You can decided which is which.

6. A Wedding
At some point, your heroine has to go to a wedding for a friend or family member and reflect on their love and the love or lack there-of in her own life.
-{See My Best Friend's Wedding and Sweet Home Alabama.}

7. Room Full of Flowers
For some reason, nothing says 'love' than the impulsive and irresponsible frivoulous-ness with money to buy an entire florist's inventory and have it secretly delivered to the heroine's house.
-Just make sure this scene comes well before the revelation of the deadly disease or things could get sticky.

8. The Scheme
Prior to meeting the perfect (though, flawed in one way) man, your heroine must take part is some ridiculously idiotic scheme, like Kate Hudson in 'How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days' or Drew Barrymore in 'Never Been Kissed'.
-While entangled in this web of deceit, she learns that she truly loves the guy, but can't let him know without revealing all her lies.
-A few suggestions might be making your heroine be very rich but posing as a bag lady, or a childless woman joining the PTA. Now try your own!
{Note: A woman pretending to be a man is acceptable, but a man pretending to be a woman will not have the intended effect.}

9. Damage
To know love is to know heartbreak. Your heroine must have had her heart broken at some point by a man she thought was The Right Guy, but who wound up cheating on her or putting his career first or in some other way putting his desires before her needs, which is, of course, just wrong. The best revenge against such an affront is to destroy some of his typically masculine property, such as a sports car, big screen TV or autographed football.
-You may also opt to have her trash his wardrobe, which honestly wouldn't have as much impact on most guys as seeing those other things destroyed, but certainly hits closer to home with the women in the crowd, who are your target audience.



I don't have a number ten because I am out of ideas.
If you have any helpful hints for those future 'chick-flick' author's, please share.

Meak Existants

I realized something rather sad today.
While sifting through blogs today, I noticed who has and hasn't posted in a while.
{just wait. We're not to the sad part yet.}
And I asked myself when I reached those blogs that hadn't been posted on in some time:
"I wonder where they've been?"

HA! As if, if they're not on the computer they must have a life or something.
Or as if the blog ring should BE their life.


sad sad sad

I really don't have anything spectacular to say or post.
But I feel I must post in order to preserve my spot on Faith's list.
*peer pressure*



Today I made something for someone out of paper and stickers and magazine cut-outs.
I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed it.
The colors and the funky things you get to arrange and make happen!
Amazing.

Speaking of amazing-I really liked the new tune the ladies {of woman's retreat 2007} put Amazing Grace too!
Fabulous!