Hey guys! Yesterday was Christmas, and I hope yours was wonderful! Mine was pretty amazing. I got iPod speakers, the Taylor Swift cd, and some random things. Oh ya! And Curses! Ha there will be some good times with that! Lol. And I also got this thing called Flip. Its a little video camera and it has a thing that pops out that makes it so that you can hook it up to the computer. When you plug it in, a Flip Program comes up where you can edit and store your videos. You can cut them and stuff, and you can put them to music. Its so much fun! Lol. I was really entertained by it yesterday. There are endless hours of fun with that thing.
Ya, and its supposed to be snowing right now and it isnt. So I am a bit disappointed. Oh well!
Ha ha, well thats it I think. So love you all and keep the Christmas spirit in your hearts all year round!
Love-
Rachel
Friday, December 26, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Christmas Eve
Hey guys! It's Christmas Eve, and I am so excited! I hope today goes by fast so that tomorrow will get here already!
Yesterday was great fun. Susie and Rachel and I all hung out and had a blast. You see, we were delivering things around the neighborhood in the little red wagon that we have, and it seems like everytime it was my turn to sit in the wagon, something happened. For example, I got driven into the snow, and got sopping wet. What a fun day! Lol. No, it really was fun. I just didn't enjoy the fact that everyone was plotting against me.
Then last night, I went babysitting for the Bonds. Oh my goodness! They are so cute! I love babysitting for them! They are so adorable and they're obedient. I love going over there to play with them.
One last thing, I think my phone is broken. It's being kind of dumb. Like it'll turn on, but it won't stay on. It just turns off. If I fix it, or get a new one, then I'll let you guys know. So Loryn, sorry, but I don't think I'll be able to text you for a while.
Anyway, Love you all!! And Merry Christmas!!
Love-
Rachel
Yesterday was great fun. Susie and Rachel and I all hung out and had a blast. You see, we were delivering things around the neighborhood in the little red wagon that we have, and it seems like everytime it was my turn to sit in the wagon, something happened. For example, I got driven into the snow, and got sopping wet. What a fun day! Lol. No, it really was fun. I just didn't enjoy the fact that everyone was plotting against me.
Then last night, I went babysitting for the Bonds. Oh my goodness! They are so cute! I love babysitting for them! They are so adorable and they're obedient. I love going over there to play with them.
One last thing, I think my phone is broken. It's being kind of dumb. Like it'll turn on, but it won't stay on. It just turns off. If I fix it, or get a new one, then I'll let you guys know. So Loryn, sorry, but I don't think I'll be able to text you for a while.
Anyway, Love you all!! And Merry Christmas!!
Love-
Rachel
Sunday, December 21, 2008
PhotoShopping
Hey guys! How are you? I am sooo excited! Christmas is in 4 days! Can you believe it?
You may have noticed the new layout of my blog. In case you're wondering, those are my eyes at the top of the page. My dad put this program on our computer that you can photoshop pictures on. I cropped that picture, made it black and white, sharpened it, softened it, adjusted the curves on the colors, frosted glass, recolored, oil painting, sharpen again, glow, hue/saturation, and brightness/contrast. Lol. I know it sounds like a lot, and it is. But it's so much fun! Here are some other pictures that I photoshopped, and if some of them are of you, don't freak out.
So, ya! Aren't they wicked? Lol. They were much fun to make. If you guys have any photos that you want me to do something with, you can email them to me.
Anyways, that's pretty much all I have to say. Love y'all!
Love-
Rachel
You may have noticed the new layout of my blog. In case you're wondering, those are my eyes at the top of the page. My dad put this program on our computer that you can photoshop pictures on. I cropped that picture, made it black and white, sharpened it, softened it, adjusted the curves on the colors, frosted glass, recolored, oil painting, sharpen again, glow, hue/saturation, and brightness/contrast. Lol. I know it sounds like a lot, and it is. But it's so much fun! Here are some other pictures that I photoshopped, and if some of them are of you, don't freak out.
So, ya! Aren't they wicked? Lol. They were much fun to make. If you guys have any photos that you want me to do something with, you can email them to me.
Anyways, that's pretty much all I have to say. Love y'all!
Love-
Rachel
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Hey guys! How's it going? I'm so happy! Tomorrow is the last day of school before Christmas Break! Hallelujah!
Lol. Uh. . . Oh ya! I got my dad's old laptop! I can use it for typing, music, movies, pictures, and not internet. I mainly use it for writing. I've written a couple songs, a short story, and a poem since I got it. I think it'll help my writing skills. So ya!
Like I said, I wrote a poem. And then I drew a picture to go with it. Here it is:
The poem is called Snow Kisses and it goes like this:
She hangs her head down,
Her tears falling with the snow.
When she looks up to the sky,
Snowflakes softly touch her face.
And she smiles as she realizes
They are kisses from heaven.
Lol. It's kinda cheesy, but I liked it. I got the idea from the snow outside!
And speaking of the snow outside, holy crap! It's like 6 inches deep! I LOVE IT!! I hope we get lots more!
Today in math, we made Jeremy Eatough put lip gloss on. It was so funny! Lol. He looked like a . And even after he wiped it off, he lips still looked shimmery.
Tomorrow at school we have an assembly, and I have to be in it. I am not excited!! But Rachel Johnson and I are going to Costa Vida after. I am excited for that.
Well, I really have nothing else to say
Hold It! Yes I do! Rachel and Susie got me the David Archuleta cd, and it is amazing!! Lol. I exaggerate not. It is my fave (for the moment. It might change if I get the Taylor Swift cd for Christmas)!!
Ok. Now I'm officially done.
So if you guys have topics you want me to talk about, feel free to leave suggestions under comments, or you can email me! I love ya all!
Love-
Rachel
Lol. Uh. . . Oh ya! I got my dad's old laptop! I can use it for typing, music, movies, pictures, and not internet. I mainly use it for writing. I've written a couple songs, a short story, and a poem since I got it. I think it'll help my writing skills. So ya!
Like I said, I wrote a poem. And then I drew a picture to go with it. Here it is:
The poem is called Snow Kisses and it goes like this:She hangs her head down,
Her tears falling with the snow.
When she looks up to the sky,
Snowflakes softly touch her face.
And she smiles as she realizes
They are kisses from heaven.
Lol. It's kinda cheesy, but I liked it. I got the idea from the snow outside!
And speaking of the snow outside, holy crap! It's like 6 inches deep! I LOVE IT!! I hope we get lots more!
Today in math, we made Jeremy Eatough put lip gloss on. It was so funny! Lol. He looked like a . And even after he wiped it off, he lips still looked shimmery.
Tomorrow at school we have an assembly, and I have to be in it. I am not excited!! But Rachel Johnson and I are going to Costa Vida after. I am excited for that.
Well, I really have nothing else to say
Hold It! Yes I do! Rachel and Susie got me the David Archuleta cd, and it is amazing!! Lol. I exaggerate not. It is my fave (for the moment. It might change if I get the Taylor Swift cd for Christmas)!!
Ok. Now I'm officially done.
So if you guys have topics you want me to talk about, feel free to leave suggestions under comments, or you can email me! I love ya all!
Love-
Rachel
Monday, December 15, 2008
My Stress Relief
Hey guys! What's up? Lol. I'm so bored right now. I really have nothing to say except that I love to sing! I've written a couple of songs these past few weeks, and they have made me so grateful for my ability to sing and play the guitar. It's my relief from stress, and I can't stand to go even 3 days without singing and playing. I truly think I'm obsessed. Oh well! At least it's over something worthwhile right? Lol. Anyway, I gotta go. Love ya'll and ttyl!
Love-
Rachel
Love-
Rachel
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Word of advice people! If you're ever trying to escape from somewhere. . . Don't go through the bathroom. I promise, it doesn't work! Lol. This was at YW Camp on the last day. We went in the biffys and took pictures of us trying to escape from who-knows-where. That's Victoria on the left, Susie in the middle, and Rachel J on the right. Lol. Good times good times.Ya, that's all I have to say. Cherish the moment cuz you can't get it back. Love you!
Love-
Rachel
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
L.O.L
Hey! How's it going? This is going to be so random today but it's all good.
These are just some things about laughing that I was thinking about today.
Scientists say that laughing makes you lose weight right? Well, what a fabulous diet plan! you can get on a sugar high and then laugh all the calories away! So it's like you never even ate that sugar. I thought that was pretty intelligent of myself.
Also, have you noticed that when someone laughs, you can't help but go right along with them? Even if I don't know why someone's laughing, I just have to join in. I mean come on, who wants to miss out on all the fun?!
I think that the laugh is one of the most wonderful sounds ever. Everyone's laugh is so different, but that keeps things interesting.
Another amazing thing about laughing is that no one is better at it than anyone else. Like Loryn is a much better writer than I am, but her laugh is no better than mine. It's different, but they're both the sound of joy.
Why am I writing about this you might ask? Well, because, in case you haven't noticed, I laugh a lot. And I just wanted you guys to know why I do. When I get embarrassed, it's either laugh or cry and I choose to laugh. When you start singing a song to someone and they interrupt you, it's either yell then laugh, or yell and hit them. I chose to yell "WHAT?!" then I laughed. So ya.
I love to laugh! I think it's the best pain in the world to laugh so hard that your sides hurt. It means that you're happy!
Anyway, on to new things. Rachel and Susie, you have been doing very well with not telling my secret. Thanks! It's helping me not be embarrassed so much.
Ha ha! I just counted, and I've said "LOL" 34 times since I've had my blog. Lol. That's funny.
Well, Gotta go!
These are just some things about laughing that I was thinking about today.
Scientists say that laughing makes you lose weight right? Well, what a fabulous diet plan! you can get on a sugar high and then laugh all the calories away! So it's like you never even ate that sugar. I thought that was pretty intelligent of myself.
Also, have you noticed that when someone laughs, you can't help but go right along with them? Even if I don't know why someone's laughing, I just have to join in. I mean come on, who wants to miss out on all the fun?!
I think that the laugh is one of the most wonderful sounds ever. Everyone's laugh is so different, but that keeps things interesting.
Another amazing thing about laughing is that no one is better at it than anyone else. Like Loryn is a much better writer than I am, but her laugh is no better than mine. It's different, but they're both the sound of joy.
Why am I writing about this you might ask? Well, because, in case you haven't noticed, I laugh a lot. And I just wanted you guys to know why I do. When I get embarrassed, it's either laugh or cry and I choose to laugh. When you start singing a song to someone and they interrupt you, it's either yell then laugh, or yell and hit them. I chose to yell "WHAT?!" then I laughed. So ya.
I love to laugh! I think it's the best pain in the world to laugh so hard that your sides hurt. It means that you're happy!
Anyway, on to new things. Rachel and Susie, you have been doing very well with not telling my secret. Thanks! It's helping me not be embarrassed so much.
Ha ha! I just counted, and I've said "LOL" 34 times since I've had my blog. Lol. That's funny.
Well, Gotta go!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Stupid
Oh my gosh! That concert was sooo amazing! I loved it!
Tomorrow I have spanish, and I think we're getting the scores for our test that we took last time. Hopefully I did ok!!
I really have nothing to say, but, I have no life so I blog! Lol.
Uh. . . . hope you're all having a good Christmas season! If any of you have facebook, you might have read that I think that Christmas time is one of my favorite times of the year. If you saw that, then you also saw that I love scenty pine cones! We have them in our kitchen, and it smells exactly how I think Christmas should smell! I wanted Loryn to smell one the other day, so I ally shoved it in her face pretty much. Sorry about that! I just wanted you to love them as much as I do as soon as possible. So to get it to your face really fast, I kinda threw it at you. Please forgive me!
Today I also realized how much I love gummy bears! They are so yummy! I especially like the green and red ones! If you don't like them, well shame shame!
I also started to like cinnamon gum last Sunday. Sister Heperi gave me some and it was actually really good! Boy have I been missing out or what?
I also realized how very much I enjoy Christmas music! It is so pretty and uplifting! I love it!
Wow. This week had shed a lot of light on my likes and dislikes. Lol, I've changed a lot in 7 days! Jk
Hey Loryn, remember that one time you came to my house, and Susie and Rachel and I had put my baby doll on that crutch or whatever? We swore to you that Spencer had done it, and when you asked him he totally went along with it. Lol. That was a good day. Were you there when "Chad ate the last creamie!"? Or when I popped that stress ball and started to cry cuz I was embarrassed and it got in my eye? Or when I got rid of my lizards, so we had to get rid of all the crickets and we ally let them out all over the garage? I swear I could hear one in the wall for weeks after. Lol, and remember when we had that birthday party at my house and we came up with all these names for everyone? Boston was Miss Spaghetti, I was Casandra Day, and you were like Princess Lola. We thought that we were so clever. Lol, ok this is the best one. I don't remember if you were there. It was after Rachel and Susie had moved in, but we couldn't go swimming one day so we tried to make a swimming pool out of poles, a tarp, rocks, and bunjie cords. Lol You can imagine how that worked out. It didn't work. I seriously wonder how my parents have put up with me all these years. I could go on and on about all the stupid things we've done. Lol. Sorry if you weren't there for some of the things I mentioned, but I can't remember who was where when. So ya.
Lol. Let's think o some more recent memories. . . Lol once Susie was over here and I had shaving cream on my desk and she thought it was air freshener. And once we had an air freshener fight (obviously my mom wasn't home). We each had like 3 cans of air freshener and we were chasing each other around, spraying them. You can imagine what my mom thought about that when she got home. Ha ha ha! I just remembered one. It was a couple weeks before Mother's Day. . . I think it was this year. . . anyway, and Rachel and I were hanging out. We had called Susie and we were waiting for her to come over to my house. The doorbell rang and, thinking it was Susie, (this is classic) I opened the door and hid behind it. Well, I stood there for a minute and after about 15 seconds I heard someone say "hello?". Well, I looked around the door and a guy was standing there, bringing something over for my dad. I was already embarrassed enough, when Rachel make everything worse by running to the door yelling "SUSIE!! YOU'RE HERE!!" Then she saw that it wasn't Susie and her face went all red, and she ran for it into the kitchen. I think the guy was trying really hard not to bust out laughing, but he gave me the thing and he hurried to his car. Maybe he was trying to get away as quickly as possible. Lol. Anyway, I amaze myself that I haven't died of embarrassment yet.
Well, I think that's good for now. I'll just leave you with this picture. Once, Susie and I dressed up and posed for pictures and. . . well, we thought we were pretty cool. Lol.
Well, thanks for reading my blog! If there's any specific topic you want me to blog about, well, just leave a comment and I will. Lol. Love you all!
Love-
Rachel
Tomorrow I have spanish, and I think we're getting the scores for our test that we took last time. Hopefully I did ok!!
I really have nothing to say, but, I have no life so I blog! Lol.
Uh. . . . hope you're all having a good Christmas season! If any of you have facebook, you might have read that I think that Christmas time is one of my favorite times of the year. If you saw that, then you also saw that I love scenty pine cones! We have them in our kitchen, and it smells exactly how I think Christmas should smell! I wanted Loryn to smell one the other day, so I ally shoved it in her face pretty much. Sorry about that! I just wanted you to love them as much as I do as soon as possible. So to get it to your face really fast, I kinda threw it at you. Please forgive me!
Today I also realized how much I love gummy bears! They are so yummy! I especially like the green and red ones! If you don't like them, well shame shame!
I also started to like cinnamon gum last Sunday. Sister Heperi gave me some and it was actually really good! Boy have I been missing out or what?
I also realized how very much I enjoy Christmas music! It is so pretty and uplifting! I love it!
Wow. This week had shed a lot of light on my likes and dislikes. Lol, I've changed a lot in 7 days! Jk
Hey Loryn, remember that one time you came to my house, and Susie and Rachel and I had put my baby doll on that crutch or whatever? We swore to you that Spencer had done it, and when you asked him he totally went along with it. Lol. That was a good day. Were you there when "Chad ate the last creamie!"? Or when I popped that stress ball and started to cry cuz I was embarrassed and it got in my eye? Or when I got rid of my lizards, so we had to get rid of all the crickets and we ally let them out all over the garage? I swear I could hear one in the wall for weeks after. Lol, and remember when we had that birthday party at my house and we came up with all these names for everyone? Boston was Miss Spaghetti, I was Casandra Day, and you were like Princess Lola. We thought that we were so clever. Lol, ok this is the best one. I don't remember if you were there. It was after Rachel and Susie had moved in, but we couldn't go swimming one day so we tried to make a swimming pool out of poles, a tarp, rocks, and bunjie cords. Lol You can imagine how that worked out. It didn't work. I seriously wonder how my parents have put up with me all these years. I could go on and on about all the stupid things we've done. Lol. Sorry if you weren't there for some of the things I mentioned, but I can't remember who was where when. So ya.
Lol. Let's think o some more recent memories. . . Lol once Susie was over here and I had shaving cream on my desk and she thought it was air freshener. And once we had an air freshener fight (obviously my mom wasn't home). We each had like 3 cans of air freshener and we were chasing each other around, spraying them. You can imagine what my mom thought about that when she got home. Ha ha ha! I just remembered one. It was a couple weeks before Mother's Day. . . I think it was this year. . . anyway, and Rachel and I were hanging out. We had called Susie and we were waiting for her to come over to my house. The doorbell rang and, thinking it was Susie, (this is classic) I opened the door and hid behind it. Well, I stood there for a minute and after about 15 seconds I heard someone say "hello?". Well, I looked around the door and a guy was standing there, bringing something over for my dad. I was already embarrassed enough, when Rachel make everything worse by running to the door yelling "SUSIE!! YOU'RE HERE!!" Then she saw that it wasn't Susie and her face went all red, and she ran for it into the kitchen. I think the guy was trying really hard not to bust out laughing, but he gave me the thing and he hurried to his car. Maybe he was trying to get away as quickly as possible. Lol. Anyway, I amaze myself that I haven't died of embarrassment yet.
Well, I think that's good for now. I'll just leave you with this picture. Once, Susie and I dressed up and posed for pictures and. . . well, we thought we were pretty cool. Lol.
Well, thanks for reading my blog! If there's any specific topic you want me to blog about, well, just leave a comment and I will. Lol. Love you all!Love-
Rachel
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Do you guys like my new background and all that? lol. I think it pretty much rocks.
I had to get up at 7 to be at a choir practice by 8. But I woke up at 6 cuz I thought it was 7. It was so stupid! So now I'm kinda tired!
I don't know if I've mentioned it before, but I have written a bunch of songs and my mom is trying to find a place where I can record them to a Cd. Well, my dad had the idea that I should put them on my blog whenever that happens. So, someday you might see some songs by me on here! (Don't get too excited. It's not going to happen for a while.)
Do any of you have any Christmas ideas that I can give to my parents? I REALLY want an electric guitar. But I doubt I'm going to get that. So ideas would be very much appreciated.
Uh. . . What else. . . ?
I had to get up at 7 to be at a choir practice by 8. But I woke up at 6 cuz I thought it was 7. It was so stupid! So now I'm kinda tired!
Tonight my family and I are going to the Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband and James Conlee concert. I'm so excited!
This is Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband and. . .
This is Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband and. . .
this is James Conlee.
Hmmm. . . oh ya! I thought it would be a good to tell you that I don't have a crush on Fred anymore. If I ever talk about the guy I like now, I'll call him Frank. (That's for future reference.)I don't know if I've mentioned it before, but I have written a bunch of songs and my mom is trying to find a place where I can record them to a Cd. Well, my dad had the idea that I should put them on my blog whenever that happens. So, someday you might see some songs by me on here! (Don't get too excited. It's not going to happen for a while.)
Do any of you have any Christmas ideas that I can give to my parents? I REALLY want an electric guitar. But I doubt I'm going to get that. So ideas would be very much appreciated.
Uh. . . What else. . . ?
Well, we got all our Christmas stuff put up! I had to do the Christmas tree by myself because Spencer wasn't here to do the lights part. Then I decorated it and I tried to do it all professionally and make it look all fashion-ish, but it didn't really work. Lol. It just looks like a normal Christmas tree, nothing spectacular. Here it is!
Ain't it perdy?
Ain't it perdy?Lol. Well, I think I'm done for today. So I'll talk to ya guys later! And please don't forget to vote for your favorite actor!
Remember: There is no such thing as a bad day. . . only bad moments. Take my day for example; This morning was terrible, having to wake up early. But once I got to the thing and saw my friends, it got all better. Now I can say that I'm having a good day so far.
Love you all!
-Rachel
Remember: There is no such thing as a bad day. . . only bad moments. Take my day for example; This morning was terrible, having to wake up early. But once I got to the thing and saw my friends, it got all better. Now I can say that I'm having a good day so far.
Love you all!
-Rachel
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Elder Wirthlin
Elder Wirthlin passed away last night, at age 91. My favorite quote of his is:"Faith is something we live."
Thanks to Elder Wirthlin for all the love you've shown us.
-Rachel
Ps. Let's all honor him by trying to live more faithfully.
Thanks to Elder Wirthlin for all the love you've shown us.
-Rachel
Ps. Let's all honor him by trying to live more faithfully.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
New Poll
I know I do a lot of polls, but it keeps things interesting.
So for this one, you vote for your favorite actor. If you're not sure who they are, I have added a slideshow for your convenience. It will show a picture of the actor and a few pictures from some of the movies that they have been in.
Please vote so that we can see what actor is most popular! Thanks!
Love you all!
Love-
Rachel
So for this one, you vote for your favorite actor. If you're not sure who they are, I have added a slideshow for your convenience. It will show a picture of the actor and a few pictures from some of the movies that they have been in.
Please vote so that we can see what actor is most popular! Thanks!
Love you all!
Love-
Rachel
The Results of the Poll
Ah, the results. We've all been waiting so long! The question was "Who is the prettiest in the world?"
The votes have been cast and. . .
I won the poll! The voters have decided that I am the prettiest in the world. I'd like to say thanks to all my fans! (jk) To all the other contestants, you are all still gorgeous!
A little bit about me
Birth Date: August 22nd
Color: Yellow and Green
Food: Pasta
Season: Summer
Hobbies: Singing, hanging with friends
The votes have been cast and. . .
I won the poll! The voters have decided that I am the prettiest in the world. I'd like to say thanks to all my fans! (jk) To all the other contestants, you are all still gorgeous!
A little bit about meBirth Date: August 22nd
Color: Yellow and Green
Food: Pasta
Season: Summer
Hobbies: Singing, hanging with friends
Friday, November 28, 2008
Giving Thanks (Hence the Holiday Thanksgiving)
Hey guys! In this post I'm going to name 14 things I'm thankful for, and only 14 since that's how old I am and if I named everything it would take up all the memory on this computer.
(If you guys want, you can do this on your blogs or facebook pages. Just put 1 thing that you're thankful for for every year you've been alive.)
I'm thankful for. . . .
1. A family that cares for me and loves me so much
2. God and everything He's given me
3. Friends that are always there for me when I need them, and even when I don't
4. Good times and memories that I will cherish forever
5. Music and the joy it gives me
6. Opportunities to serve even though sometimes it doesn't seem fun
7. Smiles
8. The gospel of Jesus Christ
9. Technology especially computers and cell phones
10. The ability to talk. As many of you know, I never stop
11. Everyone in the world that makes my happy life possible. (Doctors, teachers, dentists, etc. . .)
12. My mind, although I lose it at times, I enjoy being able to figure things out for myself and I love learning new things
13. A warm home that I can come home to everyday, and the love and peace that I feel there
(Last but most certainly NOT least. . .)
14. All of you who have helped me through everything in my life that has been thrown at me. You guys have never let me down.
Thanks to all of you. I love you all, and have a great Thanksgiving break! You guys help me more than you know.
Love-
Rachel
(If you guys want, you can do this on your blogs or facebook pages. Just put 1 thing that you're thankful for for every year you've been alive.)
I'm thankful for. . . .
1. A family that cares for me and loves me so much
2. God and everything He's given me
3. Friends that are always there for me when I need them, and even when I don't
4. Good times and memories that I will cherish forever
5. Music and the joy it gives me
6. Opportunities to serve even though sometimes it doesn't seem fun
7. Smiles
8. The gospel of Jesus Christ
9. Technology especially computers and cell phones
10. The ability to talk. As many of you know, I never stop
11. Everyone in the world that makes my happy life possible. (Doctors, teachers, dentists, etc. . .)
12. My mind, although I lose it at times, I enjoy being able to figure things out for myself and I love learning new things
13. A warm home that I can come home to everyday, and the love and peace that I feel there
(Last but most certainly NOT least. . .)
14. All of you who have helped me through everything in my life that has been thrown at me. You guys have never let me down.
Thanks to all of you. I love you all, and have a great Thanksgiving break! You guys help me more than you know.
Love-
Rachel
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
I'm Winnin!
You may have noticed that on the poll, I am winning! Ha Lauren! What now?!
jk. Anyway, i think the guy I like, knows that I like him. And it's really tragic cuz we're really good friends and I don't want to this to make it all weird. But anyway, gotta go.
Love y'all!
Love- Rachel
jk. Anyway, i think the guy I like, knows that I like him. And it's really tragic cuz we're really good friends and I don't want to this to make it all weird. But anyway, gotta go.
Love y'all!
Love- Rachel
Monday, November 24, 2008
The Soundtrack of My Life
Okay guys, here's the deal to the Soundtrack of My Life. Copy and paste the bolded questions into your blog and if you have a little music player on your blog (or just a regular iPod) turn it on shuffle. Then, you hit the play button and let the songs answer what your soundtrack to your life would be. No cheating! What it lands on, you put it. :D Make sense?
Well, just watch. I promise it will. :D
[Opening Credits]
7 Things- Miley Cyrus (Uh. . . ok?)
[Act I: Getting Ready]
In My Car (I'll Be The Driver)- Shania Twain (Wish I had a car!!)
[Act II: Arriving at School]
White and Nerdy- Weird Al (It's probably true! Sad!!)
[Act III: Crush Spotted]
Let Me Go- 3 Doors Down (Wish he "loved" me!!)
[Act IV: Bad Day]
One Day You Will- Lady Antebellum
[Act V: Breakup Moment]
Fall For You- Secondhand Seranade (That didn't work too well)
[Act VI: Moving On]
Streets of Heaven- Sherrie Austin (THAT'S A SAD SONG!! NOT A GET OVER IT SONG!)
[Act VII: Theme Song for Life]
(This had better be good. . . ) One Step At a Time- Jordin Sparks (That's better than the one I thought it was going to land on)
[Closing Credits]
Crush- David Archuletta (That would be at the present time)
Lonliest Day of My Life- System of a Down (How Depressing!)
That was from Lauren (aka Loryn)'s blog. That has got to be like the weird soundtrack ever. Lol. The scary thing is that most of them are actually true! Anyway, I gotta go do chores. Ttyl!
Love- Rachel
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Jenny (not the one I want to shove in a locker)
If you go down to my playlist and scroll down to the bottom of it, you can click on the song called Jenny by Flight of the Conchords. It's a hilarious song. The ending is so stupid! It's great.
So how's life?
Today is the BYU vs. Utes game. I am wearing red and blue to represent the rivalry. It's pretty wicked. Spencer is trying to get killed I think. He's wearing a Utes jersey to work. He works at Brick Oven and that's where all the BYU students work. So I won't be surprised if he walks into our house later with some teeth knocked out and a broken nose.
Anyway, that's it. So ttyl!
Love- Rachel
So how's life?
Today is the BYU vs. Utes game. I am wearing red and blue to represent the rivalry. It's pretty wicked. Spencer is trying to get killed I think. He's wearing a Utes jersey to work. He works at Brick Oven and that's where all the BYU students work. So I won't be surprised if he walks into our house later with some teeth knocked out and a broken nose.
Anyway, that's it. So ttyl!
Love- Rachel
Monday, November 17, 2008
Guitars and Things
I finally figured out how to put my playlist on random. Yay! So that's something new.
Facebook used to not work on our computer, but my dad fixed it, so now I can have one! I think Facebook is so pointless, but then again, so is a blog. Lol. So ya. I'll try to get a bunch of friends on my Facebook in a couple days.
I figured out how to play Acoustic #3 by Goo Goo Dolls on the guitar. It's pretty sweet! It's really fun to play, and this means that I'll be able to read tabs for when I get my electric guitar.
Speaking of electric guitar, I found one at Bert Murdock that I really want. It comes with an amp, a tuner, a strap, headphones, and an instructional DVD. I'm so excited! Here's a picture of one kind of like the one I'm getting.
This one is made by Fender, but I'm getting one made by Ibanez. Isn't it perty? Jk.
And guess what else! I have a Kenny Chesney guitar! I was watching the CMA Awards, and I looked at his guitar when he was performing, and it looks exactly like mine, and it's made by Takamine just like mine! AAAH! Isn't that so wicked?
SEE!!!! There it is! The picture is really small, but the stupid computer wouldn't let me do it any bigger. So ya!
Ummm. . . What else?
Oh ya! Today at school, it was so amazing. You can probably guess why. Fred talked to me in math. He is a really funny guy, and he's so nice. Anyway, we'll see how long this crush lasts. Maybe it will be like David Archuletta's song: "I know this crush ain't going away!" Jk. But you never know!
Well, I think that's it. So I'm going to go now. Bye!
-Rachel
Facebook used to not work on our computer, but my dad fixed it, so now I can have one! I think Facebook is so pointless, but then again, so is a blog. Lol. So ya. I'll try to get a bunch of friends on my Facebook in a couple days.
I figured out how to play Acoustic #3 by Goo Goo Dolls on the guitar. It's pretty sweet! It's really fun to play, and this means that I'll be able to read tabs for when I get my electric guitar.
Speaking of electric guitar, I found one at Bert Murdock that I really want. It comes with an amp, a tuner, a strap, headphones, and an instructional DVD. I'm so excited! Here's a picture of one kind of like the one I'm getting.
This one is made by Fender, but I'm getting one made by Ibanez. Isn't it perty? Jk.And guess what else! I have a Kenny Chesney guitar! I was watching the CMA Awards, and I looked at his guitar when he was performing, and it looks exactly like mine, and it's made by Takamine just like mine! AAAH! Isn't that so wicked?
SEE!!!! There it is! The picture is really small, but the stupid computer wouldn't let me do it any bigger. So ya!
Ummm. . . What else?
Oh ya! Today at school, it was so amazing. You can probably guess why. Fred talked to me in math. He is a really funny guy, and he's so nice. Anyway, we'll see how long this crush lasts. Maybe it will be like David Archuletta's song: "I know this crush ain't going away!" Jk. But you never know!
Well, I think that's it. So I'm going to go now. Bye!
-Rachel
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Don't you think that is just the sweetest quote ever? I'm referring to the quote of the week. It's from Madagascar 2. It's the part when Gloria is on a date with Motomoto, and Melman thinks he's dying of this disease. So he decides that he needs to share his true feeling with Gloria. So he go up to Motomoto and tells him all about the things he needs to do in order to treat Gloria like a queen. It is so romantic! Then after Melman leaves, Gloria asks Motomoto why he likes her, and he says something like, you're big , you're huge! She tells him that he had already told her that a gazilllion times, and well, you have to see the movie to find out what happens. It's great!
Anyway, for choir I was supposed to sell cookie dough or cheesecake to 14 people. I only sold it to 4 people. Oh well! I don't really care.
Uh, today my Aunt Alisa is coming down from Idaho. She and her family are sleeping at my cousins' house, but we're having a big family get together here at our house.
Last night was the Christmas party at Brother and Sister Jones' house. It was wicked fun! They are so tense when it comes to Rock Band. It was hilarious. Then the boys went outside to shoot Brother Jones' potato , and he broke part of the neighbor's fence. Lol. Sister Jones was so mad. Ya, and Susie and I ted on the singing part. It was great fun.
Well, I have to go get ready for church. Love ya all!
-Rachel
Anyway, for choir I was supposed to sell cookie dough or cheesecake to 14 people. I only sold it to 4 people. Oh well! I don't really care.
Uh, today my Aunt Alisa is coming down from Idaho. She and her family are sleeping at my cousins' house, but we're having a big family get together here at our house.
Last night was the Christmas party at Brother and Sister Jones' house. It was wicked fun! They are so tense when it comes to Rock Band. It was hilarious. Then the boys went outside to shoot Brother Jones' potato , and he broke part of the neighbor's fence. Lol. Sister Jones was so mad. Ya, and Susie and I ted on the singing part. It was great fun.
Well, I have to go get ready for church. Love ya all!
-Rachel
Thursday, November 13, 2008
K guys. I was tagged by Lauren! So here's my Tag List.
I AM. . . annoying, but I think people still love me anyway!
I AM. . . annoying, but I think people still love me anyway!
I KNOW. . . it's hard to be yourself, but it's so important to be an individual and show your true self!
I DISLIKE. . . not being allowed to talk.
I MISS. . . the time, like in 2nd grade, when you could just walk up and ask someone to be your friend.
I FEEL. . . blessed to be put into this family, and this neighborhood and school where I have made wonderful friends.
I HEAR. . . Real Good Man by Tim Mcgraw cuz that's what I'm listening to. Lol
I SMELL. . . I should go take a shower. jk
I CRAVE. . . PASTA!!! (It's my favorite)
I CRY. . . when there's no reason to.
I SEARCH. . . for new talents so that I don't do the same thing day after day.
I REGRET. . . it when I hurt other people's feelings.
I LOVE. . . everyone I encounter.
I CARE. . . for those that I love, which would be, as you saw above, EVERYONE!
I WORRY. . . that sometimes I don't try as well as I should to be a good friend.
I REMEMBER. . . all the good times I've had. Like that one time that I had a can of shaving cream sitting on the desk in my room, and Susie thought it was air freshener. . . well, you can guess what happened.
I BELIEVE. . . in God the Father, the Son, and in the Holy Ghost.
I DANCE. . . while I play the guitar. (Hence the couple little dents in my guitar.)
I DANCE. . . while I play the guitar. (Hence the couple little dents in my guitar.)
I ARGUE. . . with myself. I pretty much wrestle with myself when it comes to decisions because they could change my life.
I WRITE. . . songs. Some sad, some happy, but all are about my life, the people around me, and me!
I LOSE. . . everything, including my mind, all the time.
I WISH. . . that there was no such thing as war. Sorry for anyone that begs to differ, but I just think it's stupid. Why can't people just sit down, talk things out, and be friends? I don't get it.
I LISTEN. . . to music pretty much 24/7.
I CAN USUALLY BE FOUND. . . in my room writing music, or at someone's house babsitting.
I AM SCARED. . . of losing the ones that I love.
I NEED. . . love. Without it, I'm nothing.
I FORGET. . . to put salt in the cookie dough sometimes, so I have to start over. (Wish I could do that with my life sometimes)
I AM HAPPY. . . because I know who I am and where I'm going.
Hope this helped you know a little more about me. Thanks for tagging me Lauren! That was a ton of fun!
Thanks for reading my blog everyone.
Please remember who you are: A son or daughter of God. You are all amazing, and beautiful/handsome. Don't forget that someone will always love you, even if someone else has left you behind in the dust.
Anyway, love you all!
-Rachel.
Hope this helped you know a little more about me. Thanks for tagging me Lauren! That was a ton of fun!
Thanks for reading my blog everyone.
Please remember who you are: A son or daughter of God. You are all amazing, and beautiful/handsome. Don't forget that someone will always love you, even if someone else has left you behind in the dust.
Anyway, love you all!
-Rachel.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Short
Although you might think so, I'm not going to write about how short I am. Even thought that's what the title indicates.
I called it "Short" because this post is going to be short.
You guys need to vote! Vote for who is the prettiest in the world! We all need to know. Ya.
Also, I had a math test today, and I think I totally died. But I don't feel quite too bad cuz "Fred" and Taylor and Blayke and Brady and Lauren Frary and Chris and a bunch of other people did too. Lol. I know it's mean, but it makes me feel better. So ya. And "Fred" helped me with my math homework. Aaah! I believe that I am obssessed. Lol.
Anyway, that's it! Love you all!
-Rachel
I called it "Short" because this post is going to be short.
You guys need to vote! Vote for who is the prettiest in the world! We all need to know. Ya.
Also, I had a math test today, and I think I totally died. But I don't feel quite too bad cuz "Fred" and Taylor and Blayke and Brady and Lauren Frary and Chris and a bunch of other people did too. Lol. I know it's mean, but it makes me feel better. So ya. And "Fred" helped me with my math homework. Aaah! I believe that I am obssessed. Lol.
Anyway, that's it! Love you all!
-Rachel
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Hey guys!
So today, I was in math, and I was sitting on the counters in Mr. Cluff's room so that I could sit by Lauren and Taylor. Anyway, we were sitting there talking (not surprising) and all of a sudden, all these boys were hanging out by where we were. Lol and the best part was that "Fred" (read the post called "Jealous Me") was one of the boys. I told Taylor after class that I was obviously the reason that they had come over. (I was jk when I said it. I'm not that selfish.) Pretty much the whole time that I was sitting there, Taylor was trying to make me go sit closer to him, and of course I didn't. I'm not going to be that obvious. Jk. Anyway, I have Seminary with him tomorrow. Yay! I see him everyday pretty much. Lol. I like to refer to it as the highlight of my day.
I have a Modern History test tomorrow I think and I have a quiz in English. :( Not fun.
I put TONS more songs on again today. I now have 97 songs on there. I think that's fun.
I have a Modern History test tomorrow I think and I have a quiz in English. :( Not fun.
I put TONS more songs on again today. I now have 97 songs on there. I think that's fun.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
RESULTS OF THE POLL!!
The question asked was "Who is your favorite singer?"
TAYLOR SWIFT was the winner!
No one else was even voted for! So congrats Taylor!
A little about Taylor Swift
Birthdate: December !3th
Color: White
Food: Cheesecake
Season: Summer
Hobbies: Driving FAST! and writing songs
TAYLOR SWIFT was the winner!
No one else was even voted for! So congrats Taylor!
A little about Taylor SwiftBirthdate: December !3th
Color: White
Food: Cheesecake
Season: Summer
Hobbies: Driving FAST! and writing songs
Jealous Me
Hey what's up you guys? I put some new songs on. Lol. I hope you like them! You might think that some of them are weird but I like them.
Anyway, yesterday in math, the guy I like borrowed my pen. It's so stupid that I'm so happy about that, but I feel all special! And then today, he wrote my name up on the board. I volunteered to lead the music, and he was the one passing out assignments today. So ya! I think I'm kind of stupid though because there's this in my math class, we'll call her Jenny, and for the sake of the story we'll call the guy I like. . . Fred. Ok? So anyway, Jenny is one of those people that you look at and you think, "If I could be like you, every guy in this room would be digging me." She's nice and funny and skinny as a twig, and beautiful eyes, and NO BRACES, and her make-up and hair is always perfect, and she wears really trendy clothes, and I could go on and on. Anyway, Fred (LOL. He doesn't look like a Fred.) and a lot of the other freshman boys are always talking to her and they kind of flirt with her. Being the jealous meanie that I am, I sit there pretending not to care, when really I want to shove her in one of the lockers by Mr. Cluff's room (I'd probably put her in Taylor's cuz her's is right there) so that Fred will pay attention to me for more than 5 seconds. Anyway, there you go. I'm not trying to be mean about Jenny, I'm just telling how it is. Ya, so during seminary today, Fred payed attention to me for about 20 seconds! Yay! Thanks Fred! Jk.
Enough of that nonsense. May I just say that I love the show "Saturday Night Live." The only time I've ever seen it is during the election this last month. It is one of the most hilarious shows ever. They make fun of the candidates and stuff. It's pretty entertaining to watch the actors that are on there, try to act out the candidates. Will Farell was on there the other day, and he was George Bush. He was hilarious! They were acting out the endorsement of John McCain. And this one actor who's being Sarah Palin, she is so funny! Anyway, if you get the chance, you should watch it on nbc.com.
Right now I'm listening to Disturbia, and now it's going to be stuck in my head forever! Lauren and I were watching the music video today, and I was almost hyperventilating cuz that thing is so creepy! Lauren said it's supposed to be like a Halloweeny type song and I understand why. Although, it is a good song.
You've probably noticed the song "Don't Cha" by The cat Dolls. I know what you're thinking: "She is really weird if she put that on there!" Well, actually, I was introduced to that song at s Camp. Funnily enough, it was one of our cheers. And it was one of the most amazing cheers ever! Jk.
I also put on one of my favorite songs of all time. It's called "Song in My Head" by Julianne Hough. In the song, she's at a party, and she sees this guy sitting on the back of a truck. He's listening to the music that's playing, and swaying back and forth. In the chorus she says, "I don't know who sings it, I keep searching the radio, I just wanna hear it, so I can watch that video I got in my head of a blue-eyed boy, dancing in the bed of a two-tone ford. Oh is it love? I just can't say, but I've had that song in my head all day." Isn't that cute? I LOVE THAT SONG!!
I put on a song called "I heart ?" by Taylor Swift. It's a good song too. Anyway, my point is that I really did put on good songs.
Hmmm. . . what else to say. . . Oh ya!
And my favorite singer right now is Toby Keith. My favorite songs of his are, Go With Her, Love Me If You Can, and Wanna Talk About Me.
Anyway, there you go. I have to go do homework. :( Ttyl! :)
-Rachel
Anyway, yesterday in math, the guy I like borrowed my pen. It's so stupid that I'm so happy about that, but I feel all special! And then today, he wrote my name up on the board. I volunteered to lead the music, and he was the one passing out assignments today. So ya! I think I'm kind of stupid though because there's this in my math class, we'll call her Jenny, and for the sake of the story we'll call the guy I like. . . Fred. Ok? So anyway, Jenny is one of those people that you look at and you think, "If I could be like you, every guy in this room would be digging me." She's nice and funny and skinny as a twig, and beautiful eyes, and NO BRACES, and her make-up and hair is always perfect, and she wears really trendy clothes, and I could go on and on. Anyway, Fred (LOL. He doesn't look like a Fred.) and a lot of the other freshman boys are always talking to her and they kind of flirt with her. Being the jealous meanie that I am, I sit there pretending not to care, when really I want to shove her in one of the lockers by Mr. Cluff's room (I'd probably put her in Taylor's cuz her's is right there) so that Fred will pay attention to me for more than 5 seconds. Anyway, there you go. I'm not trying to be mean about Jenny, I'm just telling how it is. Ya, so during seminary today, Fred payed attention to me for about 20 seconds! Yay! Thanks Fred! Jk.
Enough of that nonsense. May I just say that I love the show "Saturday Night Live." The only time I've ever seen it is during the election this last month. It is one of the most hilarious shows ever. They make fun of the candidates and stuff. It's pretty entertaining to watch the actors that are on there, try to act out the candidates. Will Farell was on there the other day, and he was George Bush. He was hilarious! They were acting out the endorsement of John McCain. And this one actor who's being Sarah Palin, she is so funny! Anyway, if you get the chance, you should watch it on nbc.com.
Right now I'm listening to Disturbia, and now it's going to be stuck in my head forever! Lauren and I were watching the music video today, and I was almost hyperventilating cuz that thing is so creepy! Lauren said it's supposed to be like a Halloweeny type song and I understand why. Although, it is a good song.
You've probably noticed the song "Don't Cha" by The cat Dolls. I know what you're thinking: "She is really weird if she put that on there!" Well, actually, I was introduced to that song at s Camp. Funnily enough, it was one of our cheers. And it was one of the most amazing cheers ever! Jk.
I also put on one of my favorite songs of all time. It's called "Song in My Head" by Julianne Hough. In the song, she's at a party, and she sees this guy sitting on the back of a truck. He's listening to the music that's playing, and swaying back and forth. In the chorus she says, "I don't know who sings it, I keep searching the radio, I just wanna hear it, so I can watch that video I got in my head of a blue-eyed boy, dancing in the bed of a two-tone ford. Oh is it love? I just can't say, but I've had that song in my head all day." Isn't that cute? I LOVE THAT SONG!!
I put on a song called "I heart ?" by Taylor Swift. It's a good song too. Anyway, my point is that I really did put on good songs.
Hmmm. . . what else to say. . . Oh ya!
And my favorite singer right now is Toby Keith. My favorite songs of his are, Go With Her, Love Me If You Can, and Wanna Talk About Me.
Anyway, there you go. I have to go do homework. :( Ttyl! :)
-Rachel
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Charity
Today I was reading a book called "Yearbook". (I've mentioned it before. It's a wonderful book that I recommend to all.) In it, a named Michaela and she says:
"I don't think parents understand how lonely it is to be a teenager. We can't embrace and cling to our parents for comfort; we've out grown that. We've outgrown it from them but still need it from someone. We are looking for someone to fill that void."
The first thing I thought was, "She's so right! No one ever understands us teenagers!"
My next thought was, "She's also right that we can't cling to our parents. That's like what a 4 year old would do."
Then I thought, "Then who can I cling to? There must be someone out there (other than a boy) who I can cling to. Or that understands me and cares for me enough to let me put all of my problems on their shoulders."
Looking back, I can't believe the answer didn't pop into my head at once. Instead it came during young womens today. We were talking about what it means to be dependable. Sister Winward talked about how being dependable means someone who is trust-worthy, responsible, hard working, honest, punctual, someone you can count on, and someone who is steadfast. The next thing she said totally answered my question. She said "Christlike." Hopefully no one noticed, but I sat there staring at her in disbelief. I could not believe that this hadn't been my first thought.
So now, I'm going to give you a little cyber-lecture about God's love.
First, I want to define charity. In the Bible Dictionary it says:
"Charity. The highest, noblest, strongest kind of love, not merely affection; the pure love of Christ. It is never used to denote alms or deeds or benevolence."
Isn't that so cool? It didn't just say, the love of Christ, it said the pure love of Christ. I think that's so amazing.
"But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it in the last day, it shall be well with him."
-Moroni 7:47
Charity, this pure love of Christ, lasts forever! This is surely something we can't possibly be something we have within us right? Wrong!!! Joseph B. Wirthlin once said:
"Charity, or love, is the greatest principle in existence. If we can lend a helping hand to the oppressed, if we can aid those who are despondent and in sorrow, if we can uplift and ameliorate the condition of mankind, it is our mission to do it, it is an essential part of our religion to do it."
We all have the ability to purely love all those around us. We can show our charity towards others through service. Believe it or not, having charity within our hearts is a commandment. In 2 Nephi 26:30 it says:
". . . wherefore, the Lord God hath given a commandment that all men should have charity, which charity is love. And except they were nothing. Wherefore, if they should have a charity they would not suffer the laborer in Zion to perish."
We need to show charity towards everyone else. But we also recieve it in return. Bonnie D. Parkin said:
"Charity is also the Lord's love for us, shown through His acts of service, patience, compassion, and understanding."
We can know of God's love for us by noticing the blessings in our everyday lives. Now how do we take that love from the Savior, and turn it into something that we can express to others? Marvin J. Ashton once said:
"Real charity is not something you give away; it is something that you acquire and make a part of yourself."
So expressing charity doesn't mean that we decide, "Today I'm going to show charity, but tomorrow I won't." We need to make it part of who we are.
As we seek to distribute our charity to those around us, we need to make sure that we are truly showing charity. A little "checklist" that we can use to ponder our actions is found in Moroni 7:45:
"And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."
So in other words; if it's truly charity that we have, we are kind, and we don't envy other people, we are not prideful, we think pure thoughts, we don't feel happy when we do or see unchristlike things, we bear all trials, and we believe in and hope for all things.
Charity isn't like an emotion really, even thought it is. I think it's more like a personality that everyone has the ability to have. It's a lot like faith. As you saw in our scripture "checklist", a lot of the things on there are things that are often used to describe faith. I thought that was pretty cool.
Ok I think I'm getting a bit off-topic. My whole point was that Jesus Christ understands us. He will always be there to be our crying shoulder, and He takes our sins and problems upon Him. We can always turn to Him in our times of trial and confusion.
My other point was that He shows us His pure love, so we need to make sure that we're doing our best to show others our pure love for them. We can do this through service, and when we do service, we are really serving the Lord. So that's how we can show God our pure love for Him.
I just want to finish by sharing an experience.
A couple weeks ago at mutual, Lauren said that her E.F.Y counselor had encouraged them all to get down on their knees and ask Heavenly Father if He truly loves them. I thought this was a great idea. So that night, I got down on my knees and said," Heavenly Father, I need to know for myself. Do you love me?" After that I sat on my bed and waited and waited for an answer. I was sure I would feel the spirit telling me, "Yes, I do love you." But that didn't happen. Instead, I had the feeling that I should look in the Topical Guide under "God, love of." So I did. I skimmed through, and one scripture caught my eye. So I turned to it and that scripture was, Jeremiah 31:3:
"The Lord hath appeared of old unto me saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee."
I would just like to let all of you know that I have a sure testimony of this gospel. I know for certain that he loves all of us. He doesn't just feel affection for us. He loves us with a pure love, charity. He also knows each one of us and that he will never abandon us. He'll always be there when we need Him. And I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
This lecture kind of turned into a testimony I guess. Thanks for letting me go on and on. For the last testimony meetings, I've kind of been wanting to get up, but I'm too much of a chicken. So maybe this will count. I bore my testimony to the like 6 people that read my blog. hopefully it influences you guys as much as it would in a testimony meeting. Lol. Anyway, thanks again for reading my blog. I Love you all!
Love- Rachel
"I don't think parents understand how lonely it is to be a teenager. We can't embrace and cling to our parents for comfort; we've out grown that. We've outgrown it from them but still need it from someone. We are looking for someone to fill that void."
The first thing I thought was, "She's so right! No one ever understands us teenagers!"
My next thought was, "She's also right that we can't cling to our parents. That's like what a 4 year old would do."
Then I thought, "Then who can I cling to? There must be someone out there (other than a boy) who I can cling to. Or that understands me and cares for me enough to let me put all of my problems on their shoulders."
Looking back, I can't believe the answer didn't pop into my head at once. Instead it came during young womens today. We were talking about what it means to be dependable. Sister Winward talked about how being dependable means someone who is trust-worthy, responsible, hard working, honest, punctual, someone you can count on, and someone who is steadfast. The next thing she said totally answered my question. She said "Christlike." Hopefully no one noticed, but I sat there staring at her in disbelief. I could not believe that this hadn't been my first thought.
So now, I'm going to give you a little cyber-lecture about God's love.
First, I want to define charity. In the Bible Dictionary it says:
"Charity. The highest, noblest, strongest kind of love, not merely affection; the pure love of Christ. It is never used to denote alms or deeds or benevolence."
Isn't that so cool? It didn't just say, the love of Christ, it said the pure love of Christ. I think that's so amazing.
"But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it in the last day, it shall be well with him."
-Moroni 7:47
Charity, this pure love of Christ, lasts forever! This is surely something we can't possibly be something we have within us right? Wrong!!! Joseph B. Wirthlin once said:
"Charity, or love, is the greatest principle in existence. If we can lend a helping hand to the oppressed, if we can aid those who are despondent and in sorrow, if we can uplift and ameliorate the condition of mankind, it is our mission to do it, it is an essential part of our religion to do it."
We all have the ability to purely love all those around us. We can show our charity towards others through service. Believe it or not, having charity within our hearts is a commandment. In 2 Nephi 26:30 it says:
". . . wherefore, the Lord God hath given a commandment that all men should have charity, which charity is love. And except they were nothing. Wherefore, if they should have a charity they would not suffer the laborer in Zion to perish."
We need to show charity towards everyone else. But we also recieve it in return. Bonnie D. Parkin said:
"Charity is also the Lord's love for us, shown through His acts of service, patience, compassion, and understanding."
We can know of God's love for us by noticing the blessings in our everyday lives. Now how do we take that love from the Savior, and turn it into something that we can express to others? Marvin J. Ashton once said:
"Real charity is not something you give away; it is something that you acquire and make a part of yourself."
So expressing charity doesn't mean that we decide, "Today I'm going to show charity, but tomorrow I won't." We need to make it part of who we are.
As we seek to distribute our charity to those around us, we need to make sure that we are truly showing charity. A little "checklist" that we can use to ponder our actions is found in Moroni 7:45:
"And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."
So in other words; if it's truly charity that we have, we are kind, and we don't envy other people, we are not prideful, we think pure thoughts, we don't feel happy when we do or see unchristlike things, we bear all trials, and we believe in and hope for all things.
Charity isn't like an emotion really, even thought it is. I think it's more like a personality that everyone has the ability to have. It's a lot like faith. As you saw in our scripture "checklist", a lot of the things on there are things that are often used to describe faith. I thought that was pretty cool.
Ok I think I'm getting a bit off-topic. My whole point was that Jesus Christ understands us. He will always be there to be our crying shoulder, and He takes our sins and problems upon Him. We can always turn to Him in our times of trial and confusion.
My other point was that He shows us His pure love, so we need to make sure that we're doing our best to show others our pure love for them. We can do this through service, and when we do service, we are really serving the Lord. So that's how we can show God our pure love for Him.
I just want to finish by sharing an experience.
A couple weeks ago at mutual, Lauren said that her E.F.Y counselor had encouraged them all to get down on their knees and ask Heavenly Father if He truly loves them. I thought this was a great idea. So that night, I got down on my knees and said," Heavenly Father, I need to know for myself. Do you love me?" After that I sat on my bed and waited and waited for an answer. I was sure I would feel the spirit telling me, "Yes, I do love you." But that didn't happen. Instead, I had the feeling that I should look in the Topical Guide under "God, love of." So I did. I skimmed through, and one scripture caught my eye. So I turned to it and that scripture was, Jeremiah 31:3:
"The Lord hath appeared of old unto me saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee."
I would just like to let all of you know that I have a sure testimony of this gospel. I know for certain that he loves all of us. He doesn't just feel affection for us. He loves us with a pure love, charity. He also knows each one of us and that he will never abandon us. He'll always be there when we need Him. And I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
This lecture kind of turned into a testimony I guess. Thanks for letting me go on and on. For the last testimony meetings, I've kind of been wanting to get up, but I'm too much of a chicken. So maybe this will count. I bore my testimony to the like 6 people that read my blog. hopefully it influences you guys as much as it would in a testimony meeting. Lol. Anyway, thanks again for reading my blog. I Love you all!
Love- Rachel
Friday, October 31, 2008
Halloween!!!
Hello all!
So you might have noticed my last post. Wasn't it wicked? lol. If you want to vote, it's on the right side of that post.
You might also have noticed that I put some Christmas songs on my playlist. It's almost Christmas! I'm so excited! Oh and speaking of holidays, happy Halloween everyone! My mom said that I'm too old to g trick or treating, so I just get the leftovers, and if any of you want to share you candy. . . well I'm open to donations. JK. Keep your candy and have fun getting cavities!
Yesterday my mom took me to look at electric guitars and I found one that comes with a case, an amp, headphones, a tuner, an instructional dvd, and a guitar strap. And the guitar is dark blue and shimmery! It's so amazing! It will cost me $279 but it's a great beginners guitar, and it's good quality and it comes with all the stuff! I am trying to save up money for it. I have $80 so far. So ya.
Shad and this kid named Matt Jensen gave me half of a pie from McDonald's today. I'll tell you the whole story. So the other day, I went to Seminary and the tardy bell was about to ring. I knew Shad and Matt were at school so I texted Shad and told him that he'd better not be sluffing cuz I'd tell Brother Woodward (our teacher). So Shad and Matt came to class and they told me that they were going to sluff and go get pie but they couldn't cuz I was going to rat out on them. Then they were fake mad at me for the rest of the day. The next time we had Seminary, Shad and Matt got there early, and they started walking out of the classroom before the tardy bell rang. I asked them where they were going and they said that they were off to McDonald's to get me some pie. So I told them that I wouldn't tell Brother Woodward because it was for me. They faked guilty and went sadly back to their little seats. So today Shad and Matt came in to Seminary, and Shad presented me with half a apple cinnamon pie from McDonald's. I said what's this for, and he replied that it was a peace offering to me so that I wouldn't be mad at them anymore. I laughed and said thanks. So after class started, Matt asked Shad if he'd given me the pie, then looked at me and asked if it was good. I told him that I was saving it for the bus ride home. He proceeded to inform me that he thought the things were disgusting and that I should remember that it's the thought that counts. I then told him that the things was like an inch and a half long so I wouldn't suffer too much if it was gross. He laughed and agreed. So ya. There you go!
Right now I'm in charge of passing out candy. It was the funniest thing just a few minutes ago. A guy in our ward, Brother Taylor, brought his three s to get candy. Anika was a horse, Sasha was a princess, and Camille and Brother Taylor were clowns. They had the outfits and the rainbow fros. Lol. They were so rad!
Hmmmm. . . what else to say. . . . . Oh yes! I just ate a Now and Later and it got all stuck to my teeth. I don't think those things are meant to be chewed. Lol. I think a lot of people probably could have told me that about thirty seconds ago. Have you noticed that almost every person who follows all of the rules of braces get brackets and stuff broken off, but people like me who break all of the rules of braces, have never broken off a bracket or anything? I think that's kind of ironic, but whatever.
My Auny Eileen is going to come over later to watch a movie. I don't even know what we'll be watching, but I'm guessing it'll be good! I love Halloween you guys. It's so amazing! Do you know how much candy is consumed on Halloween every year by kids in the US? I don't either. If you find out, tell me cuz I'm to lazy to find out for myself.
My mom is eating avocado. That is so disgusting. Avocado is in guacemale and that stuff almost made me throw up the other day. So I it! But it's okif you like it. People like different things and that's fine.
Well, I seriously can think of nothing else, pointless or otherwise, to say.
So TTYL!
-Rachel
So you might have noticed my last post. Wasn't it wicked? lol. If you want to vote, it's on the right side of that post.
You might also have noticed that I put some Christmas songs on my playlist. It's almost Christmas! I'm so excited! Oh and speaking of holidays, happy Halloween everyone! My mom said that I'm too old to g trick or treating, so I just get the leftovers, and if any of you want to share you candy. . . well I'm open to donations. JK. Keep your candy and have fun getting cavities!
Yesterday my mom took me to look at electric guitars and I found one that comes with a case, an amp, headphones, a tuner, an instructional dvd, and a guitar strap. And the guitar is dark blue and shimmery! It's so amazing! It will cost me $279 but it's a great beginners guitar, and it's good quality and it comes with all the stuff! I am trying to save up money for it. I have $80 so far. So ya.
Shad and this kid named Matt Jensen gave me half of a pie from McDonald's today. I'll tell you the whole story. So the other day, I went to Seminary and the tardy bell was about to ring. I knew Shad and Matt were at school so I texted Shad and told him that he'd better not be sluffing cuz I'd tell Brother Woodward (our teacher). So Shad and Matt came to class and they told me that they were going to sluff and go get pie but they couldn't cuz I was going to rat out on them. Then they were fake mad at me for the rest of the day. The next time we had Seminary, Shad and Matt got there early, and they started walking out of the classroom before the tardy bell rang. I asked them where they were going and they said that they were off to McDonald's to get me some pie. So I told them that I wouldn't tell Brother Woodward because it was for me. They faked guilty and went sadly back to their little seats. So today Shad and Matt came in to Seminary, and Shad presented me with half a apple cinnamon pie from McDonald's. I said what's this for, and he replied that it was a peace offering to me so that I wouldn't be mad at them anymore. I laughed and said thanks. So after class started, Matt asked Shad if he'd given me the pie, then looked at me and asked if it was good. I told him that I was saving it for the bus ride home. He proceeded to inform me that he thought the things were disgusting and that I should remember that it's the thought that counts. I then told him that the things was like an inch and a half long so I wouldn't suffer too much if it was gross. He laughed and agreed. So ya. There you go!
Right now I'm in charge of passing out candy. It was the funniest thing just a few minutes ago. A guy in our ward, Brother Taylor, brought his three s to get candy. Anika was a horse, Sasha was a princess, and Camille and Brother Taylor were clowns. They had the outfits and the rainbow fros. Lol. They were so rad!
Hmmmm. . . what else to say. . . . . Oh yes! I just ate a Now and Later and it got all stuck to my teeth. I don't think those things are meant to be chewed. Lol. I think a lot of people probably could have told me that about thirty seconds ago. Have you noticed that almost every person who follows all of the rules of braces get brackets and stuff broken off, but people like me who break all of the rules of braces, have never broken off a bracket or anything? I think that's kind of ironic, but whatever.
My Auny Eileen is going to come over later to watch a movie. I don't even know what we'll be watching, but I'm guessing it'll be good! I love Halloween you guys. It's so amazing! Do you know how much candy is consumed on Halloween every year by kids in the US? I don't either. If you find out, tell me cuz I'm to lazy to find out for myself.
My mom is eating avocado. That is so disgusting. Avocado is in guacemale and that stuff almost made me throw up the other day. So I it! But it's okif you like it. People like different things and that's fine.
Well, I seriously can think of nothing else, pointless or otherwise, to say.
So TTYL!
-Rachel
Thursday, October 30, 2008
We interrupt our normally scheduled blog to bring you: (Note that Rachel Covert's writing is in gray, and Lauren's is in green and Rachel pretending to be Lauren is in purple.)
Lauren is the hottest, most desirable, prettiest, spunkiest, funniest, cutest, and all around best person in the world. (No, the entire universe!!!!!!) She's WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than all those other crazy s at Provo High and she doesn't need a guy to make her happy. (So take that crazy people.)
And Lauren also thinks that her Sophomore year is exactly like her first grade year. Everyone is running around and kissing each other. It's weird....
Lauren also is obsessed with boys. She told me so herself. But just now she told me that she's not. So now I'm confused....again.
I would also like to mention Lauren's gorgeous, naturally curly hair which she doesn't appreciate. But everyone else on this planet wishes that they had it. So Lauren, shut up. You have amazing hair.
It may also be relevent to say that Lauren, who may not be as brown as Devin, is quite as accomplished as he is. I mean come on. It took him 10 stupid minutes to think of a come back. It wasn't even a good one, but he thought it was pretty good so ya.
And, going to our reporter, Lauren Heperi, who is out in the field right now. Lauren?
Why thank you Rachel. And, might I add, that while Devin (who wishes he was as cool as I am) may be browner than me on the outside, on the inside he is just a greenie. :D (In other words, he has no idea what it really means to be polynesian.) And.... moving on. :D
As it was previously said, I am NOT obsessed with boys. Like I said, Sophomore year is a lot like first grade, and I'm pretty convinced that all the boys at our school have cooties. (I mean, come on. It's either that or they have rabies...) And, that concludes this edition of....
THE STATE OF THE UNION
See ya next time folks!! :D
(Lauren would also like to add that she is prettier than all the freshman s. :D)
(Rachel would like to reply to that by saying that she isn't. I am prettier than all the freshman, Junior, ans Senior s. Lauren, you can just over rule the Sophmores. ok? I think that's pretty much settled.)
(Ha. You suck at typing. That has to prove I'm prettier, smarter, and funnier. :D Maybe you should start a new poll of who people think are prettier. I'd win. :D And, it's Sophomores, moron!! ((I mean, really nice, nice who feeds me after school. :D)) And that settles it. :D)
(I don't care how you spell it. You knew what I meant. You're right. I do suck at typing. But it's ok. That's why you love me. jk. This is fun, I'm making you wait forever while I try to type something. (notice the word "try") It also needs be said that you don't know how to remember names. Lol. It's funny how you can't remember the name of the guy I like. You thought it was Tabias Griner. :D You're sad. I like the idea of the poll. We'll put you, me, Devin, and Mikel on there. Just for kicks. I would laugh if one of the boys won.)
(Lauren died, because Rachel took so long typing that. And Devin wouldn't win. Neither would Mikel. I WOULD WIN!!!!!!! And that's the end of it. ((And if Devin was pretty, that'd mean he was femmy, and that'd scare me.)) So there. But, now I have to go to piano. ((cough, cough, sucks, cough)) Tootles!!)
*the/hottest/girl/in/school has signed off*
(Uh Lauren, I beg to differ on that point. I actually believe that I am going to win! After all, this is my blog, and I run it. I am the one that puts on all the wicked pictures and does that awesome background and everything like that. So that obviously prooves that I am going to win. And I thought it might be good to point out that I have the most amazing braces smile in the universe. So that totally makes the score 1 million - 0, and I'm the one winning. Lol)
(Oh Rachel! I totally agree with you. I mean, you are obviously the better one of the two of us. I'm beautiful and smart and funny, but you are all these things and more! You are organized, dependable, you give food to the needy (me!), amazing, and unbelievable! I could never be all these things. :D)
(Oh stop it Lauren! You're making me blush! I may be better at somethings, but you are so much better at something than I am. You are great at making sarcastic comments, you don't fear anything, you are so stubborn (in a good way, like you never give into anything that you don't want to do). I could never be as good as you are at those things.)
(You know Rachel, you are right about that. I am stubborn, but you've sure changed my mind about the results of this poll. I now realize that you are the obvious winner. So therefore, I have nothing more to say on this matter. I have spoken: RACHEL COVERT WILL WIN!!!!)
(I'm glad you've had a change of heart.)
*the/hottest/girl/in/the/universe has signed off*
Thanks for reading this STATE OF THE UNION broadcast
Please note that the views expressed on this program were strictly those of the reporters, and not of blogspot.com.
When voting, please take into account the comments of the candidates.
The Current State of the Union
with your host, Rachel Covert. (Accompanied by Lauren Heperi. :D)
(Wtf???? What's with the Christmas colors? That's messed!! It's not even Halloween yet!!!!)with your host, Rachel Covert. (Accompanied by Lauren Heperi. :D)
Lauren is the hottest, most desirable, prettiest, spunkiest, funniest, cutest, and all around best person in the world. (No, the entire universe!!!!!!) She's WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than all those other crazy s at Provo High and she doesn't need a guy to make her happy. (So take that crazy people.)
And Lauren also thinks that her Sophomore year is exactly like her first grade year. Everyone is running around and kissing each other. It's weird....
Lauren also is obsessed with boys. She told me so herself. But just now she told me that she's not. So now I'm confused....again.
I would also like to mention Lauren's gorgeous, naturally curly hair which she doesn't appreciate. But everyone else on this planet wishes that they had it. So Lauren, shut up. You have amazing hair.
It may also be relevent to say that Lauren, who may not be as brown as Devin, is quite as accomplished as he is. I mean come on. It took him 10 stupid minutes to think of a come back. It wasn't even a good one, but he thought it was pretty good so ya.
And, going to our reporter, Lauren Heperi, who is out in the field right now. Lauren?
Why thank you Rachel. And, might I add, that while Devin (who wishes he was as cool as I am) may be browner than me on the outside, on the inside he is just a greenie. :D (In other words, he has no idea what it really means to be polynesian.) And.... moving on. :D
As it was previously said, I am NOT obsessed with boys. Like I said, Sophomore year is a lot like first grade, and I'm pretty convinced that all the boys at our school have cooties. (I mean, come on. It's either that or they have rabies...) And, that concludes this edition of....
THE STATE OF THE UNION
See ya next time folks!! :D
(Lauren would also like to add that she is prettier than all the freshman s. :D)
(Rachel would like to reply to that by saying that she isn't. I am prettier than all the freshman, Junior, ans Senior s. Lauren, you can just over rule the Sophmores. ok? I think that's pretty much settled.)
(Ha. You suck at typing. That has to prove I'm prettier, smarter, and funnier. :D Maybe you should start a new poll of who people think are prettier. I'd win. :D And, it's Sophomores, moron!! ((I mean, really nice, nice who feeds me after school. :D)) And that settles it. :D)
(I don't care how you spell it. You knew what I meant. You're right. I do suck at typing. But it's ok. That's why you love me. jk. This is fun, I'm making you wait forever while I try to type something. (notice the word "try") It also needs be said that you don't know how to remember names. Lol. It's funny how you can't remember the name of the guy I like. You thought it was Tabias Griner. :D You're sad. I like the idea of the poll. We'll put you, me, Devin, and Mikel on there. Just for kicks. I would laugh if one of the boys won.)
(Lauren died, because Rachel took so long typing that. And Devin wouldn't win. Neither would Mikel. I WOULD WIN!!!!!!! And that's the end of it. ((And if Devin was pretty, that'd mean he was femmy, and that'd scare me.)) So there. But, now I have to go to piano. ((cough, cough, sucks, cough)) Tootles!!)
*the/hottest/girl/in/school has signed off*
(Uh Lauren, I beg to differ on that point. I actually believe that I am going to win! After all, this is my blog, and I run it. I am the one that puts on all the wicked pictures and does that awesome background and everything like that. So that obviously prooves that I am going to win. And I thought it might be good to point out that I have the most amazing braces smile in the universe. So that totally makes the score 1 million - 0, and I'm the one winning. Lol)
(Oh Rachel! I totally agree with you. I mean, you are obviously the better one of the two of us. I'm beautiful and smart and funny, but you are all these things and more! You are organized, dependable, you give food to the needy (me!), amazing, and unbelievable! I could never be all these things. :D)
(Oh stop it Lauren! You're making me blush! I may be better at somethings, but you are so much better at something than I am. You are great at making sarcastic comments, you don't fear anything, you are so stubborn (in a good way, like you never give into anything that you don't want to do). I could never be as good as you are at those things.)
(You know Rachel, you are right about that. I am stubborn, but you've sure changed my mind about the results of this poll. I now realize that you are the obvious winner. So therefore, I have nothing more to say on this matter. I have spoken: RACHEL COVERT WILL WIN!!!!)
(I'm glad you've had a change of heart.)
*the/hottest/girl/in/the/universe has signed off*
Thanks for reading this STATE OF THE UNION broadcast
Please note that the views expressed on this program were strictly those of the reporters, and not of blogspot.com.
When voting, please take into account the comments of the candidates.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
DON'T FORGET!!!!
Hey guys! Don't forget to vote for who your favorite singer is. It's on the right, down. . .down. . . down. . . down. . . There you go! As you can probably see, Taylor Swift is winning. but if you don't think she should win, then vote for the person who you think should win. You only have until Halloween to vote, then I'll be announcing the winner!
-Rachel
-Rachel
Phone Calls and Quests
Hey guys! Guess what?! Keila called me the other day! I talked to her for about a half hour actually. I found out that her birthday is on October 30th, or Halloween eve. So I'm going to send her a present from all of the young women in our ward. We're going to send her a group picture of all of us, a card signed by all of us, snickers, and gum (because she told me gum id her favorite thing). So ya! If you don't know who Keila is, she's the in the picture on the right. She is in foster care. She was in a family in our ward, and she became one of our best friends. She isn't LDS, but she came to young women's and church, and she really liked it. She also came with us to 's Camp. She was so amazing! Keila is one of the nicest, sweetest s you'll ever meet. Now she lives in West Jordan, in a s' Home. She goes to young women's evry week with the s in her neighborhood, and she has made good friends there. She also informed me tha she has a crush on a boy that is one of her friends. She described him as hard working, nice, funny, and cute. So anyway, we all miss her, and hope that she can visit us sometime soon!
Hmmm. . . what else is there to talk about. . . OH YA!!
So yesterday, Elise Reidelbach and I went to the mall to get shirts for choir. I found one in JCPenny. But Elise didn't find one that she liked, and we went through every single clothing store in the mall! We were there for about 2 and a half hours. Anyway, I hope she finds one before our choir concert on Wednesday.
When I got home yesterday, my mom was watching this thing on the History Channel about D-day. It was actually pretty interesting. It was like an actual movie, not a documentary. But after a while I got kinda confused, because I didn't know who the characters were and stuff. So my dad and I went in their room and watched Madagascar on his laptop. It was fun. I love that movie! It's hilarious!!!
Ya. . . what else. . . oh yes! I also made dinner for my mom and I last night. (My dad wanted a PB&J sandwich so I didn't make any for him.) I made spaghetti, and garlic bread. I made the garlic bread with english muffins. They were really good! And so was the spaghetti. I just needed to cook the spaghetti for another minute, then it would have been perfect. Ya. So it really pays off to watch the Food Network. I love Rachael Ray and this one show called Cooking with the Neelys. I love to cook now! Especially when I end up cooking something that actually tastes like food. Lol.
Anyway. . . tomorrow in English, we have to take a song that we think is poetic. I'm not sure what I'm going to take. I'm thinking that I might take Angel by Sarah Mclaughlin. It's a really pretty song and I think it wounds pretty poetic. You might not think so, but Chad Camp is doing It's My Life by Bon Jovi. Now you tell me which you think would be more poetic. Personally I think mine would be.
Well, I've got to go get ready for church. Talk to ya later!
-Rachel
Hmmm. . . what else is there to talk about. . . OH YA!!
So yesterday, Elise Reidelbach and I went to the mall to get shirts for choir. I found one in JCPenny. But Elise didn't find one that she liked, and we went through every single clothing store in the mall! We were there for about 2 and a half hours. Anyway, I hope she finds one before our choir concert on Wednesday.
When I got home yesterday, my mom was watching this thing on the History Channel about D-day. It was actually pretty interesting. It was like an actual movie, not a documentary. But after a while I got kinda confused, because I didn't know who the characters were and stuff. So my dad and I went in their room and watched Madagascar on his laptop. It was fun. I love that movie! It's hilarious!!!
Ya. . . what else. . . oh yes! I also made dinner for my mom and I last night. (My dad wanted a PB&J sandwich so I didn't make any for him.) I made spaghetti, and garlic bread. I made the garlic bread with english muffins. They were really good! And so was the spaghetti. I just needed to cook the spaghetti for another minute, then it would have been perfect. Ya. So it really pays off to watch the Food Network. I love Rachael Ray and this one show called Cooking with the Neelys. I love to cook now! Especially when I end up cooking something that actually tastes like food. Lol.
Anyway. . . tomorrow in English, we have to take a song that we think is poetic. I'm not sure what I'm going to take. I'm thinking that I might take Angel by Sarah Mclaughlin. It's a really pretty song and I think it wounds pretty poetic. You might not think so, but Chad Camp is doing It's My Life by Bon Jovi. Now you tell me which you think would be more poetic. Personally I think mine would be.
Well, I've got to go get ready for church. Talk to ya later!
-Rachel
Saturday, October 18, 2008
My Crazy (at the moment) Life
IT"S UEA!!! I love UEA. I have got to sleep in for 3 days in a row! And I've hung out with my friends and my parents a lot. It's been a ton of fun! On thursday my mom took me shopping all over for a stupid outfit for choir. And we're still not finished with it! We can't find a long sleeved white shirt that goes all that way to your wrists. Guess that's not really the style. 3/4 sleeves is what's stylish right now apparently. So anyway, my mom is going to take Elise and I to go look for one. (Elise is in choir too and she can't find a shirt either.)
So at the mall on thursday I got these awesome boots! They look like mocassins and they're a really pretty carmel color. They're really comfortable too. They feel like slippers kind of.
So I think I'm becoming more and more obsessed with the guy I like. I'll probably not have a crush him next week, knowing me, but at the moment I do. He's so funny and nice. And he actually talks to me! I feel so special when he does. Lol. I know it sounds stupid, but it's true.
Right now I'm reading a book called The Yearbook. It's LDS literature, so of course it's really good. Anyway, this named Michaela likes this guy, Ethan. And they've known each other for forever. So she really likes him. And they're in the same english class. Their teacher gives them an assignment of an autobiography, and they have to start clear back from the first thing they remember. Well, Michaela was reading Ethan's paper right before he turned his in. And it started off talking about kindergarten. He said that there was this really cute in his kindergarten class named Michaela. She had just read that when he took it back from her and told her that there was personal stuff in there (while turning bright red.) So after class started, he leaned forward and whispered in her ear that he still thought she was really cute. AAAH!!! How awesome is that? Anyway, I reccommend this book to everyone! It's good so far and I'm only on page 32 or something. Ya, it's so cute. Wouldn't that be so amazing if that actually happened to you?
Well, Shanna was over last night cuz I was home alone and I like to hang out with people when I'm alone at night. Or else I get freaked out sometimes. So anyway, we made english muffin pizzas and garlic bread. It was so delicious! Then we played the guitar for a long time. It was way fun. We figured out how to play Love Story by Taylor Swift, Just a Dream by Carrie Underwood, and This is Me by Demi Lovato. It was a blast!
A couple days ago I wrote a song called Who I Am. It's about finding out who you really are. I was actually tracing myself on my mirror with a dry erase marker at the time, and that's how I got the idea for the song. Here are the lyrics:
It just seems hard to find out who I am
I've tried every look and attitude
But no matter what I change
It all comes down to what I choose.
And I feel lost and alone
(Chorus) I feel like I'm tracing myself down on paper
To look at how I could be me
And as I look, I look deeper on the inside
And see all I can be.
So I'm changing my ways
I think I finally understand who I am.
Sometimes it's like I'm putting on a show
and everyone thinks it's really me.
But the truth is that I don't know myself
as well as people seem to think.
So I feel lost and alone.
(Chorus)
Someday you'll find your true self
And you won't need to try to be like anyone else.
(Chorus)
Ya. So is you're ever writing a song, write it on a mirror. It works really good!
Don't you guys just love autumn? I don't yet. I still wish it was hot outside. If I actually saw the leaves changing or something then maybe I'd like it. But I haven't really seen much of that yet.
Tomorrow is Jeff Johnson's farewell. All of their cousins are going to be there apparently. It will be fun. Their cousins are going to be going to our classes and stuff from what I understood from Rachel and Susie.
Lol. This is the most random post ever. Oh well!
I gotta go get ready to start my day, so ttyl! And remember that it's your choice to be happy. Try to be in a good mood today, and I will too. See ya!
-Rachel
So at the mall on thursday I got these awesome boots! They look like mocassins and they're a really pretty carmel color. They're really comfortable too. They feel like slippers kind of.
So I think I'm becoming more and more obsessed with the guy I like. I'll probably not have a crush him next week, knowing me, but at the moment I do. He's so funny and nice. And he actually talks to me! I feel so special when he does. Lol. I know it sounds stupid, but it's true.
Right now I'm reading a book called The Yearbook. It's LDS literature, so of course it's really good. Anyway, this named Michaela likes this guy, Ethan. And they've known each other for forever. So she really likes him. And they're in the same english class. Their teacher gives them an assignment of an autobiography, and they have to start clear back from the first thing they remember. Well, Michaela was reading Ethan's paper right before he turned his in. And it started off talking about kindergarten. He said that there was this really cute in his kindergarten class named Michaela. She had just read that when he took it back from her and told her that there was personal stuff in there (while turning bright red.) So after class started, he leaned forward and whispered in her ear that he still thought she was really cute. AAAH!!! How awesome is that? Anyway, I reccommend this book to everyone! It's good so far and I'm only on page 32 or something. Ya, it's so cute. Wouldn't that be so amazing if that actually happened to you?
Well, Shanna was over last night cuz I was home alone and I like to hang out with people when I'm alone at night. Or else I get freaked out sometimes. So anyway, we made english muffin pizzas and garlic bread. It was so delicious! Then we played the guitar for a long time. It was way fun. We figured out how to play Love Story by Taylor Swift, Just a Dream by Carrie Underwood, and This is Me by Demi Lovato. It was a blast!
A couple days ago I wrote a song called Who I Am. It's about finding out who you really are. I was actually tracing myself on my mirror with a dry erase marker at the time, and that's how I got the idea for the song. Here are the lyrics:
It just seems hard to find out who I am
I've tried every look and attitude
But no matter what I change
It all comes down to what I choose.
And I feel lost and alone
(Chorus) I feel like I'm tracing myself down on paper
To look at how I could be me
And as I look, I look deeper on the inside
And see all I can be.
So I'm changing my ways
I think I finally understand who I am.
Sometimes it's like I'm putting on a show
and everyone thinks it's really me.
But the truth is that I don't know myself
as well as people seem to think.
So I feel lost and alone.
(Chorus)
Someday you'll find your true self
And you won't need to try to be like anyone else.
(Chorus)
Ya. So is you're ever writing a song, write it on a mirror. It works really good!
Don't you guys just love autumn? I don't yet. I still wish it was hot outside. If I actually saw the leaves changing or something then maybe I'd like it. But I haven't really seen much of that yet.
Tomorrow is Jeff Johnson's farewell. All of their cousins are going to be there apparently. It will be fun. Their cousins are going to be going to our classes and stuff from what I understood from Rachel and Susie.
Lol. This is the most random post ever. Oh well!
I gotta go get ready to start my day, so ttyl! And remember that it's your choice to be happy. Try to be in a good mood today, and I will too. See ya!
-Rachel
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Hey guys! What's up? So today I babysat for the Strauss's for 2 hours. And now I'm babysitting for my aunt's friend. Her kids were actually already in bed when I got here so they said I could use the computer, watch tv or do whatever. So basically I'm doing whatever what I want for about 3 hours. It's pretty nice actually. It's kinda boring but relaxing at the same time. They have those Scentsy candle things, and so their house smells really good.
I keep thinking I'm hearing car doors slam outside their house. Lol.
So. . . . what to talk about. . . . Oh yeah! So I saw the guy I like in Seminary today, and I basically got to look at him for an hour. But don't worry. I wasn't staring at him the whole time. I just sneaked glances at him every now and then.
So have you guys ever thought about what it would be like to be famous? Everyone thinks it's oh so amazing. And i guess it would be pretty sweet! But when you really think about it, it's not all that great. They have reporters and photographers following them everywhere. There are always stories floating around about them that are hardly ever true. I'm sure they loose some of their friends because they don't have enough time to spend with them, and a lot of them loose moral standards too. So basically what I'm trying to say is that being famous wouldn't be all that wonderful. You'd never get any time for yourself, and friends are a ridiculous thing to trade for fortune and fame.
Have you noticed that every year, UEA gets shorter and shorter? I think last year we got Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off. This year it's just Thursday and Friday. It kind of makes me mad in a way. But what I really wanted to say is that I DO NOT want to wake up early tomorrow. I hate school right now! I wish we could have school at like 9 instead of 7:30. I am definitely not a morning person.
I do like having consultation schedule though. It's nice to be able to go home early and relax.
I am really tired! I wish I could just lay down and go to sleep. But I won't because I would be kind of embarrassed if they walked in and I was laying, sprawled out on the couch. Lol. That would actually be really funny if that happened.
Well, I can't think of anything else to say so I'm going to go.
-Rachel
Monday, October 13, 2008
Crushes & School
Some of you might know that I had a crush on L.J. Well, that's not the case anymore! I have a crush on someone else now. but I'm not going to say who it is. So ha! He's tall and handsome but not dark like L.J. Oh well! He's still really cute. He's also really nice and funny. So there you go.
You probably noticed that I changed the background on my blog. Well duh! It's no longer summer so I can't have bright colors and flowers. People, it's cold outside! Have you not noticed how you freeze every time you step out the front door of your house? It's called the beginning of winter where the world goes pale and white and cold. It's just the way it is.
So I've started to go running. I run outside even though it's cold because I think that fresh air is supposed to be better for your exercising. But when it starts to snow I'll run inside.
So do any of you just doing your chores when you're listening to your ipod with your headphones in? Especially when your doing the dishes? I mean you get soapy water all over your headphones. So to prevent this, I'm going to buy those speaker things that you can hook your ipod up to. That way, the cord on my headphones won't get in my way and stuff. I'm either going to get those or an iDog thing. They're those really cute little things that look like dogs and they play your music, they light up, and they dance. They're so cute!
Anyway, today I had a test in Physics and Math. I think I completely ed the Physics one. But I think I might have actually done ok on the Math one. WE'll see. And today I forgot my calculater (which was really stupid of me, seeing that I needed it for both of my tests), so I had to use Chad's in Physics, and Brittany Dewey's in Math. Then in Spanish we had a sub. Mr. Macevoy left no instructions for our class, so the T.A. had to call him. It turned out that we had to fill out new flashcards and do a worksheets. No one new what any of the words for the flashcards were so we didn't even end up doing those, and the worksheet took me about 2 minutes to do. So I just chilled and stuff for a little bit, but then the sub decided to test our geography skills. That was interesting.
For English on next Monday, I need to take a song that's poetic. Do you guys have any ideas?
Well, I have to go.
-Rachel
You probably noticed that I changed the background on my blog. Well duh! It's no longer summer so I can't have bright colors and flowers. People, it's cold outside! Have you not noticed how you freeze every time you step out the front door of your house? It's called the beginning of winter where the world goes pale and white and cold. It's just the way it is.
So I've started to go running. I run outside even though it's cold because I think that fresh air is supposed to be better for your exercising. But when it starts to snow I'll run inside.
So do any of you just doing your chores when you're listening to your ipod with your headphones in? Especially when your doing the dishes? I mean you get soapy water all over your headphones. So to prevent this, I'm going to buy those speaker things that you can hook your ipod up to. That way, the cord on my headphones won't get in my way and stuff. I'm either going to get those or an iDog thing. They're those really cute little things that look like dogs and they play your music, they light up, and they dance. They're so cute!
Anyway, today I had a test in Physics and Math. I think I completely ed the Physics one. But I think I might have actually done ok on the Math one. WE'll see. And today I forgot my calculater (which was really stupid of me, seeing that I needed it for both of my tests), so I had to use Chad's in Physics, and Brittany Dewey's in Math. Then in Spanish we had a sub. Mr. Macevoy left no instructions for our class, so the T.A. had to call him. It turned out that we had to fill out new flashcards and do a worksheets. No one new what any of the words for the flashcards were so we didn't even end up doing those, and the worksheet took me about 2 minutes to do. So I just chilled and stuff for a little bit, but then the sub decided to test our geography skills. That was interesting.
For English on next Monday, I need to take a song that's poetic. Do you guys have any ideas?
Well, I have to go.
-Rachel
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Undefeated!!!
Hey guys! Last night I babysat for the bonds (aka two of the cutest kids on the planet) and after they went to bed I watched the BYU football game! When I started watching it there was about 10 minutes on the clock. Anyway, I thought Utah State was going to win a couple of times. But when we won, I was so happy! BYU is still undefeated this season. So go BYU!!!
Anyway, as I was watching the first session of General Conference today, I got really excited when they said that President Uchtdorf was going to give a talk because he is my favorite speaker! His accent and his voice all together is just so attention capturing. He also brings such a spirit when he talks. I loved it when he gave a definition of hope. I always thought of hope just for things that aren't spiritual, but now I see that faith and hope work together. This was something pretty interesting to me.
Shanna is supposed to come over around 1 so that we can work on our power point for English.
Oh ya, I heard that PHS got clobbered again. That's sad. Come on bulldogs! We need to step up and show 'em that we can't be beat!!!
Let's think. . . . interesting things in my life. . . . oh ya! I wrote a song a little while ago, and some of the parts sounded really weird, and yesterday I fixed it! So now the song sounds pretty good. I've written 11 songs so far, and hopefully soon, I'll be going to a recording studio to record a CD for people for Christmas. I'm way excited! I hope I can write at least one more song before then though.
It's raining! It's been raining for about 4 hours I think. I love the rain right now cuz I feel like staying inside all day today! I love the smell of rain too. When we had a swamp cooler, you could stand in the hall and smell the rain. I loved it, but now we have ac so. . . . ya.
Anyway, I have to go!
-Rachel
Anyway, as I was watching the first session of General Conference today, I got really excited when they said that President Uchtdorf was going to give a talk because he is my favorite speaker! His accent and his voice all together is just so attention capturing. He also brings such a spirit when he talks. I loved it when he gave a definition of hope. I always thought of hope just for things that aren't spiritual, but now I see that faith and hope work together. This was something pretty interesting to me.
Shanna is supposed to come over around 1 so that we can work on our power point for English.
Oh ya, I heard that PHS got clobbered again. That's sad. Come on bulldogs! We need to step up and show 'em that we can't be beat!!!
Let's think. . . . interesting things in my life. . . . oh ya! I wrote a song a little while ago, and some of the parts sounded really weird, and yesterday I fixed it! So now the song sounds pretty good. I've written 11 songs so far, and hopefully soon, I'll be going to a recording studio to record a CD for people for Christmas. I'm way excited! I hope I can write at least one more song before then though.
It's raining! It's been raining for about 4 hours I think. I love the rain right now cuz I feel like staying inside all day today! I love the smell of rain too. When we had a swamp cooler, you could stand in the hall and smell the rain. I loved it, but now we have ac so. . . . ya.
Anyway, I have to go!
-Rachel
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
My First Post!
This is freakin awesome! I love having a blog! This is my first post ever on my own blog. Believe in me, the title of my blog, is not something I randomly thought up. It is the title of one of my favorite songs by Demi Lovato. And the website, perfect in unusual ways, is a line from that song that I really like! Anyway, you guys are welcome to post comments to my posts cuz I have no life, and I'll probably reply to your comments if I can.
So today, I saw the guy I like, 3 times! How cool is that? I can truly say that my crush is tall dark and handsome because he's polynesian!
I'm really bored right now. I just finished my homework that I was supposed to turn into english on Tuesday. I hope Mr. Moore accepts late work!
So I was soooooooooooo happy when I saw the Office on Thursday! Jim proposed to Pam! YAY! Finally! It's on again tomorrow night. Apparently I missed Chuck on on Monday. I'm very sad that I missed it.
Well, I have nothing more to say so..... ya! talk to ya guys later!
-Rachel
So today, I saw the guy I like, 3 times! How cool is that? I can truly say that my crush is tall dark and handsome because he's polynesian!
I'm really bored right now. I just finished my homework that I was supposed to turn into english on Tuesday. I hope Mr. Moore accepts late work!
So I was soooooooooooo happy when I saw the Office on Thursday! Jim proposed to Pam! YAY! Finally! It's on again tomorrow night. Apparently I missed Chuck on on Monday. I'm very sad that I missed it.
Well, I have nothing more to say so..... ya! talk to ya guys later!
-Rachel
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