by Rachel on March 17, 2012
So, big news! D and I are officially homeowners! That’s right! We decided to bite the bullet and buy the biggest investment of our lives. Oh sure, we are now hundreds of thousands of dollars in the hole, but you guys- a house! That we can do whatever we want to! It is fairly obvious [...]
by Rachel on July 25, 2011
So, it seems as if my little beagle dog has FINALLY really gotten the hang of house training. Yahoo! Let me backtrack a little….when we first got her, for the first week or so, she had NO accidents, leading me to believe that she was already house trained. Well…no. After that initial week, she had [...]
by Rachel on October 28, 2009
As some of you know, my sister V was in basic training a few months ago- I hadn’t seen her since August! Well, now she is out! We got to go to her basic training graduation and family day last week! The long weekend of fun got started last Wednesday with a drive to South [...]
by Rachel on September 27, 2009
If everything goes according to plan, I will be wrapping up my little tango with higher education in May. Well, the undergraduate part anyway. I’ve decided to go to grad school. I’m not sure if I’m just a glutton for punishment or what, but I can honestly say that I am excited about this path. [...]
by Rachel on September 7, 2009
Same sex marriages are now legal in Vermont. Ben and Jerry’s decided to commemorate the occasion by re-naming one of their ice cream flavors. Yay Vermont and Ben and Jerry’s. I think I’m going to go buy a couple dozen more pints of “Half Baked” Fro-yo.
by Rachel on August 7, 2009
Today I worked on the letters for V’s welcome home banner again. I now have all of “welcome” done! Hooray! I want to post a picture when I get everything cut out. I am really pleased with how the letters turned out so far. The only problem is that on some of them, you can [...]
by Rachel on July 31, 2009
Nanny Goats in Panties is giving away some suh-weet Rachael Ray cookware. Go here to enter! But you probably shouldn’t. I entered and I REALLY NEED SOME POTS AND PANS. Seriously y’all, a full set would be nice. My mama will thank you, because now I won’t have to run away with her pots and [...]
Ahem. Important news people. Are you ready for this? Ok. Good. I just finished my junior year of college on Tuesday. So…this makes me……… A COLLEGE SENIOR!!!!! I’m so thrilled!!!!! And I can’t believe it…it seems like just yesterday that I was graduating from high school…now I’m not that far from college graduation. Weird. I [...]
by Rachel on April 21, 2009
Wow, so Rachel+School=No Posts. Thankfully (THANKFULLY) this whole mess learning experience is about to come to a conclusion (for the summer anyway) and I will effing rejoice be happy. Another reason for no posts (why do all I write about anymore is how I haven’t posted in awhile, sheesh.) is because I seem to have [...]
by Rachel on February 22, 2009
Books Read In 2009 1.” Possible Side Effects” by Augusten Burroughs 2. “Sellevision” by Augusten Burroughs 3. “A Wolf At The Table” by Augusten Burroughs 4. * “Ramona The Pest” by Beverly Cleary* ( My mom first read this to me when I was five years old. I love children’s literature.) 5.*”Beezus and Ramona” by [...]