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Rachel

Prayer, not Pancakes.

About Me

My life, as most people's, consists of many random moments dotted with a couple of planned ones. Two of the biggest of those few planned moments thus far have been my wedding to my amazing husband, Tim, in June of 2003; and the birth of my little boy, Tobias James on August 26, 2006. Besides finding my faith, those are the two biggest and most beautiful moments of my life. I have nothing to complain about, yet I still do at times. I am learning to be happy where I am, and not wasting my time trying to be like someone else. It took me a long time to get to that point. If I had large amounts of focus and drive (which I am also working on), I would spend most of my time pushing myself at the art of music. My piano, guitar, and vocal skills are lacking, compared to what they could have been. So now with all of my free time as a stay-at-home-mom, I'm trying to start spending it on music...music with a goal of pure, unadulterated, non-performance oriented worship. I enjoy it, but that's not the point. I am trying to change my frame of mind on worship to that of servanthood. I am fascinated by the word "church", and what its definition is to me, in my head. Rather than the place that makes many people cringe, it is a place of solace for me, and many times is found in a person's home with a small gathering of people. I am excited to smash every preconception that I have of most things in life. I want to know truth. The typical "high school" scene fascinates me, but I avoid it at all costs, knowing the mental and emotional damage that can erupt from that life. I am trying to learn to be open to all people, knowing that we were told that LOVE is the greatest of all things, and we must show it to everyone: enemies, friends, strangers, sick, downtrodden, rejected....because thinking that we are any different is the pride that will come before our fall.
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My Interests

I spend a lot of time playing music...singing and playing music as intercession, playing music in my car every time I'm in it, singing out loud any non-awkward chance I have, playing piano/guitar and singing while writing my own music, playing piano and singing at church...yeah you get the idea. I love music. It is my therapy, my out, my expression, my worship, my pride, my joy, my angst...OTHER than music, my interests are: God-things (church, bible-thumping, intercession, stuff like that), toting my sone Tobi around with me everywhere and showing off his cute-ness, spending uber amounts of time with my husband Tim, Knitting (oh yes, I'm for REAL), and.....oh wow, I'm boring...cant think of anything that doesn't have to do with music. Hmm...

I'd like to meet:

Jon Foreman - what an amazing person (I'm jealous), Lou Engle, anyone that has no choice but to live in a third-world country so as to wake me up out of my life of conformity and materialism and realize that there's more to life than cash-money, and last but certainly not least, Jesus! Oh wait, I've already met Him...in fact, He has captured my heart....

Music:

Keller Williams, Jack Johnson, some good ol' Rage, Jamie Cullum, Switchfoot, Blindside, Flyleaf, any Ratpack schtuff, my music, Misty Edwards, Rita Springer, Copeland, Chevelle, Enter the Worship Circle Stuff, Ben Pasley, Jars of Clay, David Crowder band, Suzy Wills-Yaraei [thank you ashley for spelling] (and the entire MorningStar Band), Kelanie Gloeckler, Led Zepplin, THE BEATLES, e.l.o., dum dog run, paramore, Beethoven, Motzart, Liszt, Chopin (and anything else that sounds amazing on the keys), the list goes on and on...Dirty Second Hands

Movies:

The Passion of the Christ, Zoolander, Adam Sandler everything (especially Billy Madison), The Ten Commandments (Charlton Heston = stud), Chris Farley everything (especially Tommy Boy), Snatch, Shao Lin Soccer, Kung Fu Hustle, Hero, House of Flying Daggers (yes, I like Asian movies), of COURSE all of the Lord of the Rings movies...Wow, after lookin at that list, I'm pretty boring and typical...

Television:

is the DEVIL

Books:

The Bible (don't act like you didn't see that one coming), anything by Frank Perretti (especially "The Oath"), Red Moon Rising...hmm, so i guess either i don't read much or i have a horrible memory.

Heroes:

Jesus, Lou Engle, Mike Bickle, Bob Jones, my parents, my husband, and that's all I can think of for now.
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To Write Love on Her Arms

I just read something that made me cry. The sudden burden that has hit my heart is so painful, I don't know what to do with it but pray, and hope my life is changed in some way by it. I want you all ...
Posted by Rachel on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:08:00 PST

Personal growth...

I realized I haven't blogged in a while, so I thought I would try and jot down some of my thoughts.Life...it's amazing. I'm learning that I need to seize every moment for what it is worth, and not jus...
Posted by Rachel on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:17:00 PST

Yay for babies! Someone's preggo...

Okay, stop hyperventalating! It's not me... It's my sis in law, Alana! I'm gonna be an AUNT! And this little baby is going to have a birthday VERY close to Tobi's! Tobi is finally going to get a playm...
Posted by Rachel on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:05:00 PST

My little monster is growing up!

Well, Tobias is officially a big baby. Okay, so he's "officially" been a big baby for a while, but he is STILL officially a big baby. We took him to his 4 month check up (he'll be 4 months day after C...
Posted by Rachel on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 09:03:00 PST

Feelin fat...I hate the media!

Ladies, relate with me on this for a second. I should be happy with how I look, right? I had a baby 3 months ago, and I've lost over 30 pounds from the pregnancy. Yet, I look in the mirror and hate wh...
Posted by Rachel on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:57:00 PST

PANIC!

And I'm not talking about "at the disco"...I mean REAL panic...the panic that ensues when you have a million things to do and you don't know where (or want) to start.... Which then leads to my ar...
Posted by Rachel on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 07:56:00 PST

Broke and Happy

So really...Money isn't everything. Do you need it to live life here in America? Yes. Do you need a lot of it to be happy? No. In fact, sometimes I find myself in worse shape when we have MORE money. ...
Posted by Rachel on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:36:00 PST

Tobi is a little CHUNK!! More stories of motherhood...

My little boy is making me really happy and breaking my heart all at the same time...how? well, today was his 2 month checkup, even though he's only 7 weeks tomorrow. So, why does that matter? Vaccine...
Posted by Rachel on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 08:39:00 PST

Experiencing Motherhood

So things are a little different now than they were three weeks ago. Three weeks ago... I was getting 9 hours of uninterrupted sleep every night. I didn't have to worry about finding time to work ou...
Posted by Rachel on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:25:00 PST

The story of baby's arrival...

Well, we are now officially parents to the cutest little baby... But the story about getting there is a little funny... I have to preface this by saying how I was planning on having this baby as natur...
Posted by Rachel on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:10:00 PST