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Rachel

It isn't for the moment you are stuck that you need courage, but for the long uphill climb back to s

About Me

2005- The beginning of the NEW Rachel. It started when I got my heart broken in Feb but it enabled me to finally begin taking steps to get my teaching certificate. I started substituting in Feb and then went back to school in May- earning 24 credits in 7 months. 2006- I earned another 25 credits in 9 months. Went to OBX for the first time and met awesome people. Donated 13" of hair to Locks for Love. Designed and painted my first murals while I was in school full-time AND working as a long term sub. 2007- 17 credits more. OBX again. I watched 5 awesome girls give birth to 5 beautiful babies. Got into the education program- finally. 2008- Mini 10 year HS reunion with my girls in Jan. Cherry Blossom Festival with Brian and Tim in April. OBX in May. Visiting my Natalie in August. Working my ass off all summer so I can graduate in May of 09. Going back to school in Sept to finish my degree.LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF MY LIFE.

My Interests

Riding my bike, playing with my kids, spending as much time as possible with friends and family, getting my degree, photography, scrapbooking This slideshow is a selection of scenery pictures that I have taken over the past couple of years. It is in desperate need of updating, I will get to that some day. This slide show is a display of some pictures of my favorite people and fabulous memories. This one also needs to be updated. It is on my "TO DO" list. :)

I'd like to meet:

Maya Angelo- she is an amazing writer and speaker

Music:


Create yours at BlingyBlob.com!

Movies:

I watch just about anything within reason. The last movie I watched was Clerks 2 before that it was Saw.

Television:

the news

Books:

Right now it is my spanish or technology integration textbook. I am also a huge HP fan and cannot wait for the next book.

Heroes:

Gram. Her strength and faith reminds me daily not to let life's trials and tribulations stop me from living my life. All of my girls who are the best friends I could ask for. Their support, love, and guidance has helped me to continue to strive to reach my goals.

My Blog

Hallam Creek

I've been wanting to get some nature water (creek, river, stream) pictures for a while but never find the time to do so or the weather does cooperate when I do have time. I went to a Baby Shower this...
Posted by Rachel on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:10:00 PST

Da Beach

As many of you know, last week I went to the Outer Banks with some friends. We had a small group this year, only 8 adults and 7 children (previous years were 14 children and 16 adults). While the we...
Posted by Rachel on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:23:00 PST

Cherry Blossom Festival......

...... cold and rainy style. Up until 36 hours before we had planned to go it was supposed to be partly sunny and 65 degrees. Saturday morning when we woke up there was 60% chance of rain until 1PM....
Posted by Rachel on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:41:00 PST

Thanksgiving07 pics

I'm bored so I figured that I would post a blog of some pictures that I took over the recent holidays. All of the pictures are from Thanksgiving as I was not feeling very good over Christmas and did...
Posted by Rachel on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:19:00 PST

Washington DC 10/07

October 15th, a group of four of us traveled to Washington DC with the sole purpose being to photography the city.  Let me tell you we walked our asses off and nearly photographed the entire city...
Posted by Rachel on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:16:00 PST

Family Picnic 07/07

I went to a family picnic on Saturday and it really sucked BUT I did get some pictures that turned out somewhat decent. The sun was a little lower in the sky than I would have liked though. My aunt a...
Posted by Rachel on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:19:00 PST

Flowers- summer 07

Alright so I should have spent the morning reading for my class and working on my assignment that is due tomorrow but I had no ability to focus on it. SO what better thing to do to waste time than to ...
Posted by Rachel on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:05:00 PST

Fun weekend

Warning this blog is going to be a bit long but this past weekend was very eventful for me and I want to share it. Friday I went with a friend and her 2 children to Dutch Wonderland. I hadn't been t...
Posted by Rachel on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:17:00 PST

My murals

About 2 months ago I mentioned to a co-worker that I would love to paint murals on the wall of the nursery. Well she thought my ideas were a good idea and next thing I knew I was writing a 6 page prop...
Posted by Rachel on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 04:11:00 PST