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Rachel

rachburke

About Me


I enjoy life and love challenges.
I remind myself how lucky I am everyday and don't let stuff worry me.

Bit of an adrenalin junkie and love to drive or be in anything that goes fast. Have jumped out of a plane at 12,000 feet and went paragliding in New Zealand. Tried skiing in France (no snow in Ireland) and loved it and want to try snowboarding next.

Am always planning the next holiday.... :)

We're off to Poland and Malta in November!

My Interests

Being creative - I make and sell jewellery and different handcrafts in my own shop and also supply a few other shops. Working out. Figuring out what makes people tick. Writing. Reading. HANDBAGS. Cooking. And the latest is quilting.

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Travelling - any place, anytime, anywhere, any excuse. All you need is a credit card, toothbrush and a silver bikini! Have done the round-the-world thing 3 times. Love that feeling of freedom you get from travelling.

Have travelled to: Scotland, England, Wales, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belguim, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Singapore, Thailand, Fiji, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Hawaii.

In the States: San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Miami, Bahamas, New York, New Jersey, Denver and Rockies, Chicargo. In Canada: Toronto, Calgary, Banff, Jasper, Kamloops, Vancouver.

Love to buy something handmade or a picture by a local artist from the places we visit. Our house is stuffed with things we've brought back from different countries.

Would love to go to Alaska and up north to see the Northern Lights.

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I'd like to meet:


Shackleton, Crean, Scott, Laird Hamilton.

As you can tell by my most of the friends, I'm big into the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship). For those of you unfamiliar with the UFC: these mixed martial art fighters train 8 hours a day and fight in an enclosed octagon with a referee ensuring that the rules are followed.

Music:

A bit of everything: rock, pop, bluegrass, indie (MUNDY), classical, opera, music from other countries.

Movies:

Dramas, martial arts, comedy, true life stories, chick flicks, action, thrillers, but NOT scary films. Can't sleep for weeks after watching them.

Anything with Johnny Depp in it. Black and white films. Musicals - for the fab costumes.

Television:

Most seem to be reality shows:
Next top model, Project catwalk, The Cut, Fear Factor, UFC, Biggest Loser - I love observing human nature. Extreme sports tv. Fashion tv.

My Blog

2003 - TALES OF TRAVELS

THESE ARE FROM OUR TRAVELS IN 2003, JUST ME AND HUBBY THIS TIME. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subject: Hi from TasmaniaDate: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 03:58:15 +0000 G'day The weather here ...
Posted by Rachel on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:25:00 PST

SOME JOURNALS FROM OUR TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD, 2002

Myself and Padraig, the hubby, went travelling with our friends Bertie and Sean for about 2 months to Singapore, Sydney, New Zealand, Fiji, Hawaii, Canada in 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
Posted by Rachel on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:58:00 PST

UFC 72 - IT GOT REAL

The lights went out and the crowd went mental.  There was a great atmosphere in the Odssey.   Most bums were in seats from the get go, as the first 2 fights had loca...
Posted by Rachel on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:05:00 PST

IT'S NEARLY TIME FOR UFC 72

  We arrive early.  (See previous Blog and you'll know why.)  It's Saturday, 4.30pm and the doors open at 5.00pm.  Plenty of people milling outside the Odssey Arena, mostly guys.&n...
Posted by Rachel on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:58:00 PST

GETTING TO BELFAST FOR UFC 72

We were packed, the plants were watered, the house locked up, so the hubby and I left home on Thurs evening, starting the journey to Belfast for UFC 72.  CRASH!!  O...
Posted by Rachel on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:13:00 PST

UFC 65 fights

As it's mostly males that frequent the fights I was armed with my boots - no painted toenails in pretty sandals, as soon beer would be sloshed over them, plus I didn't want to break me neck falling do...
Posted by Rachel on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:33:00 PST

UFC 65 Weigh-ins

Just back a few days from the hols.  We bailed over to the states for ufc 65, was in Vegas for 2 weeks and New York for 5 days on the way back.  65 was on in Sacramento so flew down early F...
Posted by Rachel on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:08:00 PST

HOME ON THE RANCH....

It's so good to be home.  :)  Now don't get me wrong - I had a great time in Portugal; swam everyday, ate tons of grilled swordfish, lobbed on the factor 30 to sit in the sun, explored litt...
Posted by Rachel on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:54:00 PST

The floor's flat again

Yippee - I have a normal shop floor, it's flat again.  Had to close the shop for 2 days while the lads had a peek and repaired it.  It's our busy season so it wasn't the best of timing. ...
Posted by Rachel on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:45:00 PST

The weirdest thing happened today....

So it's 7pm, I'm chatting in my shop to a friend of mine.  She makes crafts aswell and she takes one of my handmade cards off the rack and the next thing it takes off across the room.&n...
Posted by Rachel on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 05:24:00 PST