TITANIC

hi. this is rachel.

i have a pleasant announcement to make. tonight, in just a few minutes, i am about to see TITANIC for the first time. the very first time.

this post is really to appease lauren, who has threatened to not post anymore, if i don't say anything.

i don't know why, but i have been so unmotivated to blog recently. zero motivation. i just haven't been seeing things with "blogging eyes", as i like to call them.

for example, i could have done a post about brielle's pushups, which will (and i quote) enable her to rescue large men who are about to be flattened by trucks.

"rachel, stop making fun of me for doing push-ups. if you were stuck on a road and were about to be run over by an 18-wheeler, wouldn't you be glad that i did enough push-ups to carry you to safety?" "uh, yeah... sure, brielle."

or i could have written a post about the freakish display of black birds yesterday, while i was driving home from school. now, if you have been a faithful blog follower, you will know that i have a phobia of birds. luckily, this time, i was safely in my car. but, there were about four or five hundred black birds in the trees at a particular intersection, frantically flying to a bush on the other side of the street to eat berries or something.

it was weird.

anyways, hopefully i'll be in more of a blogging mood, or else lauren will boycott blogging and the world will be deprived of an irreplaceable and essential blobber.

haha.

i mean blogger.

ha. but blobber is funnier.

ok, now i'm off to watch titanic!

SNOWWW

We got snow this morning! Once everyone woke up, we sat around the table, just like a cute little family, and had pancakes. Then we got on our computers and enjoyed the fact that school was delayed. It's been a wonderful morning. YAYYA.

We ARE back.

Hello blog followers.

Much has happened since we tuned in last time. The semester has begun and we are all adjusting to this new half year. I'll provide you with a brief intro.

First. We have started the semester off in layers of sweatpants, socks, slippers, coats, and gloves. Why? Our heater has failed us. It is about 50 degrees in our house at all times. I wake up thinking that I just finished a night outside. But I shouldn't complain. There are people who really do wake up outside. But it is cold. And we are trying to get our landlady to fix it. And to fix our water. It's lukewarm. And to fix Rachel and Joanna's light in their room. It blows a fuse every time we turn it on. Man. Talk about the fact that all these things don't make buying a house look exciting.

Second. Our schedules are very different this year. We are all up early every morning since we are have morning classes. Ellen (she is the Third point) and I have to get up at insane hours for work and placements. Coffee will be one of my best friends this semester. In spite of these earlier schedules, everyone in the house (except me, the grandma) goes to bed at wee hours of the morning.

Third. Ellen M. (cannot mention last names for safety reasons). She is gorgeous. And she is our new roomie. Stacey has left us to get married (YAY) and Ellen has brought in a bed to replace Stace's. We will be posting some fun facts about Ellen later. But here are the basics. She is gorgeous. She is godly. She gets along with everyone. She is able to run very many miles. And she has more of a social life than anyone in this house. More to come on this wonder woman.

Fourth. 3 of us in this house are 21.

Fifth. No mouse sightings as of yet.

Sixth. BRYCE H (no last name) came over last night and secretly shoveled and salted our stairs outside. Seriously. THANK YOU BRYCE.

Seventh. This house is going to be so much fun. I love every girl in here. Who knows what this semester will bring. God has much in store. We are all making our plans, but God has the last say.

"Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."
Proverbs 16:3

We are committing this semester to him. Thanks readers!

BW IPT VGL BHM WTR to C FTTB. DF.

official classified abbreviations:

BW= beautiful woman

IPT= is partial to

VGL= very good looking

BHM= big handsome man (not to be confused with Bald Headed Man)

WTR to C= willing to relocate to Charlottesville

FTTB= for the time being

DF= drug free

cleaning with fee

[this blog post dedicated to casey somerville: may all of your cleaning be as fun as mine.]

my parents get back from uganda today.

therefore

i need to clean the whole house, so it is nice and pretty for them when they arrive.

i have strange ways of motivating myself to do things. this video demonstrates one of them- i.e. record my progress on something.

another one is timing myself. but that's for another time.

p.s. i love how, in this video, NOTHING looks any different. haha.

the end.

interpretive dance part 2

:)

oh celine. oh celine.

i love katie

this week katherine has come to stay with me whilst my parents and brother are away.

we have had some wonderful times. including the following: