Song of the Month - October/November '10

We have a new Song of the Month here at the Stanford House.

We've been listening to & singing this one non-stop.

John Mayer (and some random dude he's singing with) "Celebration"

Thank you for listening with us.

"Please don't make fun of me,

I came home to a rotten squash!"

- Joanna

Funding

It is time for us to once again start collecting charitable donations for the "Stanford House Heating Fund." Please consider what the Lord might be calling you to give up today, this week, or this month, in order to keep us warm and healthy. The testimonials below, from some of last year's generous givers, provides a flavor as to what can be expected in the donation process.

I gave up my daily pumpkin spice latte. It was a no brainer when I really thought about it. Why drink pumpkin spice latte when there are beautiful girls suffering from the cold?

[Anonymous Donor]

For me the decision making words were definitely "future" and "investment." I remember hearing about the need, and just being so sure that I wanted to act on behalf of this cause. Youth like the Stanford House girls will be pillars of our society in years to come. I can think of no better fund in which to place one's dollars and plan to give to it annually.

[Gertrude Foxter - 5 time donor]

All donations are tax deductible.

We hope you will consider investing your finances in this worthy cause.

Please contact us with donations and any further inquiries.

Sincerely,

The Management

Time for Fall with Butternut Squash!!!

this delicious butternut squash was made by my own two hands.

well, technically i didn't make it…

but i DID cook it!!

and with the delicious smell wafting through the house, we were certainly reminded that it is the beginning of fall here in college park!! Time for leggings, huge sweaters, cups of tea, warm food and heartwarming wrestling sessions with Rachel (hint--if you're ever cold, this IS the thing to do; it warms you up in minutes!).

In celebration of Fall, Rachel is going to build a life-size scarecrow of herself to decorate our front yard!

Catch ya soon!

-J

PSYCHO DAY

hello.

i'm back.

i don't even remember the last time i've posted... but you know what? i'm not apologizing.

this is a fresh start from a fresh rachel.

today. was a psycho day.

actually, it wasn't psycho until i picked up joanna and lorena [our newwwww roooooooooommate!!!!!] from CSPAC (the clarice smith performing arts center, i.e. joanna + lorena's HOME).

when i brought them home, i was a little mopey.

so i was glad they were there.

and we were all hungry.

so, then we decided to create a FEAST!

FEAST!

and then joanna and i were making loud noises!!! and describing everything with large exaggerations!!

figure 1:

"Mandarin oranges are sooo good that i want to pounce on them like a tiger on a small child!!!!" - joanna

the menu was as follows:

sesame cabbage salad&

chicken lettuce salad&

rice.

and we were laughing and making louuuud noises while we made the salads. and lorena was a little creeped out. this is only her second week here, so she hasn't seen joanna and i like this yet.

then we made this video.

and it was good.

during the dinner, we mostly randomly shouted the name of my korean statistics professor, because it sounds like a kind of food (yung mi cho!) and then joanna and i would make straaange faces at one another while lorena wasn't looking and we'd make each other laugh, then lorena would look up and we'd both be looking at her laughing, and she'd think she did something wrong...

and then we settled down. now homework.

Cute. Yellow. Bike.

My cute vintage bike has proven to be quite the conversation starter. 

Almost every day i'll have multiple people come up and talk to me about it, i'll try to give some recent scenarios:

Scenario 1) Guy walking past: dude, cool bike. ....i think it's actually a guys bike though... Me: yeah, my Dad bought it for me; kinda explains a lot. Guy: Well it's pretty awesome anyways.

Scenario 2) Girl parking her bike next to mine: OMG OMG i LOVE your bike!! It's so cute! Love the yellow! Me: Aww thanks! actually my Dad bought this for me because he thought it was so ugly no one would want to steal it. Girl: Well i would totally steal it if i got the chance. Just sayin... 

Scenario 4) Dude waiting at the same light as me: Sooo how do you like the gears on your bike? Me: uhh, they're...ok... [Dude rambles on about how he  loves my bike but thought it would be more effective with more gears. etc. Light turns green] Dude: Well have fuuuun on that bike!! Bye! Me: Oh i WILL. 

Quite a charmer, that bike of mine. 

a day in the life of us

hi. it's exam week. this is what our house is like: silent, but for brielle's softly playing music.

in other news, brielle and i blew the fuse to our kitchen. soo... no refrigerator, no microwave, no light.

our landlady doesn't know when the electrician is coming.

sigh.

i hope the milk doesn't go bad.