Best Kiss Ever

Wow! Time; she is a-flyin! It has been 3 years since our trip to Paris and yet it seems so familiar so close to my heart. Just as that trip was a milestone in our relationship so is today. Yes! It is my very proud honor to announce that today marks the 10 year anniversary of the day that Shane gave me my very last First KISS. We were so young and yet from the moment it happened I was sure that I would one day marry this amazing man. It's a good thing that God placed that desire and assurance because there were a few trying times along the way. Today when I get home, I will fix dinner and about the time it is done Shane will walk in the door, exhausted from work and slightly smelly from the commute. Yet, he will greet me with love and appreciation for dinner (as he always does) and he will stop me for a moment and place a kiss upon my lips. And today, just as every day since that first kiss, I will be breathless and flustered once again. Shane you are not just an amazing Godly husband but you are a wonderful __________(please fill in the blank with an adjective of your choice because I can guarantee that Shane excels at it). I love you in every way and am yours alone.

Character Examination

So, I have never thought of my self as an instant gratitude type person, but on the "Dave Ramsey" system I find myself losing patience. To be honest though I have felt more freedom and peace with my finances than I have EVER felt before. I owe that to the lack of delusional lies I had been telling myself, regarding my finances of course. That is what makes these impatient feelings so confusing. Is it residual from lack of discipline or am I actually an impatient person? I find myself a bit unhappy with the rate that my savings are going, but I am also unwilling to increase the amount at the cost of something else. Which leaves me no room to be upset and yet I am. I want a handful of things and I guess I want them NOW. What a brat and subsequently a bummer! What is a girl to do? Well, I am going to do the only thing that I can do. I am going to wait patiently till I have enough cash to make each purchase (which each will be deeply reconsidered I am sure before purchased) and by doing so I hope to show myself a good stewart over what God has provided me with. The key here is that I must proceed with the right attitude. I have decided to follow this "new" mind set of never buying another thing till we have cash for it, but if I don't have the right spirit about it what will it profit me? So I say, "Thank you Jesus for the opportunity to learn and grow in this area. I will be successful in Your Name!" Now having said all that should you want to donate to the Rachael needs new shoes fund please don't hesitate ACT NOW! Slots are filling up fast. You don't want to live with the guilt of knowing you could have helped one poor ol soul. =0) Just joking...kinda of.

London Scout

Shameless plug of my favorite baby. Scout!!

Friendship

Recently my best friend left me for almost three weeks. "How dare she!" you say? I concur. Strongly. I arrived here in Houston a naive and lonely 17 year old girl. I was nervous to go places and meet people and vastly becoming disillusioned to the girls I had begun associating with. Needless to say, those people left, but they left me feeling smaller than I had started out and worse than that, they left me...alone. Granted I did have Shane's fantastic company, but he was not the shopping partner I longed for. He was not the sympathetic ear to my more delicate issues. No, no, I needed a girl; I needed a friend. Shane joined with me and we began to pray for a friend. My prayers were not answered right away, but the way in which they were answered is quite memorable indeed. Choir practice is where it all went down. Janice!! She was young, outspoken, and a very....let's just say "hands on" kind of person. I would leave practice complaining about the curly haired girl who wouldn't stop touching me, till Shane snapped and said, "Her name is Janice, Rachael! Learn it! And you say you want a friend, well she might just be it..." Yes, the ellipsis was an implied one; as i knew he meant to finish with "if you would stop complaining and start receiving." Talk about a nice, Hardy, smack in the face. After that I approached choir practice with a new nervousness. Would this girl want to be my friend? The answer was yes! Now several years into our friendship, I cannot imagine my life without her. She is beautiful, oh yes, no doubt. But, it is her openness and her adventureness that I find myself admiring most. Janice has no fear. She attacks each day with gusto. She is constantly forcing me to reach beyond myself and my anxiety and afterwards I am thrilled with my accomplishments. She is fiercely loyal and that is so obvious once you meet her because she hides nothing. Janice will be graduating this December and I am keenly aware that my own small graduation was largely in part to our friendship. I am so very thankful to God for giving me someone like Janice. I am so very thankful to have her returned favor as well. Before I sign off I would also like to say a heartfelt (and filled with love) thank you to Jean and Tammy for their friendship as well. I would say that ya'll are my surrogate mothers and most certainly my friends! I treasure you all.

Suptin `bout summer

There is something about summer. The halls here at work seem to disappear without students to fill them. The office grows quite and slows down; like a fading heart beat, the life of the office seems to dwindle away. On the bright side, I have a bit of down time and can catch up on normal life outside of school walls and halls. Having read through two of my cousin's blogs, I felt inspired to create a little glimps at my life. I only hope that I don't have to neglect this endeavor in order to satisfy other obligations. OK here I go...Have you ever seen or heard something that just knocked you out?!! Well, here is my answer. What is yours?