Good CD!

So I rarely buy cds, and when I do it's because it has three or more songs on it that I LOVE, not just like, but LOVE. You know, the kind that are so wonderful that you could listen to them over and over and over again, and still not be tired of them (even though everybody else is). So my latest discovery is

Little Voice by Sara Bareilles. I LOVE this CD! I think I've listened to it 50 times in the last week. I know Love Song gets over played on the radio, but it's still a good song. I've added some of my favorites from her cd to the very end of my playlist. One of my current favorites is Love on the Rocks, Oh, and Gravity, oh and Fairytale, oh and...well just listen to some of them. They're really easy to listen to. But please, don't take my opinion, check them out for yourselves.

Also I've got a lot of pics to post on here, but I can't find the cord to put them on my computer. Hopefully I will get that done soon, especially because I'm completely out of space on my camera, and I want pics to go along with my descriptions of our camping trip and other fun stuff we've done in the last couple weeks.

But yeah, this cd...totally worth the money.

Got Tagged

Emily tagged me, so here goes . . .
1. Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People that are tagged write a blog post about their own 8 random things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your post tag 8 people and include their names. Don't forget to leave them a comment on their blog to tell them they've been tagged, and to comment back and read your blog for the whole story.
1. I'm a stair counter. I can't walk up or down a set of stairs without counting them. It's something I've done since I was little. You'll probably rarely see me taking stairs two at a time...it throws off my count.
2. The sound that drives me nuts almost more than anything in the world is the sound of metal hitting teeth. When I'm eating with people and they bite down on the silver ware I feel like I'm crawling out of my skin. So if I have the option I'll pick plastic over metal. A few weeks ago we were at Chris's family's house for dinner, and afterwards we were all just sitting around the table talking and laughing. His dad picked up his fork and used it to pick something out of the back of his teeth. I couldn't handle it. I had to turn my head away and just try to handle it. Chris knew why I was cringing so he started laughing. He told his dad how much it bothered me and thankfully his dad stopped but everybody thought it was hilarious. If you want to get under my skin, bite down on your fork at dinner.
3. You know when you call somewhere and you have to press one for english, two for spanish? It's a pet peeve when people complain about having to press one for english. Are you really that lazy? Like it's takes a lot of effort to press one for english. English is not even the official language of the U.S. infact there is no official language. I hope that it become spanish, then let's here them complain about it.
4. So I have only discovered this since I've been Married. If I don't get enough time with my husband I get really grouchy. I mean really grouchy. And the funny thing is I usually end up taking it out on him. Luckily since he is so sweet and wonderful, he'll grab my hand and say "let's go for a walk" or he'll suggest something else where we can just spend some time together. Then once we have been able to escape the distractions and chores of the world for even 30 minutes and just get to enjoy each other's company I'm happy again.
5. I get really mean when I'm working on math, and I don't get it. In fact Chris refuses to help me with it anymore because I become so mean. I guess I yelled at him the first couple times so he learned his lesson. Nobody believed him until one night some friends were over here doing homework and I had Chris helped me and with in the first 5 minutes I snapped at him. His friends just looked at each other and said "whoa, he was right."
6. If I could do anything in the world, I would be a photographer. It's been a dream of mine for years, but I've never really had the opportunity to start. My goal is to get all the equipment and take a few classes in the next two years, and just start it as a hobby. Who knows what will happen.
7. At night I have to sleep with one leg outside of the covers. To regulate body temperature.
8. I can't say no to people. I always feel so guilty. Like for example when I go to the store and they ask me if I want to donate to...whatever...I can't say no. I will almost always give at least a dollar. If I say no, I feel like I'm a terrible person.
One more random fact. I love power. I love to be in charge in some situations, and in others I hate it. Most of the time, I just like to have all the power! lol.

So there are 8 random facts about me. I did this instead of studying for my math test. But I needed a little break. I've been studying for it for two days now...and still it's not clicking. Oh well. It will probably be the one test that it dropped. lol.

I tag Amber, Melissa, Laura, Sharly, Tiffany, Natalie, Natalie, Nicole, and Cory.

Who's going to win...

Chris and I made a bet to see who's going to lose the most weight by September 1st. If he wins he gets to buy a new cologne that he wants. If I win he does laundry, housework and dinner for two weeks. Needless to say we're both pretty determined to win. I'm definitely looking forward to kicking back for two weeks and doing absolutely nothing.

A Ditzy Moment...

Due to a Ditzy moment I had on Saturday I now have a new embarressing moment. Now I'm sure you are all gasping and thinking to yourself "Rachel have a distzy moment? Impossible!!!" But I assuring you, my friends, that although I may seem verly nearly perfect, I do have some flaws.

So on Saturday I decided to go running at the gym. So I grabbed my ipod and a magazine. I use the magazine to cover the amount of time I've been running (it always messes with my head). Miraculously, it wasn't very busy that day so I have my pick of just about any machine. I think divine inspiration led me to the last row of treadmills. Behind me are only 5 or 6 people on other machines. So I start my run. I'm trottin' along listening to Wicked. (I always get so into wicked. I love that music.) Well apparently I got a little too into it. I guess I was moving my hands to much, and my left arm caught the wire to my head phones. My ipod went crashing to the floor of the treadmill, and my automatic response? If you didn't guess, I'll enlighten you. I STOPPED RUNNING and BENT OVER to catch it before I stepped on it. Somehow, it never crossed my mind that I'm on a treadmill, and even if you stop...the treadmill doesn't. With in a fraction of a second I realized that it was either me or the ipod, so I let the ipod fly off the back of the treadmill. I tried to save my dignity, and stand up...but the problem is it's really hard to just begin running again once you're down...So there I am at the gym, holding on for dear life, both hands on the bars attempting to regain my footing and failing miserably. My arms aren't even close to clong enough to reaching the speed control (darn my genetics). (And it wasn't until today that I found out that there is an emergency stop button for such an occasion). So it was inevitable. I knew there was absolutely no way around it. I was going to be shot of the treadmill. I figured I may as well try to save some face so I dropped to my knees and let it throw me off. Luckily, my ipod wasn't hurt...and other than a severe blow to my pride...I wasn't either.

I didn't bother looking around to see if anybody had noticed. I knew they were laughing probably just as hard as I was, if not harder. I'm sure it was a sight to see. After sitting there laughing at myself for a moment, I jumped up, grabbed my ipod, pressed pause on my machine, got back on and commenced my run.

It's interesting that just a week earlier I saw a commercial on tv where a guy gets thrown off a treadmill and I thought to myself "You must be a pretty big idiot to get thrown off a treadmill." So I guess it's karma. What goes around comes around. Now I know it's really not that difficult to get thrown off a treadmill, especially if you stop running without stopping the treadmill. Can you believe I got an A in physics? I think the most important lesson I learned is to not use my ipod to hold my magazine down. It's too dangerous.

Got Tagged...

10 years ago: I was 14 and in 8th grade at Elkridge Middle school in South Jordan. I was living in Riverton, and thought Junior High was about the crappiest thing in the whole wide world. I was busy with Gymnastics, and friends...and if I remember correctly had my first boy call me. I was tying up the phone for at least 3 hours a day talking to him and his friends. Radny Petry. Favorite band Mariah Carey or Ace of Base

5 Years Ago: May 30th 2003...19 years old and probably at Chris's Graduation. I had just finished my first semester of college which included Latin Ballroom and Yoga classes. Smart I know. But see, that was my plan. Get all of the fun classes out of the way right in the beginning so that for the rest of my college experience I would only have stressful and boring classes left...pretty smart huh? Favorite band...Life house or John Mayer.

5 Months ago: I had just finished my first semester back at college in four years. Planning on going into English. I got a 3.8, my first since my sophomore year of Highschool. lol. I realized that I hated English and wanted nothing to do with it, so I began looking into the Nursing program. Had a wonderful 1st Christmas with my husband, and was still enjoying the cold weather. Favorite band: KT Tungstall, Jack Johnson, and Feist.

5 Things on my To Do List:
1) Finish this semester with A's.
2) Keep my sanity
3) Get my whimpy self to the gym
4) Fold the laundry
5) Homework

5 Things I would do if I was a billionaire:
1) Quit my job, and just finish school
2) Take photgraphy lessons
3) Get a nice house
4) Pay off both of our parents houses
5) Travel the World
5 1/2) Take my husband to a red sox game...or maybe just buy them for christmas.

5 Places I have lived:
1)Cedar Hills, UT
2) Boca Raton, FL
3) Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
4) El Paso, TX
5) Tucson, AZ

I will Survive!!

That's right, I'm still alive! The last two weeks have been absolutely exhausting.
5:30 am-Wake Up
6:30 leave to school or work
7:00 Class or work
5:00 Tutoring at Lehi
6:30 Make dinner
7:30 Clean up & Laundry (if time)
8:00 Begin Homework
10:30 Bed

So that's been my schedule, add in there reading books every three days, Lots of math homework and studying for math tests, time at the math lab, Book reports and literature projects, and extra tutoring and volunteering on friday afternoon at two elementary schools, one in orem and the other in cedar hills not to mention life, and being sick on top of everything.

Yup, that's been my life. Maybe it doesn't sound very busy, but oh man it feels like it. My mind is constantly racing and I feel like I'm constantly going. And my gas tank is feeling it to. With all of this driving back and forth I feel like I've spent a mini fortune on gas. lol.

Thankfully, I've finished my required tutoring hours for the semester and am feeling a lot better. I'm surviving in math, and have managed to pull off decent scores on my tests up to this point. Unfortunately, I passed on my cold to Chris who is currently laying on the couch, and going in and out of consciousness. Poor guy.

Only three and a half weeks left until this semester is over, and Chris and I can't wait! We have been going non-stop for way too long now...especially Chris. He is looking forward to taking a break and enjoying the last few weeks of summer. I'll be taking a lighter load for the next couple semesters which will be really nice. So I know this is a pretty boring post, but it's better than nothing. My brain is exhausted...I'm going to bed. :)

2nd Grade Frog Game

It took me about 20 minutes to figure how to do it, but I got it! Good luck!

http://funstufftosee.com/frogleaptest.html

Yeah, it's been a while. It'a amazing how school starts and life takes a back seat. Chris and I try to squeeze in fun things to keep us going. We love the Salt Lake Real games. If you have never been to one, go! They are a blast! We both had wanted to go to the LA Galaxy vs. SL Real game, but we thought it would be too expensive. My wonderful and amazing husband decided that he would check the day before the game to see what deals we could get, and he found an amazing one. Two tickets, great seats for $20. So we jumped on it. Now, before we were married, I would have never been able to recognize players, but times have changed. I now not only recognize some of the players on both teams, but I can also recognize athletes from other sports...and even the voices of ESPN announcers. lol. I secretely love it though. Sorry i'm getting a bit off track... Anyway, it was an amazing game, and very close. One of my favorite players on the LA Galaxy is Landon Donovan. I've always liked him, but in this game I saw him act like a kindergartner and shove somebody after the ball was out of bounds. I was disappointed in him, and I even mentioned something about it to Chris who made the comment I'm already thinking like an elementary teacher. lol. By the end of the game though I forgave him and he's still one of my favorites. To be honest I was very impressed with David Becham. I actually saw him score two goals, and both times he bent the ball. It was impressive. The rest of the stadium seemed to be very impressed with him too. Although most were supporters of Real SL, everybody cheered when he made those goals. At one point Real had to take a penalty shot, and somebody from the stands behind us shouted "Hey Becham! Will you kick it for us?" Everybody around us started laughing, and shouting similar things. Then later, Becham had to pick up the ball out of bounds and when he bent over to pick it up, all the women in the stands behind him started screaming. lol. Suddenly we were in a stadium of 13 year old girls. But that was nothing compared to the end of the game when he took off his jersey and gave it to somebody in the crowd. The entire stadium went silent, and everybody just stared at how much his body looked like a picture. I'll admit I looked, but so was everybody else. lol. The game was a blast, and completely worth it! We can't wait for the stadium to be finished so we can watch the games up there...and one day when we're rich we'll buy season tickets. GO Real Salt Lake! Woooo!

Waxing...

So I'm one of those weird people who love getting their eyebrows waxed. It's true, there's something about ripping the hair out of your face and knowing that you don't have to deal with it for a while. Maybe that's sounds morbid to some, but the pain is totally worth it.
So every 6 months I go and when I get my hair done, I have somebody wax my eyebrows. In between I do it my self. So today while waxing I had a little...mishap. The wax was still a little too runny when I started using it, and my right eyebrow got the brunt of it. Because the wax was so runny it, and because I do it standing up, it ran a little and grabbed on to some hairs I didn't want to go. Unfortunately I didn't notice until it was too late. When I ripped the wax off, the very bottom part of my eyebrow came off too! Ahhhhh!!!
Luckily, it's not too bad. I notice, but I don't know if it's bad enough for other people to really notice unless they stare at me. lol. Oh the things I get myself into. So now I have to go through the awkwardness of letting it grow back in. OH well, it should only take a month...or two...or three.

Wahoo!!!

Can I just begin by saying I am so happy that this semester is over? Well, I am! I can't even begin to tell you what a pain this semester has been! But it's over, and I'm done! I think it was such a pain because I was making up my grades to raise my GPA, and just felt like I was stuck and couldn't get where I was going...which probably doesn't make sense, but that's how I felt. But now I'm done, and I even have the possibility of getting my first 4.0! I have never gotten a 4.0, but I would be thrilled! To celebrate the end of this trying semester Chris and I rented a cabin with a few of his friends up at Bear Lake, and we will be escaping for 4 days. I'm looking forward to just relaxing and doing nothing!

I am going to school through the summer as well so that I can get into the teaching program in January, so my break won't last too long. A few days and I'm back to the grind. But honestly I don't really care because I will be taking classes that will count towards my degree. I'm Starting with Children's Lit, and Math 1050, and I'll take Math 2010 and Astronomy the second block.

Today is the big day! I'm kicking off my new blog, and my plan to start losing weight. Alot of you have said that you want to join me, which is great! You can see what I've set up at http://conqueringmygoliath.blogspot.com. If you want to be able to track your success, or post comments on their for everybody to see let me know, and I'll give you the userid and password. I was going to post it, but decided to just send it out to people who ask for it instead. You know, just in case.