Beauty

There is a lovely little park down the street from my apartment.. a nice little walk around pond is usually my favorite past time there.. :) I went around sunset the other day and it was gorgeous...

Long time-no blog.. :)

It's been a very looong time I know.. :) Lots of changes!!
But still enjoying my sweet little London.. She's getting sooooo big!

So I guess my biggest news-I got an apartment!! My own little place! LOVE IT.. Moved in the beginning of September and I don't have a computer yet so I'm only on the internet every once in awhile.. :)
My church family threw me an apartment warming party!! :) Here's a few pixs.. :)

Gifts..

And more gifts...

I've been very blessed... Got a flower, candle, toaster, and a cabinet from 3 of my bosses.. Another of my older friends got me a table... etc... :) I feel loved.. :)

I've had a few sleepovers and even made a nice dinner for one of my friends..

Slowly settling in.. Not only into my apartment but into this phase of my life!

Have a good one. Rae

*Home Again*

I already miss the beach... :) Sand in your fingernails.. shells in your pockets.. towels drying in the bathroom.. dolphins.. seagulls.. deer...
More pictures to come.. This is just one of my favorites!!

Nashville Adventures!

Had an amazing weekend with these lovely ladies!! :)
L t R. Me, Katelyn, Emily, Emily, Beth and Ashley..

at the country music hall of fame...

Wonderful bob evans... :) not far from our hotel.. made me homesick

Opryland Resort!!! Beautiful...

Thanks for going, Girls.. I loved it.. :)

Friends..

Love isn't love til you give it away... like a never ending circle it comes back your way.. Love in you heart wasn't put there to stay.. Love isn't love til you give it away...

London is now over 6 months old and l0 lbs.. Love that little girl so much.. and her mommy is such a wonderful lady.. :) I enjoy our friendship... I've been very blessed..

Favorite verse day.. okay make it plural.. :)
Love the first one.. "Staggered not"
That my random Monday post.. :)

"He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.." Romans 4:20

"Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am they God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.." Isaiah 41:10

"I will love thee, O Lord, my Strength..." Psalm 18:1

"We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.." 2 Corinthians 4:8-9

"Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all, to stand." Ephesians 6:13



Krista.. :) no edits this time.. :) she's so pretty..

GA came to IN... :)

A few pixs I got edited from Tuesday when Kim and Krista were here.. :) We went down by the river and had a blast taking pictures.. too bad it started getting too dark..
P.S. I apologize but they are uploading kind of blurry.. :(

life...

Sorry.. no real profound thoughts lately... Had a nice friend-filled week.. :)
Wednesday I went out with a girl who was new to the area.. Got to take her downtown and see her perspective of our little town.. :)
Wednesday night the 5 oldest Trice kids went to Cincy.. Here we are.. all matchingi n blue! :)
They had never been to the Old Spaghetti Factory.. We all LOVED it.. :)

Thursday after work.. Me and Tish went walking at Clifty... Dinner and Ice cream... Girl Talk.. :)
Saturday I went downtown by the river to see fireworks... With 4 of my good friends.. walking in the dark with 2 strong guys sure makes a girl feel safe! ;)
Sunday my entire family visited Beth church.. then us 5 oldest again crashed at her house.. pizza, popcorn, and a movie... Oh and the best part-friends..
This week starts off busy with the 4th of July and rolls into Tuesday when Kim is visiting from GA for the day... The rest is a blank page... waiting to be scribbled on.. :)
Rae

Tuesday night...

Last night life threw Bob Evans Lemons.. and our very-short staffed team made some amazing lemonade..!!! (old cliche-ha ha)

If you never worked at a resturant before you probably won't understand.. but there was only one manager and 8 employees.. enough to have one person in each position and 3 servers... We had to go to limited seating.. We had our dish washer running food.. The buser was running refills.. I was hosting.. dealing with the seating issues.. watching the floor.. running drinks and even serving some tables myself..!

I'm ringing a customer out and my boss seats a table right up front.. next thing I hear is him saying... "And Rachel will be your server tonight..." I'm surprised but walk over and at least get their drinks.. I go to the back and check with him.. to make sure he didn't accidentally say the wrong name... Nope.. Now you know we are in trouble if a manager asks a hostess to serve a table!!

It was a rough night but I received no complaints.. We did mess up one carry-out.. I don't even know what was wrong-the manager just told me she got a new spaghetti...

I was so proud of my younger sister, Elizabeth.. She hasn't been serving very long but she did awesome...

The manager thanked each of us for all help and hard work... And we walked away feeling like we had done our best and it was enough...

I don't want nights like that often.. but every once in a while.... Well.. it keeps us on our toes and sharp at our jobs... To be honest it felt wonderful! We've been kind of slow.. I needed something to stretch me...

Anyway.. That's how my tuesday night went! Hope yours was just has interesting!!

Rachel

P.S... That's all four of us at the top... :) after a day at bobs... lol

Miss My Girls...

Good Morning!
My day started off bright and early.. Was up at 6:30 to take my little sister to driver's ed.. After I dropped her and the two girls she car pooling with-I met up with Beth downtown.. :)
We ended up having breakfast at Bob Evans.. I couldn't make up my mind on what I wanted that was breakfast-y.. :) So I ordered Potato Soup! YUM! :)
Beth had to work this morning so we didn't hang long.. But I had a wonderful time just talking.. I was feeling so happy and peaceful.. For once I could talk about the future without flipping out.. :) It's nice to have someone to share with.. Thanks Girl.. :)
The above pix is from this morning.. It was so bright and sunny.. :) perfect day.. :)
I have a little to do list started.. Hoping to get it done in the next few weeks.. :)
1. Finish my red dress (almost)
2. Get my oil changed in my car
3. Get my car checked out to figure out why the engine light on
4. Pay a rather whooping cell phone bill (which dave actually owes most of)
5. Order some material for a white beach dress
6. Hit the mall
7. Possibly try my hand at golf
8. Try and run/jog a mile about every day

Lol a very practical list.. Not putting up my dream/wish list... Gonna keep that to myself!
Have an amazing day.... Rae

P.S. the book from the last post... Bambi! :)

*Leaves*

One branch of the oak reached high above the others and stretched far out over the meadow. Two leaves clung ot its very tip.
"It isn't the way it used to be," said one leaf to the other.
"No," the other leaf answered. "So many of us have fallen off to-night we're almost the only ones left on our branch."
"You never know who's going to go next," said the first leaf. "even when it was warm and the sun shone, a storm or a cloudburst would come sometimes, and many leaves were torn off, though they were still young. You never know who's going to go next."
"The sun seldom shines now, " sighed the second leaf, "and when it does it gives no warmth. We must have warmth again."
"Can it be true," said the first leaf, "can it really be true, that others come to take our places when we're gone and after them still others, and more and more?"
"It is really true," whispered the second leaf. "we can't even begin to imagine it, it's beyond our powers."
"It makes me very sad," added the first leaf.
They were silent a while. Then the first leaf said quietly to herself, "Why must we fall?. . ."
The second leaf asked, "What happens to us when we have fallen?"
"We sink down. . . ."
"What is under us?"
The first leaf answered, "I don't know, some say one thing, some another, but nobody knows."
The second leaf asked, "Do we feel anything, do we know anything about ourselves when we're down there?"
The first leaf answered, "Who knows? Not one of all those down there has ever come back to tell us about it."
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So I read a 293 page book sunday.. and loved it..!
This is a little bit of one of my favorite chapters in the book.. Love how the author showed autumn by having the leaves talking to each other about falling..
Anyway.. Was hoping I could get some guesses what the book was.. :)
Have a good day!! Rachel

A good friend...

p.s. blogger been weird for me.. haven't been able to comment.. sorry..

well...........

Beth has been gone for two weeks and I just haven't felt like blogging..
Been busy.. But I don't take pixs at work.. ha ha.. I've hung out with family but haven't taken to many pixs of that lately either..
Now I did go see London again :) and always get pixs of that sweetie!
Then me and tish and jess got together and baked.. Pretzels and whoopie pies! yum
Elijah got us pizza and London slept.. was a fun night.. :)
anyway.. a few pixs... :)

London....

Been a busy week... :) normal..
But Monday Jessica's little baby finally got to come home! after 4 months!!! :)
So I went over for a little visit on Wednesday and I for the first time I got to hold Little London Christine Starr!! :)
She was wearing the little frog sleeper my sister Tamara got for her.. :)
Anyway here are some photos.. Unedited.. and unexplaned! Okay except for the last one..

London.. Our silver platter baby.. :) Daddy was having fun uh?? :)

*note* I had my camera set on nighttime shot.. So pixs blurry. Didn't realize it until later..

Third Day-Lights!

So Beth already posted some pixs from the TAN and Third Day concert.. :)

But here is a flix she got of the amazing lights..

I loved them! Really made the show!!

sleepover.

She had fun trying on my clothes.. ;)

Angie came over for the evening before they move.. we went to bobs for breakfast..

Fun Fun stuff.. lol

~ Rae

French braids don't like curly hair...

It doesn't look to bad in the pixs but wow.. curly hair on a rainy day is not really the best stuff to work with when trying to do a french braid.. ;) But thanks Liz for helping me out.. ;)

This is the river last wednesday.. It's been raining a lot since then and it flooded down there now..

Our neighbors tree fell in one of the bad storms.. :( it was a lovely crab apple tree so sad it fell. :(

Anyway today is my day off.. :) so been goofing off.. you know trying out a french braid and eatign nerds! :)

Have an amazing day girls!

Jess's Baby shower.. :)

I had a lot of fun helping plan and pull off Jess's baby shower for baby London! :)

Gonna tell the story in pixs and if you have any questions just ask in your comment!