Things

Things I love:

Jesus

Sunshine

Brylee

Sand

Airplanes

Coffee

Teeth Whitening Products

Wine

Facebook

Mom

Dad

John

Courtney

Melissa

Cassie

Jessie

Kelly

Jen

Blogger :)

Kristi

Colin

Tara

Being so close to Lake Michigan

Living in a state with Seasons

The color pink

Crunching on ice

Laying outside in the sun

Bible Study

Roses

Hugs

Stephen

Going on Vacation

Chicago

The Bean

The Button

Baking

Cooking

Life

Here goes nothing!!

Hey All!!

So I was inspired, but one extremely fabulous lady from the east side to do a 'couch to 5k'. She has also inspired me to blog about it :)

Now as most of everyone knows, I have Rheumatoid Arthritis. However, I am one of the lucky ones who doesn't have a whole lot of pain ( I know..it's awesome). So I am hoping to be able to do The 5/3 Riverbank Run on may 8th!

Yesterday was my first day 'working out' my dad, being the greatest guy he is, went with me and kept time. We started out doing our stretches (fyi..NOT flexible at all..yet) and then went for a brisk 5 minute walk. After that we alternated with 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of brisk walking (our brisk got slower and slower as the time went on..haha) for 20 minutes. We ended up walking/jogging about a mile in 27 minutes..not bad! I'm just glad we completed the work out!

It was a BEAUTIFUL March day so we decided to do this outside around 4:45. Yikes. My lungs were burning pretty bad at the end..and so were my legs. But it felt great.

I was a little worried about how I would feel this morning, but turns out I am doing MUCH better than I had anticipated. I'm looking forward to tomorrow and hope it's as nice out, because I don't have a treadmill and am running outside no matter what!

So far so good!

I'm Faking It!

Yep :) That's right..

I heard the saying once "Self-fulfilled Prophecy"

I also heard something else...somewhere..if you fake/pretend a feeling..you can trick your mind into actually believing it!

So that's what I'm doing:) I am faking happiness for the next 2 weeks. No matter where, no matter what..I will have a smile on my face!

I am pretty excited, and as of late have had some pretty encouraging steps forward in leading friends and family to Jesus! It's an amazingly beautiful feeling!!

I will try to blog more happy thoughts as the time goes on.

Have a great day everyone!!

Lots to say!

I have sooooooo much to say, and my fingers just won't type fast enough to get it all out quickly!!
Yesterday I spent the entire day(from 7am-9:30pm) on the east side of the state!! {ie; hopefully my new home someday!}


I had a meeting/conference call with *The Arthritis Foundation*! I had never been to their office in Troy, so I was pretty excited. I got to see a couple of the ladies from Camp Dakota {a camp for kids with arthritis} and I got to meet the new development manager and brainstorm on fundraising and volunteer idea's! It was a great experience and I can't wait until December for the Jingle Bell Run{S}.

It's going to be so fun! I still gotta find some silly outfits though :)


After I left Troy, I stopped in Lansing to see my PB ! He took a half day so we could hang out for a while, such a nice guy. We chatted and chatted, then we decided to watch a movie. He let me pick. Eagle Eye. SUCH a good movie :) I haven't been able to watch a suspenseful movie like that in such a long time!! None of the guys I hang out with like to watch scary movies. And since I live alone, I don't really like to watch them by myself because {Hello my name is Rachel, and I have a problem..} I tend to 'hear' things and freak myself out after watching scary movies. Plus, while watching them, I tend to be a little jumpy{at every loud noise in the movie} and that tends to irritate people. Not my PB though :) He even rubbed my back for 20 minutes because I had told him earlier in the week how bad it had been hurting. Man did it feel better after that! :) He even gave me a shirt to wear since I was in my 'cute work' clothes and those are umcomfy to watch a movie in, as I was putting my coat on {yes over his shirt, I sure did wear it home! haha} he hugs me and goes; 'want me to walk you to your car?' I laughed so hard and definitely took him up on his offer, my car was all the way around the corner after all :) He laughs at me being so girly, he likes it though, I just know it!

I suppose that's all for now. Thanks to Cassie for posting this for me, since once again blogger doesn't work at work :( Le Bum

A Reason, A Season, & For Life

Have you heard this saying before?
God brings people into your life sometimes for A Reason, A Season, or For Life.


I have heard this saying quite a few times, especially lately.
It seems so fitting to my life right now too! So it's great. :)

I believe God brought RD in my life for a reason, so I would give my heart to Christ. No question about it. I also believe RD was in my life to show me what unconditional, self-less, love is. {or was, in our case} He also taught me how to stand up for myself when I wasn't happy with a situation {ie: breaking up with him}

TD was brought into my life for only a season, a really good season. But for only a season. In a bittersweet short amount of time he "taught" me independence more than anything. He showed me what a good man looks and acts like, and that there are genuinely good, Godly men out there still.

For life though, God has brought me a BFF :) JSC, or should I say CWK{that looks weird! just gotta get use to it!} Though a few times we have parted ways, somehow we have always managed to get back in touch. I know God has had a hand in that, always. The thing I love the most about her, is sometimes, we're back in 5th grade, can't stop giggling and laughing and being just plain silly, and other times, she is the shoulder I use when I am crying out to God for understanding. She is my random road trip buddy, lunch on the Calder plaza, and my "guess what I'm doing.." text message :) haha. Noodles and PopTarts, I heart you Boo. :)

More later on :)

Boy oh Boy

This week has flown by!

Mostly because I have been "drugged' since Monday!

I know in my last post I said that the doc had put me on Darvocet, well, by Thursday I was getting frustrated, because my back wasn't feeling ANY better. So I called again. {true story} So my doc sent out another perspriction {apparently she didn't think it was Shingles anymore..whew!}. This time it was for muscle spasms. Now we're getting somewhere! Yikes though, I slept 10 hours, woke up in a "cloud" and have been there ever since. Everything seems to be fuzzy and in slow motion. And my back still hurts.
Since the meds aren't helping though, I'm not going to take anymore. And {I guess} just deal with the pain. Atleast I'll have my wits about me! {Hopefully...} I'll have some major listening to do, since my BFF just got engaged last night!! I canNOT tell you how excited/happy/giddy/in love with love I am! And also {hopefully...}being part of a wedding party!
All I want to do is go home and sleep! I was in bed by 10:30 on Friday, woke up at 7:30, took a nap from 1:00pm-3:30pm, was in bed for the night at 7:30pm and slept until 6:30 this morning. hmm..

Anyway..Im going to go call P and see if he'll come in early for me.