“52 proven stress reducers”

Posted by Rachel on Jun 04 2008 | Comment now »

I found this on stumble and thought it was cool! ;)
1.

Get up fifteen minutes earlier in the morning. The inevitable morning mishaps will be less stressful.
2.

Prepare for the morning the evening before. Set the breakfast table, make lunches, put out the clothes you plan to wear, etc.
3.

Don?t rely on your memory. Write down appointment times, when to pick up the laundry, when library books are due, etc. (”The palest ink is better than the most retentive memory.” - Old Chinese Proverb)
4.

Do nothing which, after being done, leads you to tell a lie.
5.

Make duplicates of all keys. Bury a house key in a secret spot in the garden and carry a duplicate car key in your wallet, apart from your key ring.
6.

Practice preventive maintenance. Your car, appliances, home, and relationships will be less likely to break down/fall apart “at the worst possible moment.”
7.

Be prepared to wait. A paperback can make a wait in a post office line almost pleasant.
8.

Procrastination is stressful. Whatever you want to do tomorrow, do today; whatever you want to do today, do it now.
9.

Plan ahead. Don?t let the gas tank get below one-quarter full; keep a well-stocked “emergency shelf” of home staples; don?t wait until you?re down to your last bus token or postage stamp to buy more; etc.
10.

Don?t put up with something that doesn?t work right. If your alarm clock, wallet, shoe laces, windshield wipers ? whatever ? are a constant aggravation, get them fixed or get new ones.
11.

Allow 15 minutes of extra time to get to appointments. Plan to arrive at an airport one hour before domestic departures.
12.

Eliminate (or restrict) the amount of caffeine in your diet.
13.

Always set up contingency plans, “just in case.” (”If for some reason either of us is delayed, here?s what we?ll do?” kind of thing. Or, “If we get split up in the shopping center, here?s where we?ll meet.”)
14.

Relax your standards. The world will not end if the grass doesn?t get mowed this weekend.
15.

Pollyanna-Power! For every one thing that goes wrong, there are probably 10 or 50 or 100 blessings. Count ?em!
16.

Ask questions. Taking a few moments to repeat back directions, what someone expects of you, etc., can save hours. (The old “the hurrieder I go, the behinder I get, ” idea.)
17.

Say “No!” Saying “no” to extra projects, social activities, and invitations you know you don?t have the time or energy for takes practice, self-respect, and a belief that everyone, everyday, needs quiet time to relax and be alone.
18.

Unplug your phone. Want to take a long bath, meditate, sleep, or read without interruption? Drum up the courage to temporarily disconnect. (The possibility of there being a terrible emergency in the next hour or so is almost nil.) Or use an answering machine.
19.

Turn “needs” into preferences. Our basic physical needs translate into food, water, and keeping warm. Everything else is a preference. Don?t get attached to preferences.
20.

Simplify, simplify, simplify?
21.

Make friends with nonworriers. Nothing can get you into the habit of worrying faster than associating with chronic worrywarts.
22.

Get up and stretch periodically if your job requires that you sit for extended periods.
23.

Wear earplugs. If you need to find quiet at home, pop in some earplugs.
24.

Get enough sleep. If necessary, use an alarm clock to remind you to go to bed.
25.

Create order out of chaos. Organize your home and workspace so that you always know exactly where things are. Put things away where they belong and you won?t have to go through the stress of losing things.
26.

When feeling stressed, most people tend to breathe in short, shallow breaths. When you breathe like this, stale air is not expelled, oxidation of the tissues is incomplete, and muscle tension frequently results. Check your breathing throughout the day, and before, during, and after high-pressure situations. If you find your stomach muscles are knotted and your breathing is shallow, relax all your muscles and take several deep, slow breaths. Note how, when you?re relaxed, both your abdomen and chest expand when you breathe.
27.

Writing your thoughts and feelings down (in a journal, or on paper to be thrown away) can help you clarify things and can give you a renewed perspective.
28.

Try the following yoga technique whenever you feel the need to relax. Inhale deeply through you nose to the count of eight. Then, with lips puckered, exhale very slowly through your mouth to the count of 16, or for as long as you can. Concentrate on the long sighing sound and feel the tension dissolve. Repeat 10 times.
29.

Inoculate yourself against a feared event. Example: before speaking in public, take time to go over every part of the experience in your mind. Imagine what you?ll wear, what the audience will look like, how you will present your talk, what the questions will be and how you will answer them, etc. Visualize the experience the way you would have it be. You?ll likely find that when the time comes to make the actual presentation, it will be “old hat” and much of your anxiety will have fled.
30.

When the stress of having to get a job done gets in the way of getting the job done, diversion ? a voluntary change in activity and/or environment ? may be just what you need.
31.

Talk it out. Discussing your problems with a trusted friend can help clear your mind of confusion so you can concentrate on problem solving.
32.

One of the most obvious ways to avoid unnecessary stress is to select an environment (work, home, leisure) which is in line with your personal needs and desires. If you hate desk jobs, don?t accept a job which requires that you sit at a desk all day. If you hate to talk politics, don?t associate with people who love to talk politics, etc.
33.

Learn to live one day at a time.
34.

Every day, do something you really enjoy.
35.

Add an ounce of love to everything you do.
36.

Take a hot bath or shower (or a cool one in summertime) to relieve tension.
37.

Do something for somebody else.
38.

Focus on understanding rather than on being understood; on loving rather than on being loved.
39.

Do something that will improve your appearance. Looking better can help you feel better.
40.

Schedule a realistic day. Avoid the tendency to schedule back-to-back appointments; allow time between appointments for a breathing spell.
41.

Become more flexible. Some things are worth not doing perfectly and some issues are well to compromise upon.
42.

Eliminate destructive self-talk: “I?m too old to?,” “I?m too fat to?,” etc.
43.

Use your weekend time for a change of pace. If you work week is slow and patterned, make sure there is action and time for spontaneity built into your weekends. If your work week is fast-paced and full of people and deadlines, seek peace and solitude during your days off. Feel as if you aren?t accomplishing anything at work? Tackle a job on the weekend which you can finish to your satisfaction.
44.

“Worry about the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.” That?s another way of saying: take care of the todays as best you can and the yesterdays and the tomorrows will take care of themselves.
45.

Do one thing at a time. When you are with someone, be with that person and with no one or nothing else. When you are busy with a project, concentrate on doing that project and forget about everything else you have to do.
46.

Allow yourself time ? everyday ? for privacy, quiet, and introspection.
47.

If an especially unpleasant task faces you, do it early in the day and get it over with; then the rest of your day will be free of anxiety.
48.

Learn to delegate responsibility to capable others.
49.

Don?t forget to take a lunch break. Try to get away from your desk or work area in body and mind, even if it?s just for 15 or 20 minutes.
50.

Forget about counting to 10. Count to 1,000 before doing something or saying anything that could make matters worse.
51.

Have a forgiving view of events and people. Accept the fact that we live in an imperfect world.
52.

Have an optimistic view of the world. Believe that most people are doing the best they can.

Yard sale and a Rodeo

Posted by Rachel on May 13 2008 | 3 Comments »

Mary had the idea to have a yard sale to raise money for the orphans in Haiti. So we did that on friday and saturday. It went pretty good!
Zeke and Bethany were helping ^^

And having a lot of fun together :D

They don’t always agree on everything but they both sure like to ride horses!

Mary and Anna at the yardsale-


Caleb, goofing off


We actually had James out by the road with that sign, lol. He was really trying to “bring em’ in.” but maybe ended up scaring them away :P
Zeke, looking cute ;)

Caleb watched the yardsale a lot of the time~ and got sunburnt! But not to bad I don’t think

That night (Saturday) Caleb had a rodeo so Anna invited me to come with her and help with the kids ^^

So I went and got a few pictures.

They had these long-horn-bulls there which had the 3rd longest horns in the world, lol. Kinda scary looking but they were really calm, hehe.

They let people try to rope them, hehe.

It was pretty funny to watch! :D
James lookin’ all tuff cowboy

Zeke lookin’ all tuff cowboy too! hehe



This is Caleb getting thrown from his bull…I didn’t get a good pic of him when he won the saddle bronc :S
Me on Sunday...yep! I'm happy :D
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I can make visual effects, lol
I sold a lot of these at the yard sale~ hehe

He’s thinking about it!

Benjamin was trying to get funny looks from me…yeah, lol

Got one of himself as well-

Bethany- She took my picture too but only got half of me in it, hehe ^^ she’s so sweet~

Its so good to have them back! I missed Bethany and Levi a lot~

The visitor…!

Posted by Rachel on May 05 2008 | 1 Comment »

We all stayed up pretty late just playing music and looking at pictures on the computer with Hwan. We talked a bit about Korea and American culture, too.

The next day I made sweedish pancakes for breakfast so we all sat at the table and ate (which we only do sporadically) and then we went outside for a bit and decided to ride bikes to the neighbors house ( the kids I babysit :) )
I had told them before that he was coming and I promised to bring him by and also they wanted him to see their new pig, hehe, (which, he really wanted to see a pig.) So when we got there they were waiting for us and so was the pig! hehe. They were excited to meet him and their mom came to say hello as well.
So we chatted a bit and he pet the pig ;) (its just a little pig right now) and that was fun. Then their mom invited us to go to the ranch just up the road from us to ride horses in a couple of hours :D So we accepted and went to the park first before going home.

It was really nice weather most of the time he was here. We swung on the swings at the park and talked a bit then we headed home and got there barely in time to leave again~ hehe. So we hopped in with the neighbors and drove down the road (Me, Benjamin and Hwan.) We just rode around in the corral but it was still fun.
I led Hwan and he led me at first, hehe. The horses were good! And while we were there, a bus load of kindergarten kids came to ride the little pony and a horse.
Hwan led a bunch of them around on a horse (they took turns) I wish I’d brought my camera! It was cute ^^
Later that day we had baked potatoes for dinner and Hwan helped me make chocolate chip cookies so we could bring them to figio (a creation seminar we go to once a month or so.)
So we headed out at 6:30 (Me, Hwan, Benjamin, Dad and Mary) and when we got there we saw several people we knew.
The talk was about stem cell research and abortion. Very mind opening message. He exposed a lot of truthful facts but yet no fingers were pointed, just pointed at truth. I really got a lot from it!
So afterwards I introduced him to all my/our friends~ Hehe, maybe a bit overwhelming (sorry, Hwan!) But they were all glad to meet him and stuff.
The pastor talked with him for a while and he decided to become a christian :D It was really cool~ The highlight of the week ^^

The cookies were gone before we got any (but we were glad we’d already had one before leaving home, hehe :P.) So we stayed a little while and chatted then we went home.
Josh and Rebecca came over after we got home so we visited with them a while and then went to bed.
The next day we went on another bike ride to the park and went to both parks. We had a nice chat for a while and then headed home. It was a bit windy but other than that, a nice day for it.
Then we played some board games with Benjamin and Hwan won scrabble even though he’d never played before, :P. It was funny.
That night we went to Anna and Caleb’s for dinner and to play music/fish/canoe and just hangout. That was fun. Especially the canoing (and dinner :P). They hadn’t met Hwan yet so they wanted him to come. :)
I would have taken more pictures but I didn’t know we had a camera, lol. Mom bought one at a yardsale that Saturday and it works good! So that’s how I got these other pictures.

On Sunday we went to church in Roswell (its a tiny town smaller than Parma, about 10 miles from here) so that was nice! And he met our friends there and afterwards we talked to the pastor a bit. It was kinda funny cause at first he thought we were going out or something, hehe. He knew a korean phrase so he told it to Hwan :) that was cool.

After we got home I got changed and started working on getting the BBQ stuff ready. Cathy Joe had come over the day before when we were playing scrabble so she met Hwan and we invited her to come over for a BBQ the next day. So that’s how we decided on a BBQ ;)
Anna came over and helped us with the cooking and we ate around 2:00. The phillips called a little before 2 so we invited them to come for lunch, too~ So we had a nice little group.
Later we decided to go play baseball at the school with Eric (phillips) so we hitched a ride with him (me, Hwan and Benjamin) which was a little crowded in his 1950′ish truck :P (not sure exactly) but it was funny, hehe.
It was fun playing except I found out how seriously bad I am at hitting the ball, lol. It was kinda funny, really, but I would have liked to hit it at least once…! :P

Hwan hit some really good and far ones especially later on when everyone else came. I don’t know if he knew what to make of Caleb…who was definetly in his crazy/wild/silly mood. Hwan says he’s a wild man :P and so is Josh! They’re not exactly typical, lol, that’s for sure.
So anyways. That night, me Benjamin and Hwan played a bunch of games ( :D) and then the next day we played more and while I made dinner, Hwan washed the dishes. We decided to go with Benjamin to sing at nursing homes. So I made some cookies barely in time before they picked us up. We had fun singing and stuff. And he got to meet the bays and another one of my friends.
When we got home dinner was ready so we ate and then played some more scrabble. We were playing it funny but we didn’t know until dad came by and told us, hehe. But we were getting pretty good scores the way we were playing! We could make words backwords and sideways etc. :P
Then we played up-words, which is similar to scrabble (I guess we all really liked scrabble :P) Pretty much every night we played scrabble and another different game. Once, we played Settlers of Catan and Hwan won but he’d never played before…but then again, it was kind of confusing weather Benjamin or Hwan really won, lol. They both had 10 points in the end.
Then we played monopoly and I almost won but I landed on Hwan’s most expensive hotel…so yeah :P he won that too.
Benjamin was teaching Hwan how to play Chess cause he’d never played it before (but they do have something similar in Korea) so he won that too, lol.
He taught us some funny hand games too, so we played those after all the others. We played a lot of things while he was here, hehe.
On Wednesday we took Hwan to see grandma and grandpa’s house and just to drive around the countryside ;)
We watched “yours mine and ours” and I made some tea for us (Me, Mary, Mom and Hwan.) He hadn’t seen it, so it was pretty funny :P I always laugh at that movie, hehe.
Hwan really liked the house, too. It is really nice! They just got it built but they’re back in CA for now.
On thursday Anna and Caleb came over in the morning to invite Hwan to go with Caleb horse riding and some horse jobs Caleb was doing and Anna invited me to go shopping with her. So I woke Hwan up and he got ready and we all left around the same time.
We were a little worried about Hwan riding with Caleb, so we called a couple of times to check on them :P (as Hwan said, Caleb’s a wild man, hehe.)
We had a lot of fun shopping and it just so happened that day was dollar day at Dutch Bro’s ;) So we got like 3 or 4 smoothies and 3 or 4 mocha’s and I got a breve’. They gave me a large instead of medium so I waited to drink it until later that night. I was up late :P
When we got home Caleb and Hwan were there too so we all drank our coffee’s and stuff and a little later they all decided to work on the yard.
Me and Hwan made dinner but we set it aside and he went to work on the yard, too. They got a lot done! I helped a little but wasn’t feeling to great and Hwan told me not to work, :P
After they were done we had dinner, then Caleb and Anna went home. We sat outside next to the huge stump fire and sang a little.
Benjamin took these pics


Then we (me, Benjamin and Hwan) stayed up pretty late playing a slapping game Hwan taught us, hehe. It was funny.

The next morning we went for a walk and then Mary took me and Hwan to the trailer park for their yardsale day. We drove the truck so Hwan rode in the back part of the way.
Me and Mary found some interesting books for 10 cents each and Hwan found a playstation for 45$. Pretty good deal! He said he needed it, hehe.
On our way home we met up with Benjamin. He was just out bike riding so he threw his bike in the back and came with us.
We got home and it was almost time to leave for the airport. I wanted to give Hwan a picture of me when I was little which he liked so I put in in a book and gave it to him. Later when he had arrived in Indiana, he told me how he wanted to have the picture so I told him where it was, hehe. Surprise!
So we brang him to the airport and said goodbye~
We went to the college greenbelt and walked across the bridge. It was hard to say goodbye.
Hwan, before we left:

my caffeine high

Posted by Rachel on Apr 16 2008 | 1 Comment »

Hehe, I thought this test was kinda cool
The Caffeine Click Test - How Caffeinated Are You?
Created by OnePlusYou
Not sure if caffeine has much to do with it, though lol :P

What’s been happening~

Posted by Rachel on Mar 26 2008 | Comment now »

About a week after Micah came, Mary’s boyfriend from Canada arrived and stayed for a week with us. It was cool getting to meet him and stuff. So, now he is Marys Fiance! Which makes three couples here! Yikes. Then Isaac is going to New York on Thursday for business but also to meet a girl. Well I guess it won’t be so bad, me and Benjamin with mom and dad…lol but hopefully it won’t happen too fast.
So Mary is waiting until Sept. Luke is getting married this month or next. And Rebecca’s wedding date is June 14. My poor mom, lol. She’s pretty stressed about everything right now. But I think it will all work out good! :)

I want to post pictures! But I need to be on a different computer, which Benjamin is using atm. So they will come later.
I’m still trying to get my drivers license. I tryed to get it Monday but since I’m under 18 I can’t get it without my parents. Oh well! We’re going to try to do it Thursday after we take Isaac to the airport.
I like going to the airport. Its interesting, seeing all the foreigners. I’m always looking for the chinese, haha.

chinesepod is awesome! www.chinesepod.com I’ve been listening to thier episodes and learning quite a bit. They’re pretty interesting, really.
Last week I went to church for Easter. I always like the sermons around Easter time! Very inspiring. Then after church I met two foreign exchange students form China!! Wow, that was cool. I said ni hao and wo bu zhi duo (hello and I don’t know) and they were amazed! lol, they wanted me to sing a chinese song but I was too shy. But I got thier e-mail and IM so I can talk to them online :)

My grandparents are moved in to their new house now! Its all finished (they were having a house built up here) and so we helped them move in on Saturday! I think they will still live in CA for the winter cause its a lot warmer there…hehe, I don’t blame them! :P Except I do like snow!

I’m sure I already showed this to everyone who views my blog- http://youtube.com/watch?v=verV4b_Net0 But yeah, I felt like doing something crazy. I do that sometimes, just don’t usually videotape myself :P But this time no one was around, hehe.
I made some cooking video’s but couldn’t think of what to say on them, so they are silent videos :P I’ll probably make some more once I figure out what I should say, hehe.

Well I have to go for now. Pictures will come later! :)
Zai jian~

My week

Posted by Rachel on Feb 19 2008 | 4 Comments »

Last firday, me and my mom and sisters went with some friends (all girls) to stay the night at a Bed & Breakfast. We brought formals and fun stuff like that. We had the whole place (4 rooms) for the night and breakfast made by the lady and guy that run it. It was so nice! Very relaxing and fun.
This is one formal I wore

When we got home on Saturday we had a BIG surprise! My brother came to visit from Colorado! Totally a surprise :D we came home and there he was! Asleep on the couch! Hehe, it was awesome :D

This is Rebecca’s Fiance. Aren’t they cute?!? hehe.

This is just a pic I took today. I was burning weeds and found this hude one. It looked bigger IRL though :P

And morty. He was “helping me” burn weeds :P Actually he took my matches and scattered them all over, lol. But they were ok…hehe.

I’m going out to chinese food tonight! With someone I only met once…:P She does MaryKay, so I guess she’s going to tell me about skin care. We’ll see how it goes. :)
zai jian~

Posted by Rachel on Feb 11 2008 | 2 Comments »

We had a fun time yesterday, snow tubing :D Here’s some pictures etc.
They were at the top going to come down so I was hurrying to get out of the way :P


This is after they went down. Now I’m at the top! Hehe

Isaac carrying his tube. That hill is harder to climb than it looks! :P

After sliding down (Benjamins taking the pic) we were “resting” hehe.

Then later we went to have some food and stuff

Benjamin

And me :P

just squinting in the sun :P
It was really fun! We were out there for about 4 ours I think, just sliding around and stuff ;) I landed in the mud one time so that’s why I look…muddy :P But I think everyone else did too, lol.

2008

Posted by Rachel on Jan 09 2008 | Comment now »

I’ve been thinking about some goals I want to achieve this year, so this is what I’ve come up with so far
GOALS FOR 2008:
I want to get my drivers license so I’ve been working on that lately. I almost got it last week but found I had lost my birth certificate so I was kinda bummed about that…spent two hours looking for it but decided it was best just to get a new copy. So, yesterday I looked online and found the place to order one-also found some bogus sites and almost signed up,haha- Then I got all the information together and faxed it. So within 5 days I should have it and I can go get my DL. I’m thinking I should study as much as I can though, so maybe its good I have to wait.
Next I want to get a job. I’ve been looking into that online with a job finder, so, hopefully I’ll find a good one :)
I want to get a passport and foodhandling license, so if I need to work with food I will have that.
#4: try to convince my brother to go to China with me :P not sure at what point that will happen but sometime after I get the passport ;)
Hmmm, but maybe learning chinese should be #4, lol. Well I think I know enough to get by but its still a goal for me :)
Cooking experience is always a priority too *grin* maybe more of a hobby than a goal, but sometimes there are goals involved.
Well that’s all my practicalities I guess, other than my daily goals, and weekly goals etc. Which I’m sure you hear about enough :P
The main thing I want to do is grow closer to God and learn more about him, enjoy life and seek wisdom and understanding.
It seems like my life is getting more extreem as I’m growing up. Like, good is better and bad is worse. So I have to focus on good but still deal with the bad.
But you know, lately I feel willing to deal with it all, even if it scares me ;) “ Courage is not the absense of fear, but the presense of fear with the will to go on.”
Hope everyones’ having a good year so far~ Full of fun times and good memories!
-Rachel

Good song!

Posted by Rachel on Dec 31 2007 | Comment now »

I like this song :)

Jesus loves the little children,
All the little children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white,
They are precious in his sight.
Jesus loves the little children of the world.

Everything is beautiful in its own way.
Like the starry summer night, or a snow-covered winter’s day.
And everybody’s beautiful in their own way.
Under God’s heaven, the world’s gonna find the way.

There is none so blind as he who will not see.
We must not close our minds; we must let our thoughts be free.
For every hour that passes by, we know the world gets a little bit older.
It’s time to realize that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.

And everything is beautiful in its own way.
Like the starry summer night, or a snow-covered winter’s day.
Oh, sing it children!
Everybody’s beautiful in their own way.
Under God’s heaven, the world’s gonna find the way.

We shouldn’t care about the length of his hair, or the color of his skin.
Don’t worry about what shows from without, but the love that lives within.
And we’re gonna get it all together now; everything gonna work out fine.
Just take a little time to look on the good side my friend,
And straighten it out in your mind.

And everything is beautiful in its own way.
Like the starry summer night, or a snow-covered winter’s day.
Ah, sing it children!
Everybody’s beautiful in their own way,
Under God’s heaven the world’s gonna find a way.
One more time!
Everything is beautiful in its own way.
Like the starry summer night, or a snow-covered winter’s day…

Posted by Rachel on Dec 26 2007 | 4 Comments »

On Saturday night we got snow!!! Three inches and it stuck :D It was really great to have snow for christmas! It melted a bit but snowed more on Sunday so it was still a white christmas :)
The snowflakes look more like little lights falling(or stars) in the pic cause I had the night setting on and that makes the flash very bright (oops, hehe) Morty in the snow!

On Christmas eve, we had arranged to preform at a bed & breakfast house for their “pie social”, just singing and playing christmas music for them and all the people that came throughout the day. We did it last year for them and they really wanted us to do it again this year. They are really nice people and its a fun thing to do.

Benjamin brought his accordion and played an Italian song which he’s just been learning- Benjamin, posing with the accordion
- Its really cool, even just the bit he knows!

Mary, at the bed & breakfast house, sitting in a “courting booth”. Mary, sitting in the courting booth
The house is old victorian style, and all the old woodwork is refinished etc. Really neat :)
We got a few pictures in the different rooms upstairs (they said we could do that.)
Lots of mirrors!

The courting booth
There’s a little fireplace in the middle, the guy sits on one side and the girl on the other so they can talk “privately” hehe. (btw, that’s my dad)
A little

Later at about 7 all the family got together at our place; Which included Benjamin, Me, Isaac, Mary, Rebecca, Luke, Mom and Dad. Then Caleb and Anna, James, Zieke and Lydia. Then Joshua and Lonnie, some friends, were there also. Then Micah was watching us all on webcam! Hehe, (skype is awesome for that.)
One christmas present-A chinese style shirt which is reversable to black :D
One christmas present-a chinese shirt *grin*
Me and James matched, hehe. (except the sombrero clashed slightly :P )
I let James try on another one I had, hehe Notice Zieke in the background- on the computer where he’s not supposed to be!
The boys got matching blankets, which they had been needing! *grin*

Christmas was good, even though Martha and her family couldn’t be there and some other family we’d hoped for. We sent a christmas package to Martha and Nathan, so they got that on Monday and called so Bethany could talk to mom too. I miss them a lot but its good to hear from them often.
We also had micah on webcam and voice chat, so it was kinda like he was here :) We didn’t have a big meal that day but had it at Caleb and Anna’s house on Christmas day, so that was nice too. I ate too much candy I think, but it was all good, haha. I got everything I wanted for christmas, even though I hadn’t really asked for it…guess everyone knows me well :)
So, its almost time to start making New Year Resolutions! Hmm, I need to make a list, maybe. This year I’ll be turning 18, so I’ll have some things to accomplish… probably :P oh well.
Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you all! Hope it is and was a good and memorable time, God bless!
~Your friend, Rachel

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