Pretty sure these are the last random vacation pictures...

Quoted

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country.

-- Theodore Roosevelt

More Pool Pics

I haz bin tagged

The PHNMBSTYSBOTW tagged me.

The rules of the game get posted at the beginning of the post. Each player answers the questions about themselves in their post. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

1. What was I doing ten years ago?
Ten years ago I was a deliriously happy first time mom. Savannah was two months old. She nursed badly, cried all the live-long day (and night!) but I didn't care. I was just crazy in love with that baby. I still kinda like her :)

2. What are five things on my list to do today?

1)Finish up odds and ends for one of my bosses (this is her last week! Yeah!)
2)Take the kids to the pool after work
3)Vaccuum (ie therapy)
4)Laundry (always)
5)Plan rest of life...(maybe)


3. Snacks I enjoy?
I enjoy Little Debbie snack cakes but honestly, if you eat three of them you pretty much have to call it a meal. Know what I'm sayin?


4. Things I Would Do If I Were A Billionaire?

-Start subsidized daycare, after school and summer care program for working families.
-Build ten bedroom house on Old Hickory Lake
-Still make Ryan pay child support (It's the principle of the thing, dammit!)
-Fund grant award for young scientist who can create carb free Little Debbie snack cakes


5. Three of my bad habits?
Cursing (I'm working on it...really...sometimes)
Procrastinating
Swiss Cake Rolls


6. Five places I have lived?
Hendersonville, TN
Murfreesboro, TN

How pathetic is it that I am three short here?


7. Five jobs I’ve had?

1) Hotel maid
2) Preschool teacher
3) Salad bar girl
4) Bean Packer (I was also a case printer, oil inspector, warehouse clerk and supervisor at this job but bean packer is funnier...)
5) Surgery Scheduler


8. How did you name your blog?
I basically drove myself nuts trying to think of a witty, non-cheesey name for my blog. I finally gave up thus JustRachel.


Now for the tagging:
Alas, the tag must end here because I'm a friendless goober and, as a Baptist, most everyone I know thinks the internet is just a conduit for satan and porn so they don't actually have blogs...

Beach Pics (I am too lazy to write an actual post so enjoy yet another slideshow.)

Throw Us!!!

Quoted

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."

- John F. Kennedy

I don't know why we have to play mini golf on vacation, we just do.

Quoted

There are a hell of a lot of reasons I love the bloke, but one of the most important, which hasn't changed since the day we met, is that he interests me. There's no one with whom I'd rather hang out or have a long, tumbling conversation. And that makes me like the hell out of him, too. He's my best friend.

Amen, sister.

AMEN.

The Track (Or all the fun you can stand while wasting daddy's hard earned money)

Gators!

Kevin made fun of my excitement about visiting the gator farm while on vacation. Apparently I may have mentioned it 7 or 80 times prior to our trip. As punishment, he had to stay in the condo while the girls and I traveled deep into the armpit of Alabama to watch alligators eat hot dogs.

Was it as fun as it sounds?

Ummm...Hell Yeah!

I'm not sure if I should be proud or ashamed...

99 As a 1930s wife, I am Very Superior Take the test!

Gulf Shores Part I

Ugh...

This morning I put on socks.
Sweet biscuits, I hate socks in the summertime. I really enjoyed being (mostly) barefoot for the entirety of our vacation.

But today it's back to work.
So, it's back to socks.

I packed my curling iron and did not use it once on myself. The only makeup I wore was just enough to provide me with a little bit of SPF factor so I don't wrinkle like a prune when I'm 50. I think I sort of started to like this low maintenance Rachel.

This morning, after completing my normal beauty regimen, I looked in the mirror and realized I had created a 'drag queen' version of my vacation self. (No offense to drag queens but I really need a new look.)