Time Flies

Cali To-Do List

So I don't have a picture to post today, but I still have to blog. Lately I've been thinking about the fact that I'm going to be leaving California in just a few short months, and that got me thinking that there are so many places I've never been to here and things I've never done, even though I've lived here my whole life! They're just the basic "touristy" things, but I've just never done them. So I made a list of things I want to do before I leave California. And I know there's even more things I want to do, but these are just the main ones off the top of my head:


Go to the Griffith Observatory
Hike to the Hollywood sign (well, as close as we're allowed to get)
Hollywood walk of fame
Devil’s Punchbowl
Getty Museum (I've been before, just haven't been for awhile)
Vasquez Rocks (Again, I've been before, but haven't been since I was a little kid)
Botanical Gardens
Beach Bonfire
Universal Studios (But I'll be going for senior celebration)

So, anyone that wants to do any of these things with me, let me know!

Lily

I woke up this morning and one of the lilies in the bouquet my dad got me for Valentine's day had opened :)



I also started going to the gym again today, but I wasn't about to take a picture of me all sweaty and gross for the blog, sorry lol.

Happy Valentine's Day

Frankie

I stayed home sick today, and Frankie slept cuddled up next to me all morning. I love him.

The Lucky One

I came home from school early today because I wasn't feeling very good. My mom has had a cold for the past week, and I think it's finally gotten to me. So once I finished my "important" classes (the ones that actually count for credit) I came home, got back in bed, and finished reading "The Lucky One" :) Cute book!

Daily Pictures

Okay, so I've been majorly lacking with blogging. Honestly, I just haven't had much to blog about. I was tuned out from the world for about a week while reading the Twilight series (ahhh! SO. GOOD. by the way!) Then I had finals (booo!), and now I'm just back in a normal routine. Wake up at the butt crack of dawn, go to school, come home, do nothing, eat dinner, do some more nothing, take a shower, and go to bed. Such an exciting teenage life, I know. But I decided to get myself back into blogging, I'm going to start taking at least one picture every day to blog. Since there's not much in my life right now to actually talk (write) about, I'll just blog pictures :) Plus it forces me to work on my photography skills everyday too. It's a win/win situation, lol.

Sooo, here are pictures of me from today. It was 80's day at school (it's spirit week this week. Disappointed in it though....ancient day? Alien day? What the heck?!)

New Moon

Finally saw New Moon. Let me just say this about it...



AMAZING! lol

Got Sucked In

Well, I've finally been sucked in....to TWILIGHT! lol. I always kind of wanted to read the books, but never got around to it. I saw the first movie a while ago, but then just shrugged it off. Then when I got back to school after Christmas break, my yearbook teacher told me she actually started reading them, and that I HAVE TO lol. So she let me borrow the first book to read, and OH.MY.GOSH. I am officially addicted lol. I went to Target on Friday and bought all the books, and finished New Moon last night. SO GOOD! I'm going to see New Moon tomorrow, and it's taking all my power to not start Eclipse until after I see New Moon (because I don't want to be halfway through Eclipse, and then make my mind go back to New Moon to see the movie lol). So hello, my name is Rachel, and I am ADDICTED to Twilight! haha

2010

Well, it's a new year! It's finally 2010. I'm extremely excited, because this is a big year for me. This is the year I will graduate high school, I will get a job, and I will move to South Carolina (Lord willing, of course). I will become an "adult" this year. I feel kind of overwhelmed thinking of all the big things that will happen this year. My whole life is going to change. I'm going to be forced to grow up a lot this year. I'm going to go through a lot of hard times...but I also have a feeling that this is going to be my best year yet! I can't wait to experience all the huge things that are going to happen in my life this year, and also cherish the little things. 2010 is going to be an AMAZING year!

So of course, I have some goals for this year...resolutions I guess, although I hate calling them that, because no one ever sticks to their resolutions lol.

Get a job.
Graduate.
Be happier. Stop stressing about the little things.
Live in the moment. Stop thinking about only the future.
Move to South Carolina.
Be more open-minded.
Take chances. Don't be afraid.
Let God have all the control. Stop trying to do things myself.
Spend as much time as I can with the people that I love here before I move.
Get all A's second semester, so I don't have to take any finals.
Take lots of beautiful photos.
Take 5 minutes every day to think of everything that was good that day.
Learn to cook.