Pearl Harbor

Tomorrow is the 68th anniversary of that infamous day. Over 2,200 Marines and soldiers died that day. Pray for our Armed Forces!

Michael- U.S. Army
Rick- U.S. Navy

evan

so i went down to princess anne last night to see kayla, ali, and evan.. who i have not seen in at least three months. we had a grand time playing games etc. it was time for me to leave, and i said my good byes. as i'm walking out the door evan says, " i'll miss you w(r)achel!"

jaw to the floor, heart sunk in my chest.

he should probably never know just how well he has me wrapped around his little finger.

really? really!?

so i'm studying steps to correct behavior in my student. i think its absolutely ludicris (sp?) that they have spent thousands of dollars, years of research and wrote papers upon papers and came up with these psychological self-monitoring crap to correct student behavior. absolutely STUPID! what happened to the respect ofyour teachers, parents and authority? ugghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stupid hippies.

25 years

Mr. Richard and Mrs. Kathleen Townsend have been married twenty five years today. isn't that amazing?

they would tell you its all because Jesus.

as their kid, i would agree:)

Happy anniversary mom and papa! what a testimony to God's grace!

USNA

I went to the Naval Academy yesterday to watch the Midshipmen play the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.

Yes they are the Hilltoppers. I wish i had a shot of their mascot. he looked kinda like the purple blob thing from McDonalds, but he was all red.weird.

anyway, it was spitting rain around game time but though nothing of it. (by the end of the game i was soaked! and jeans are NOT comfotable damp)

it was so much fun! i had never been to a live college football game. just fantastic! music blaring through the speakers, the midshipmen (and women) bringing in the air of excitement as they came into the stadium, and the third string players warming up on the field.

the one side of the stadium looks like a side profile of a ship with all its layers. averytime the navy got a touchdown, this horn blew like from a ship, the cannon boomed, and the plebes had to tun out onto the side of the field and so twenty pushups which of course they amde look so easy.

they paraded the live goat (the mascot of the navy) down the side lines. it was quite comical scene the goat did not want to walk, period. he just planted his feet and dug in. he even made a midshipman trip. poor guy.

my friend chelsea and her mama took me.chelsea's boyfriend plays for the navy. go molloy! chelsea wore one of his old jerseys and i was decked out in navy blue, head to toe:)

the moon

the moon looks like the chesire cat's smile from alice in wonderland tonight.
i can picture the cat appearing to match the smile.

it reminds me of bonfires at my aunt's house (across the road). what grand times.

cold cold weather, but we didn't care; we were so little. when your little, you hardly mind how cold or how hot it is if you are having fun. roasting marshmellows, plenty of teasing from "mean dean", and hayrides.

oh the hayrides. pop-pop's tractor and the wagon with lots of hay of course! we rode through the swamp. so creepy! dark woods, trees overhanging the road,you had to look through the leaves (or the branches when the leaves were gone)to see the stars.
even creepier if their were no stars. fun times of scary stories. who could scare everybody the most?

yet no matter what time of the year it was, we always ended up singing christmas songs. thanksgiving may not have passed, but we still sang'em!

do you remember?

summer 2006 (?)

nissan pavilion

coldplay

hannah rose, linnea, sienna, kyrie & hannah, do you remember?

when they started playing "yellow", i screamed like a little girl.

man alive, that was one of the best concerts ever. period.

wouldn't it be nice...

i watched some podcasts today on youtube from switchfoot. (imagine that!) and i got thinking of all these bands who get to travel around in tight quarters, meeting all kinds of people, and strange places. how fun this must be! you go loopy at some points and just have the most fun! also, thinking about making movies.. people who get to make like a series of movies.. like Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Twilight, and Harry Potter (note: these are examples, not my personal preferences) you work together all day, you hang out after work doing fun things because your usually in fun locations... is so fun and bonding and like making a new family of sorts.

i miss being a part of these kinds of things. no, not a band or a movie, but like putting on plays or working at camp! such interesting times! i suppose opportunities like these will come about again. and i can't wait!

oh brother.

okay, so i hate to give ANY celebrity commentary on my blog because i find it silly to be honest but i have a thought for this whole taylor swift- being-interrupted-by-kanye-west (who my professor called carlie today) business. (yes, i admit to watching those stupid award shows for an hour and half.... part of my life i'll never get back)Here is this cute little 19 year old accepting her first award from this particular venue, and, well, you heard. to mr. west, didn't your mama teach you to think before you act? is this not like the fifth time you have had to apologize for irrational rash action? actions speak louder then words. learn self control.



that is all.

wow.

chalice found this but i just had HAD to share... Respect Life!

allysa

this sweet little girl is my cousin rick and his wife jen's girl. she looks JUST LIKE rick when he was a baby. and i think she looks a bit like me when i was a tot. (this is what my girls will look like) she is very friendly, and SMART. she watched me click through my camera for five seconds, then grabbed hold and looked through the pictures herself, identify, daddy! pop-pop! unka mike! mommy! mom-mom! she is just so adorable! she partied with us until the polka (at 10!) then she finally crashed. so dear.

silly tradition

don't you just love the older woman out there? too bad she didn't catch it. i was rooting for her.

so my cousin's boyfriend caught the garter, and they blindfolded him. michael sat down right next to the girl who caught the boquet, and rolled his pants up. he pulled up this hose and stuck his leg out. we were all rolling on the floor.

because my family polkas...

yup.. we ARE Polish! what do you expect? every wedding my family has had, we polka-ed. let me tell you my friend, it may appear easy, but that is a work out! bouncing around on the floor twirling around... oh bless. that is my aunt bonnie and my cousin amanda, my mom with my cousin rick, and my uncle rick with his granddaughter alyssa.

the night was ended spendidlywith arms around one another shoulders, in a large circle, belting, and i do mean belting, "don't stop believin' " by journey. thats just how we roll. it was a fantastic wedding!

My love- The Bird and The Bee

I just LOVE this song.. i heard it at work, and i think its been on a few tv shows. just LISTEN!

the black keys

Okay, so the video may seem weird yada yada yada, but LISTEN to the music! i am just in love with this sound!

a movie

so this is my first movie like thing i've created. it is for school and its kinda lame.. but it was really fun making it! don't laugh too hard..

highschool

this is the old nanticoke high school. very cool place that ingrid and i got to explore on cheery saturday.

wood

i find drift wood interesting. this one looks like an octupus, just with more legs. the other just looks like its posing. isn't it interesting to look at?

ride to NDHS.

sunset on the bridge road.

funny doggy

just in case you were wondering..

spotted: the easter bunny.

carrying a basket o' candy and eggs.

in east new market, at a small deli & general store.

i went in for a newspaper, and in came mr. easter bunny himself.

well the layout is horrible. i still cannot quite figure it out. anyway, these shots were taken on my way up to North Dorchestor H.S. in Hurlock... at seven a.m. i really ought to get used to this schedule.. i'm just really not a morning person. but takin pictures of the sunrise is nice:) that body of water is the Nanticoke River at the Vienna Bridge. sunrise is nice, isn't?

green grass

i love lush soft green grass. ( and apparently, so do the doggies.)papa did an excellent job planting our new grass.

valuable lesson + atonement= freedom

i was just reading annie huntington's blog.. which you should ALWAYS check out becasue she is just so smart and creative! anyway.. atonement was a word that popped out. what a great word! atonement. and the meaning is even better.

well kids, i learned a ver y very valuable lesson this weekend. if you really want to know you may ask. but all i can say is thank the Good Lord for redemption and atonement.

NEP vs. Stimulus plan

i was just reading mrs. huntington's blog for February16. i totally agree with her concerning the hurry hurry to sign the stimulus plan that has a billion other horrible things tagged on becasue the liberal fundmentalist are just excited to get something through the house that they want for the first time in at least 8 years. now, i am not going to lie, i was excited to see what changes obama was going to bring. i am sick of the republicans soaking all the money up and feeding themselves fat, metaphorically. i am all for little governemnt, but the reality was folks, it wasn't little governemnt. they had their hand in everything, anything to grab money money money. i was hopful for a new administration that would be more careful of spending, that would LISTEN to the people!! well, i am not impressed. and thats what i really should have expected. pelosi hurrying the bill so she could fly to ROME, and the president in CHICAGO. reporters blatently said on cnn he was out west where the people were more friendly towards this bill as opposed to washington. so are we moving the capitol now or just when it's convienent.
the whole stinkin government is rotten with greed.
historically the nation has swung left and when we were sick of it we swung back to the right and so on. its been going on for a long time. i can't help but wonder, how far is the pendulum going to swing this time?
scary.
but as i said on mrs. huntington's blog, my history professor last semester (note pre-election) made president bush the butt of many jokes, relating him to the previous administration's mistakes, mostly those right wing fundamentalists. (because we are SO crazy didn't you know?)
well, the tune has changed. my russian revolution history professor made a correlation between Lenin's new economic policies to the stimulus plan. (!?!?!?!?!?!?!) then he made laugh like he was only half kidding; like he believed there was some truth in what he said.
huh.

60 degrees

hmm i love this warm weather tease we are experiencing this weekend. its just so lovely. spring anyone?

so my cousin, josh, came down today from the pretty Amish land of Lancaster with his mom and pop. we were sitting around the table at my grandmother's, and decided after lunch that it was too nice to be inside. so, we thought, let's go check out the chicken houses. i hear you say what? isn't that full of chickens? and stinky?

well no, and yes. my grandparents no longer raise chickens. (they use to raise chickens, corn, grain of some kind, soy, hogs, and bison... yup, bison. oh and lots of dogs, cause a farm is no good without a dog or two.)

so now the chicken houses are like storage sheds... stinky ones. but regardless it's like a muesum in there. lots of random things.. and i mean RANDOM. so josh and i "explored" the chicken houses. he found his mama's old bible (from when she was a little girl.. 1967 to be specific) sitting on top of a truck hood. it's an old working farm, what can i say?

then josh decided to explore the old combine and shed it was in. we noticed two pipe things going into the ground, and on into a well... a very deep well. huh, i thought. i've never seen that before. it kinda freaked me out. here is this square hole in the cement floor that is a deep well. what has fallen in there? yeeuch.

i'm just glad we never found that when we were younger.

oh and it's really windy up there, and lots of semi loose metal making creepy noises.

then we saw the door to one of the grain bins. like big grain bins. so we opened in waiting for an animal to pop out at us. nothing did. i wish i had a picture to describe the eerie-ness inside this grain bin.
so it's large circular metal tall building thing that is completley hollow inside except for the long drill bit looking thing that was used to pull up the grain and put it into something else. there was still some grain on the floor of this bin. and wrapped around the drill-elevator thing was a light bulb socket and one lone light bulb. so we plugged it in.

curiousity got the best of us. how CREEPY and SCARY would it be to get shut in this thing!?!!? i immediatly imagined the scene from "the ring". ahhhh!!!!

we quickly shut the door, and unplugged the light.

so if you want to make a scary movie, i've got the perfect spot.

oh yea! and there is a really old graveyard down the road from us not to mention how spooky the swamp is.

ask hannah and linnea about chasing foxes down that road in the golf cart.