oggi e.

Today I have decided to take matters into my own hands, and teach myself Italian. For YEARS I have been trying to convince my very fluent family members to teach me, but they've avoided it.
I need ideas though, I have no idea how to learn a language properly. :|
But I will learn. I swear. Like, French is easy enough! How hard could this possibly be...?

Oh, and oggi e means Today Is, in Italian. I attended Italian school for 2 and a half years, that's the only thing I remember. Sad right?

ttfn, <3

MERRY CHRISTMAS

So Christmas is almost over.  What a bummer, it was actually pretty good this year.  
MY FAMILY IS CRAZY.  I'm not even exaggerating.  They're absolutely mad crazy strange.  I think I'm adopted... ;)  Well regardless of how dysfunctional my family is, Christmas was pretty decent this year.  Usually there are problems and arguments, but this year everyone was just loud and everywhere.  I don't know how we fit 19 people into that tiny living room. 
So this year for Christmas I got : 
Socks, and pyjamas, and clothes and chocolate!  And I'm quite content with that. :) 


The night of Christmas Eve was not so good though.  My poor Nonno was sick, so we ended up staying home all night instead of visiting my Mom's side of the family for dinner.  Well it's okay, we watched movies and I ate the cookies and lindt chocolate my sister left out for Santa.  
I'm not really sure if she still believes in it all.  I think she's just afraid she won't be getting presents if she finally admits it.  Although I don't mind.. I like the cookies ;) 
I must end this, my computer is going to die. 
And my charger, sits in the other room. 
And I sit here, not wanting to get it. 


ttfn, <3

MOMMY<3

Happy birthday, to my gorgeous, loving, caring, sweet, amazing mother. She has been through so much, in all these years (50 to be exact). BIG 50. :D

No matter how often we fight (often) or not get along (often again) I still love her to death. I don't know what I would do without my mother.. probably suffer and be homeless or starving. She means so much to me, I absolutely adore her.

Happy 50th Birthday Mommy. I love you <3

The feeling when...

Don't you just hate it when the plans you were really really looking forward to are suddenly cancelled. And then you feel like throwing things, or crying, or eating fattening foods? Ahaa, maybe not. But these were PRETTY important plans. I ate too much bread today, I was in a state of sadness. All I did was walk around the house in my pjs with bread. BUT THEN. MIRACLES. We were able to change them right to the day after. Mind you, it's Christmas Eve Day, but boo. Day. YESS. I felt like a kid in a candy store, all excited and such. :)

ttfn, <3

...

WHAT a stressful day. Shopping with the family really reminded me how much I hate shopping with the family. It's like, you try to buy something but if my
mother doesn't like it.. you aren't buying it. And if you do, she will make you suffer for the rest of your life. I'm not exaggerating, she really will.
Wooooooo for the holidays.

ttfn, <3

Happy Monday!

Yes, happy Monday. In my opinion, Monday is on of the best days of the week. I know a lot of people really disagree with that, but it's just an opinion!
We are currently driving to the mall!! Time to do our Christmas shopping, at Upper Canada Mall. I love driving on winter days like this. The snow is calm
and gorgeous, and conditions aren't too bad so my mother isn't worrying about crashing. But right now I really want to ski. Hopefully tomorrow or later today I can venture to the basement to pull out and examine my lovely equipment. Probably not this year, but definitely next year I plan on getting rid of my twin tips. I'd like to invest in a pair of skis with good edges and STRAIGHT ENDS. Not curved at both ends, like twin tips are. How often do they really benefit me? Not much at all. And no more red ski boots please, I'm begging my mother. But in the end, it doesn't matter. I just really want to ski.
Sorry, I tend to rant.
I'll stop now ;)

ttfn, <3

The Sib.

Alright, I have this little sister.  Her name is Rebecca, and she's a kid.  
This girl is slightly annoying. 


She likes to talk a lot, and bug me, and make messes EVERYWHERE IN MY ROOM.  She doesn't allow me to do her hair or pick out her clothes.  She rarely even BRUSHES it, and she likes to wear sweat pants every. single. day.  But surprisingly, I still love her. ;)


But today, she let me do her hair.  It was like Christmas!
5 Days
4 Hours
33 minutes.  
Until Christmas. 
YES. FTW. MHM. OMG. OH YEAHH. 

This is we.  

Look at that piece of hair, sitting there where it shouldn't belong.  How rude.  

TTFN

Missing you.

What a gorgeous day!  The sun is kind of out.. it's blocked by the clouds.  But the snow is absolutely marvelous.  I hope to go out and get some shots of the snow before it gets dark.

Missing someone is one of the hardest things you will ever have to do in life.  It's brutal, and I wish I didn't have to miss anyone.  Last September (2010) I lost someone very close to me.  He was like my Nonno (grandfather in Italian), and my best friend.  Even though he wasn't family, he was just as close, and at times closer.  Every time I think of him, I want to cry.  I want him back, and I wish no one ever had to feel like that.  But what really kills me is that I didn't even get to say goodbye.  His cruel, terrible family took him away and put him in one of those awful homes for the last year of his life.  They didn't care about him, and stole him from the people that did.  He suffered from dementia, and it was so painful.  Every day I miss him so much.

I've never really told anyone how I feel about it all, but it's nice to FEEL like you're telling someone when really you aren't.  Because no one actually reads this stuff anyways.

TTFN

My First Post, and I already have no idea what to say...

Hey ! Let me tell you a bit about myself. 


My name is Rachel.  I like to read, and run around, and ski and bike and swim.  Music is my life, and family is important to me.  I adore my friends, and I love to EAT.  But I'm skinny.  I'm a perfectionist, especially when it comes to spelling and grammar.  People get quite annoyed, because I tend to correct them a lot.  I have been trying to hold back on that, but it bugs me so much!  


So I already know right now that no one will really read this.  But it's nice to dream, right? 
I'm usually full of energy and happiness, I figure that you can always find something to smile about, even when it seems like your entire world is falling to pieces.  


I love music, it's very important to me.  Whenever something bugs me or upsets me, it's always there as a way to express everything I'm feeling. Like someone to talk to, if there's no one around.  Music is my friend. 


I miss someone right now. 


IT'S WINTER!  I love winter, my favourite season.  I think snow is gorgeous, and it's not hot.  Which is very good, because I can't stand being outside if it's over 25 degrees (celsius).  


I have shoulder-length brown hair and hazel eyes.  I'm short, and thin.  I'm extremely self conscious,  and never wear my hair up in public. For my own reasons. 


I have a dog, and 4 cats.  People think that's weird and crazy, but I really love them.  We used to only have 1 dog and 2 cats, but there were these adorable little kittens being neglected by this insane mentally-unstable chick, and we had to save them. 


TTFN