Dear Joann

Dear Joann,

It would be odd to say it,but this is the I love you site....so...
I love you. I love how easy it is to hang out. I love that you have all the stuff to make great salads. I love that you always have Gouda cheese.

I love how easily our girls play together. I love that tea from South Africa...if only I could get used to milk, I could have drunken it sooner! Or if I had developed a scalding coffee mouth. :)

Thanks for being super, and a great sounding board without getting offended.

I love how you can mentally shake me when I'm on an emotional tirade. You're calm logic is great.

Love (but only in a friendship, not a kissy way),
Rachel

Dear Daft Punk,

you are amazing,
your music makes me happy,

thanks!
-Julie

(2/2) Lets not continue this any longer or i will hurt someone. Not feeling the love, julie.

(1/2) Dear side effects of being a girl, you Havent occured as usual for 2 months until now, and your kicking my ass. Was almost in tears twice. Impressive.

Dear tuesday, you were amazing. Incredible meditation, and celebrating debs birthday with cake and a game. Worth getting home late 1,000 x over ^^

Dear Apartment and Dog,

YOU ARE A MESS.

Seriously!?

I come home, my place is a mess (thank you Cinder..). Cards everywhere that were once neatly stacked on the sad excuse of a coffee table I had, Havoc pooped and peed 3 times this morning. 3 times! He slept in his kennel. I had forgiven him for ruining a $30 cardigan I had gotten as a present for my sister, and then he started chewing on my bed frame.

The apartment is a mess, things everywhere. Luckily I'm working on laundry so that's one thing out of the way.

I hate you.
-Julie

Dear fruit from costco,

I FREAKING LOVE YOU.

you are delicious, and good for me!
you are conveniently packaged so it is easier for me, thank you.

Move in and marry me?
I promise to love you,
til death do us part.

It's a good deal!
Nice cold fridge to stay in,
I'll even wash you so you're nice and clean.

You know you want to!

Love,
Julie

Dear You Tube

Dear YouTube
Oh how can i forget this dancing fool, the evolution of dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg

oh you tube, i love you. But I need to do other stuff. See you later,
Rachel

Dear YouTube,

Dear You Tube,
I love you!

thanks for bringing gems that make me happy and know that other people are having fun too.
Like babies rollerskating
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQcVllWpwGs&feature=channel

or remixed (I like this one better) with the king, Michael Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIt5lGhFyE0
and how that worked here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQXD9sx-i0A&feature=channel

of course, that awesome wedding video Julie showed me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0
I'm so glad I saw that BEFORE "The Office" wedding show. It made it that much more funny.
Of course, with marriage there is death or divorce. So we see the end of JK in this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbr2ao86ww0

Oh you tube, you are filled with so many delights. Why would I ever watch TV again?

Love,
Rachel

P.S. Do you have any youtube favorites that I missed?

Dear Julie's Meditation

Dear Julie,

 I really respect how you treat other people.  And how you treat yourself.  You are so good at being kind, and giving your brain/soul a break during meditation.

 

A friend reminded me of this song.  It made me think of you, since I feel like you encourage me to have kind feelings and let go of the anger I feel.

 

1.       School thy feelings, O my brother;
Train thy warm, impulsive soul.
Do not its emotions smother,
But let wisdom’s voice control.
School thy feelings; there is power
In the cool, collected mind.
Passion shatters reason’s tower,
Makes the clearest vision blind.


[Chorus]
School thy feelings, O my brother;
Train thy warm, impulsive soul.
Do not its emotions smother,
But let wisdom’s voice control.


2. School thy feelings; condemnation
Never pass on friend or foe,
Though the tide of accusation
Like a flood of truth may flow.
Hear defense before deciding,
And a ray of light may gleam,
Showing thee what filth is hiding
Underneath the shallow stream.


3. Should affliction’s acrid vial
Burst o’er thy unsheltered head,
School thy feelings to the trial;
Half its bitterness hath fled.
Art thou falsely, basely, slandered?
Does the world begin to frown?
Gauge thy wrath by wisdom’s standard;
Keep thy rising anger down.


4. Rest thyself on this assurance:
Time’s a friend to innocence,
And the patient, calm endurance
Wins respect and aids defense.
Noblest minds have finest feelings;
Quiv’ring strings a breath can move;
And the gospel’s sweet revealings
Tune them with the key of love.


5. Hearts so sensitively molded
Strongly fortified should be,
Trained to firmness and enfolded
In a calm tranquility.
Wound not willfully another;
Conquer haste with reason’s might;
School thy feelings, sister, brother;
Train them in the path of right.

 

Thanks for bringing a peace and ability to find peace to our home.

 

Love,

Rachel

Dear Brian,

I love you,
and I'm glad we are siblings.

Proof?

YWAM Montana Health Team- How to Stay Healty

He's the one in the red hat, classy.

Enjoy!

And welcome to team Byersdorf.

Love,
Julie

Dear nanny julie

I love you. Thanks for working for is for a year Thanks for making mac and cheese even if it took a while. Really, we just need you for another month or so. I know we've been saying that for a year. This tiMe I mean it.


maybe
Love, rachel

Sent from my Windows Mobile Phone

Dear working phone,

Dear phone I love you. After many seasons where you wouldn't send email. You did keep grant up till 5.30 am. That sucks. But if this posts, you now work and it might be worth it.
Holding my breath,Rachel

Sent from my Windows Mobile Phone

Dear Havoc,

.You beat up the cat every chance you get
.you fight me when I try to put solution in your ears-
resulting in 'apple' smelling goop all over myself and my livingroom.
.you fight cleaning the goop out of your ears
.you cry at the door 2 hours after I take you out
.you turn around at the door and haul ass around the complex for 20 minutes
.you think everything is a game, so when I get close, you play bow, and then run away happily
.you chewed up 2 plastic bags and my dvd case while I was at the gym

WHY DO I OWN YOU.
I find myself wishing torture and pain against you,
as your mom, this is not a good thing!

STOP IT.

Love,
Julie

(1/2) Dear alex, thank you for a hellish afternoon, you motivated me to release my frustrations at the gym! For my sanity though, lets try to not repeat it too

(2/2) often ;) Love, Julie