Dear safeway online groceries

Marry me? We will be so happy together! Let me know tomorrow when you deliver my christmas groceries. I'll have a ring ready, because I want you in my life for eternity.

Love,
rachel

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Dear my left hip tendons and or nerves

Dear hip nerve or tendons,
I hate you. You leave me burning and in dispare as I wait to start my evening choir performance. Why can't you leave me alone? Why do you come with less reason and rhyme?
How can I ask your forgiveness so your spite towards me will be lifted?
Screw you and the constant burn.
Suck it,
Love,

rachel

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Dear So You Think You Can Dance,

We will not speak.
I will not spill the results to those who have not seen it yet,
but it is bull honkey.

I do not like you,
and we are not friends.

Figure your life out,
and then we can talk.

Until then,

Suck it.

Seriously.
Almost cried.

-Julie

Dear hotel

I love you. Thank you for your peaceful room, bed free of sticky candy, pool with no screaming, and breakfast where I only pick my own food.

Thanks for waiting all these years for is to show up without our children.

you're just superb! Lets do this again soon!

Kiss kiss,
rachel

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Dear Julie

Kiss kiss

Glad the donuts saved the day. That was all Grant! When do we have to save you from the children?

Grateful more than you're suffering,

Love,
rachel

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Dear Krispy Kreme,

I love you frosting filled doughnuts,
you are the love of my life.

I don't know if I could love another more.
You are consistantly delicious every time,
you make me happy,
de-stress me from the dog getting into everything,
and once the floor is clean,
magically finding more things to chew on,
that I have to fish out of his slobbering jowels.
which is better than fishings things out of Mark's,
I dont get the pointy teeth.

I digress,
and can't help but confess my love for you
as Kate and Emily do a news report on 'why Havoc attacked Kate' -_-
"Katelyn, did Havoc bite you? did he scare you? bite your eye off?" O_O
and now Emily is singing about God and lighting candles.
don't know if it's a real song....

got to love free time :)

Krispy Kreme (meaning Grant and Rachel who dropped them off on the porch :D )
THANK YOU! You saved the evening!
(Funny how any arguing or grumpiness goes away with treats...)

Dear Oatmeal Bubble Carpet House

I love you. I thought of you today, and had to go deep to find you.

You make me giggle. I can't figure you out.

I want all my friends to meet you. I feel like they get to live in my dream world. All this house needs is harnesses to make us fly from area to area, and we'd be living my dream. I mean IN my dream.

Please don't sell, house with the funny ...funny EVERYTHING. I want to look at you forever!


(clink the link to see into my dreams)

Love you forever, every night of my life,

Rachel

Dear prescription line, you take too long. Mark offer a nap, hurry it up!

Dear Acorn Squash Soup

Oh soup,
I miss you.
My heart dropped yesterday when I realized my last bowl was already half empty.
Your creamy perfection, those hints of ginger and dill were mouthwatering. Only you would still taste good with dried spices.
I love you so much, with every happy cell in my body.
I know you love me too, I can feel it. Right in my stomach.
When you said farewell yesterday, it broke my heart.
I wasn't sure I would ever see you again.
You really were the second best soup I ever had. (Let's not ruin the moment by talking about the first)

Oh soup, I am yours! I thought of you all day yesterday

Then, surprise! You were hiding in my fridge, one last surprise ending!
I can still taste you, as my last spoonful still lingers.
The bowl is still warm as I write you this letter.

Thank you for being the [second] best soup ever. You were the perfect following for the days after Thanksgiving dinner. You have captured my heart forever. It is yours, no matter what you do with it.

Please say you love me forever too!
Maybe we can meet again, perhaps the top of the Empire State Building, on the day after Thanksgiving 2010?

Love you, with all my body and heart,
Rachel

Dear Vacation Days

I'm not sure how I feel about you anymore.
You promise great things, like an extra Saturday.
But sometimes it's more like that rainy, messy, horrible Saturday that you'd rather forget.

So, Vacation Days, I guess I'm saying,
I just want to be friends.


Your friend,
Rachel

Dear Relpax

I love you. I will never use, "I have a headache," to keep you out of my bed.
You tell me I'm beautiful.
You make all my worries go away.
You are the one I want in bed with me,

While I recover from a migraine.

Thanks for being the best migraine medicine there ever was. You are welcome in bed with me anytime.

Love,
Rachel

PS, Can't wait for you to make out with my brain again. Oh, wait, I hope it's a long time until I need you to make out with my brain again

Dear Fritos

Dear Fritos, I love you. Your pure corn, no wheat goodness is just what I wanted.
I love your baby bag sizes because I feel like I barely gain any calories from you.

We should hang out more often.
Love,
rachel

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(3/3) every minute. Off to hang at randoms and wake up go a few hours to work late. Oh to be young. love always, julie. ps- babies?

(2/3) took his shirt off. I would use other words but they are not appropriate for said places. Needless to say, i felt dirty watching the movie. And i loved

(1/3) Dear jacob, i dont know if i have words for you- other than being one of the most gorgeous people alive. You stole the show from edward, even when he

Dear Glee,

You make me happy.
very very happy.




very happy.

let's make babies?



no? maybe?

I won't stop loving you...
I promise :)
You are the light in my day
the surprise that keeps me going.

let's talk soon.

Love always,
-Julie

Dear costco return line,

Dear costco return line,
I hate you. Its long and slow.
The lady upfront of me has an ear phone piece and is talking loudly with great gestures. Ugh. And sad that I look like that often!
So often I buy things and say, if it doesn't work out of fit, I'll just return it.

ILM holding 3 things. One I've attempted to return 3 times, but the line was out the door!

You suck and waste my little health.

Bite me
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Dear Coupons,

I love you and I hate you all at the same time!

I love that you save me money. Sometimes seriously significant amounts of money:


I hate that you take so much time and effort and planning to achieve great savings. I wish that every shopping trip would save me as much money as pictured above but I am a lazy coupon-er. I have great ambition and little drive. Coupons, please clip and organize yourselves next time.

Love,
Morgan

Dear Blair Catalog Clothes

Dear Blair,

I hate you. I still remember the booklet catalog from my childhood. You came in the mail, an insert with the grocery adds. The models were so old looking! And the clothes, yuck! They covered up too much, where was the youth?

My mom ordered from them all the time. I can still see the red "Capri" pants, elastic banded, wide legged. She had several different colors.

They still make them.

And as I look for a replacement for my favorite Cotton dress, I turned to Blair. It still exists. And now I'm old enough that the models look my age. But they are so skinny! And now my body is one that Blair would flatter. They don't make small clothes, so for that, I love you Blair.

I love the swimsuit with the long skirt and high neck line. I can't wait to wear you!

I love the cotton dresses. I love how long they are, so I can lay down in church. I love how the arm and necklines are so flattering. No need for undershirts here!!!

So Blair, I'm sorry. Please forgive me for past years of hate. I'm so sorry.
I love you.

Love,
Rachel

PS, since I appologized, can you rush my shipment? I'm tired of wearing a sports bra and mens shorts in the Physical Therapy pool

Dear 21st birthdays,

Dear 21 st birthdays,
I like you. You mark a passage of time. You mark the last government regulation......


until social security.


Or the age to run for president. For this, 21st birthday, I love you.

The point is, you make people feel free and extra happy on this birthday. And you make their friends feel the need to make sure they take advantage of their new drinking age.

For this, I hate you. Around the world new 21 year olds are cursing their friends and the universe for their birthday. And that sucks.

Love, rachel
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Dear alcohol, you make me sick and confident, a confusing mix. Cant decide if i love or hate you,- intoxicated julie

Dear late, you make my brain hurt and eyes focus. Dumb starbucks. Feeling over stimulated- julie

Dear White cheddar with smoked salmon cheese,

Dear White cheddar with smoked salmon cheese,

I love you.

It was love at first bite last summer. You were on the tasting table at Top Foods. I was hungry. I ate, intending to walk on. The taste was shoe stopping.

Oh, the smooth creamy cheddar, with bits of smoked salmon in every bite. Oh, what a great northwest treasure!

But the cost, oh the cost!

I walked around the store, thinking of you as I shopped.

Then I remembered that I needed a treat for my night of camping with my Sister. I bought the small package, with crackers and apples. I looked forward to the oohs, and aahs and people savored this northwest vibe treat!

Then my son cut of the top of his finger in the door, right before the camping trip.
We went anyway, without the finger top and without the cheese.

When we came back, the relationship with my sister stunk, but the fish infused cheese did not.

Yesterday, as I failed at talking myself into 17$ a pound Gouda, I saw the discounted cheese basket. BUY NOW, BEFORE THEY EXPIRE! The cheap Zmolek in me had no thought, just reflexively flew to the basket.

Oh, heavens! There on the top, was you! My white cheddar with smoked salmon cheese. With a beautiful sticker, proclaiming you cheap enough to be mine!

For the second time today, you are my lover. Right now I pause typing, to take a square of cheese and a square of apple. You are a cheese that should be served in squares. Sliced on a sandwich would be akin to cheese murder.

Oh, savory cheese,
I love you. Will you be my second husband? No, third. Edward is my second.
Love,
Rachel

Dear Rachel,

I love that I can talk to you about my evening events,
too much information as it is,

and you smile and nod,
ask a few questions,
share stories,
comment about it later,
and shake your head.

good talk ha :)

Love,
Julie

Dear birthdays

Dear birthdays,
I. Love. You.
You represent change. Entering and exiting into major life changes.
Or great milestones.
Your are fun with colored paper. Surprises and anticipation.
Both blowing out the candles on one side, or singing happy birthday on the other is fun.

Birthday, I love you. You are so hot. (darn candle wax) Love,
Rachel

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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

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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

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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

Dear gym mate on the bike, you are gorgeous. Thanks for the eye candy. Im impressed, guess thats the point though. Love, julie

Dear Rachel,

You are brilliant. The giant costco cupcakes you froze and gave me? Delicious mostly frozen on the way home from work! I have so much love for these cupcakes! What a nice way to end the day. I even slightly risked my life to take pictures of me with the cupcake, while driving! Such a multitasker ;)

Thank you so much!

Love,

Julie

(and just to mimick how you feel...this is for you:)

Cause every once in awhile, it's one of those days,

and licking cupcakes while driving is just what needs to happen :)

Dear Julie,

Dear Julie,

I'm so glad you're still our nanny. Thanks for being a friend as I've ventured out of my cave more. I'm sure it must be hard to "be in charge" while I wander in and out of the room.
Special thanks for your awesome eye skills in hanging those pictures today. Phew, that's finally done!!!

I saw this online. I'd never heard of this funny website.
This post especially made me almost get up and show you. But I didn't.


http://www.geekologie.com/2009/09/sweet_fork_arm_twisted_disney.php

Here's too more blogs to keep us at the computer!

Love,
Rachel

Dear Havoc,

My favorite furry friend,
my flat-faced, extra snorty, wrinkly-butted companion:

I am so sorry you don't like the carpet. I know it is a bland off-white color, and I know you don't have apposable-thumbs. You did your best this morning to try and change it to what you prefer, a darker brown. I appreciate the effort, but vomitting 8 times at 4am isn't the best way to get the job done. I don't think the apartment workers will appreciate it either come moving time. Luckily they clean the carpets no matter what, but I don't think that's the important part.

Next time, could you just ask me? That's what rugs are for!

Thank goodness for air fresheners,

Love-
Julie

ve me. Bah!
Love, rachel

an 5 days in a row free of spasm. You suck. I didn't want to do pt. Now I have to exchange some of my renewed mom time for the daily crap they will gi

Dear back. I hate you. Just when I think that I can be comfortable, or add back another aspect of motherhood, you freeze on me. I have not had more th

Dear Body,

No one likes you.
You finally went to the dark side despite my best efforts and regularity.
You suck.

I strongly dislike you right now.

The real question?
How to I remidy this situation?

The answer?
Ibuprofen and doughnuts...

currently?....minus doughnuts. -sigh-

Will I have the effort/coordination to make it to the store before work ends? Let's wait and see

Dear Sam,

Dear Sam,

I love you. You are the best brother. Thanks for letting me know about fun, new bands. It's great to watch Flight of the Conchords and Flaming Lips on youtube. Can't wait to order season 2 on netflix.

I like the humor, I like the meaning of the songs, (when they are deep)

You're a great brother, and you've really been there for me. Thanks for understanding, and it sucks that you went thru hell to be able to have empathy.

Love you!

Love,
Rachel

Dear Rude, Thoughtless Healthy People

Dear Rude, Thoughtless Healthy people,

You are rude. And do you even think before you talk? Do you realize what it's like NOT to be healthy? And I'm not talking about having the flu for a few days. I'm talking understanding constant pain Do you get it? Because I don't think you do.

I think you have NO IDEA, nor do you care to really HAVE AND IDEA. So maybe you shouldn't open your mouth. Then you don't have to be a rude, thoughtless Healthy person.

Honestly, it doesn't take much effort to be a kind, validating, healthy person.
Cause otherwise, you SUCK!

Love,
Rachel

Dear vanilla ice cream,

Dear Vanilla Ice Cream,

I love you. Oh, I really do. don't tell my doctor, but I can't quit you.
If I'm going to be fat, I'm not going to stop eating you.
mmmm, just writing this makes me want to go for more.
Love,
Rachel

(2/2) towel now laying in your litter box, but im impressed. well done. Love, julie

(1/2) Dear small blue kitty with peach and white spots. Im not sure how your extra Itty bitty self got the poop up the side of my shower curtain, or the clean

Dear matching socks, I love you. Thanks for covering my brittle toenails and dry skin. Now my feet do not scratch my gold satin sheets. Love, rachel&sheets

Dear chicken and stars, you are badass.....and Jacob can suck it for getting all moody..... And Edward can suck it for being all hoity-toidy.... Love, julie

Dear costco pastries, I love you. So sweet, so airy, so CHEAP! Oh, the danish!!! Thank you from my tummy. You suck from my flabby middle. Love, rachel

Dear Ice Cream Cone,

Dear Ice Cream Cone,

I love you. I love to scoop in on high, with just vanilla. Especially Costco Vanilla.
I love you so much, that I bought 4 boxes of cones at the grocery store last month. The kids and I love a summer afternoon ice cream cone. I love a summer morning ice cream cone. And summer evening. Yum

Grant went to cash and carry and bought a BIG box of those sugar cones. 200. Wow. Lots of ice cream to lick before those go bad. I think that is a goal I can reach.

Love,
Rachel

P.S. if you want us to make you a small box of 20+ sugar cones (the triangle kind), call me!

Dear my bum, you are a big pain. I really hope this itchy feeling is from healing. Please speak to Mark about the one diaper a day rule. Quit the pain! Love R

(2/2) Until we meet again- julie

(1/2) Dear sprinklers that turned on as soon as i walked by, you have clever timing. Very sneaky.... Almost peed myself. Ill be prepared for you next time.

Dear YouTube

Dear YouTube,
I love you
You make it so easy to find stuff
Like the music videos of songs I grew up with.
And the music videos of songs that I associate with each one of my kids.
Thanks for making it so easy to embed you into blogs, so I can share my favorite versions with my people.
You rock, really rock.
Love,
Rachel

Dear Julie, (Screen Phone calls)

Dear Julie,

Remember when we were all grumpy, driving to the witch doctor. Some No Doubt song came on. It reminded me of one of my favorites from the olden days. Back in the 90's peoples pagers or second home phone line answering machines had the middle/end lyrics for their messages.

"No matter matter matter who calls, I screen my phone calls...leave a message and I'll call you back"

That link will send you to the YouTube video (we did have those back in the day)

Hope you have a refreshing weekend,

Love Rachel

Oh, PS, Dear Gwen, we love you, Love, Rachel and Julie

Dear Twilight fan Julie

Sorry I didn't tell you. But, come on, it was major plot and the discovery is part of the magic of a book. So it looks like I need to buy you a "Team Jacob" sticker. Sorry about that. But you can find leagues of Team Jacob people. I'm sure they even have their own website where they can rip on Edward leaving.
Enjoy books 3 and 4 and 1.5,
Love
Rachel

Dear Rachel (reading twilight)

Dear rachel, YOU NEVER SAID HE ASKS HER TO MARRY HIM! How epic, and no warning!? Sorry for the shouting..... I was a bit shocked. Thank you for not telling me, but i still blame you for not. Loving the double standards :) -julie

Dear Edward, (reading New Moon)

Dear Edward, i dont even know if i have the words to explain my emotions right now. You left her.... Which was total bs by the way, then she comes to save you, like you expected that!? No screaming or crying. Then you get all self loathing on me about the leaving (your brilliant idea in the first and then PROPOSE to her?! Well done on that, but where is the mushy romance mr. Perfect? You confuse me to no end, and make me all doe eyed and dreamy.....suck it. Wheres the team Jacob? Ya- i said it. Step it up a notch Edward! love, julie.

Dear Ingrid Michaelson,

Dear Ingrid Michaelson,

Thank you for your music. The girls in our family love your CD "Girls and Boys". I'm embarrassed that it took me so long to find your website. YOU HAVE SO MANY MORE CD'S!!!

Thank you for inspiring me so many days and night. Comforting me on drives, stuck in traffic. That drive was my longest drive in a year, and it was just to the airport!

Thanks for lyrics that express my heart. Or just make it happy. And for the awesome way the music is built around the lyrics.

Thanks for "The Way I am", which became my last child's birth song. And thanks for the inspiration to finally write a post about my kids birth songs.

You are awesome.

Love, your adoring fan,

Rachel

Dear Grant and Julie,

I love you both. I miss you both. I know moving and life sometimes sucks (J). I know that meetings and bugs sometimes suck (G). But today has been really, really hard. Atleast, starting at 11:50. I just have one question after these photos.....

Yes, that is what you think it is. Mark greeted us from his nap with no diaper.

My one question: Does this mean that my day was shittier than your day?

Love,

Rachel

P.S. Think we might have to throw away his crib and get a new one.

Dear Stina, I love you! You always go the extra mile as a sister. Someday I'll let you get any soda and dessert to say thanks. Love, rachel

Dear Julie,

Sorry you had to be in the room as the doctor did a pelvic exam. Thanks for laughing about it with me. You are a great nanny and a better friend. Thanks too for your dog that was so nice to pet while the doctor was so mean. Pushing near surgery sites is just rude.
It was nice of the doctor to come to the house....but even nicer that you would hang out so I couldn't sue for odd behavior.
Do you think it was odd that we talked about speculums infront of him?
Well...regardless, glad that part of our day is over.
Love,
Rachel

Dear construction worker with the celtic forearm tattoo, you are CUTE! Thanks for making me smile. Love, julie

Dear week ahead, i am going to keep the intention that things will work out, everything is in place, i just need to let it play out. Patience and faith

Dear Sharky,

I am babysitting your family,
and you are outside barking at god-knows-what.

I like your curly Puggle tail and soft ears,
but for the love of all things holy,

STOP BARKING.

Love,
Julie.

(2/2) you cautiously. Julie

(1/2) Dear berries that have been sitting in my fridge, i just ate the rest of you, please dont be spoiled. I dont think i could feel sick one more day. Loving

k it.
Love, rachel

rs til I could take good medicine. I hate your stupid advice. Suc

Dear dr H, I hate you. the valium did not help. It made 3 ¡#¢ hou

Dear surgery #5, I hate you. The numbness is gone. Pain so deep it woke me from sleep. Screw you.
Love, Rachel

Dear blogger,
Why must you be down in my time of need? I despise your error messages. Suck it.
Love,
Rachel

Dear my sister annamarie, I love you. 2 hours I feel asleep to your opera from NY. I love your voice and wish I could be there now. Roses and Love, Rachel

Dear T-Mobile shadow phone, dang it! You won't send my emails anymore. Just getting the emails doesn't cut it. I want to email post a blog. I hate U. Rachel

Dear sarah full of love, I love your blackberry lemonade. Now that I am trying to eat corn and wheat free, it was the perfect post surgery treat. Love, R

Dear dr hibbert, thanks for not leaving me in such hard shape. And not killing me today. Love, Rachel

Dear nasa japanese food, you were a wonderful last meal. Sorry that we couldn't bring Julie. She could really use some miso today. Love the yam tempura :-)R

Dear redmond 1st ward, I didn't want to come today. Mark and I both fell asleep. Hope my snoring was only in my dreams. It woke me up twice. Sorry. Love,R

Dear cute falafel guy, you make the best falafel and you are attractive and from Israel. Does that falafel come with a number? Love, julie

(2/2) a bit much. Uncomfortable! Apprehensively, julie

(1/2) Dear creepy 7-11 cashier, you are at least 50. Thank you for the 'beautiful hair' comment, but the mumbling 'your so beautiful...' as i walked away was

Dear mom, I love you. Thanks for taking care of me today. I hate the reasons, but I love seeing you so much and being taken care of. Thank and love, rachel

Dear julie, I love you. Thanks for listening to the sex talk from my mom. Grant and I laughed as I told him about the day. Love you, rachel

Dear olive garden, I love you. hot breadsticks are sexy on a date. I will miss you. Love, rachel

Dear Tim,

I love you.
I always have,
and I always will.
I miss your accent the most....

Love,
Julie

Dear Harry Potter 6, I am a little disappointed, very awake,

Dear today,

suck it.....

SUCK IT!!!

I'm excited to see Harry Potter 6 though.
but still, you can suck it.
ready for tomorrow.


Love,
Julie

Dear julie, we love you. It was a crazy day, thanks for extra kindness. And grant says that the eggs at dinner were xx good...texture,flavor,moisture. Love R

Dear children,

Dear my 4 children,

I love you. I miss out on a lot. I could do better. But my eyes work. And my ears work. I love to listen to you play outside. I can tell what you are doing. It makes me so happy to see you work and play together. I love the giggles from little Mark as he plays on the swingset. I can just picture his chubby thighs running. I love that the big kids swing and swing and swing. Looks like we might need to pour some more cement to ancher it!
I know you are growing faster than I'm getting better, but I love you. Pain changes how I show you I love you, but pain doesn't change my heart.

Love,
Rachel

Dear Cake wrecks

Dear Cakewrecks,

We love you. You make us smile, laugh and cringe (but in a good way)
Like this classic cake, for the procreating nerd

And i'm glad I'm past wedding cakes, but this is a warning to Julie. Find a great baker!

Love,
Rachel

Dear Newest Pain Management Doctor,

Dear Doctor,

I hate you. You made me cry for hours yesterday. I thought the worst part about the day would be filling out the paperwork. Detailing my pain, analyzing it for the paper is like setting each pain on fire. Then I had to repeat it all for a nurse to put into a computer. Then I had to tell you again.
Then you described just how I feel.

Sitting by the side of the road in a broken car, while I watch the highway of life pass me by

(YES! Oh, I love you Doctor!)

The pain like a constant drip, drip of water. It's Constancy enough to carve out marble. And now I'm just a hollow marble shell of a person, left empty because the pain has continued, unending, for so long.

(YES YES! I LOVE YOU DOCTOR!)

I didn't want my tomb stone to stay "Died at 30, Buried at 90". If I waited for the pain to be gone to live my life, I would die waiting.

!?!?! WHAT !?!?!

Then you told me that the pain would never go away. If I chose, you could help me 49%. But I would have to give 51%. I would have to slowly get back to life, set a plan and follow it NO MATTER WHAT PAIN I'M IN. If I kept at it, you said I could push pain to the back of my head. All of this would be done without medicine. No more patches. No more nerve pills. No more narcotics. Except...except one thing I refused to try. 2 long acting meds (given just for a short time, to get me going on the program, then taken away for me to live life without them) 2 meds...one that I've tried and was so sick for the 12 hour duration. The other that is so full of negative stories, people who never get off it. Methadone.
Really doctor? REALLY? I'm stuck with this pain for the rest of my life, so live my life with the pain, and a short "training wheel" time with Methadone?


Doctor, I hate you.

I am not that strong. I can't do this without my pills and patches to get me thru the worst hours and days. No more laying around to control the pain??? WTF??? I live laying down so that I can have a life. I am not that strong. There has to be another way, another answer. I'm too young. Can't you do something more to reduce the pain?

I've cried so much, it hurts. Suck it doctor.

Love,
Rachel

Dear Cousin Morgan

Dear Morgan,

We love you. You are the first follower. That makes us feel cool. Thanks for following us. Kiss cute little Peter for us. Yes, he's getting bigger. Compared to walking Mark, he's still a little baby. We LOVE babies.

Love,
Rachel

Dear today,

you are moving too fast!

it is already 5!

I need to make dinner...pronto...

dumb jet-lag or whatever you call it....

tomorrow will be better.

I guess the coffee doesn't help.

oh well :P

Love,
Julie

Welcome Home Dear Julie!

Dear Julie,

We missed you every hour. REALLY! We are so excited, we want your first day to be nicer than normal. So the kids cleaned their rooms

(hi Julie!You can guess how bad this room looked before they cleaned up)

We tidied the living room (AKA, put all the books back on the shelf)

(

(Mark is the blur. Man, is he faster and bigger. He had a growth spurt, and over night he was even heavy to me)

We even cleaned the table from the previous 5 meals.

(Alex can't wait to have you be here! zoom in, see the big smiles!)

I've even pulled out some breakfast to celebrate.

Hmmm...butery croissants...do you eat butter now? I don't want to be the first to tempt you with it if you've been eating clean vegan on the trip.

So, Dear Julie, we love you enough to clean the house at the end of a very long week, and keep the kids up from bed to do it. While I edited, had the laptop shut down, pluged the lap top in, the started this up....the kids got ready for bed. They are in bed, but I can still hear them.

Which means another late morning. I bet we'll just be getting out of bed to great you!

All this is just our way of saying: WE LOVE YOU, WE NEED YOU STILL!!!

Love,

Rachel

Love

Mark

Love,

Alex

Love,

Katelyn

Love,

Emily

Love,

Grant

Dear July 21, I hate you. Just seeing the date makes me sick. Drinking that vile poison is the most stupid thing ever. I want to burn U. Suck it. Love-Rachel

Dear cupcakes w\ whipped frosting, I love you. YUM. Now you are all gone, b/c I'm getting chubby. But until I'm starving & cut again, I will enjoy you.Love-R

Dear yogurt cover pretzels, I love you. So so much. From TJ,s tangy ones to the bulk foods cheap ones. I love all your sweet and salty and tangy twists. -R

Dear garlic bread pizza, I love you. You taste better than your cousin, plain degornio pizza. I want to marry you. Love, rachel

Dear today, thank you for being sunny and optimistic. I feel much better and refreshed, even after a lame weekend. Love, Julie

Dear Julie,

Dear Julie,
I love you. I love Mondays, when you come back and I get to rest. I love the stories about your weekend. I love that you hit on that guy with the nice "big truck". I love that you eat so healthy. I really rubs off on our family, and not just on the nights that you cook. I love that you drive the kids and often me to doctor appointments.
I'm going to miss you when you leave. Are you sure you have to leave? Have lots of fun :)
Love,
Rachel

Dear coffee at the dentist, you are perfect. And free. Thank you. Love, Julie

Dear fate that would leave the only 2 elementary aged kids in this theater that somehow got into a pg13 movie, sitting next to me, SUCK IT. Love, Julie

Dear everyone here. Please die. Love julie.

(2/2) coffee in the morning. Suspectiog i will keep updates due to above boredom setting in. Love, julie

(1/2) Dear next 4.5 hours, i hope you are not too painful seeing as i will be sitting the whole time waiting for and then watching Transformers 2. I predict

Dear cute guy at the bank, thank you for waiting and opening the door for me, very sweet! You make me smile. Love, Julie

(4/4) actually not.-julie (who is going 10 in a 60 and not happy about it)

(3/4) SpEED UP! For the love of all things, i could have taken the back way had i known ALL of you would be lame-os. suck it washington drivers, love, but

(2/4) before. With that logic i understand why we are going 15, if it was acidic i would be concerned too! BuT, let my veteran 20.5 years tell you, ITS NOT.

(1/4) Dear washington drivers, you all suck. I do recognize the number of dry days we had following today, but you act as if youve never seen the wet stuff

Dear odd looking target worker who talks to herself and moves one cart at a time from the cart pickup area, i my team you. Love, julie

Dear julie, I love you. Thanks for starting the dishwasher early. Its not hot now! Looky julie, I'm doing the silverware! Love, Katelyn

Dear julie, I love you. Thanks for starting the dishwasher early. Its not hot now! Looky julie, I'm doing the silverware! Love, Katelyn

Dear Julie,

You are worth more than a thousand coffee makers! Glad I could give you a bit of happiness today...you sure have given me many, many days of it :)
Oh, and that guy with the mustache? I posted his photo in my other blog. You can steal it from there.
Love,
Rachel
Shhh,,,don't tell that I liked the smell of coffee brewing :)

Dear Rachel,

I'm not sure if I can put into words the thanks I owe you for the amazingness you bought for my 'birthday' :P. My delicious drink is now freezing (already delicious but cold sounded better). THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!! -no obsession here...shhhh-

Love,
Julie

Dear Pandora,

With a little love and a bit more dedication, you have become a wonderful mix of music I enjoy, and new songs to like. Thank you for getting the hang of what I like (through persistant 'yes I like this song, this song is similar but is super lame, no I don't like you' clicking). Well done.

You make me happy, and my days easier, and more enjoyable. Thanks!

Love,
Julie

(2/2) Yummy and less expensive lunch. Love, julie

(1/2) Miso happy hour, you are one of the top 5 things ever invented. Why didnt i know about you sooner? You are delicious and free from 11-4, thank you for a

how I got home so soon! Love, Rachel

Dear my nurse today, you made me so happy, I love my iv, it was my best yet. Loved the joke..i grabbed dads bum, dads bum went boom, I went zoom, that's

Dear wipe out on tv, we love you. you've given is the best laughs of our week, or month! Laughing and loving, Rachel and grant

Dear cute safeway guy, i think we had a moment. You make me smile. Love, julie

Dear Wendy's New Frosty Ad,

Dear Wendy's New Frosty Ad,

I hate you. I thought the begining was funny, with the twirling workers. But then, oh then, you took your fake boy band and ruined it.
You also took your frosty and ruined it. Add coffee AND toffee? You going to pay for my filling? Any why coffee? NASTY! And toffee? HARD WHEN FROZEN! Maybe it was just cause of the rhyming.
Anyway, I hated your add.
I felt like my eyes had been raped.
I can never eat you again, sweet sweet Wendy's frosty, with hot fries to dip, now that you have ruined your image with that tv add.
Gross!

Love,
Rachel

Dear Julie,

Dear Julie,
Thanks for making me feel comfortable with Fuck You. It feels great to say it. Too great. I said it too much in my other blog. And we are both fucked for the photos you took of me looking "thoughtful". I just got a call from my inlaws, who got a call from their aunt, who called their cousin, asking what was being done about me being suicidal.
For once someone knew i was suicidal before I did! Wait, I'm still waiting to feel that....hmmm...not there!
Because of the photos, with my anger doctor writing, it was proof enough that I was going to kill myself.
Oh, Julie, you almost lost your job over this, because they asked if someone needed to take the kids to help us, that they could do it for the summer.
I said, nah, we have Julie! Phew, you have a job!
So no more sad photos.
Only naked photos, cause those are always happy!
Love,
Rachel
(Mom, i will stop cursing when God ends his curse on me)

(3/3) move out but cant. Lame. Love..... julie

(2/3) points are useless....its too hot, on top of a snoring dog, messy roommates i clean up after, after working and then babysitting, to sleep. I want to

(1/3) Dear phone who posted earlier than it should have, you ruine my attempt to cover my seething anger with dull wit. You suck. I hate you. Now both of my

Dear peoples communal hygeine habits, i hate you. All of you, you are lazy and disrespectful and need a beating.

Dear morning routine,

I have wanted to start you since Monday...now it's Thursday and you have not come up yet....motivation for the win. Why won't you get me up at 6? Morning routine...you have no friends, and no body likes you...but I will give in, starting tonight.

just keep in mind I don't like you.

Love,
Julie

Dear apartment, in no way is 79 degrees an acceptable number for you to be. You make me hot, but in a yucky way. Suck it. Love, Julie

(2/2) fun Saturday night. best quote: 'i hid under your porch because i love you'- doug Love, Julie

(1/2) Dear UP, you are an awesome movie. A bit too many ups and downs for my excessively caffeined brain atm but the 3D makes up for it a bit. Thank you for a

(2/2) grant for vaguely agreeing. Love, Julie

(1/2) Dear Rachel, thank you for being so generous and letting me buy the ticket, it will make her birthday unforgettable. Thank you Thank you Thank you...and

Rachel

Dear other ladies at the school, sorry the bathroom stinks. Its all my fault. If it makes you happy, I'm dying in here. Please send a doctor. Love,

Dear gut

Dear gut,

I hate you. Please don't make me leave this comfy couch at Leahs and inhabit another bathroom. Please!

Love, Rachel

Sent from my Windows Mobile Phone

Dear Julie,

ya da da da da dada da da yodoyodoyodo ya da da da

Love,
Rachel

Dear shop vac, your sucking abilities are impressive. Vents, window tracks, and corners are now clean. Thank you for sucking so much :P Love, Julie

Dear hawaii, I love you. Thanks for inventing canadian bacon pizza. Its my favorite. Love, emily

Dear swiffer duster, you are awesome. You make dusting fast! Love julie

elp the family pack. Curse you! Love, Rachel

Dear mc donalds, I hate you. Your perfect pancakes and easy breakfast lured us in. It did taste good. But now I'm stuck in the bathroom and. can't h

me early. Love, Rachel

Dear julie, we miss you. We are so tired. Grant is really looking forward to a break from being mom and dad. We miss you so much that we are headed ho

ees for my kids to climb while they wait. Love, Rachel

Dear california rest stops, I love you. Thanks for bring right on interstate 5 when my gut declared it couldn't make it to the next town. Love the tr

arth where the phone is, and it tells is how close we are to the next tint town. Love, Rachel

Dear google earth, I love you. I know right where we are on our long journey. No more paper maps for me! I just have my husbands phone tell google e

Dear method cleaning products

Dear method,

I love you. Today was the first day julie cleaned with you. My bathroom is shiny and smells like a spa....mmmm.....cucumber masks! Awesome! But I am extra itchy today. I hope I'm not allergic to your cool cucumber goodness.

Love anyway,
Rachel
Sent from my Windows Mobile Phone

Dear Heavenly Father, I love you. Thanks for priesthood blessings. I feel so relieved to know that I didn't break the surgery. Love, Rachel

Dear New Blog...I lied

I retract my previous post about you.
For some reason, you now are working.

Thank you.
I am very excited.

I love you (even though you confuse me)

Love,
Julie

Dear marie calendars,



I still love the meal you make daily for me. I love your pot pies.



but... When I buy the costco 8 pack, each pie has half the filling as a single pie from safeway. No where does it talk about the smaller size. That sucks!

The pie size is the same. You just fill it with half the meat and veggies. That is way sneaky, you being sneaky with Coscto. I hate you both.


Love, Rachel

Dear this blog,

Dear this blog,

I love you.
You let me see inside people's heads and hearts.
That is so cool.
Even though it's blogspot/google....same as Julie's other new blog that she can custimize, BUT NEVER SEE!

I hope more people learn about you and want to write love notes. Because we can have 97 more writters. And you can blog from cell phone, email and online. SO EASY!

Love you, so much, really!

Love,
Rachel

Dear new-blog

you suck.
so does your "help forum"
because it is NO help.

well done guys.

SUCK IT

Love,
Julie

(2/2) redeeming. Love, julie

(1/2) Dear mobile bloging, here is a test to see if you actually work, you already deleted my angry post about my phone internet....lets see if this is

Dear SeaTac Airport,

I hate you.
With all the energy in my body, I dislike every aspect of you.

Due to miscommunication (and the boyfriend in Boise, with a dead phone) or faith that I retain information (which I don't), I was stuck pacing inside and outside of you. (each way is 1/2 mile, inside 5 times and outside 4), to find Jeremy's family. To my knowledge the flight came in at 10am from Kansas. As I was walking out of your skybridge to my car at noon, Denise shouts my name. I found them, drove 2 hrs to Montesano to drop them off and 2.5 hrs back.

I was downstairs for 2 hours, frantic, paged them twice, and almost in tears. Airport, why didn't you tell me there was an upper arrival section, and that they only had carry-ons? The flight was at 10:30am from Kentucky, but the connection was from Chicago, they were upstairs the whole time (came it at 10:50). And I should have logically been able to come to his conclusion, right? -_-

This will be prevented in the future airport, she now has my number, and Jeremy is home with a charged phone.

The stress you caused me was unnecessary, and mean. I am going on a flight in July....and know the journey through your all-too-big, too-many floors will be much better.

In the mean time, I will dispise you.

If you were'nt so usefull I would wish you would burst into flames.

Love,
Julie

Dear Julie

Dear Julie,

I love you.
You are a great nanny. A great mom at the moment to 4 kids. A great friend.
Thanks for making my laxitive today, just how I like it....
Mmmm...hot apple juice & Miralax :)

Love,
Rachel

Dear Quad-Grande-Vanilla-Soy-Latte,

You make me happy inside. I can have you any time of the day (except past 4ish = up all night :( ) and you still taste amazing. Cold or hot, you give me a pick-me-up. Like this morning, I knew I had to have you or I would not make it through the day. You are creamy and delicious, and give me energy.

Although you are over-priced, once I get the motivation to actually make you at home (who wakes up early to do that? psh...) I will me much happier and save lots of money...

Anywho, Quad-Grande-Vanilla-Soy-Latte,

I love you......very very much.
More than some people....

Love,
Julie

Dear Dr. Hibbert

Dear Dr. Hibbert,

You are a great surgeon. And you GET IT.
Thanks for understanding chronic pain and narcotic tollerence.
Thanks for not leaving me hanging between surgeries.
Thanks for your very discriptive terms for rectocele symptoms.
It sucks to know that I'll need another surgery. And drink that Half-lightly. *shudder*
But thanks for letting me know now, cause Nanny Julie's happy she has a job for the summer.

I love you,

Love,
Rachel

Dear "House" on Fox

Dear House TV show on Fox,

That was a horrible way to leave us hanging for the season.
A narcotic addicted doctor's brain tricking him that his pill container was lipstick?
Do you know how many people are now freaked out, and will call their doctors in the morning?
And ask their loved ones stupid questions to confirm reality?
That was just mean. And stupid.

Love,
Rachel

Dear Windows Parental Controls,

You confuse me to not end. The theory is only porn is blocked, but that is far from the truth. Everything to pictures of flowers in my email to searching for vegan food ideas are blocked. Including the posts and pictures on this blog. I think you just like to make my life difficult.

Suck it.

Love,
Julie

Dear "Because I Said So",

Dear "Because I Said So" Dawn,

I love you.
Thanks for picking me to be the winner.
I've never been a winner before.
I love feeling of being a winner.

Love,
Rachel


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Dear Advil

Dear Advil,

I love you.
Especially once a month.

Love,
Julie

Dear Blogspot

Dear blogspot.

I love you.
You make blogging so easy.

Love,
Rachel