<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270073897549779869</id><updated>2012-02-15T23:03:27.767-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Her Pocket</title><subtitle type='html'>Welcome to my pocket. My untainted escape. The safe corner where I tuck my hands and hide my heart. Find a  cranny and settle in. Sorry, I already took the nook.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Raeclake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14874745632797821400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270073897549779869.post-3645456939410227063</id><published>2011-07-28T12:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-28T12:38:22.964-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sometimes</title><content type='html'>Sometimes everything just falls on us like a rushing cloud carrying in it's tow a torrent of piercing rain and wind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes those rain drops weren't actually caused by an exterior force. Sometimes they come from your own eyes. From your own doing.&amp;nbsp;Sometimes that wind is the unbearably sharp gasps from your own lips as your tears choke the breath out of you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes the world sings and tries to touch you with its light but you seem to be trapped in the dark with no way out and no way for the light to come in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes that dark is just you closing your eyes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes you just want to scream and tear things apart so you'll stop tearing yourself up inside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes you can't escape yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes you understand the coping mechanisms of those who have driven themselves mad in self preservation, because just letting life happen would have killed them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes the doors you hide behind are just too hard to open even though they're unlocked and ready to be thrust open.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes. But only sometimes. And it's hard to realize that sometimes isn't all times when your sometimes last a while. When your sometimes are so big and your other times are so peacefully quiet. The difference is startling and so you remain startled until you can somehow remind yourself to take a step back or be still.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I'm trying to open my eyes. I'm trying to get out all the tears so there's no more to cry. I'm settling my hands from destruction, settling my breath, and settling into stillness. And once I'm still I'll be taking that step towards that door. And I'm gonna open it. Because I will not let my sometimes become my all times. And unlike that mad man I can not live unaware. I can not live without joy. I can not live without action invoked of my own accord. So if I ever scream or shed a tear please understand. I'm trying hard to be still.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5270073897549779869-3645456939410227063?l=raeclakepocket.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/feeds/3645456939410227063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2011/07/sometimes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/3645456939410227063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/3645456939410227063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2011/07/sometimes.html' title='Sometimes'/><author><name>Raeclake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14874745632797821400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270073897549779869.post-4280688963181480401</id><published>2011-01-23T20:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T20:57:36.954-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New year, new life, new me</title><content type='html'>&lt;i style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Welcome, welcome&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;. Thank you for coming! &amp;nbsp;Today is the mark of something &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;NEW&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;. Some &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;glorious&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; sort of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"&gt;blessing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;. Something&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; stable&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;. No, it's not as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;monumental&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; as it sounds, but Riley and I are very &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;thankful&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; for it. At the beginning of this semester Riley and I were feeling our&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; faith&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;, our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;pockets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;and our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"&gt;resumes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; stretch quite a bit. As we approached this new year with almost nothing in our bank account and the only job we had was&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"&gt;looming&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;over our heads with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-small;"&gt;shortened&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; hours (although a raise made that stretch &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"&gt;just&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; bearable) it became very obvious that there were going to need to be some &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;big&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;changes&lt;/span&gt; in our lives. Riley would start looking for a job and the &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;instant&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; my hours were &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;shortened&lt;/span&gt; I would too. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;Personally&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;I was getting a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"&gt;little&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; worried as up until this last week there was &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;no&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; change. I was able to scrape up just enough hours to support us this month, and we had heard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;"&gt; nothing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; else concerning the job Riley had applied for. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"&gt;But luckily the Lord provides. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Sham&lt;/span&gt;e on me for being skeptical. Friday evening Riley got a call from his current &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;"&gt;dream&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; job which he applied for. An internship that will keep us here &lt;/span&gt;&lt;s style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;through&lt;/s&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; the summer and likely until he&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; graduates&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;!!!! He will be &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;programing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; software with BYU to external sources. So not only is he learning the ropes and getting experience and connections,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"&gt; but&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; they will actually be selling these projects to external clients that contact BYU specifically for the jobs. We're really &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;excited&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; he'll be doing something he&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; loves&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; and that it's turned out to be a real benefit to his pursued line of career. And frankly I'm really thankful it came when it did. This next week I'm &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;reducing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; my hours since I can not exceed a specific limit this year and will need to find other work. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;Mostly&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; so I don't go &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;insane&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; with nothing to do, now that we have something a little more stable. &amp;nbsp;So we'll see where that road takes us. I'm thinking of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Cosmetology&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;school&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; during the summer and doing a year long program. I've been toying with this idea of starting a salon out of our house, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;when we have one&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;, so I can still be at home when we start a family. And I would&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"&gt; LOVE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; all the people coming through and the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;creativity&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; outlet. Mostly I would like to be able to do styling for things like &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;weddings&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;dances&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;special occasions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and the like. I'm also considering starting a small hair accessory business from home. ok, here we go. This is going to be a &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"&gt;l &amp;nbsp; o &amp;nbsp; n &amp;nbsp; g&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;one. Get ready.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Part 1 ( &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fascination&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; ):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;When I was in the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"&gt; Interior Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; program at the LDS Business College I took a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;"&gt;color theory&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; class. It FASCINATED me. I love color. I love the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;impact&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; it has. I love it's underlying &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;"&gt;healing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; qualities. I love the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;personal statements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; you create with it and...... I just &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; it!!! I love the &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;science&lt;/span&gt; in it's creation. I love it's mechanical schemes. It's &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;"&gt;balance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;, it's &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"&gt;chaos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;, it's &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;"&gt;brightness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;. I just love it. The end...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"&gt; LOVE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;Part 2 ( &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Creativity &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;I suppose this could also be called &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"&gt;passion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;, but we'll get to that. In tandem with this last realization, there was &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;one&lt;/span&gt; particular event that influenced my thoughts. It was the&lt;i&gt; formal&lt;/i&gt; for the semester and I had some &lt;u&gt;lovely&lt;/u&gt; lady friends attending. Now, I have &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"&gt;wonderful&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; friends who &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;indulge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; me, and I had this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;"&gt;dream&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;. I wanted &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;terribly&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; to do all their hair like you would for a ball in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"&gt;Victorian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; times. (Secretly I just wanted to do some Pride and Prejudice hair so I could pretend I was in the story, haha.) Well &amp;nbsp;I got to thinking. And my thought was something to the effect of &amp;nbsp;"Well what is a &lt;b&gt;great&lt;/b&gt; hairdo without some &lt;b&gt;great&lt;/b&gt; accessories?!" So I set to work. I corresponded with the girls about their dresses and got an idea for hair styles and I went to town... or rather, &amp;nbsp;I went to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Michael's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;. I found a few key items and &lt;b&gt;pillaged&lt;/b&gt; my box of crafts for the rest. I strung it all together and produced some pretty charming pieces. I had a blast!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;Part 3 (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;pack rat - It runs in the family&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;Now as I mentioned before I have a craft box. Most of it consists of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;scraps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; from old &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Interior Design &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;projects, &amp;nbsp;some scraps from old &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;sewing&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; projects and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt; oodles &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;oodles &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;of pieces from my Mother ( &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;"&gt;Mommy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;), Grandmother ( &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"&gt;Grammy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;) , Great-grandma (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;G-ma B&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;) and my Mother-in-law ( &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;"&gt;Mamo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; ). This being said, you can imagine how &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;large&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; it actually is. About 1 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;bulging&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; tupperwear tub (the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;big&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; ones), three bags and a box specifically for&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;"&gt; lace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;. That's not even considering the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;"&gt;ribbons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;. Oh the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"&gt;ribbons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;!!!!! When my husband and I moved into our first place he was in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;shock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; at how much "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;crap&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;" I carried around with me. I hurriedly explained " It's not &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;crap&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;! It's &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;"&gt;art&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;. It's my &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"&gt;creative&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; outlet." so he was supportive and sweet and crammed his shorts and shoes over, practically &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;folding&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; his shorts &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"&gt;into&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; his &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"&gt;shoes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;, and obliged me a handsome corner (more like a third ) of our closet for my boxes, bags, mini sewing machine and all other unmentioned paints, brushes, glues, papers and pens. The point is that my husband is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;"&gt; wonderful&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;... and that all of these things are from previous projects; There aren't many options for real sewing projects in way of &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;quan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;tity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; of each material. So I had this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;brilliant &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;idea. One to satisfy the removal of some of these materials to satisfy my husband, one to satisfy the creative &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;madwoman&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;inside me, and one to share my love of color, hair, and color theory. Not to mention the going &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;"&gt;green&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; movement. Drum roll please....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;Part 4 ( &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The idea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;I want to start a "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"&gt;green&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;" color therapy &lt;u&gt;based&lt;/u&gt; hair accessory business. We live in a world where everything is on the go now and we're &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;"&gt;hardly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; ever home. I love the idea of color therapy, but it's hard to benefit from it when you're never in the rooms it's located in. Of course this is &lt;b&gt;primarily&lt;/b&gt; from a working college student perspective, but that's a &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;huge&lt;/span&gt; portion of my hoped for&amp;nbsp;client-el. The idea is to take the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;"&gt; color&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; with you and use it to your benefit. We &lt;b&gt;all&lt;/b&gt; are effected by what we wear. Why not&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt; shop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; by how &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; want to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;"&gt; feel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; too, instead of just how you look?&amp;nbsp;Whether it's to promote &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;creativity&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"&gt;confidence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;excitement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;"&gt;peace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;"&gt;healing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; color plays a part.&amp;nbsp;All textiles will be &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;recycled,&lt;/span&gt; have a&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;therapeutic&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;color scheme and have a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;"&gt;back story&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; to go with each one. &amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;They will all be one of a kind.&lt;/b&gt; Custom items are an option, and if you want you can even send in your own textiles from&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;"&gt; sentimental&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; items or events, and choose a style from previous projects I'll keep on file. But like I said,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"&gt; right now&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; it's just an idea. One I'm pretty excited about, but I'm not sure if I would be the only one. Let me know what you think.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; So that's that for now. I will&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"&gt; finally&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; put an end to my long winded-ness. I hope life is well for all of you and that &amp;nbsp;you're finding something to be &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;"&gt;excited&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"&gt; about in life. There's &lt;i&gt;so&lt;/i&gt; much there. You just have to find it and make it yours :) .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"&gt;T.T.F.N. !!!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5270073897549779869-4280688963181480401?l=raeclakepocket.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/feeds/4280688963181480401/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-year-new-life-new-me.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/4280688963181480401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/4280688963181480401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-year-new-life-new-me.html' title='New year, new life, new me'/><author><name>Raeclake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14874745632797821400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270073897549779869.post-464577946034561062</id><published>2010-12-08T09:52:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-08T10:21:06.497-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Reaching back into my pockets</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;It's been a while and I'm &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; feeling it. It's been &lt;strong&gt;TOO&lt;/strong&gt; long that I've kept the world &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;inside&lt;/span&gt; from touching the &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;outside&lt;/span&gt; one and I'm about to &lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;explode!!&lt;/span&gt;! ! So now it flows, &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and I'm sorry&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, I can &lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;pretty&lt;/span&gt; much &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;promise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; no coherent string of thought. But I will tell you this, &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I start in review&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Looking back I realize this has been a very &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;full&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; year. So full, infact, I can &lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;hardly&lt;/span&gt; comprehend most of it and feel as if I'm &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;watching&lt;/span&gt; it go by as the days get &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;shorter&lt;/span&gt; too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;I started it an emotional mess. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;- I made a mess&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;I graduated from the LDS Business College&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;I found myself engaged&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;- &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I moved&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;- &lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;I found myself broke&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;- &lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;I moved again&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330033;"&gt;I went to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jamaica&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;- I &lt;em&gt;planned&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;executed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; a &lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;wedding &lt;/span&gt;in 3 months :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;- I went to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Domincan Republic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;- &lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;"&gt;I moved AGAIN!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;- I found a job&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; ( goal accomplished from before! &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Hooray&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;- I became a &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Utah&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; resident&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;-&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; I live with my &lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;best friend&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;- &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;I have no other friends. haha. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Atleast no social life to speak of.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;- I realize my &lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;love&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;art&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;music&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and want to rekindle them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;- &lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;I remembered this is my life and that it should have a little me in it, so I'm going to indulge myself and make it about me again.&lt;/span&gt; I mean, I'm aloud a &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;few&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; selfish tendencies, &lt;em&gt;right&lt;/em&gt;? Which leads me into my next rant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;....Actually I havn't formed that part yet. I just want to write. I want to pluck a small portion of beauty out of the world around me and put it on paper or in a jar and marvel at it and let it illuminate me from the inside out. I want to appreciate the world again. I want to go on an adventure. I want to go somewhere unexpected and share it with my love and feel like because of it we're a little more aware of eachother and let the world collide with itself.  - I want to do something for someone in a way I know it will make them feel good or rise to be more and never know the actual result. I want to escape these brick walls and make it my refuge as opposed to walls to keep me in, where I'm alone half the time. You know what? That's that. Today to inspire I'm going to pull on my craziest shoes and go experience the world until it's time to be responsible and go to work. Today is my chance to go be care free and irresponsible...atleast fort he next half hour :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5270073897549779869-464577946034561062?l=raeclakepocket.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/feeds/464577946034561062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/12/reaching-back-into-my-pockets.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/464577946034561062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/464577946034561062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/12/reaching-back-into-my-pockets.html' title='Reaching back into my pockets'/><author><name>Raeclake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14874745632797821400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270073897549779869.post-2330326908328970360</id><published>2010-10-15T07:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-15T07:20:07.664-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Words</title><content type='html'>Words. They used to have a way with me. Then windows flew open and light flew in and somehow I had managed to have a way with them. And as most things,in time, they escaped me and I seemed at a loss entirely for them. Now...It's hard to even trust those once companioned words. Words with dazzling sounds and deeper meanings, now used in empty shells. Too used and worn to carry meaning anymore, too commonplace to be properly prized. How long will words betray me? Or is it my own attentative care fading, leaving impressions,making others seem pale, half attempted and wholly failed by contrast that is the betrayer? I hardly know.  I hardly know how to heal the wounds I made myself. I'm tired of these words enveloping me while I try to use them to climb out.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5270073897549779869-2330326908328970360?l=raeclakepocket.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/feeds/2330326908328970360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/10/words.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/2330326908328970360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/2330326908328970360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/10/words.html' title='Words'/><author><name>Raeclake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14874745632797821400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270073897549779869.post-1889374670657698886</id><published>2010-04-14T06:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T09:22:06.296-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I Wish You Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: #663333;"&gt;I LOVE mornings when you wake up slowly to the sound of soft nothings settling to the ground disrupted only by the sound of rustling sheets and the air around you is that perfectly alive and perfectly cool air. Like walking slowly out of your dreams with only enough recollection to wave goodbye and remember that soft embrace of a world gone perfectly right. Today I had one of those mornings. It was the first one of the year :) BUT I think the very best part was when I was listening to the silence a very precious song to me crept into my ears. It's called "I wish you love". &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663333;"&gt;When I was little my Daddy would come in and sing us a little song. It didn't even matter if we were going to sleep. Just when he was in a good mood he would come up and sing the first little bit of this song to us. haha. For the longest time all I knew was "I wish you bluebirds in the spring" cause that was all he sang to us. haha. At least that's all I remember. But when I was recalling this song I forgot even that little tid bit. So I texted him what I thought the words were " I love you bluebirds in the spring" haha. Thankfully I was able to rectify my mistake before he caught it :) Anyhow, I decided to go and find this song and it has quickly become my morning theme song. The version I found that I like most is by Rachael Yamagata. I heard it and cried like a baby missing my daddy. haha. So I decided to share a little bit of my wonderful morning experience with you guys. Here's the words for the song.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/TTxg2snax7I/AAAAAAAAADg/-tJyUaGFBEI/s1600/mcrostie-kate-blue-bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="198" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/TTxg2snax7I/AAAAAAAAADg/-tJyUaGFBEI/s200/mcrostie-kate-blue-bird.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;I wish you blue birds in the spring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;To give your heart a song to sing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;And then a kiss ,but more than this&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;I wish you love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/TTxg2snax7I/AAAAAAAAADg/-tJyUaGFBEI/s1600/mcrostie-kate-blue-bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="198" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/TTxg2snax7I/AAAAAAAAADg/-tJyUaGFBEI/s200/mcrostie-kate-blue-bird.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; And in July a lemonade&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;To cool you in some leafy glade&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;I wish you health and more than wealth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;I wish you love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/TTxg2snax7I/AAAAAAAAADg/-tJyUaGFBEI/s1600/mcrostie-kate-blue-bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="198" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/TTxg2snax7I/AAAAAAAAADg/-tJyUaGFBEI/s200/mcrostie-kate-blue-bird.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;My breaking heart and I agree&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;That you and I could never ever be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;So with my best, my very best&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;I set you free&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000099;"&gt;I wish you shelter from the storm,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/TTxg2snax7I/AAAAAAAAADg/-tJyUaGFBEI/s1600/mcrostie-kate-blue-bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="198" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/TTxg2snax7I/AAAAAAAAADg/-tJyUaGFBEI/s200/mcrostie-kate-blue-bird.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;A cozy fire to keep you warm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;But most of all ,when snowflakes fall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;I wish you love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/TTxg2snax7I/AAAAAAAAADg/-tJyUaGFBEI/s1600/mcrostie-kate-blue-bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="198" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/TTxg2snax7I/AAAAAAAAADg/-tJyUaGFBEI/s200/mcrostie-kate-blue-bird.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My breaking heart and I agree&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;That you and I could never be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;So with my best, my very best&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;I set you free&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/TTxg2snax7I/AAAAAAAAADg/-tJyUaGFBEI/s1600/mcrostie-kate-blue-bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="198" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/TTxg2snax7I/AAAAAAAAADg/-tJyUaGFBEI/s200/mcrostie-kate-blue-bird.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;I wish you shelter from the storm &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;A cozy fire to keep you warm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; But most of all when snowflakes fall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; I wish you love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But most of all, when snowflakes fall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;I wish you love &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Image - Blue Bird &amp;nbsp; by Kate Mcrostie &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Blue-Bird-Posters_i2085496_.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5270073897549779869-1889374670657698886?l=raeclakepocket.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/feeds/1889374670657698886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-wish-you-love.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/1889374670657698886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/1889374670657698886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-wish-you-love.html' title='I Wish You Love'/><author><name>Raeclake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14874745632797821400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/TTxg2snax7I/AAAAAAAAADg/-tJyUaGFBEI/s72-c/mcrostie-kate-blue-bird.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270073897549779869.post-474383931453562580</id><published>2010-04-10T12:05:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-10T12:31:18.844-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Goals</title><content type='html'>For this summer there are a few things I want to accomplish. Some of them are up to chance, but I want to do them regardless. It's been a long year and while it's been good I've only had small chances here and there to do the things I absolutely love and grow as "Rachel" instead of a student. Being a student has been great, don't get me wrong. The college experience was great. But Now I'm done at LDSBC and I'm defintely wanting a little more me and the people I love....and less book in my life. haha. So here are some of the needs I need to do and some of the things I want to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1- &lt;strong&gt;Get a job.&lt;/strong&gt; As much as I don't really care to, it needs to be done. I just want to enjoy it....But that shouldn't be too hard. I enjoy most things. haha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2- &lt;strong&gt;Start writing every day&lt;/strong&gt;. I went back and looked over some of the stuff I wrote when I was in High school and realized that I was a whole lot more eloquent and structured when I was writing even the smallest thing every day. SO whether it's just a journal entry, silly thought or something profound, either in my own minds eye or otherwise, I'm going to start writting again. Tadum!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3- &lt;strong&gt;Have a piece of my art on display in a gallery.&lt;/strong&gt; This one has been a goal for a while, but there has been literally NO time. So this summer I've decided to put time aside every week to go ahead and be creative and draw/paint/sketch/whatever. I WILL have something in a gallery. haha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4- &lt;strong&gt;Be better about my scripture study&lt;/strong&gt;. I'm making it a priority.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5- &lt;strong&gt;Do something outside every week&lt;/strong&gt;. I miss the sun and being outside. THUS I want to do something even if it's just a pic-nic, rollerblading or a walk. I hope I can do some rockclimbing somewhere in there and camping, but we'll see what resources I have when we come around to that :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6- &lt;strong&gt;Be a stinkin EFY counselor!&lt;/strong&gt; I applied in February and just got an email yesterday... It wasn't a yes and it wasn't a no. haha. They just basically told be after about two and half months that there has been a delay in the hiring proces...haha yeaaah. Hopefully that still means I'm in the running. I REALLY want to be a counselor. It's one of those "things I want to do before I get married". haha. Who knows when that will be, but I'm still tryin to knock it out of the way before I get there...ok. Maybe I'm a little bit delaying getting there cause it's one of those things I think will help me grow before I get there. haha. BAH! Not entirely! ... This probably sounds so bizarre for any of you that aren't aware of my love life. Ok rewind. I'm currently in the lovely situation of being able to choose. SO! I am choosing to grow a bit...and then move forward if it's still appropriate once I've done some growing...that's all you get! haha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7-&lt;strong&gt; Become better organized&lt;/strong&gt;. In soooo many ways. I need to be better with time, finances.....the state of my room...haha It just all needs to be better. haha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess in essence this is gonna be a summer of just...developing. I'm a little bit excited. Given I will make time to havin fun and playing....under time managing....haha, but it's gonna get done! Hold me to it... I might slip a little, but I'm gonna try.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5270073897549779869-474383931453562580?l=raeclakepocket.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/feeds/474383931453562580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/04/goals.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/474383931453562580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/474383931453562580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/04/goals.html' title='Goals'/><author><name>Raeclake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14874745632797821400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270073897549779869.post-1218418162316439471</id><published>2010-04-04T01:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-04T21:01:24.778-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I Can't Decide</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;I went to &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;class&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;and I &lt;em&gt;took notes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;They taught me &lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;well&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;how&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; potent&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; the dose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;And time did &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;lapse....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;...Forgetful &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663333;"&gt;months&lt;/span&gt; gone by&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;One&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;taste&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; crept in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;And my &lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;soul&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; learned to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;cry&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;I &lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;covered&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; my ears&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;I tried to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cc6600;"&gt;hide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Sweet &lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;blessing&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; or a &lt;span style="color:#330000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;curse&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330000;"&gt;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can't decide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5270073897549779869-1218418162316439471?l=raeclakepocket.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/feeds/1218418162316439471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-cant-decide.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/1218418162316439471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/1218418162316439471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-cant-decide.html' title='I Can&apos;t Decide'/><author><name>Raeclake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14874745632797821400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270073897549779869.post-7773797605702008909</id><published>2010-03-22T09:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T09:23:05.556-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Unstable</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #330033;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #330033;"&gt;There's&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;too many left &lt;em&gt;un-saids&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;un-knowns&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #330033;"&gt;Just take a &lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;breath&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and take a &lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;break&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;spread our cards&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for &lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;show&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #330033;"&gt;This hand of &lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;chance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has gotten &lt;span style="color: #663333; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 130%;"&gt;out of hand&lt;/span&gt; and it's time we take &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333399;"&gt;control.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #330033;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;These &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;walls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt; will be our&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663366; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 85%;"&gt;downfall.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S7o1eJZKeEI/AAAAAAAAACU/KfcRbA-Lgk8/s1600/hosue+of+cards.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456732690546587714" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S7o1eJZKeEI/AAAAAAAAACU/KfcRbA-Lgk8/s320/hosue+of+cards.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 212px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #330033;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663366; font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663366; font-size: 78%;"&gt;Image :"House of Cards" by rzuffik&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663366; font-size: 12px;"&gt;deviantart.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5270073897549779869-7773797605702008909?l=raeclakepocket.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/feeds/7773797605702008909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/03/unstable.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/7773797605702008909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/7773797605702008909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/03/unstable.html' title='Unstable'/><author><name>Raeclake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14874745632797821400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S7o1eJZKeEI/AAAAAAAAACU/KfcRbA-Lgk8/s72-c/hosue+of+cards.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270073897549779869.post-241234685465761502</id><published>2010-03-09T08:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-09T08:41:24.688-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Under the Wings of Angels.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S5Z43wjqtFI/AAAAAAAAACM/YydFS0JHeI0/s1600-h/angels.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 219px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446673698673833042" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S5Z43wjqtFI/AAAAAAAAACM/YydFS0JHeI0/s320/angels.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;Im realizing more and more each day how closely I'm being watched over and how much the Lord is watching over me. I've been blessed in so many ways by my my Savior, my family and my friends in ways I can't even begin to properly say thank you for, and yet it still keeps coming. In some ways I feel incredibly unworthy and selfish for it, and at the same time I'm unearthly grateful. There's nothing more that I can do other than say thank you and try my hardest to return the favor in some way or another somehwere down this road of life. I can be responsible and do my best to be the person that would be worthy of those things and keep moving forward with the hopes that one day it will be good enough and do my best to accomplish the things I couldn't on my own before. And I'll do it for the people who helped me get there. So today's the day I'm stepping it up and being the bigger person I should be. I'm gonna be the one responsible enough to make the people who helped me happy that they did and one day I hope I can help them too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Image  - William Adolphe Bouguereau&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5270073897549779869-241234685465761502?l=raeclakepocket.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/feeds/241234685465761502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/03/under-wings-of-angels.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/241234685465761502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/241234685465761502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/03/under-wings-of-angels.html' title='Under the Wings of Angels.'/><author><name>Raeclake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14874745632797821400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S5Z43wjqtFI/AAAAAAAAACM/YydFS0JHeI0/s72-c/angels.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270073897549779869.post-4699393159414774586</id><published>2010-02-17T11:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-17T12:46:31.752-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Smile-worthy</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;Today I opened a pear scented reed diffuser. &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;BLISS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Old Testament professor presented yet another great lecture&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The same proffesor used a black and white striped &lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;paper clip&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; instead of a &lt;strong&gt;tie tac&lt;/strong&gt; on his lime green floral tie. &lt;em&gt;Classy.&lt;/em&gt;I think that's what I'm gonna start giving people as gifts. Instead of a tie or a nice pin...It's a box of big, multi-colored, stripped paper clips. Only the good ones of course. Do you think Italy imports here?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I realized half way through the day when I was getting ready this morning that I accidentally put my underwear on inside out. hahahaha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3xSKEjpc_I/AAAAAAAAAB8/LBkQn-9XM9w/s1600-h/tatter+tot.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439312782932145138" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3xSKEjpc_I/AAAAAAAAAB8/LBkQn-9XM9w/s200/tatter+tot.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My sister is so silly even in the worst circumstances. I have selected a wonderful image to depict her craziness for today :) I love her. She's &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;fantastic&lt;/span&gt; and the &lt;em&gt;best&lt;/em&gt; girl you'll ever meet. You should love her too. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The end.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The cute old man that practices dancing by himself as he eats his lunch and listens to his mp3 was outside on the plaza this afternoon. I think he was doing the New York Hustle today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes when I drive the sun peeks through the trees at suttered rates and hits my face. The other day it was so perfect and sweet that I cried I was so happy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last night I was talking to a friend about an incredible song I heard over the weekend that a friend told me was my song. I still don't know what it's called other than that it's by Jack Johnson and it's about his angel. I was so touched she was reminded of me when she heard it. But last night after I was talking to my friend about it we were sitting on the couch listening to Jack Johnson after a bunch of us made pancakes and it came on. It was perfect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Someone I didn't think liked me brought me their blanket they've had since they were 8 when I fell asleep on the couch and told me they don't let just anyone use it. It was batman print :)- I made a new friend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was looking through a copy of "Architectural Digest" and found a picture that had me laughing for about 30 min of an old man that's trying to look sexy. It could be because he's foreign...but i don't think it's an excuse for the pose, tight white pants and stuffed shirt. :) Enjoy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3xS8mUoj4I/AAAAAAAAACE/bqRE2dub1Gg/s1600-h/silly+man.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439313650989436802" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3xS8mUoj4I/AAAAAAAAACE/bqRE2dub1Gg/s200/silly+man.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;We discovered what "girth" was and it's many.... colorful contexts. (Please be creative in your thought process, it's hilarious.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EFY &lt;strong&gt;still&lt;/strong&gt; hasn't gotten back to me about a counseling position, &lt;em&gt;but &lt;/em&gt;my friend has heard from them. So this gives me hope that they're starting to actually reply back to people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I accidentally called my home-teacher, Tanner, my visiting-teacher to a proffesor in the hall after he asked me if I was actaully going to let myself be seen with him. (If you're not sure what that means I essentially called him a woman and that's why it was ok. If you have any questions go ahead and let me know. haha)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;That is all for now. More soon :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;Photography:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;sister - My mom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;Creepy man- Architectual Digest October 2004&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5270073897549779869-4699393159414774586?l=raeclakepocket.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/feeds/4699393159414774586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/02/smile-worthy.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/4699393159414774586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/4699393159414774586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/02/smile-worthy.html' title='Smile-worthy'/><author><name>Raeclake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14874745632797821400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3xSKEjpc_I/AAAAAAAAAB8/LBkQn-9XM9w/s72-c/tatter+tot.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270073897549779869.post-7180291577334157208</id><published>2010-01-30T10:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-11T16:41:25.245-08:00</updated><title type='text'>In... more than a few words.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3SjHCAU6zI/AAAAAAAAAB0/5UNCs5ZLjgI/s1600-h/rachel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437149991335684914" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3SjHCAU6zI/AAAAAAAAAB0/5UNCs5ZLjgI/s320/rachel.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;So much has been going on recently. It's kind of like.... I'm watching my life in the form of an hour glass, but my line of vision only covers about a meager &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;inch&lt;/span&gt; of it at a time...that inch happens to be the neck of it right now. All I can see in any given moment of present thought is the sand seeping through the tiny hole and rinsing the sides just to settle at the bottom. Problem is, I see it flowing and I start &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;freaking out&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. Then I remember I can step back, and I do. Then I realize all the sand coming out, at a rate I &lt;em&gt;thought&lt;/em&gt; to have been as if lighting fast, was only infinitesimal in contrast to all the sand that was left. But instead of grains of sand falling out I see little &lt;em&gt;dandelions&lt;/em&gt; that erupt in little &lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;puffs&lt;/span&gt; and settle to the bottom of the glass making the mass to appear bigger and&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt; more liquid than before&lt;/span&gt;....ok, maybe not, but it just kind of came to me as a really interesting mental image just now :) But life really is falling away at a rate I can't exactly measure or determine how to regulate...But it's one of &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the most&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;beautiful&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; things I can recall experiencing.What has been so beautiful you may ask? Well let me show you a few of those beautiful moments :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of my wonderful friends had a ballet audition and &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3SiLoimSQI/AAAAAAAAABs/iEQEzYjlIvI/s1600-h/ballet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437148970887825666" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3SiLoimSQI/AAAAAAAAABs/iEQEzYjlIvI/s320/ballet.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;asked if I would take pictures so she could bring them in with her as part of a portfolio. Of course I was &lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#003333;"&gt;thrilled&lt;/span&gt; and said I would love to take a few. &lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;Well a few turned into about 200&lt;/span&gt; and a small glance into the world of enchantment again. It made me want to fulfill my childhood dream of being a ballerina all over and sparked some inspiration for a painting. Here's my favorite one&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3RClckFDRI/AAAAAAAAABk/JMyKagkV6d8/s1600-h/temple.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437043861233143058" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3RClckFDRI/AAAAAAAAABk/JMyKagkV6d8/s320/temple.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another exciting moment; I was able to go to the Salt Lake temple again for the first time in about two weeks. I know it sounds silly and you're probably asking &lt;span style="color:#003333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Two weeks? That's really not all that long is it?" &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Well I typically get to go every week and it fills my heart with a calm and a sweet .... sort of light filled...&lt;em&gt;pulse&lt;/em&gt;. And when I don't go I feel like my entire week is thrown off kilter and then I need to find stability all over again. So that's made it incredibly bright as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Continuing in way of enchanting: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3Q-_SWcmoI/AAAAAAAAAA8/6ya7o7_SaSY/s1600-h/cafe1.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437039907121699458" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3Q-_SWcmoI/AAAAAAAAAA8/6ya7o7_SaSY/s320/cafe1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt; I found a magical little place&lt;br /&gt;with a few other friends a few days ago. It was once upon a time a Cafe used for our school's cafeteria of sorts.They remodeled and added another portion at some point though, and this little wing is no longer inhabited. &lt;em&gt;But I can't for the life of me figure out why! &lt;/em&gt;It has black and white marble floors with green marble accents, cherry wood booths, walls and chairs and even the bathroom plaques have an elegant flair with ladies holding parasoles and the men in suites.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3Q_q2H29cI/AAAAAAAAABE/EWeMLl1yl1A/s1600-h/cafe.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437040655458563522" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3Q_q2H29cI/AAAAAAAAABE/EWeMLl1yl1A/s200/cafe.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt; There's also a brick patio with scrolled iron patio furniture and tables encircled by a small garden and a swinging fence to match. It's positively the most lovely thing I've found in Salt Lake aside from the Union Station. However, that is for an entirely different purpose.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3RBBy5JLfI/AAAAAAAAABU/It19NbwZmhE/s1600-h/cafe2.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437042149240155634" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3RBBy5JLfI/AAAAAAAAABU/It19NbwZmhE/s200/cafe2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;That happens to be the sanctuary for my soul; where I can release any &lt;span style="color:#333300;"&gt;stress&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;anxiety&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt; joy&lt;/span&gt; or &lt;span style="color:#003333;"&gt;strain&lt;/span&gt;. It's where the words that lie in the dark of my spiritual grip make the transition from internal torment to something externally conquerable. They fly out and dance around the room in an unearthly harmony I couldn't create on my own and then kind of fall to pieces all together. The best part is that I get to see it all dissipate and settle while it happens. It's a malady incomparable in its result, but THIS place... it's somewhere I can escape to entirely; physically, mentally as well as emotionally. It's wonderful. I hope everyone can have a place like this&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And since we're talkin about escaping to something unworldly I'm gonna toss something else in too :) I saw "Where the Wild Things Are" for the first time last night. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I loved it&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. I've heard mixed reviews, but it was really a work of art in my minds eye. There were so many calculated parallels from Max's life to his world, spiritually parallels, as well as moments that just oozed nostalgia for me. Tender.I had a good conversation with a good fellow about it too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3M9geDH4SI/AAAAAAAAAA0/Pp-gnm3ibf0/s1600-h/wild+things.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 216px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436756803197591842" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3M9geDH4SI/AAAAAAAAAA0/Pp-gnm3ibf0/s320/wild+things.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt; Best movie analysis/heart to heart/piece of poetry in the form of a movie that I've seen in a long time. I give it a hug instead of two thumbs. Is that ok? haha, It's gonna have to be &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;I'm afraid aside from all of these other things there isn't a whole lot going on in life right now. Haha I know I said so much was going on, and in small ways they are. At least that's the way it feels. Everything is just happy. The world is mostly good and the sun still shines and the sky is still blue. I'm excited for this weekend. I get to go home for the weekend and road trip it with my roommate and one of my best friends and at the end of the journey I have a timeless friend and my family that will be waiting. This is a perfect time to see my family. There are some things going on at home I just recently found out about and I feel like I need to be there so the family can be a whole for it. Heavenly Father has kind of guided me to it as well and everything is working out perfectly. I'm so thankful for it. I'll let ya know how things go. Till then! All my love and more :) Peace out girl scout.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#333300;"&gt;Photography:&lt;br /&gt;"Where the Wild Things Are" - not mine. Got it off google.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#333300;"&gt;Salt Lake Temple, Ballet shot, Cafe pictures and all others - Mine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5270073897549779869-7180291577334157208?l=raeclakepocket.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/feeds/7180291577334157208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/01/in-more-than-few-words.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/7180291577334157208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/7180291577334157208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/01/in-more-than-few-words.html' title='In... more than a few words.'/><author><name>Raeclake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14874745632797821400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S3SjHCAU6zI/AAAAAAAAAB0/5UNCs5ZLjgI/s72-c/rachel.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270073897549779869.post-5553460497628210365</id><published>2010-01-28T17:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-30T10:19:32.753-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Unobtainable sun</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66cccc;"&gt;I've been loving in the shade of a familiar tree. Enjoying the &lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;light of stars&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;day light&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;trickle &lt;/em&gt;through the leaves - Just today I&lt;strong&gt; stumbled&lt;/strong&gt; into the &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;sun&lt;/span&gt;. I never realized the light shining through the leaves was truly so&lt;em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#66ffff;"&gt;bright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. For hours I lay warming in that sun; feeling the sweet kisses &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66cccc;"&gt;of it's rays, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66cccc;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;but&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;slowly...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66cccc;"&gt;it &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;receded&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and cooled &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S2I4dMR98pI/AAAAAAAAAAs/PVTpnF1w_Po/s1600-h/leaves.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431966174726189714" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S2I4dMR98pI/AAAAAAAAAAs/PVTpnF1w_Po/s320/leaves.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before I realized it the sun was setting. I &lt;em&gt;reached for it&lt;/em&gt;, I &lt;strong&gt;grabbed at it&lt;/strong&gt;, I &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;"&gt;prayed&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;and &lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;pled&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;...But it set. &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;It said goodbye&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. It said goodbye without an &lt;span style="color:#cc9933;"&gt;extra second&lt;/span&gt; to &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;think&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; about staying. Without &lt;strong&gt;considering&lt;/strong&gt; for another moment that &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;just might&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; be capable of shining right back, and give light to brighten it's beautiful &lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;glow&lt;/span&gt; just as strong.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;"To &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and be &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;loved&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is to &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;feel &lt;/span&gt;the &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sun&lt;/strong&gt; from both sides"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Then again, &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;maybe I can't&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. Maybe I &lt;em&gt;can't&lt;/em&gt; make the sun shine any brighter...&lt;em&gt;but I can't&lt;/em&gt; go back to the &lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;shade&lt;/span&gt; of my tree. I'm not &lt;strong&gt;capable&lt;/strong&gt; of going back to the fractured &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;tastes&lt;/span&gt; of the sun between wooden &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#996633;"&gt;bars&lt;/span&gt; and thick&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;sheets&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of leaves. &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;No.&lt;/span&gt; All I can do is &lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;become a sun myself&lt;/span&gt;. Just as &lt;em&gt;high.&lt;/em&gt; just as &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;bright&lt;/span&gt;... &lt;strong&gt;Just&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;enough&lt;/strong&gt; so I can follow and reflect the light of the sun... &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Maybe tomorrow&lt;/em&gt;... If I can&lt;strong&gt; just&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;endure&lt;/span&gt; the &lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;night&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cc9933;"&gt;Image (not mine) - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://spoiledmommy.com/.a/6a010535158014970b0120a6799bee970bpi"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cc9933;"&gt;http://spoiledmommy.com/.a/6a010535158014970b0120a6799bee970bpi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cc9933;"&gt;Quote- David Viscott&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cc9933;"&gt;Poem - Rachel Lake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5270073897549779869-5553460497628210365?l=raeclakepocket.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/feeds/5553460497628210365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/01/ive-been-loving-in-shade-of-familiar.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/5553460497628210365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/5553460497628210365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/01/ive-been-loving-in-shade-of-familiar.html' title='Unobtainable sun'/><author><name>Raeclake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14874745632797821400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S2I4dMR98pI/AAAAAAAAAAs/PVTpnF1w_Po/s72-c/leaves.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270073897549779869.post-8147872692386322980</id><published>2010-01-21T08:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T12:26:08.901-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Conflicted</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S1iYL0NjmVI/AAAAAAAAAAc/YjYG02KEBg4/s1600-h/Dousk_by_aL_baum.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 190px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429256679556618578" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S1iYL0NjmVI/AAAAAAAAAAc/YjYG02KEBg4/s320/Dousk_by_aL_baum.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;I &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;have&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; the words but you &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330000;"&gt;wont listen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;You &lt;span style="color:#330000;"&gt;wont look up&lt;/span&gt; to see eyes &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;glisten&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;I'm not just an &lt;em&gt;item&lt;/em&gt; to fit your &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;bill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;I'm not a &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;thing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; with which your space to &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;fill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;You don't &lt;strong&gt;know&lt;/strong&gt; me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;And &lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;you don't&lt;/strong&gt; want to&lt;/span&gt; see&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;But here I am, still &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;droppin&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; by&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Still hangin on with &lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;hopes&lt;/span&gt; held &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;high&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Tell me &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#993300;"&gt;how&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;em&gt;where&lt;/em&gt; to go from&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Say it&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;shout it&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;piss me off&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;"&gt;but be sincere&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;I'll &lt;em&gt;breath your words&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;lift&lt;/span&gt; me up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;I'll drink it&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;all&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, that&lt;span style="color:#330000;"&gt; bitter&lt;/span&gt; cup&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Just say &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;something&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Just make me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330033;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330033;"&gt;something&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I'm tired of guessing.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Poem - Rachel Lake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Image - al-baum (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://al-baum.deviantart.com/art/Dousk-151204618"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#660000;"&gt;http://al-baum.deviantart.com/art/Dousk-151204618&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#660000;"&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5270073897549779869-8147872692386322980?l=raeclakepocket.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/feeds/8147872692386322980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/01/conflicted.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/8147872692386322980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/8147872692386322980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/01/conflicted.html' title='Conflicted'/><author><name>Raeclake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14874745632797821400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S1iYL0NjmVI/AAAAAAAAAAc/YjYG02KEBg4/s72-c/Dousk_by_aL_baum.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270073897549779869.post-382258068039972578</id><published>2010-01-19T13:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-11T16:19:49.658-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pocket Poetry</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S1YzEH6d3_I/AAAAAAAAAAU/wiXVA1tg5mY/s1600-h/dandelion+and+dew.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428582546778480626" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S1YzEH6d3_I/AAAAAAAAAAU/wiXVA1tg5mY/s320/dandelion+and+dew.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Her Pocket&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;A &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;small&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330033;"&gt;silk&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;patch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Stitched to the &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000066;"&gt;furthest&lt;/span&gt; corner&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Of her &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;tender&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Holding &lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;whispered&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;secrets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;On &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;sunflower lit&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; afternoons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;tear stained&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt; notes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;With &lt;span style="color:#330033;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;love worn&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; folds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Where she keeps her &lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;glittering&lt;/span&gt; childhood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;half &lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;created&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Half &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;lived&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330033;"&gt;dream&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;creatures&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Within herself she&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;thrives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#330033;"&gt;dances&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; for blind eyes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;color:#660000;"&gt;Waiting&lt;/span&gt; for the day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;When the &lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;stitching&lt;/span&gt; in her heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330033;"&gt;Dissolves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; into &lt;em&gt;flesh&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/em&gt; CURES the &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;unseeing&lt;/span&gt; eyes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;releases&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; the life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Within&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; her pocket&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;A &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;small&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;silk &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;patch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Stitched&lt;/span&gt; to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;furthest&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; corner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Of her &lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;tender&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poem - Rachel Lake&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Image - Drops Meet Dandelion ( &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://alinschki.deviantart.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;http://alinschki.deviantart.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5270073897549779869-382258068039972578?l=raeclakepocket.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/feeds/382258068039972578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/01/pocket-poetry.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/382258068039972578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/382258068039972578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/01/pocket-poetry.html' title='Pocket Poetry'/><author><name>Raeclake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14874745632797821400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PpZkVmJWZZ4/S1YzEH6d3_I/AAAAAAAAAAU/wiXVA1tg5mY/s72-c/dandelion+and+dew.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270073897549779869.post-1342486508337581681</id><published>2010-01-19T09:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T09:38:56.218-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Most Recently Me.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;Life. Someone once told me it was something to do. The problem was always finding whatever that something was that made me feel like I was shining and really truly alive...and then getting out there and doing it. This last semester has been a huge mile marker for me. I'm heading into my final semester at LDSBC for the Interior Design program, was just released as the 2nd counselor in the Relief Society and am now on the Temple Committee, accomplished some goals, made a few people smile, got my head on a little straighter than before and life feels like it's finally coming together.  I feel like I found those things. This last weekend I found a few more things that tied them all together. Or more appropriately I rediscovered something in me I had lost. A few things. I found my words again. I found inspiration again. I sat down a painted for me for the first time in 6 months. I found a smile from my heart again. And it came with a little pain. Because I had to do something to get past the lull I was experiencing and start living again. I'm living again! I finally feel vibrant and thriving and alive again. I don't know when it went away, but I'm glad that it's back. So as I venture out my door, and likely stumble upon some obstacles, I want to keep this unearthly feeling with me. And I'd like to share it. As the words I'm overflowing with come I'll share. I'll place it in this pocket. I hope you'll be able to dip, hide and wiggle your fingers in here too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5270073897549779869-1342486508337581681?l=raeclakepocket.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/feeds/1342486508337581681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/01/most-recently-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/1342486508337581681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5270073897549779869/posts/default/1342486508337581681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raeclakepocket.blogspot.com/2010/01/most-recently-me.html' title='Most Recently Me.'/><author><name>Raeclake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14874745632797821400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
