Places to live

So, I've been on the lookout for new places to live. I looked at one very conveniently and cheap attic room yesterday. I think it could be a good place to live but I'm not totally won over so I'm going to see a few more places tomorrow. After tomorrow, I think I need to make my decision so I don't end up being homeless.

I've also been helping my friend, Jon, move his stuff into it's new living space (a storage unit) as he flies out of the country to the Grenadine Islands tonight. Other than the usual job search, that's pretty much been the last few days for me.

I hope the rest of you are doing fine and having a good evening.

East Coast! East Coast!

Today I did a big thing and applied for food stamps. It's possible that I won't qualify but I also just spent a bunch of money on air fare to get back to the east coast- so I probably will- and that brings me to the fun stuff!

I'm coming back east! I'll be flying into the Philly area on March 23rd 2011 and staying in DE for my brother's wedding on the 26th. Then! I will head on down to good ol' Richmond, VA to stay from the 27th to April 1st (Which just happens to be the birthday of a very sweet lady I'll be kickin' it with)

So, if you'd like to see me during this time get on top of things because this is a limited time offer.

Hope you're all having a great day. Thanks for reading.

shmoving

So, The place that I was thinking that I would move into is not such a certain thing anymore so I am currently on the market for a new place to live.

My 1st option right now is a pet sitting gig for most of Feb where I would take care of a cat and stay for a pretty affordable price in a really nice neighborhood. It is right across the street from a park, really close to a 2nd run movie theater, about half the distance from work. I would love to stay there. The only thing is that it would be temporary which is a bit sad since it's such a nice location.

I've emailed some more conventional living situations that are also pretty affordable but only one other has returned my email and I had a weird feeling about it so am not going to go with that one.

Any of those would be nice because I wouldn't have to move again in a month.

Oh why, oh why, did I buy a bed? It makes being in a transient state so much harder.

In other news: I'm going to have my friend Jon's car at my disposal for 6 months while he's gone so moving in that time won't be oh so bad.

Vanity Smanity

A recent realization: I am my mothers child and I must cut my hair. I'm also thinking about coloring it blond too. Hahaha. Thanks mom, for instilling in me the overwhelming desire to change my hair every 3 weeks. Love you!

Here are some pictures of my new doo.

short hair from the front

pretty much the back

from below you can see my tiny Mohawk sticking up right there.

So, sorry the pictures aren't that spectacular. I realized, I needed to update for my frequent readers AKA Katelyn. And so I just took them a hot second ago. Hope you all are having a wonderful time. Thanks for reading!

Silly Stuff or Birds at Sea

Yesterday it was gross outside and to avoid going out I wrote some mail, watched some netflix and made this silly collage.

As far as materials go here's how I got myself set up:

Yesterday, I bought some really cool clear elmer's glue at the grocery store while I was out getting a folder and pens. It was half price!

Luckily, I got some matte board in a free box on the side of the road a few months ago and have hung onto it until now.

Most of the images that I used ended up being from the stock of National Geographics that Daniel Wood sent my way.

Last but not least, the chalk pastels are my Mom's from way back in the day. So, that's how I came by everything I needed without spending much of my precious cash $$.

Full picture before tape is pulled

Baby bird, this one out of Portland's own The Mercury, sitting on some antlers

Bird afloat. This guy is probably my favorite "bird at sea" He is also from The Mercury

Katelyn's back from Kenya!

Just a quick shout out to my most loyal reader being back from Kenya so she can read my blog again! haha! yeyah!

Also, Katelyn, glad you're back safe and sound after some harrowing travel and hope that you had a killer time in Kenya.

Love,

Rachel

Moving AGAIN!

So, my household is being dissolved.

Thanks to a history of late rent payments the landlord is throwing the leaseholders out.

This, unfortunately, means that I have to move again.

Luckily, or unluckily, depending on how you look at it, one of my Portland friends, Jack, is moving to Peru for 3 months. I am going to take over his space which will help both him and my newly homeless self, out quite a bit. He will get to keep all his stuff at his old house and I'll get a pre furnished (with a TV & record player I might add) space in which to live and not have to be homeless. Yay!!

That's all for now folks. Hope you have a great evening.