Sunday, November 30, 2008

Girls just wanna have fun

So as many of you know I once had a bad "incident" if you will when I had my hair colored. Since then I have been VERY cautious about dyeing my hair. Well all good fears at some point need to end. So I crushed this one this weekend!!! I dyed my hair....Kate helped me but I feel it turned out really good.






Just thought y'all would want to know.

love ya
Rachel

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Kate came to town

So as many of y'all know Kate my BFF came to share some love this holiday season by visiting me for Thanksgiving. I picked her up in Frankfort, I did pretty good driving FYI, and then we went to Heidelberg to drop off Kate's room mate Anna. Since we were already in town Kate and I walked around town and took in the sights.

ENJOY and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




I miss y'all and hope you are each having a wonderful Thanksgiving!! I just would like to say I am very very very thankful for each and every one of you. With out my good friends I would not have been able to take such a leap to this new job. I feel so supported and loved by all my family and friends.
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you

YOU *points* are what make me thankful this holiday season.

Love ya,
Rachel

New home, new friends and a Christmas market


So I was waiting on a flight down in the ER and I started talking to a nurse down there. We started talking and come to find out she used to work in the ER at UC....yes the same hospital I used to work at!!!! Her name is Shelly and I have decided to call her friend now.









Here are some pictures of a Christmas market Shelley and I went to!! It was a ton of fun!!

Love y'all
Rachel

Snow falling on Germany

So it snowed in Germany.....here are a few pictures.

ENJOY!!!



Saturday, November 15, 2008

Just a heads up

I am doing well at work, they think I am this amazing nurse which I get a kick out of since I am the youngest one there! On a serious note there is no way I would have this honor of moving here if it had not been for the amazing nurse who trained me! I owe them more than I can express. Each and every one of them had so much knowledge and lets not forget patients to train me!! I will write more on this subject later when I can collect my thoughts better and give them the attention they deserve.


I have discover how to use my web cam for evil.....


So whats going on in the Rachel hood you ask? I work nights these days...that is to be re-evaluated come Dec/Jan. I am looking into day trips to take coming up. Especially for the Christmas markets that are all over Germany that people keep raving about. Tomorrow I am going to check out an auction on base for some furniture. As you can see from the pictures I don't have much so I am looking for a few good items. I will let you know how it all goes.

I have to get some sleep but I just wanted y'all know I am doing well and things are moving right along.

Love ya!!

I have color!!!!

So my goods came (thank goodness) so I now have a splash of color in this gray and white house.



















As you can see I still have plenty of unpacking to do. I need to build some shelves so I can hang my cloths and get them out of the boxes and suite cases that I have been living out of for two months. All in all things are going pretty good. I still have a few things to get worked out but its all good. In the end it all comes down to the pure wonderful feeling to be in my own bed for a change!!

Love y'all

Thursday, November 6, 2008

And she is off...

I have managed to see some new cities so far. One happens to be Heidelberg, which is about 45 min or more away from where I live. Here are some pictures of me and my new friend Maggie as well as the castle that Heidelberg is known for.









Will take more pictues next time!! I was just looking around so much I forgot to take but these few!!

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Moving on UP!!!

Hello to EVERYONE!!! I am happy to report that I am no longer going hotel room to hotel room. Packing up my few belongings each morning. As well as taking my little bag of food in with my each night so I had some cran juice to wake up to and a nice bowl of Cheerios so I could start the day off right. Below are the pictures of my little piece of Germany that I can now call my own.


The front oh my home


The back of my home with my little German rental car, named Monty (no idea why but its just how I roll)


The view out the windows to the front (top floor)


The view out back of my house (once again top floor but all the floors below have the same view since as you can see there is no house behind me)


The bath tube, ie why I took the house.


The den with the fireplace!!





My goods come in the am (FINALLY!!! FYI the Army had lost them for a spell and it make me kinda angry...kinda) so once they are here I will take more pictures so y'all can see a better "view" with all my things.

Love each and every one of you and thank you for all your kind words of support!!
Rachel