Mennonites and Chiropractors - A Peek into my Rhi-ality

So I'm sure from the title you are wondering what the heck is going through my head. Well let me tell you, you will never completely understand the oddities that run through my head on a daily basis. That's why I will only give you a peek. I'm telling you. It will be  a small peek that your minds will be able to handle. Anyways, I'm not sure how many of you know what a Mennonite is so let me see if I can help. Basically a Mennonite is like the Amish people only they believe in electricity. Or something like that.

Anyhow, I met some Mennonites. And you will never guess where! I was visiting a burger place and what do I see? A man with a HUGE beard carrying a small child behind me. At first I thought it was odd, but the little kid was cute so I started talking to him. He must have been very hungry because he was eyeing everyone's food as they passed by. The child that is, not the father. His dad said that they were on a road trip and he hadn't eaten and so he was hungry. Then, lo and behold, a lady and two little girls come walking up in handmade clothes. At this point I was so interested in this family that I exclaimed "WHOA!!! DO YOU MAKE YOUR OWN CLOTHES? THATS AWESOME!!" They smiled graciously and said yes. I then said to my boyfriend Scott "I should do that. Only I probably can't. Because if I had to only wear clothes that I made, I would probably be naked a lot of the times." The Mennonite family looked a little surprised and laughed at me. I wonder why...Then I had to order my food and stop holding up the line so I didn't get to talk to them anymore. Then as we were eating outside, the man approached us and introduced himself. He said that he was from out of state and gave us a CD to listen to about God. We said that we were both Christians and would look into it and he said goodbye. As soon as he was out of earshot I looked at the CD and said "GOOGLE IT!!!" So we smartphoned with Google and found out that they were from a Mennonite background. I told you so. I know a Mennonite when I see one!! So that's the story of how Rhi met Mennonites. At a burger place of all places. Oh my life...

Also, I just got back from the chiropractors office. It was an interesting experience. He didn't even look at my back. I was under the impression that chiropractors were back doctors. Well I guess not. Anyways, he slathered my arms/wrists/hands with this Icy-Hot stuff. Only minus the Hot so it was basically just Icy. He then used an ultrasound on it. He told me why he did that but I forgot so I'm not really sure. I'll probably google why later.. Anyways you should have seen the look on his face when I asked him if it was a boy or a girl. I know, I know. It wasn't that type of ultrasound. But I felt like seeing what his reaction would be to such a question. He looked quite shocked and so I had to explain I was just kidding. I can't tell if he was disturbed or amused. Either way, it cracked me up that's for sure. After doing that, my arms felt cold and I was ready to go home. So I did. And I get to go back tomorrow. I can't believe he gets paid to make peoples arms cold. I'm sure I could just buy some of my own Icy-Hot minus the Hot and set up my own chiropractic shop all by myself. JUST KIDDING! I understand he is a licensed professional. That's why he knows why he ultrasounded my wrists and I don't. Maybe if I went to Med School I'd know why to ultrasound someone's wrists.

Anyways, that's all for now. Keep checking as I am planning to post more later on this week or early next!! Also follows ItsjustRhi on twitter and I'll tweet every time I make a new blog post!

What Are Friends For?

What are friends for? Friends are those who help you when you need it the most. Friends are the ones who's loyalty you never have to question. That is the purpose of this blog post. I'll probably post another blog later on this week about how life is but this blog is for a specific purpose. It's also for a very special person.

One of my dearest friends in the world is a little bit short on funding for her to return to college to finish her degree. She only has one year left so it would be a huge shame for her not to be able to continue this year. Her lack of funding is not due to a lack of diligence in scholarship searching or any fault on her part. She is one of the hardest working people I know. She has had an interesting summer and hasn't been able to work. Well I suppose I shall let her tell the story. If you follow this link http://igg.me/p/196363 you will see what she has to say. If anyone deserves the help it is her!! I have never in my life met anyone so compassionate and giving towards others. Now its her turn. Please help her out!! She is trying to reach her goal in just a short week!!! Anything and everything will help her.

Summer Madness - Face it, with me its Always Madness

I can't believe its almost the end of summer. In just a few weeks, school is going to start again. Am I ready? NO!!!! Don't leave me summer!!!!! This summer has been full of adventures. Making relationships with old friends stronger, making new friends and just finding crazy things to occupy my time. I think I have definitely learned about God's faithfulness this summer as well. He has always provided for me. And I thought I would be independent once I moved out. Funny how I think I know everything. Not really. I probably actually don't know that much about anything. Anyways, point being that God takes care of me.

So back to summer. Definitely hit up the beach a couple of times. I used to hate the beach for three reasons: sun, sand, and sickos. For whatever reason when I was younger I would always get horribly burnt, completely filthy and miserable and covered with sand and hit on by some weirdo. But this summer I didn't have problems with any of those. Sun - wear sunscreen. Ha, and everyone laughed at me when I bought 75 SPF. Who's laughing now? Not a single burn!!!! Sand - bring shampoo and conditioner to the beach. Come to think of it, everyone laughed at me about that too. Yet, it was refreshing to be able to shampoo and condition in the rinse-off showers outside the beach bathrooms. I got the strangest looks from everyone though. It's like I was auditioning for a Pantene commercial, only there were no cameras. Sigh. And I always thought that I was born to be on camera...Although I suppose I AM on camera. I do have pictures of shampooing and conditioning my hair at the beach. As for the sickos, I didn't get hit on a single time at the beach. Probably because I gained weight ;) just kidding. It's probably just because I keep myself with friends. Orrrrrrrrr it could have been that everyone was just too freaked out by the crazy girl who's washing her hair at the beach.

Another fun summer activity was going to the park. It's so relaxing to just take your lunch and sit at a picnic table and talk with someone. You don't have to be cooped up indoors and its a great way to build a relationship. Well until after it gets dark. I'm pretty sure that the parks close at night and the police will say something to you if you don't leave. Although...it would be pretty funny to sleep on a park bench and have the cops come and shine a light in my eyes like I always see on those movies except that I don't think getting fined and/or arrested would be all that much fun.

I also discovered that I was a fan of live orchestra's this summer. I went and listened to a live orchestra play on the 4th of July and then got to watch a fantastic fireworks show afterwards. AMAZING!!!!! Sign me up to do it again - oh wait, I already bought tickets to do it again. PROOF that I really liked it!!!

Babysitting - another fun summer activity. I have gotten to know three precious little boys. I am sure it's been quite an adventure for them as well. I may be a girl and I may be super girly but I can wrestle with the best of them. In fact, I'm sure that I could compete as a pro-wrestler. Actually not really, if I ever did something like that it would only be for the sponsorships. Who would sponsor me to be a pro-wrestler you might ask? That's easy. Who wouldn't pay to see me running around screaming trying to escape from a big scary man trying to crush me in the ring???? Exactly my point. I'd be great. Well at the very least highly entertaining. I am getting distracted again. I was talking about babysitting. I have been loving it.

Anyways, that's been my summer so far. I'd better finish this blog post now so I can hurry up and see how much trouble I can pack into the rest of the summer before it evades me!!

Welcome to Rhi-ality: Life Rhi's Way

Its official. I've finally done it. I've started a blog. Well kinda. My brother started it for me since I didn't know how to do it myself.

Also, something you should know about me. I absolutely, positively HATE puns. But here I am, with a pun as my address. As you may have gathered, I like pink. A lot. Anyways, I've always had these random thoughts bouncing around my crazy little head so I've decided to start this blog to kinda just share fun things.

I intend on sharing recipes, anecdotes, tips and other miscellaneous things. Hope you all enjoy the insight into my mind.

While I can't promise that my thoughts will make the most sense, I can promise that they will most likely be highly entertaining. Enjoy.