Kate & the Rife Machine

So yesterday, late morning/early afternoon--does it really matter, I was lying in bed perusing the Internet when I heard the doorbell ring. **ding dong** I stopped what I was doing, went to the door and there was the mail lady with a very large package that had to be signed for. Of course, it was for Kate. She gets packages all the time. Honestly,  I never check anymore to see if it's for me, because, DENIED, it's never for me. Oh, how I long for the days of fun mail and not just bills. But, I digress. So, there I am looking at this big box and Kate says, "I bet it's my Rife Machine." Huh??

For those of you, who like me, had no clue what a Rife Machine is....apparently it has something to do with oscillatory rates, frequencies and destroying bacteria in your body.  You can learn more about it here.  I still don't really understand it, but its supposed to help Kate with her lyme's disease, hopefully. Okay, I'm down with anything to help Kate with that, for reals. 

So, she opens up the package and pulls out the Rife machine.  

Rife Machine

and, again, i was like, "huh??!!" 

Kate reading about all the different ailment frequencies.

So, I don't really get this machine, but if it helps the lyme's disease then I'm 100% behind it. I must say it brought a lot of laughter to our household last night. I couldn't help but laugh because i kept saying, "oh kate, i'm going to have to blog about this" and she kept saying, "people are going to think i'm a weirdo or crazy and into freaky healing stuff!" I assured her that no one would think that and that we all want a quick healing and if the Rife Machine helps--then it helps.  But i also told her that I must introduce the Rife Machine into the world. The evening became even more funny when Brianna and her purple spandex showed up. More on that later!

The Rife Machine with the lights off--i wanted to see it all lit up. it's kinda freaky!!

I can confidently say I'm not sure how this breaks bacteria by sitting in front of it? but when Kate was showing us how it worked, we did a frequency for sinuses since I've been struggling for a month with allergies, sinus trouble and bronchitis, my nose started to get this weird sensation and started to run. FREAKY!! Maybe I made it up or it was a coincidence, I don't know? But all this to say, this little contraption is a part of my household happenings for a season. There's always something crazy fun going on over here. What must the neighbors think?

blog "to do" list

today has been a good day. in fact, all day i've thought of many things i wanted to blog about. but, unfortunately, it's 11:40pm here and i'm tired from my fun filled day of nothingness turned into somethingness. 

but...just to keep you coming back for more, here's my "to do" blog list from today:

• Kate & the Rife machine
• Exploring Nederland--which will include "the frozen dead guy"
  
• Brianna and her purple tights

i'll work on these manana and i'll even have pictures! 

RE to the LAX!!

i have officially succeeded in accomplishing a "raelynn approved" relaxing evening. i like it. i love it. i want some more of it. i never thought it was possible but i managed it. i could get used to this relaxing business. i was a bit worried at first because my evening started off with dinner with friends at Cantina Laredo-- the Rio will always be my true love and this so-so experience just proves it. man i love that Rio. and focus: back to the point...since i decided to have dinner with friends instead of going straight home, i resigned myself to the fact that i might get pulled into many exciting adventures. but, thankfully, directly after dinner i went home, jumped in the shower to wind down, put on my pj's and hopped in bed with my ever faithful macbook (aka Macbeth) and watched last night's episodes of the Office and Grey's Anatomy. realizing it was still early and i wasn't ready for bed yet, i then decided to knit a bit. so i proceeded to NOT start the basket weave stitch, but rather attempt to knit a scarf for one of the wee ones i adore so much. 

i have to be honest and say knitting with thin yarn and knitting needles is hard for me. i normally work with thicker yarn & needles. but hey, this is how we learn!!  i'm going to stick with it--even though i feel like since everything is much smaller than i normally work with i'll never get done. but, i'll ignore that lie and knit away merrily. 

after knitting, i decided to catch up on my favorite blogs. check out some of my friends who are faithful bloggers, not to mention super fantastic people, on the right of this page. after reading everyone's thoughts, i thought, "hey, i'll blog about, hmmm...oh "nothing" really". but i just learned that:  nothing is just a state of mind. thank you rebecca for your wise words. so though i say it's nothing, it's only a state of mind. but who's mind? mine? or yours? and if nothing is a state of my mind only, then is my nothing, something to you? so maybe it's actually something, disguised as nothing. it's funny how that nothing can actually be something. don't you agree? hmmmm???

well, i guess i'll never know, nor do i really care. if i actually tried to ponder that it would make my eye twitch and stress me out. and as we know, i am RE to the LAXING. 

that's all. 

this and that

WOW. the wind is silly crazy here in the lovely Boulder, CO today. while trying to walk down pearl street i have been pelted with leaves, twigs, runaway scarf's, etc. trying to reach my destination. the funniest part is watching people try to keep upright. you'll see someone walking, stumble, brace their self, and begin again. of course, if they fell, i wouldn't actually laugh at them.  gotta love that wind.

i'm hoping to have a lazy weekend. i've tried the last few months to have a lazy weekend, but the social butterfly in me gets pulled into many new adventures. my plan is to stay at home and try out a new stitch for a scarf. after watching a plethora of videos--because, woe is me, i have to teach myself because i have no becca in my midst--i'm thinking i'll try the basket weave stich. (see photo below)

so, Lord willing i won't have too many tantrums or become too discouraged. if anything, i can go back to my old faithful rib stitch. knit & purl. and actually, that stitch shown on "how to" videos is completely different than how i do it. i think i found the shortcut. yay me. wait, is that allowed? oh crap, what if it makes me less of a knitter. sheesh.

 

and i saw it with my own eyes.

watching history be made last night was pretty stinkin' awesome. i didn't expect to be, but yes, i was overwhelmed. regardless of who you are and who you wanted to win...you must know that what happened last night was historical.

now if we could only get that "love one another" business down.
it would be awesome!

Mr. Tang

this clip is from one of my all time favorite movies, Uncorked. I watched it last night again and this particular scene always makes me laugh. So, I thought I would share the love with y'all.

Enjoy!

for the love of Jason

 Jenn and I went to the sold out Jason Mraz concert. It was FANTASTIC!! Actually, it was more than fantastic. We were super close and even though we had to stand for 5+ hours, we had a wonderful time. 

I planned on writing a fabulous story about mine and Jenn's adventures at the concert, but alas, haven't really felt like blogging as of late. But let me tell you...Jenn was so funny and a true fan that night. If she could have gotten away with sneaking in his tour bus, I'm sure she would have tried. 

Here's the overview though:

• Leaving the car at a sketchy parking spot where the people taking the money told us we caught them trying to watch a porno. Yep. 
  
• Dinner at Tom's Diner. it was a lovely greasy spoon. (oh how i miss Shortcakes in Stilly)
  
• Waiting in line to get inside for over an hour with a variety of individuals. I.e. scalpers, smokers, giddy teenage girls with their parents, those girls,  a man trying to give away his half eaten pizza, girls trying to pass out Red Bulls, homeless men asking for money, etc. 
•  Catching a glimpse of Jason in the tour bus. (while Jenn continuously tried to get a photo of him in the bus)
• Funny quotes that I'll remember forever. ("Bastards, they closed the blinds")
• Finally getting inside and being in the very front.
• Lisa Hannigan--the opener from Dublin, Ireland. Fabulous.
• Jason!!! Oh, so yummy.
• Standing next to those girls. (who threw their bra on stage and danced drunkenly throughout the entire night)
• Toca
• tired and achy feet...but who cares? It's Jason
• A girl playing her ukulele when Jason sang "I'm Yours"
• Jenn almost beating up those girls, because they knocked her camera out of her hand on purpose when she was in the middle of recording a video
• Jason!!
• Getting great photos!
• an overall fantastic show

So, yeah. It was great. I'm so glad I was able to go!!