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morganb Newbie
Here is the application for a job in R-ville.

Are you gluten free? Yes, and proud of it!!

Do you promise to never infiltrate Rachelville with gluteney foods? Yes, of coarse!!

Do you promise to never bring gigantic Auxigro ridden produce into R-Ville? I do. (Raise right hand.)

Can I have a job now? :P

Ofcourse :D ....although that's not in my job description. I'm sure you'll have one soon B)

I just wanted to stop by Rachelville for a visit...and say HI. =)

I admit, I had no idea what Rachelville was, until I pm'd JerseyAngel. I didn't want to seem like a dork. But, someone much braver than I asked publicly.... and I must give that person Kudos!!!

So... HI! =)

Hello and welcome :D Don't worry about sounding like a dork....I do it all the time.


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flagbabyds Collaborator
Molly....it still says "me and my cuz (shes the one on the right)" under your pic. :huh:

It kind of looks like your cuz is actually your identical twin. A mirror image of you. :lol:

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooops

indentified and changed.

Green12 Enthusiast

Good Morning!

Welcome Back The Dave :)

Hi SusieQ :D So glad to see you! Hope you get to the bottom of your niece's breakouts.

Mango, those muffins sound sooooo good, what brand? Can we get them here? You must get the recipe and bring it back to your friends in Rachelville, it's your job, your duty :lol:

Carla and Morgan, The Bs, so sorry you came down with a nasty virus. Hope you both feel better soon :)

Yes Picard, your picture with a new name would be great!

Great new picture Molly!

Hi Andrea and Patti :)

Welcome Jessica, samking, and Jayhawkmom :) Glad you are joining us!

CarlaB Enthusiast

Andrea, now here's the whole gang, my dad included!!

morganb Newbie
Carla and Morgan, The Bs, so sorry you came down with a nasty virus. Hope you both feel better soon :)

Mom's fine today....expecially when she found out that she was only normal....it was just a virus

Green12 Enthusiast
Andrea, now here's the whole gang, my dad included!!

Carla, great picture, tell us everyone's names. We obviously know Morgan and Chloe..., but introduce the other kiddos.

CarlaB Enthusiast
Mom's fine today....expecially when she found out that she was only normal....it was just a virus

Nothing like a happy mom!! I'm going to drive Morgan crazy today ... :(

Okay, names from left to right ... Sadie, Bernadette, Dad/Grandpa, Luke, Adam/hubby, me, Morgan, Chloe, Jack.

Hmm, that one's pretty small. Let me see if I can find another ...


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Nothing like a happy mom!! I'm going to drive Morgan crazy today ... :(

Okay, names from left to right ... Sadie, Bernadette, Dad/Grandpa, Luke, Adam/hubby, me, Morgan, Chloe, Jack.

I'm exhausted just looking at all of them! Sheesh, that's a lot of kiddos! :P

dlp252 Apprentice
Hi everyone, glad to find that Rachelville continues joyfully. I am so impressed by how graciously these growing pains have been handled.

My computer is still not working as far as this site goes. Is anyone else running Windows 2000? Yesterday I felt just horrible about it and my sweetie actually offered to leave his work computer for me but I said no, I'll be O.K. :(

Oh gosh...I might go through BAD withdrawal if my computer died, yikes!

morganb Newbie
I'm exhausted just looking at all of them! Sheesh, that's a lot of kiddos! :P

yep :D:huh:

CarlaB Enthusiast
I'm exhausted just looking at all of them! Sheesh, that's a lot of kiddos! :P

Na, you just delegate, delegate, delegate! There are certainly enough people around here to delegate to!! And my rule is delegate to the youngest one who can do a task ... that way the older kids don't get overburdened and neither do I!

I finally got a pic on where you can see a little better, so the name order is now wrong.

Jean-Luc Rookie

I will try to put up a picture --- no promises. :ph34r:

dlp252 Apprentice

Premature post, lol:

Here is the application for a job in R-ville.

Are you gluten free? Yes, and proud of it!!

Do you promise to never infiltrate Rachelville with gluteney foods? Yes, of coarse!!

Do you promise to never bring gigantic Auxigro ridden produce into R-Ville? I do. (Raise right hand.)

Can I have a job now? :P

Sure you can...What do you like to do...that will help...

I just wanted to stop by Rachelville for a visit...and say HI. =)

I admit, I had no idea what Rachelville was, until I pm'd JerseyAngel. I didn't want to seem like a dork. But, someone much braver than I asked publicly.... and I must give that person Kudos!!!

So... HI! =)

Hi!!!

jerseyangel Proficient

Morgan

Your new picture is beautiful :)

samking72 Rookie

Well, right now I run a concrete plant. I dabbled in masonry and construction. Used to train horses. Maybe I can be town maitnance? Along with the other guys :)

morganb Newbie
Morgan

Your new picture is beautiful :)

thank you...I'd tell you where it is, but that place is a no no in Rachelville

jerseyangel Proficient
thank you...I'd tell you where it is, but that place is a no no in Rachelville

Sounds intreguing.... B)

CarlaB Enthusiast
thank you...I'd tell you where it is, but that place is a no no in Rachelville

It was a wedding shower for one of her friends, so she didn't pick the place. Since she went gluten-free on her own just because she feels better, she doesn't worry about cc like we do ... but she generally just eats before she leaves the house so she can avoid gluten. Her friends are getting used to her watching them eat. All I can say is she must REALLY feel better to be so diligent about it!! Well ... her severe seasonal allergies have completely gone away, so I guess that's her motivation.

Lymetoo Contributor
Pink and Purple....hmmmmm....I dont recall liking those colors as a child. <_< Am I the only girl who didnt go crazy for pink and purple ribbons?? :unsure:

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Nope! I don't really like purple. And I didn't like pink very much until a few years ago....and I'm "old"!! :rolleyes:

My room was painted yellow when I was a kid. Bright and cheerful!! :D

dlp252 Apprentice
Well, right now I run a concrete plant. I dabbled in masonry and construction. Used to train horses. Maybe I can be town maitnance? Along with the other guys :)

Cool!!!! You can help construct all our patios in Rachelville, lol! Horse training might come in handy too as we're trying to round up the stray dingos and geese. Andrea? (Andrea is the keeper of the town list)

morganb Newbie
Sounds intreguing.... B)

Well it was about a month or less after I decided to go gluten free....so I made the exception and ate a glutened meal at Tumbleweed :ph34r: I didn't want to make a big deal since first of all, I just started going gluten free and nobody really got it. And secondly, at that point I wasn't sure if I would continue to remain that way. All my friends understand it now....and they're pretty used to it. Not only that, but I have another friend who just started going gluten free a couple of days ago bc she's having problems and aren't sure what they are from.

It was a wedding shower for one of her friends, so she didn't pick the place. Since she went gluten-free on her own just because she feels better, she doesn't worry about cc like we do ... but she generally just eats before she leaves the house so she can avoid gluten. Her friends are getting used to her watching them eat. All I can say is she must REALLY feel better to be so diligent about it!! Well ... her severe seasonal allergies have completely gone away, so I guess that's her motivation.

Yes my allergies are a huge reason that I keep this up. But I also have other little things that help. :D

swittenauer Enthusiast
I'm in Cincinnati, where are you?

Well, six year old girls anyway!! :o

Good point! I'm in Kentucky....just north of Louisville.

:lol: Whenever I say thongs, all my kids think I'm talking about underwear!! :lol:

I thought underwear & I'm no kid that is for sure. Ha!

AndreaB Contributor
Here is the application for a job in R-ville.

Are you gluten free? Yes, and proud of it!!

Do you promise to never infiltrate Rachelville with gluteney foods? Yes, of coarse!!

Do you promise to never bring gigantic Auxigro ridden produce into R-Ville? I do. (Raise right hand.)

Can I have a job now? :P

You bet! :D We would need to know you're interests/hobbies to better place you. Also your name unless you want me to list it as samking.

Welcome to town! :P

I just wanted to stop by Rachelville for a visit...and say HI. =)

So... HI! =)

Jayhawkmom,

Come back anytime. If you want to be a regular and have a job....let us know.....application is on page 1.....very easy. For those that aren't gluten free we have a deglutenizing chamber. :lol:

Well, right now I run a concrete plant. I dabbled in masonry and construction. Used to train horses. Maybe I can be town maitnance? Along with the other guys :)

I could put you on as Town Maintenance; Construction Worker; Trail Ride Guide if you are interested.

What kind of horses did you train? Cursious minds want to know.......I LOVE :wub: horses!

AndreaB Contributor

Hello everyone! :D

It's good to see you found us Dave.

Carla and Morgan.....oops on the picture. I just saw the similar face picture and didn't even look at the name. I like both the new pictures. :)

Picard.......yes, picture please.

Rachel,

Why do I think his bark is worse then his bite? Afterall he didn't say anything about the orange jug.

Donna,

I'm here and I'll get the town list up soon, at least the addons.

My daughter had a super rough time going to sleep last night. We let her stay up til around 9/9:30 since her daddy was leaving and she didn't go to sleep til around 12 because she was worried about me going to bed before she went to sleep. I tried telling her numerous times that if she went to sleep I would be up til after she went to sleep. Then the baby woke up at 6:30, I had covered him up and he decided it was time to get up. He can pull himself to standing so that is great fun. I ignored him and he finally settled down again but I didn't look at the clock. I will be quite surprised if hubby gets home tonight....his driving hours won't allow for it so if he did it would be the middle of the night. His driving time has got to be close to done now, probably another hour or two. If he takes his required time off then he wouldn't be able to start again until later tonight and I'm guessing he'd only be 8-10 hours from his next drop. So he'll probably drive through the night again....gonna totally mess up his normal sleep time.

Samking: Town Maintenance; Construction Worker; Horse Trainer and Trail Guide

I see you Luke's Mom! Hello, come on in!

Jessica,

We need your interests as well unless you just want to be a visitor. :P

morganb Newbie

So I looked and saw who was on, and it said morganb, carlab, andreab, and luke'smom....we could all be related. (by the way, I have a brother named Luke) It just made me giggle :lol: and I wanted to share

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