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Dear blog: I miss you.

Sincerely,
Chelsea


- Posted on the go from my iPhone!

Rock Band

I love spending time with my boys. It doesn't really matter the activity sometimes. Today, it's RockBand. We're rocking out to the likes of the Talking Heads and Duran Duran. I LOVE this time with them; discovering more about their personalities by the songs they choose and the outfits they put their rocker in. My heart swells with love :)

Alright, April! Here we go!!

I have no time at the moment for a long post. but I wanted to put this out there.... The Green's Spot will be migrating. We are in the process of closing our deal on another home. SO exciting! There will be more detail to come when i have them. Until, it is absolutely beautiful outside and I am heading out to enjoy some of that.

What?! It's already March!?

Today I woke up at 4AM in a cold sweat - SO many things to do... except, I can't think of a single one.

"Why the heck am I awake? Why are my clothes drenched in sweat?" I thought to myself. Nothing came to mind. So, i rolled over and went back to sleep.

I think it is interesting how my brain seemingly shuts off when there is too much to think about. Almost as though I have an information overload and a brain blue screen. This very much affects my daily routine. Dang that blue screen!

Anyhow, that is my excuse for letting the blog go yet another month without being touched. By the way, it is a beautiful day outside my office window.

I love my life.

The perfect way to start a morning... Good design tips and an addictive beverage.

Better Blogger

Life is short. A phrase we have heard in a dozen movies to date, but it's true. Life flies by and before we know it we are no more than a whisp of a memory someone once had. It is funny to think about, though, that the Internet is now an archive of lives. Whimsical writers lay out their hopes, dreams, and what they had for lunch into cyberspace.

Are we hoping to leave a legacy or just bring ourselves to the place where we sit and contemplate why we celebrate each day.

My hope is that being a "Better Blogger" will do just that for me. It will take my focus off of things that bother me and help me take notice to ALL of the wonderful blessings I have in my life. God is SO good and I am not giving him all the glory if I'm not celebrating Life.

It's a New Year: no blank slate, no resolutions, just precious life.

Mmmm.... Food

I thought, since it has been a while, I would post another segment of "eating with Chelsea!"

... at least i think that is what i remember calling it :)

Enjoy!

Yikes!

It is January 19th and I am already so far behind! I will become an awesome Blogger... I will become and awesome blogger...

So, lets play catch up!

I graduated! Yay! AND... I didn't fall on my face walking across the stage! Double Yay!

Then we had a wonderful Christmas with my dad.... Sadly I think I am lacking pictures from this event. The best part of the weekend was playing Mao with my family, Grandmother included. One of the rules was to make an animal sound when a certain card was played... My sweet, beautiful, prim & proper Granmama made the best animal sounds!

It snowed! On Christmas! It was perfect.

Have I mentioned yet that we got a dog? Dexter is 6 months old now and still SO precious. He is perfect for our family. We couldn't have asked for a better pet.

Then we had Christmas with the Green's (Tom and Jayne) and family.

Then last, but not least, a wonderful, loungey Christmas day with mi madre. I love Christmas! I didn't get to spend nearly as much time on my decorations this year, got tons of time with the fam <3 and got lots of down time with my wonderful hubby. Also... i ate A LOT.

Harry playing with Cameron's new Rock Band.

Some of the yummy Christmas morning food. Breakfast casserole was just to good to wait to have it's picture taken.

Gotta have the coffee in the morning.

Cameron had a blast. Comfy chair - check, Sunggie - check, LOTS of gift - check, check and check.

I did a nice job wrapping this, if I do say so myself. Best surprise gift of the season!

Alright, well i think that covers December. I feels SO blessed by family and by the daily reminder of God's grace. Christmas was a time for gathering and celebrating, but we should always remember the Greatest Gift we have ever received is Jesus Christ and his sacrifice for us.

Next up... January! Although, sadly, i don't think I have as many fun photos.

Creative people,

another thing i love. I am an aspiring creative-type. This here blog is an attempt to tap into that part of me that contains some flirty, sing-song, wording and an eye and ability to take (and post) pictures to go with it. It shall be an interesting journey. Until then, I will borrow (and accurately cite) other people's creativity :)

For today - I found a lovely christmasy photo on a blog i happened across. I love how it is suggestive of the season without any real specifics. So nice. 

http://www.thisisreverb.com/

Holiday Season

I L-O-V-E it!
All the pretty lights, red and green colors, extra time with family and a reminder that we are all so blessed in many ways.

Pictures of my Christmas decorations to follow... as soon as I put all the empty boxes away!

This is what my brain feels like right now. A mess of thoughts and anxiety that are making just about any task near impossible right now... 

Cap and gown

So close... so close! Exactly one month from yesterday I will be walking across the stage and accepting my Bachelor of Arts & Sciences. Today I purchased my cap and gown. I am feeling this weird mix of emotions...
I am SO excited! And anxious and emotional and proud and scared and joyful and tired and restless and still SO EXCITED!

I feel like i am at the end of a marathon and I am crawling for the finish line. Not that I thought I would never make it, but at times it seemed unbearable to the point of quitting. But, now I am here and have just a little bit more to go. All I keep saying to myself is "finish strong." I can see the finish line; there is still just so much to do before I get there.

Eating with Chelsea, the first of many

I am not going to explain just yet. I am going to let this sink in for a little while before I appease your curiosity.

Sleeping on the job....

Yes, i have been asleep the past 2 years and unable to bring myself to consciousness in order to update my blogs. It was the strangest thing to ever happen to me! Good news though, i have awakened from said sleep and ready to blog my little heart out!

Prepare yourself.

The wedding... an adendum.

So, the photos below were obviously a shortened version... and photographs not taken by my professional photographer. None-the-less, i wanted to get them up there! Fun, fun!