Once upon a Time

Scenario: Chelsey goes to a doctor in CC "Doctor, I think something is wrong, My throat hurts really bad." Doctor runs test, no results, says, "you're fine, go exercise" a week later, pain gets worse, chelsey goes back in "Doctor, something is REALLY wrong with my throat, It hurts really bad, and I haven't eaten, yet I've gained weight and got really sleepy." Doctor runs test, no results says "It's probably just your anemia, go take some vitamins and exercise. a week later, pain is WORSE. Chelsey goes back in. "Ok Doctor, the pain is still here, worse, more weight is gained, I'm SO sleepy, and I've been exercising and taking my vitamins and eating well, I can't take it anymore." Doctor "ok here are some antibiotics, I'm sending you to the specialist in Medford. Chelsey and her parents go to Medford, Specialist "Chelsey, your tonsils are triple the size they should be, we're going to do some surgery." Doctor removes Tonsils, pain is still there, Doctor goes back and removes adenoids, pain is still there, Doctor Scrapes throat down to esophagus, Pain is still there but barely. Chelsey thinks problem is solved. Chelsey moves to Utah. Gains even more weight, has the pain come back, then loses voice completely. Calls a Doctor in a different field. "Doctor here is the situation - " explains story to Doctor. Doctor calls her in. Does ten minute exam..... " you have Hypothyroidism" THANK YOU!


That is my story for the day. It's sad but true! it explains so much! and this Following Monday I am going to the doctor again to see what kind of Treatment plan I get. I Hope your Holiday Stories are much better! I'm so excited for Christmas and the fact that I get to spend it with my family. And as Exciting as I am to be able to spend Christmas with a wonderful Husband next year, it is somewhat sad to realize, this is the last year I will be able to spend Christmas unwed with my Parents. nothing but rotating from here on out. =) May we all be sure to remember the true meaning of Christmas this year and know that we are loved dearly. Happy Holidays!

Remember Me?

SO I have to admit I have not been the best at blogging lately. but SO much has gone on. (likely story right?) I moved! I moved back to a place I never thought I'd move back to, and a city I thought I'd never move to, EVER. Any guess's? haha Good ol' Utah. fourth time is a charm I guess right? So I bought a Condo and have one room mate. She is pretty flippin' awesome. And clean. Life has been great, thanks to a good friend and some praying I got a full-time job the third day I lived here. Great benefits too! I'm still seeing my amazing Friend Brad and what's funny is that when I was back home, I mentioned possibly moving out here and he immediately snagged a plane ticket, flew to Cali, helped me pack, and drove a "Blessed" 15 hours back to Utah with me. Must be love right? Let's hope so, Because this is what he was forced to ride in.







I think the best part was finding out a good 3 big boxes we somehow managed to fit in the car, were the wrong boxes to bring out. Good times! Everything else in life has been going pretty well. My Mom's health has been better but she is healing from a recent surgery well, and My dad's Job is still Safe! which is great because we all know California is a little "off" right now. I love being out here again, in a new area and with a slightly different crowd of friends too. They have been awesome. Meeting Brad's family was great too! such awesome people! This weekend we're all going Camping. I'm pretty excited. Anyways, I better be off But HAPPY FRIDAY! I'll be better about blogging, I promise =) Until then ~

Exciting Events!

Hello everyone! It sure has been a while! I am happy to announce I am blogging from my brand new laptop! I love it! A lot has been going on since my last post. My Surf Board is ALMOST done it's just been hard to finish since I work and go to school. I still work at my 3 jobs and do some side work for Jungle Roses out in Utah on occasion. The family is doing well too, Amanda and Danny (my oldest sister and her husband) are keeping bus with my beautiful nieces and nephew. Payton the oldest niece (4) just enrolled in school and will be going in the fall, the twins are crack ups and so full of energy and life, they turn two in September. Meridith (second oldest sister) Has returned from her mission to Texas and is currently living in Utah working as kindergarten teacher going to UVU. Casey (my little sister, the youngest) Just got a job at a local surf/skate store and salon and between that and her dance recitals, she is keeping busy. I got a calling as a CTR 5 year old primary teacher and it's been a blast. I have ALL boys in that class so it gets to be pretty entertaining, the only girl I have in there is able to handle it because she has a brother but sometimes I feel sorry for her for how much she has to put up with haha.

Between working three jobs, going to school at EOU, and holding my church calling, I pretty much have to fun social life unless I give up sleep, SO after talking with a few friends, co-workers, and family members, I decided I will be taking a vacation. But not just any vacation. a THREE WEEK vacation with three destinations! My first stop will be in Salt Lake city, UT where I will be there for 2 of the weeks, THEN off to Lake Powell, UT where I will be lounging on a house boat for the last week. My last stop will be Vegas (for the last couple days of vacation) where I will have fun, bypass quick civil chapel weddings (as lovely as that sounds) and fly out a couple days later. I'm pretty excited, but I know I will miss the kids I work with SO much! We'll see how it goes. I know a majority of you (ok like the 5 followers I have haha) are friends with me on facebook so you will see my pictures updated as soon as I get back! Well, I'm off to break in the computer more by doing some home work, but I hope you all had a great mothers day and enjoy the rest of this week. Take Care!

Funny Toilet Prank Video

I thought this was pretty funny. - That's pretty much my only post for today =)

Reviving Love

What a Month! February is almost over and yet I've had so many adventures already throughout this month. I was able to go out to Utah to help my old boss with her flower shop the second week of this month and while I was out there I re-united with some old friends and room mates and even went on a couple dates! It was so much fun and I'll be excited when I can do it again soon. Then, when I returned home I was able to get some surfing in before the weather gets too cold (ok so it pretty much is already there but I sucked it up) One day I noticed that my board had taken in a little bit of water. NOT GOOD! then I noticed there was some more bruising on it (portions of the board where water has damaged the inside and where it is now sensitive) I was so sad. I may have to retire 'ol Lola. I went in to a couple different local surf shops to see what they could do and how much it would cost.

Now, I originally bought the board for 200. It's had quite a few runs in her so It's worth about 125 now. Well, the quote came. 70 dollars for JUST the re-buff , wax and two of the small dings repaired. So, that's not even including the rest of the bruising and paint job, yada yada yada. I decided to take matters into my own hands. luckily, living on the coast and near water, we have marina's and other shops that provide equipment to fix water recreational things. So, I went to a couple shops, picked up some paint, brushes, wax, buffer and pic, and went at it! it's been 3 days and this is what it looks like so far....

Before:



if you look closely you can see the spots, and if you look even CLOSER you will see the damaged nose that has wax smothered on it.

the First and second day:



I added the stripes. now, the BLACK is JUST TAPE to seperate the pink stripe from the yellow base color , it's not actual paint haha but It did look a little cool and made me think to add black stripes to it too. and finally....


the third day (today):



I added part of the flower and vines. Now this is all done by hand so it's going to take time. I still have a lot to do. When you are re-painting a surf board, or boat or anything that is going to be in water, especially SALT water, you have to use acrylic based MARINE paint. a lot of people were telling me to go to wal*mart. which I could do for normal acrylic paint but that would wash off with the salt water after 1 use. It's not too expensive, about 8 dollars for a quart. If you're paying anything more than that you are getting jipped or probably just live in a super small town where they can charge you a lot. =) Anyways, I'm WAY excited. I still have to add the details to the flower and Vines and then paint the back side. I should be completely done by the end of the month. then it will be all ready to ride this summer! (even though I'll be at school, I will still visit and go surfing a lot) So I'm excited! I'll have to show you all how it turns out.

So THIS is what Growing up is like...

Well, It's been a while that's for sure! Christmas was great, I got great gifts and due to working 3 jobs I was able to spoil my family in return, especially my Parents, they sure do deserve it! Since Christmas things have been great, I've been working, spending time with the family and learning new things. ON THAT NOTE: Last night I was able to call up an old friend from Utah. As the two of us talked we shared stories about what had been going on with our lives, what's new and all that fun stuff. Suddenly he brought up a subject I was trying pretty hard to avoid. He asked me how everything was going since this "incident" and I started talking to him about my feelings, what I experienced, what I've learned, and what I am going on to do. There was about 10 seconds of awkward silence when he says "Chelsey.... you have grown SO much, it's amazing." trying to figure out how "immature" I exactly was when I last saw him 8 months ago, he goes on to tell me that I wasn't immature, I just wasn't as knowledgeable as I seem to be now, and he notices I am a stronger , wiser person. It was a great compliment that has me thinking I must be doing something right. I've been thinking back to when I first moved home and how wishy-washy I was about everything, My goals, My love life, my dream and aspirations and I realized since then I have found myself indulging in more adult conversation, feeding my hunger for knowledge and doing things that allow me to expand my mind capacity. It's been great and I've been blessed enough with family and friends who remind me what I am capable of daily.
(Playing at the Park with Sophia and Olivia)



Work is going great, I haven't been working my third job that much, and my hours at the other two are slowing down but it's been nice to have Sundays off and still find time to spend with the family and go to the Temple 3 hours away. My job #1 as a full time Nanny is fun. I haven't met that many people who love waking up for work and get paid to play and bake goodies. It's a blast! I especially love the job because I am always doing something and learning new things. I would have to say the best thing about my job is how it teaches me better "domestic" skills. The parents are young but own there own business so they are always running around and don't have time for much. Finally I told Autumn (my boss, the Wife/mom) that she can feel free to leave a list of chores for me to get done while the girls are sleeping. Well, that she did! I finding my self doing chores I barely do around my house! but it's been nice because I come home and want to scrub and clean everything! (My mom doesn't complain at all of course) I thought I was good at multi-tasking before but this is a whole new level. The girls are getting really good at potty training, learning colors, words and numbers, while in return they teach me patience. I've always been a pretty patient person, but this definitely taught me. All those years of praying for patience is slowly coming to me ;) The other day I took the girls and My niece Payton to a local aquarium and got a couple "you look great for having 3 Children!" it was pretty funny. I got that same compliment a second time this last weekend on our temple trip when I took my twin niece and nephew and Payton to the mall. crazy crazy.


(My 4 year old Niece Payton,the blonde, playing with the girls I watch who decided to dress themselves that day, Sophia 3 and Olivia 1 3/4, they helped me let the chickens out!)


Besides those wonderful events Life is going pretty good. I've lost weight, got better and spiritual exercise and learning some more self improvement. As long as you look at everything in the glass half full and know it can be worse you're going to be ok! The last news update I have is that I am no longer going to SDSU, after praying I realized I needed to be in another area. So I've applied to a University that I believe is the one. we will see and I will update all of you as soon as I get my acceptance (hopefully) Letter. Until then, Love your Life, Smile often, and know you're loved!