bloggin from IUN...

hi!
Its chelsea today. :)

I know, I know...we haven't blogged in forever...
and because we haven't blogged in forever, many things have gone down in our lives.
I had a relationship that lasted a month and five days. lol. (August 4-September 9). i know...its short. :/ For the sake of his privacy i'm not going to say his name. Turns out we just didn't fit so well. I have no hard feelings toward him at all...as a matter of fact, i still love to talk to him, but I know that God didn't have it in his plan for us to date. I guess you gotta listen to God when you ask for a sign and in less than an hour on your way to your boyfriends house,you get pulled over for an incomplete stop at a stop sign :P Thanks for that one God.

and as i was ending my relationship...brian was working on beginning one. I hope he reads this and decides to post in response. :)

some things i learned from this whole experience are...

...don't compromise who you are to try and impress someone.

...it's extremely hard to have a healthy relationship with someone you barely know.

...if you can't see yourself marrying this person, it's not fair to keep leading them on.

...don't move to quickly, it only makes things harder.

...if somethings bothers you, its not okay to just laugh it off.

...stick up for your family, no matter what.

&

...STOP completely at stop signs. :P

So I guess i'm back to the single world. It welcomed me back with open arms...and a party :) thanks to all my wonderful friends who dropped everything to be with me (you know who you are). oh...and a special thanks to brian for being the shoulder that got cried on the most.

I can't wait to find the one guy that is everything i need, and so much more. I'm not about to 'settle' anytime soon.

maybe, just maybe that guy is out there right now reading this blog.

and if you are mr. right...let's hang out, yeah?

:)

that's all for now...

love ya lots..

ched.

Beloved,let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:7-8

spontaneity is always worth it...and here's why.

Okay (Chelsea) first :)
so my day started with getting a phone call from Bri aroud 10:30 and it most definitely woke me up :P after some planning we decided to go to Chicago for the day and just chill. Originally I needed to be home by five so we were gunna go to this amazing restaurant called "Flat Top Grill" and then go shoppin at Urban :) little did we know...all of those plans would change.
MY TURN!!!! (Brian)
So change of plan and it's too hott to go to the fair so we can stay as long as we want! Woo! So after eating n going to 4ever 21 and urban outfitters spending way to much time and money, we took a lil trip to the box office to see what we culd get as far as cheap tickets went.
(Chelsea)
so we wander to the box office for shrek the musical, and we find out that in order to get tickets that weren't in the nosebleed and hearing impaired section it would cost us around $60 each. Talk about "angels in odd places"...the man behind the counter asked us if we were students. After showing him our IDs he told us that we could get seats in row S of the orchestra for $25 because of this wonderful little thing called 'student rush'.
(bribri)
so after much screaming jumping and thanking we ran down the streets of Chicago to this shweet looking lil tea shop next to the oriental theatre. After great drinks and funny conversations, requiring dramatic exits and re-entrances to the building, we went into the downstairs to the token entrance bathrooms to change n go see the awsomeee (and cheap) show!
(chelly)
the show was probably one of the funniest shows I have ever seen. At a very interesting intermission (spotting lookers and seeing a little boy face plant in the isle) we continued the show. The actors were amazing and honestly was astounded by the cast as a whole. I highly recommend the show! As soon as it ended...Brian and I bolted for the stage door.
(bri-guy)
once there we saw random techies and no one really "special" untill the beautiful, belt your face off singer straight from heaven came out. She was superrrrrr sweet and talked with us as we got our pictures. N then after more waiting this cute little girl came out n with her scooter. She was crazy good for being soooo young and after a second picture we waited some more... More people came out n the last picture was of chelly and the guy who played donkey. Chels asked me if I'm almost done so it's her turn haha.
(ched)
but I think the best part of today was that I got to spend it with my best friend. After a summer full of ups and downs...I couldnt have planned a better way to end it. :)
(Bri)
booo school coming up. Oh! And I agree with chelly :D
(chudly)
alright...tah tah for now...we will have some pics up
later.

Oh and...let your freak flag fly :)

wally world.

Season Finale of GLEE!

So every Tuesday night my wonderful friends and i get together to catch a glimpse of heaven... or just Lea Michele's incredible voice. haha anywhoser this past Tuesday was the last episode of season 2 :( sniff sniff. I just have to say if your not into glee and you appreciate good singing and just great all around shows, you are definitely missing out. Chels knows ,of all people, how much i love that show, and apparently my mom doesn't... lol she thinks it is ok to complain and knit pick any little detail that doesn't quite fit, and then she went and answered the phone and talked really loud during a song. :( some people never learn. lol that night really cheered me up overall. Glee plus my best friends can improve any bad day :)

chicago day!

To Do List for our Chicago Day:

1. Make the 3:31 train
2. Head to American Apparel
3. Head to H&M
4. Chill at the She&Him Concert
5. Get some Ice Cream
6. Catch the 8:40 train home

:D

a spontaneous adventure day :)

here we go...
this was our day from start to finish.

theater banquet 2010!

Hey its chels :)

i figured i should talk a little bit about friday and the theater banquet!
I guess you have to know something about me first. i don't act like a senior...at all. I mean, everything a kid dreams about when being a senior...like ditch day, senior prom, and senior banquet...yeah i didn't do any of those. And i'm perfectly okay with that. I spent those nights doing other fun things like going to see a musical in chicago, and spending time with my friend lindsay who i hadn't hung out with in much too long.

anyway....theater banquet was the first time that i actually felt like a senior. I was proud to be sitting at the head table with the people i have spent all four years of high school with. oh, and then i won best supporting actress :D It was such a great feeling.

Brian and i decided to match for this banquet since it would be one of the last things in high school that we would get to dress up together for. Here is how it turned out :






Here are just some random pics from the night :]


Best Actor - Tyler Mills
Best Actress - Emily Hogg
Best Supporting Actor - Mike Flores
Best Supporting Actress - Chelsea Keith






After the dinner brian got inducted into ITS and we both recieved a theater letter :) Also, we performed our duo from state and as much as i am bored with that song, i enjoyed performing it one more time with my best friend :)


Oh yeah...and also, brian and i decided to change into some ghetto outfits for the dance...and we looked goooooood.





...see? :)

overall the night was so much fun and i'm glad it ended out my senior year in theater :D

almost forgot!

I haven't told you, but i have a new baby cousin! :)
My aunt Tammy and Uncle mike had a baby boy almost 3 weeks ago. His name is Andrew. He is a character...except when he is alseep (which is about every time i see him haha)

here are some pictures :)

One day old:



One Week old:

Brian's first post. :p

Just Brian right now, and I'm kind of excited that this is my first blog by myself, but also sad chels isn't with me right now :/

Things have been rough lately, problems with friends...problems with relationships...just a lot of problems. Except those times show you who you can count on to be there and who maybe just isn't meant to be a part of your life. I've had to think about a lot lately. I had to think if these people were positive influences on my life or not...unfortunately no. I had to end things with a certain someone.. she wasn't mean, needy, or anything bad, but after awhile things just weren't there. It was no ones fault, but it was still hard. I'm glad that she is still apart of my life as a friend though. Speaking of friends... When someone wants to cut you out, its best to let it go. Theres no fixing things that are one sided. But in the end, I'm ok with it.

On a happier note, I love my job. lol i work at dunhill tuxedo with my best friend and even though we aren't always scheduled together its always fun :) We sometimes sing when theres no customers or just tell funny stories. Theres never a dull moment. Just this past Thursday we were going to close in 10 mins and i got a call from a lady who was 10 mins away and wanted us to stay open for her. I had to tell her that if she got here before 8 we would gladly help her, but we would be closed at 8. So everyone was joking with me that it was my responsibility because we've had bad experiences with people cussing because we didn't stay open. so we had a count down and i waited at the door for it to turn 8. It was still 7:59 and we didn't see a car but we were all laughing and just slap happy. So the second it turned, they yelled and i ran and locked the door and ran back inside. I jokingly yelled to turn off the lights and literally dove behind the counter screaming HIDE! no one really came but we sat there laughing for couple minutes. Tracy almost peed because all she saw was me jumping n landing on the ground in my dress clothes. I don't know how funny it may sound on a blog, but it was pretty great. :)

I'm about to go becuase my friend who i haven't hung out with in months is coming over to play video games and watch ninja assasin.

"Some friendships do not last, but some friends are more loyal than brothers."
- Proverbs 18:24

-Brian

A sneak peek at what goes down when either one of us needs advice...

Texts from May 13, 2010 9:25 pm

chels - is it bad that i'm still kinda shooken up by today and really just want to curl up in a ball or get a hug? lol

brian - shooken up? i thought everything was good?

chels - it was. but idk. Once again i feel like i don't really know who iiii am. idk why i feel like that but it's like i spend so much time trying to work on friendships or trying to fix them that in the end i fell like i am nothing without my friends. like they define me.

brian - No, you define ur friends because you have such an impact on everyone you meet.

chels - you really feel that way?

brian - with all my heart chels.

chels - idk what to say. that's one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me. i'm kinda speechless.

brian - well it should be said more often, becuz it's true n you should never feel how you felt. i love you chels :)

chels - and you should know that out of everyone that I have been trying to fix friendships with, YOU are the one i call my best friend and i wouldn't want it any other way. Love you too :)

brian - well i'm honored to be your bestfriend, bestfriend lol




---this is just one of many examples we have. people may question how we are still friends after all of the crap we have gone through. this is why.

May 10. 2010

Hey. It's just Chelsea todayyy.
Sorry no video. The point of this post is really just to say how thankful I am for the people who I know love and care about me. It's nice to know that you aren't alone in the world. I had a pretty rough day today and it was nice to get a text or phone call of encouragement from the people who know me best :) it really allowed me to
focus on some stuff that I need to deal with.


So I will leave you guys with this
Romans 8:28

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,  for those who are called according to his purpose.


Love you,
chels :)

Mother's Dayyyyy

yay mommies :]

May.8.2010

sorry this one is so long. we just had an interesting dayyyy :P

Yayyyyy freshman shows :]

blogging has begun :D