When it comes.

this weekend was a fabulous weekend.


my bestest friend, Sarah got us tickets to see Tyler Hilton at 3rd & Lindsley in Nashville. It was an intimate affair, with less than 100 people at the concert. I had great fun at the concert, but the best part of the night was...

yep. that's right. I met him. he talked to me. I mumbled to him.

signing sarah's cd.

{insert heavenly singing here}

Josiah Leming...look him up, you will sure to enjoy his music.

thanks to Sarah for the tickets and the ride up there. and thanks to A Cheery Disposition blog for the reccomendation to eat at 417 Union Street in Nashville.

Do the Monster Mash.

aaah-ooooooh.

Highlights of my Halloween:

Carving pumkpins

Bradyn's Alien, My kitty and skeletor, Will's bat.

silly brothers.

pictures of the orange leaves.

spooky pictures at the motlow dorms. (that's me on the right)
notice: the orb in center of picture next to doorway.

Halloween costume parties with my bestest friends.

pimp, deviled egg, axel rose, greek goddess,

flapper girl, loofah, 60's chick, referee, vamp,

and 2 devilettes.

mine and julies devilette costumes that cost only 6 dollars and 50 cents.

cowboy bradyn and me.

halloween is over. it's sad, but now time for the holiday season... :)

If I Die Young

dearest blog,
sorry I forgot about you for a few months.
are we cool now?
-chelsea


anyhoo...

tommorow starts the 2nd quarter of my senior year. I read somewhere on good ole' FB, that graduation is 31 weeks from today. that scares me and excites me all at the same time. But that is to be expected, right? I have been browsing bed spreads from various places and came across this little prize:
http://www.pbteen.com/products/kensington-floral-duvet-cover-and-sham/?pkey=cgirls-duvet-covers

I really likes it. The color pallet of red and pink with a little baby blue mixed in-makes me smile! Momma has been looking for cool wall decals for my walls since the UTC peeps will not allow painting. So that means I must have many posters, picture frames, bulliten boards, and other decorations to add as much color as possible.

I hope I can send my transcripts and ACT scores in this week so I can find out if I am accepted.

In other news, I was gifted with a Nikon D40 DSLR camera a few weeks ago. I am in love. My dad was supposed to give it to me for Christmas, but he just couldn't wait that long! It takes the most awesome pictures and I am having fun reading my Popular Photography magazine about how to take great photos.

I am getting really excited about the upcoming Holiday season. Tuesday starts my most favorite thing to ever grace my eyes-13 nights of Halloween on ABC Family. Although, I am quite dissapointed in the movie selection this year. It gets worse every year, except for Hocus Pocus. That movie is bomb.

I am really hoping someone throws a halloween bash so I can have an excuse to dress up as a devilette with Julie.

Back to holidays, Christmas is in less than 2 months! yaaaay! I love November and December. They are so busy! Here are some of the things I look forward to most:
1. Singers Christmas Concert
2. Breakfast with Santa
3. Civic Choir Concert
4. My family coming in for the Hutchens Christmas Celebration
5. Decorating the house while listening to Christmas songs
6. Watching The Santa Clause, Miracle on 34th Street, Meet me in St. Louis, Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas, Heidi, Stepmom, and all my other favorite Holiday movies.
7. Traveling to Mississippi
8. cod weather
9. Tyler Hilton concert with Sarah in November
10. possibly going to Opryland Hotel to see its debut since the flood
11.Thanksgiving


can you tell I love the Holidays?
but I must focus on Fall for now. But once Halloween is over, its full-on Christmas excitement!!!!

have a good week.

run and tell that. homeboy.

I love to laugh. If you know me, you know this to be a true fact and that I laugh just about as much as I breathe. But there is only one thing that surpasses the feeling of laughing my head off, and that is sharing something hysterical with someone else. So with that being said, I would like to bestow upon you, the readers of my blog, a gift that I hope makes your abdominals ache as the result of laughter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxGuig7pxvw&feature=related

rock and roll high school.

The end of July always brings sadness to the lives of all T-town kidlets, for it means back to school. Back to waking up at 6 am. Back to looking forward to weekends for fun. Saying our bittersweet goodbyes to summer and friends going off the college, all while welcoming the cool atmosphere of Fall and Friday night football games. This back to school time was different than years past, because it was my last first day of high school ever! Senior year means driving myself to school, being a teacher's aide and going home an hour and a half early everyday, and instead of those cheesy, humiliating school pictures, Senior pictures. Here are some of my favorites from the thousands of pictures taken:

taken at the beautiful Rock Island State Park in McMinnville, Tennessee by Bill Work.

seasons of love

I am sitting on my bed spending my friday night at home, in my room watching my favorite chick flicks with a bag of popcorn and a green facial! At the moment, I am watching Mean Girls, probably the most hilariously awesome movie of all time. Anyhoo, Now I am going to totally go back to 7th grade and do one of those cheesy myspace surveys because I have nothing better to blog about!

63 very annoying questions:

1. Song that always makes you sad?: Nicholas Sparks Novels
2. Last thing you bought?: some fries and a sprite from Sonic
3. Last person you argued with?: bradyn. little turd tried to eat all my popcorn after he refused to share his with me yesterday
4. Do you put Butter before putting the jelly on?: I put whichever one is the closest to my hand
5. One of your stuffed animals' names as a kid?:hmm, lets see, there was my bear that I creatively named, "baby"
6. Did you ever own at one time a Nysnc Cd?: heck yes. I still have them, too!
7. Favorite day of the week?: saturday saturday saaaaturdaay
8. Favorite Sundae topping?:hot fudge baby
9. Did you take Piano lessons?: I did in 3rd and 4th grade and I quit like a dummy.
10. Most frequent song played?:probably, "Bright Lights" by matchbow 20 or "Drops of Jupiter" by train. they be my favorites
11. T.V. show you secretly enjoy?: Big Time Rush on Nickelodeon. baha
12. Would you rather play basketball or hockey?:hockey. b-ball bores me and I suck at it.
13. Date someone older or younger?: it doesn't matter to me!
14. One place you could travel right now?: Greece. I really wanna go!
15. Do you use umbrellas?: yeah I use my Elvis one cause it has his beautiful face on it!
16. Do you know all the words to the Canadian national anthem?: O, Canada...nope, thats it!
17. Favorite Cheese?: vermont extra sharp white cheddar. drool.
18. Disturbed or My Chemical Romance?:I have never heard of the 1st one, so I guess the 2nd.
19. Do you prefer Blondes or Brunettes?: why does that matter?!
20. Best job you ever had?: graphic design for a pilot.
21. did you go to your high school prom?:I did! It was the shiz! except I sliced my leg open on a bowl of salsa at the afterparty...dont ask how.
22. perfect time to wake up?: anytime, as long as I have had at least 9 hours. otherwise, I am useless
23. perfect time to go to bed?: when I'm tired
24. do you use your queen right away in chess?: I couldn't even begin to tell you what that even means
25. Ever been in a car accident?:yes a tiny one when I was 9
26. closer to mom or dad...or neither?: momma, she's my buddy. but daddy rocks too!
27. what age is this exciting life over for you?: thats a strange question
28. what decade during the 20th century would you have chosen to be a teenager?: the 1980's! the 40's and 60's tie for a close 2nd.
29. Favorite shoes you have EVER owned?: my ruby slippers from my childhood!
30. Do you have an article of clothing you have had since you were in high school: well yes, considering I am in highschool...
31. Were you in track and field?: I tried it for a week and quit.
32. Were you ever in a school talent show?: yes in 4th grade with my bff Shaina. We made up our own dance to the Britney Spears song "Lucky" and it was the bomb.com
33. Have you ever written in a library book?: I write in textbooks all the time.
34. Allergic to?: mold and dust and pollen...the usual
35. Favorite fruit?: clementines.
36. Have you watched sex and the city?: occasionally
37. Baseball hat or toque?: remind me again what a toque is.
38. Do you shampoo first in the shower or soap?:shampoo
39. Wet the toothbrush or brush dry with the toothpaste?:eww wet it definitely
40. Pen or pencil?:pen!
41. Have you ever gambled at a casino?:negative!
42. Have you thrown up on a plane?:nope but my brother has.
43. Have you thrown up in a car?:yes. powdered donuts. yuck.
44. Have you thrown up at work?:i'm unemployed.
45. Do you scream on roller coasters?: yes it's so much more fun that way!
46. Who was your first prom date?: A-Gray
47. Who was your first roommate?:my brother, Will in 2nd grade when we lived in the apartment.
48. What alcoholic beverage did you drink when you got drunk for the first time?: Well I do not drink, but once I drank some "flavored" lemonade and didnt know it had alcohol in it and spit it out!
49. What was your first job?: um babysititng?
50. What was your first car?:my 1st car was ugly. that's all you need to know...
51. When did you go to your first funeral?:when I was a baby.
52. How old were you when you first moved away from your hometown?: I dont know what to consider my hometown
53. Who was your first grade teacher?: ms. Young. she was mean and scary and old.
54. Where did you go on your first airplane ride?: San Francisco
55. When you snuck out of your house for the first time, who was it with?: I have never snuck out of MY house because our house beeps when you open a door...but I rolled a yard the first time I snuck out of my friends house.
56. Who was your first Best Friend and are you still friends with them?: Amandalyn! We liked catching frogs, the Spice Girls, and rollerblading! and yes we are still friends!
57. Where did you live the first time you moved out of your parent's house?: I live at home still. kinda like most other 17 year olds in the whole world.
58. Who is the first person you call when you have a bad day?: God!
59. Who's wedding were you in the first time you were a bridesmaid or a groomsme: I was a flower girl in my uncle Robbie and Aunt Tina's wedding when I was 4.
60. What is the first thing you do in the morning?: pee.
61. What was the first concert you attended?: Gretchen Wilson in 6th grade with my friend Emily
62. First tattoo or piercing?: Ears.
63. First celebrity crush?:Kevin from the Backstreet Boys. I wanted to marry him.


I feel really pathetic right now.

this is photobomb.

So me and my brother, Will have this slight obsession with failblog.org and lolcats and such. Well we recently discovered the awesomeness that is PhotoBomb! So seeing as how we both have such a passion for funny people/strange things in the background of pictures, we are now going to share with you our thoughts on our favorite PhotoBombs...

looks like somebody got bored...

"I was distracted by the ghost in the background and didn't notice the goat."

Will says: "Hey is that John Mayer eating spaghetti? hehe"

Couldn't they have just asked him for a picture? Why does he have a creeper smile?

Will says: "parenting fail."

Will says: "Cheers to good times and good friends!"

He looks like that one judge from So You Think You Can Dance...

have you ever seen that Alfred Hitchcock movie, The Birds?

where on earth does one find a swimming area that has cows nearby?




Will says: "(as in the cat were talking) the voices are telling me to kill you."

Will says: "welcome to Narnia!"

this photo was taken by me in Charleston last October. notice the creeper in the rearview mirror...we are PhotoBombers!!!

the sound of music

My favy-fave blogger, busy bee lauren, did a post on her top ten favorite bands/musicians that many people may not know about, so I am copying her and doing the same!

1. Amos Lee

listen to: Sweet Pea, Southern Girl, & Keep it Loose Keep it Tight

2. Mat Kearney

listen to: Nothing Left to Lose & All I Have

3. David Gray

listen to: This Years Love

4. James David Carter

listen to: Lets See What Happens, Long Way From Tomorrow & I Can't Wait

5. The New Radicals
listen to: Mother We Just Can't Get Enough, You Got The Music in You & Someday We'll Know

6. Ron Pope
listen to: A Drop in the Ocean, Fireflies & Seven English Girls

7. Thriving Ivory

listen to: Angels on the Moon & Hey Lady

8. Neon Trees

listen to: Animal & 1983

9. Harry Connick, Jr.

listen to: ALL OF THEM!!!!!!!!!! especially Our Song

10. Joshua Radin

listen to: Sky, Friend Like You & Winter

I hope you get to listen to some of these, if not all of them. I really think the music of today is going down the drain and keeps getting worse. So I choose to listen to less popular, but just as amazing artists. And if you can't tell already, I kinda like mellow, acoustic-y music that makes you wanna smile.

warm fuzzies.

Last night was our AristoCats retreat and the object of the weekend was to encourage others. For our final activity, we had warm fuzzy time where we passed a sheet of paper with our name on it for everybody to write something encouraging or sweet on it, anonymously. Here are some of my favorites:

"You are really awesome and I love your laugh."
"You are so much fin and can make everyone happy."

"So beautiful and nice and bubbly."

"Your Napoleon Dynamite socks are AWESOME!"

"Very pretty voice"

"You are a wonderful person and your personality amazes me!"

"a great prom date"

It's amazing what a few kind words will do for somebody.

those summer nights

Seeing as how summer vacation is coming to and end, I thought it would be nice to review the highlights of the season with a top five best moments of summer.

{1}

Bonnaroo

Kings of Leon, Dave Matthews, Jay-Z

{2}

Baby kittens
GusGus, Special Ed, Wart, Meg/Baby Bella, Wolfy

{3}

Disney World
Typhoone Lagoon, Magic Kingdom, MGM, Family

{4}

All Shook Up
Friends, Elvis, Stage Makeup, Ghost Hunting

{5}

CMA Festival
Danny Gokey, Alan Jackson, Tim Mcgraw, Lady A, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean

it's been a very good summer overall. I visited UT Chattanooga, went to Bigstuf camp, and got a car named Pearl!

Now to start a new school year!

my wish for you

I wish school didn't start in 10 days.

I wish I could take good pictures and learn how to work my camera.

I wish for my senior year to be memorable and fun.

I wish I could have had time to go to Mississippi for a week-long visit like I have every summer.

I wish I could get a job in a non-fast food place.

I wish I was tan.

I wish All Shook Up didn't go by so fast.

I wish I was still in Disney World and summer was just getting started.

I wish I ate less junk food.

wide open spaces.

with a new school year brewing around the corner, I have decided that it is time to make some resolutions. A to-do list of things that I want to complete during my final year living at home as a highschool student.

1. Get a job. I am tired of never having money to spend and borrowing from my brother or from mom. I am going to apply for a job at the movie theatre.

2. Scrapbook more. I want to make a senior memory/scrapbook so that I can have a place to keep all my pictures and mementos from this year.

3. Go to a concert. preferably Maroon 5 in August in Chattanooga with Kris Allen opening for them. yes.

4. Learn to stick up for myself. Or at least try to do it more. I have never been able to stand up for myself when I am under pressure. Instead, I tend to cry because I am upset over being betrayed or walked all over. I always think of comebacks too late and that does me no good.

5. Thank each of my best friends for being my best friends. They are hard to come by and I am extremely grateful that I have them. Even though sometimes I blow them off or dont hang out with them as much as I should, they still somehow want to be my friend...

6. Continue to write my Compassion child, Abdu. He is living in a less fortunate world and I know he loves it when he recieves a letter from me. Maybe I could even send him a present for his birthday.

7. Find a new church.

8. Blog more. I love doing it, sometimes I neglect it because I have more important things to do. It's satisfying to type about my life on my blog for whoever wants to read them.

9. Plan a senior trip with my friends. Not Destin or Panama City. But instead somewhere less popular, but just as fun. Like a charming little beach town.

I am free.

Let's not even start with how long it has been since my latest post, but rather I will just jump right into what has been happening in my life in the last month. Cause, let me tell you, it's been chaotic!
Well upon the ending of school, my parents, 2 brothers, grammie, uncle, aunt and 2 cousins ventured off to the most magical place in the world-DISNEY!!!! It was my first disney experience but that is an entirely different post that will come later. Then My BFF Adrian and I went to CMA Festival in Nashville where we recieved lots of free frood and experienced Danny Gokey, Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum, Alan Jackson, and Tim McGraw! It was grand. Then, that same music-filled weekend, my BFF Sarah and I volunteered at this local music and arts festival called Bonnaroo (ever heard of it?) where we sold ice and cokes for a few hours and got in for free the entire weekend! That's a 250 dollar ticket, too! We saw the amazingness of Kings of Leon, Jay Z, Stevie Wonder, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Dave Matthews Band, and many more! It was a very interesting adventure that I will also post about later. Last weekend brought the most busy time of my summer. All.Shook.Up. What is that? Well, it's this way cool musical that my local community play house took on and I got the be a townsperson/shoe shopper/dancer/jailbird/devilette! It was a buttload of hardwork and dedication but in the end it paid off because I met some cool new people and had a blast performing! This past week has been sort of a cooldown week for me. I did alot of laying out during the day and helped teach music and crafts to 8 little kidlets in VBS at church! I love little kids, but sometimes they really get on my nerves. :) Well in the morning, I embark on a church trip to Panama City Beach for BigStuf Camp! I am a little nervous about 1-the oil spill effecting the beach and 2-some drama that could occur with one of my used-to-be friends that changed alot here recently. Well I am praying for a good time since this may possibly be the last camp in a while due to the oil spill. But I will be sure and do a big fat photo-filled update upon my return!
love,
chelsea

For Good.

This has been a very bittersweet week in the life of me. Last night was the final spring concert for the THS AristoCats. The last time we would perform with our seniors. The last time to Do the Time Warp Again. The last time to have a big party with all of us together and actually put our differences aside and enjoy the time we have left together as friends before the graduates go their seperate ways. Yes, I bawled. Alot. We sang the song "For Good" from the Broadway musical, Wicked. The we sang "What Would I Do Without My Music" with the alumni. After all the sadness and 90 zillion pictures, we had an afterparty and stayed out way too late on a school night and ignored our curfews. And we decided to take the polar plunge and jumped in the ice cold pool, which gave me a runny nose, but was totally worth it! Then to make matters worse, today was the Seniors' last day of school since they get out a week early. Aristocats is the last class of the day, so we of course had to start crying all over again when we realized that there was only 5 minutes left of us as a class, together. It was very sad and bittersweet. I know I will see all of them again, but It suddenly hit me that I am pretty much a senior now, and in August, I will be returning to school and the seniors won't be there. I don't think I want to be a senior. Not yet. But I have this whole summer to enjoy. So I can't get all sappy now.

"I've heard it said that people come into our lives

for a reason, bringing something we must learn

and we are lead to those who help us most to grow

if we let them, and we help them in return.

Well I don't know if I believe that's true,

but I know I'm who I am today

because I knew you."

ok fine, you're both Kiss dolls.

This time of the year is always the busiest, but this is what i like about Springtime:

Seeing skydivers in my backyard.

Airport parties.

my lucky little brother who can see a 4 leaf clover a mile away.



this has nothing to do with spring but I thought it was funny. (found at World Market)

images of my freak brother looking like a phantom.

bellaCat is gonna have babies. she is fat.

sunset photography.

airplanes.

girls nights with my besties.



oh and this little ordeal some people like to refer to as prom. yeah it came a tornado and my hair went flat and i cut my leg open on a bowl of salsa at the after"party" while watching the Blair Witch Project. but it was memorable and a whole lot more fun than I thought it would be.

me and my goofy prom date who reminds me a little too much of my brother. (he likes pokemon).

Pretty corsages. the leaf was irritating my arm all night but i riped it off and went about with my business.

summer is around the corner.