Off to Oregon in the morning, with a surprise :)

Merry Christmas!

Just call me a cub scout

Working on my arts and crafts badge.

Just call me LaRue Jr.

I knew diet coke was doing somethin for me.

Carrietown

"every global pandemic starts with a single sneeze."

Cowboydog

Obituaries

I hope mine comes out better than this...


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Wednesday

Wednesday is the big day! I start my job. I'm excited and not excited. That's all.

I think I may have found my new favorite band.

OH YEAH!

So 1 year to the day, I got an actual job. Not like a Shopko job, but a really good one! Finally! I am now the Director of Business Development for a local company. I start in a week and I am so excited for the new experience and definite challenge that I know it will be. I'm also so excited to be more independent again with my soon to have financial freedom. PLus it's a block from my apartment, how convenient? Oh, and yes I am going to keep the Shopko job too and work nights and weekends. I actually really enjoy it there.

Anyway, that's the big news! Booya booya!

Love Chels

Toilet 2

To all the concerned ones out there, my phone is back in the living. A bag of rice is just the trick for those things. woot woot.

My Version

I have been following a blog for the last several months for the, Bijou Market, a great site that features local artists, designers, crafters and creatives galore. Well, a couple times a year, they actually have the market, where those who were featured, plus many more, sell there products. I had been anxiously awaiting this market for many months and it finally arrived last weekend. Alyssa and I went and found so many cute things. So many cute things that I can make all by myself. So I didn't buy a thing, instead i went home and got to work. My favorite thing from the market were the bib necklaces. This one in particular:


(It's from this great site, where you can find even more cute things.)

Well, here is my version!



I pretty much love it. I opted for a different sized bow. That's the great thing about making things yourself, you get them just how you want them. I still have so many more things to make! Gotta get workin!

Toilets

I dropped my phone in the toilet today. It's in a bag of rice, being resuscitated. It's still touch and go.

Golly.

Moments

My great friend Erin, passed this on to me today, via her new blog. It was so amazing and emotional for me, so I thought I would pass it on again.



Check out William Hoffman's site too.

I got a job... for now.

Yes, it's true. After almost a year, I finally landed myself a job. Now, before you get too excited let me tell you, it's a seasonal job and it's part-time and It's at Shopko. Not my dream come true for my career, but it's a job and I am not picky right now. I am excited to have somewhere to go and something to do! I start this on Monday. Wahoo!

I never know what to title these things, so here.

Things are mostly the same here. I had 2 job interviews last week. I try not to feel too optimistic about them, but I do feel like they went better then those in the past. I know that I will get a job soon. I'm trying to use the power of positive thinking. As long as I keep having positive thoughts about getting a job, it's gonna happen.

I also want to thank my family for all their support, specially my parents. They are doing a lot for me, and I seriously don't know what I would do without them. I also want to thanks Alyssa and Taylor for taking me in and helping me so much. I really appreciate and love everyone.

In the meantime, I try to keep busy during the day. A few days a week, I get up early and head to the Provo City Library. I apply for jobs, read my scriptures, and read books about interview techniques and getting out of slumps. So far, it's been really helpful for me. I do better when I am productive and busy. So that is my daily goal.

Yesterday, I didn't have much to do, so I baked lots and lots of cookies. Alyssa took some pics of me making them and the finished product, as you can see.

Next, I am working on my Halloween costume. I bought a dress at Savers (thrift store) and I am making it into something. I won't tell yet, but I will post pics on Halloween. I am pretty excited for a holiday! It will be fun to do something exciting!

I hope everyone is doing well! Love ya! Chels

Headbands are up!

The first bunch of headbands are up on THE TIP TOP SHOP! Check them out!

To My Sister

Happy Birthday Brooke! I love you. You're the best older sister I could have! Thanks for all you do! Have a Happy Day!

I'm so not complaining, but...

I CAN'T SLEEP. Ever!

100 sheep, 99 sheep, 98 sheep, ... on and on.
It's not working.

Unisom... why have you stopped working my friend?
I loved you so.

Legs... why do you feel like your crawling inside yourself?
It makes it hard to sleep.

BTW: night time tv is not that great.
Good thing I have some late nite friends to chat with.

Today was a good day:)

That's it. Nothing special really happened, but I was happy and confident for the first time in a long time. It felt great!

Goodnite.

TTW 2

Saw it!!! Time Traveler's Wife was way good. It was a bit different from the book, but that was to be expected. Jake and I both cried through the entire thing. Completely amazing! Go see it and take tissues with you :)

Goodnight

Dear Orkin Man,

While I know you are trying to appeal to the mass population through humor, I do not appreciate or care for the GIANT Termites in your recent commercials. They creep me out and totally scare me. Although, by me writing this I remembered the Orkin name and found your commercial online. Job well done Orkin Man.

Sincerely,
Chelsea L. Earnest

TTW

I am so excited The Time Traveler's Wife came out today! I think I will go see it tomorrow. I have been waiting literally years for it to be released, checking imdb.com weekly for updates! And now it's finally here!! It is my favorite book ever. I hope the movie does the book some justice.

PS. I also heard there will be a Bridget Jones' Diary 3. At least now I will have a new movie to check up on. :)

Goodnite.

Growth Spurt.

I have been worrying about a lot of things lately. Things that mostly I can't do much about. I can however stop worrying about what to write on my blog and just write something. I am not really sure what to say though. I guess here is the down-low.

I'm back in Utah after being in California and Oregon for a combined 5 weeks! I had an awesome time and loved being with my family. Truly great memories were made.

Since being in Utah I spent many days/hours with my mom at the hospital with G'ma. Thankfully Grandma has recovered well and is now recuperating at home. I am glad my mom is here in Utah for a couple weeks. I wish she could always be here:) I broke up with my boyfriend Jake last week. Something that was hard to do, but something I needed to do. Now I am having fun spending time with other people, like my roommate Morgan (she is very entertaining to me, because she has such funny things to say...check out her blog sygnet.), and Alyssa and Taylor (and ADA). Alyssa is working on her special project, that I am supposed to be working on too, but I am slacking hard core in that department.

Other than that I spend my days applying for jobs. I think I've applied for over a hundred. Unfortunately I haven't heard from any of them. So if anyone has some great ideas of where I should work, LET ME KNOW!

Lately I have spent a lot of time thinking about how my life is changing so much, and I didn't even mean for it to happen. It's a forced change, but I might as well be happy about it. Change is hard and uncomfortable, but change helps people grow, so I guess I am on a big growth spurt right now.

Goodnight.

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day Dad!
I love you!

Zach Morris on Jimmy Fallon

I loved this when I saw it! So funny!

Cats

Ya know those emails people send you with all the 'cute cats' with cute expressions or with them doing something cute? Ya know the ones that are supposed to suddenly brighten your day? Well I hate those. Seriously who likes these? They are totally set up. People add props to make them look like they're drinking or set them on a record player so they spin around and around. Obviously they're stupid enough animals to let humans do this to them.

Whenever I see an email about cats... DELETE.

Well it turns out some people, even highly intelligent people, actually like these. Some people will ooo and awwwwe about them. Some people will stay up all night looking at videos of cats doing 'cute things' on youtube as they laugh and giggle at how freaking cute the cats are.

This is happening to me right now. There are people here doing this. I sat quietly for a bit... but then couldn't resist telling them the joke my dad told me once. It was along the lines of dropping a cat off the roof and being happy about it. Ya, so they didn't think it was so funny. I mean I was little too nervous to actually look at their faces when I said the punchline, but I was smiling inside. I was full of my cat hate pride. I will never understand these people, nor do I ever want to.

Hope you're having a great day! If not maybe these pictures can brighten your day!







Yes, the cats really are gangsters, hugged each other, watched tv and drank beer, and sat in cups. That's just what cats do... duh.

I didn't see Elvis?

Last weekend Jake and I went with my roommate, Morgan, and her boyfriend Jake (yes it gets confusing) to Las Vegas. We all needed a few days away from Orem. We had a fun time too, but I never saw Elvis, which is sorta making me sad right now.


Us checking in at Planet Hollywood.


Morgan got her high heel stuck in a crack
(she wears high heels everywhere, even on vacation)




Then we checked out Freemont street, at Moms suggestion, and it was fun!


Off to Paris after that, lol.


We hit up the M&M store.


3-D movie.


And lastly for my benifit alone, the Coca-Cola Store.
It's how I envision heaven will be.

To you

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there and especially to mine. Love you :)

This is what the Devil looks like.

Its 2:45 am.
I'm eating chocolate covered cinnamon bears.
The devil appears in many shapes and sizes.
Beware.

My First Project

Since getting my sewing machine for my birthday, I am starting to figure things out. My first project I attempted was an apron. It went surprisingly well. I gave it to my great friend Erin, who visited last week. (don't look closely, the lines are jagged :))

Thank you

To Annee:

Thank you for the beautiful apron you sent for my birthday! I got it awhile back and I love it! I love the colors and the material and everything about it. Thanks so much! You're so sweet :)

Love Chelsea

It's NOT Time

Well, I was wrong. After a night of vomiting, I have quit. I think its a once in a lifetime thing for me. Everything I drank made me gag (I'm sure you wanted to know that). But if you are interested in doing it, don't let this attempt discourage you. The first time I did it was so awesome and I didn't have any problems.

It's Time

As many of you know, last May I did a detox cleanse. Well, it's that time again. The Master Cleanse. Today is day 1 of 10. So far so good :)

Square?

Thanks to Facebook, I now know what Jesus thinks about me. Oh yes! It's true! I simply answered 7 basic questions and got my results: Jesus thinks you're a SQUARE. Huh? I guess going to church and doing the right thing = square. Oh well I will take it. Seriously though people, what would we do without Facebook? How would Jesus ever talk to us? I am counting my blessings :)

I also found out I'm Mary Magdalene and King David. Thanks again Mark Zuckerberg.

I keep my promises, especially on my birthday.

This weekend was the seriously the best. It being my birthday weekend, anything I wanted, happened. Lol…. Well sort of.

Friday afternoon, Alyssa, Ada, and I went to SLC. We stopped by Anthropologie, where Alyssa bought me 8 bowls I’ve been wanting, one in every color. See…. They're super cute and I can now stop running out of bowls in my apartment.

Friday night, started 3 nights of whatever I wanted! Well, since I was picking dinner Saturday, I told Jake to pick dinner, so after Olive Garden, we went to my pick of a movie. I had contemplated this quite a bit. Jake said, “pick something you know I wouldn’t go to if it weren’t your birthday, because after this weekend I won’t.” So I really had only one choice, Hannah Montana the Movie. I know it seems mean to put a boy through that, but I couldn’t help myself, I really wanted to see it. And come on, when else was I going to get him to take me to that? Seriously? So after he shamefully asked for 2 tickets to Hannah Montana (and yes the ticket girl totally laughed at him) we went. 2 words: So GOOD! Yes people, I’m serious. This movie made me laugh and cry. It has great music and you leave just feeling happy. Jake even admitted that he loved it! It is so worth $8.50! I want to see it 100 more times.

Saturday involved downloading the Hannah Montana Movie soundtrack and listening to it on repeat for several hours. Yes, I know its country, but the movie makes it acceptable…or GREAT! Later on that day, Jake took me to Color Me Mine. It’s a pottery store where you paint pottery and then they fire it. I have wanted to go there for some time, so I was really excited. Unfortunately the Earnest perfection gene took over, so it took me 2 ½ hours to paint a bowl. This meant the restaurant I had picked, Thai Ruby, was closed for dinner. Bummer, but it was worth it to get my bowl perfect. Anyway dinner was fun and good and that was that. Great birthday eve!

Sunday my actual birthday I went to church, Jake and I had lunch, and then we had the awesome cake Morgan made me. I opened my presents! Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa, Jann and Alan, and Mom and Dad! Mom and Dad gave me a gift certificate for a sewing machine, which I already went and picked up. Guess what I am doing the rest of the day? Ha. Sunday night, Morgan and I went to Salt Lake and saw Wicked at the Capital Theater! That was probably the best part of my birthday. The show was so amazing. The acting and singing was unbelievable too. I was quite in my element.

Well that was my awesome weekend! Thanks to everyone for the Birthday messages!

I Promise

I promise to update my blog by Monday, and a promise is a promise.

Tickets

I am so excited for this:

April 14th! Britney with the Pussycat dolls. I will be rockin it with the 12 year olds!

Weekend

This weekend I went to Moab with some friends. Rhiannon ran a half marathon and later that day her boyfriend, Matt, proposed! It was so fun. We went camping and hiked a ton at Arches National Park, which is so gorgeous!! It was a great break, especially in the warm sun!
Here are some pix.

jk

Headbands

When I was in California, I started making some felt headbands. I started with some easier ones, and now I'm doing some that require a bit more time and work. I really enjoy making them and when I wear them, I get lots of compliments. Anyhow I thought I would show some off... they're definitely not that impressive, but they're a great way to pass some boring time.

I am in California.

I drove to California on Sunday to stay with Brooke and her family for a little while. We're already having fun. Yesturday Brooke helped me sew my first skirt. I will post a picture when it's complete. And today were going shopping in Santa Barbara! Plus it is 100x warmer here, then in Utah! Here is a photo of new baby Jack and me.

Oh and here is Brooke and me at Home Town Buffet :(

Valentines Gift

I made this cute box and cupcakes for Valentines Day. I thought they were so cute.

I got the idea from the book, Hello Cupcake. I think it turned out pretty good!