My Sheba girl

This is my most cherished cat Sheba! I love her with all of my heart!!!!

Sheba is the sweetest cat I can possibly imagine! She will lay in my arms for hours like a baby and paw at my hand and give me sweet kitty kisses.

When I look at Sheba, my heart just swells up with unconditional love!! I can't imagine my life without her!!

Sheba is getting pretty old now. She is at least sixteen years old. I got her in April of 1995, so I've had her for fourteen years, and she was at the very least already two years old. She has been the best cat in the world!! I hope she will be with me for a long time still. She is a dear, dear animal.

Cruise #2

Well, there were only two of you who responded to my previous blogs, and you both asked for more pictures...so here are some more. And by the way, thanks to both of you who responded! Big hugs to you!!! Above is when were were up on deck as we approached Victoria, BC. We were up on deck early, and it was very very cold, and I then remembered I brought a snow cap with me that I had bought when Aunt Jann and Uncle Ken moved to Big Bear. I'm glad I took it on this trip...cute huh? LOL!! I joke that this was the cutest I looked on this trip, hahahaha.

I sure enjoyed the Butchart Gardens in Victoria!! Sure wish we had more time there!!

My good cruising buddy Bonnie learned that I only want my picture taken from the waist up. I was always glad when she took one mostly of my upper body area and NOT of the hips! hehehe

Here is another "professional" one they took. I liked that I could hide those hips behind this sign. lol!

I posted a pic of myself and our head waitress, but here is one of our wonderful assistant waiter "Art". He was such a sweetheart!! I'll post more in a day or so. There's LOTS of pics!! Thanks to those who come by my blog and leave comments. There aren't many who stop by my blogs and take the time to read and comment. I guess I should advertise more that I'm a blogger! tee hee! LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

Carnival Splendor and Canada

This past week I went on a 7 day cruise on the Carnival Splendor. I had a wonderful time!!


Here above is our wonderful head waitress Ni from Indonesia. She was the best waitress we could have asked for! She was always all smiles, as was her assistant waiter "Art."

We visited Victoria and Vancouver, BC. They were absolutely beautiful!! We got to go to the Butchart and Butterfly Gardens. This picture was actually taken in Vancouver at one of the stops on the tour.

This may look like one of the gardens we visited, but it's actually in Vancouver right near the Lion's Gate Bridge. Tulips seemed to be thriving there right now!

One cool thing they had on the ship was proffesional photography on the "Elegant Evening" nights. This is one of the pictures from that night that I bought.

My sweet roommate Bonnie and I had a great time going around the ship and taking pictures.

As you can see we had a lot of fun taking pictures at various areas on the massive ship! We took so many pictures, there's not nearly enough time to post them all.

Thanks to my sweet friend Lura I had this opportunity to take this fun vacation....thanks Lura!!!!!!!

Here was our first day on board. We actually hadn't even left Long Beach yet, but we were ready for some photo ops!! It was a great time! Maybe I'll have to do an additional post and put some more stories and pictures up. :)

CRUISE!!

Just thought I'd put it out there that a week from today I'm going on a 7 day cruise with some friends from church! We're leaving out of Long Beach and the port stops are going to be San Fransisco, Seattle WA, Vancouver and Victoria in CANADA!! How fun is that!!? Thanks Lura for asking if any of us could come! And thanks to my mom for offering to pay for it!! I am sooo excited!! Aside from Long Beach, I've never been to any of those places and I am so thrilled to be going to see them! It's so cool because my friend Lura asked me about going today and we leave in a week! I'm so glad I don't have to wait a long time before going. It's so cool! And Lura was able to get a great deal for me and all who is going. Yay!!!

AAAHHHHH

Alright, I know it's been like, MONTHS since I've posted. I have just been crazy for some time now. I'm dealing with a lot in my life at this point...good things and bad things...but aren't we all?

But instead of focusing on the bad things, I want to focus on the good things. So from the inspiration of my dear friend Lura's weekly blogs, I'm going to post six things I can smile about, because that's what we should always focus on! So here they are.

1. My supportive family. Especially my mom! She has put up with so much with all of my problems and issues and has held strong. My family never puts me down when I think I have failed, and that is certainly something to smile about!

2. The BEST cat in the world! My cat Sheba ALWAYS makes me smile, even if I'm down in the dumps! She is the sweetest, most beautiful and precious cat I could ever hope to have. I wish she could live with me till the day I die! She is the best!!!

3. An absolutely AWESOME dog!! Our dog Sundance is such a sweetheart! He is such a loving dog and he is just gorgeous to boot! Animals are such a blessing in our lives, especially when we are going through hard times.

4. This should really be at the top of the list. The gospel of Jesus Christ makes me smile, actually, it makes me BEAM! When I truly think of the wonderfulness that is our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost, I get all warm inside and my heart swells. If I didn't have this in my life, who knows what I would be doing with myself!

5. Being called to be the Young Women's Secretary makes me smile!! I've always wanted to have a calling in the Young Women's program, and now I have. And I couldn't be luckier because we have the best young women I could imagine and the best leaders for me to work with I could imagine!!! I am so blessed to be called to this wonderful position!

6. I had the pleasure of going up to Utah this weekend and visiting with family I hardly ever get to see exept maybe once or twice a year if I'm lucky. We only got to spend one day up there. It was a very last minute trip, but I was so happy to have the opportunity to go spend the day with them! It was a thrill!

It's really nice to be able to take the time to count the blessings in my life. There are more blessings and reasons for me to smile than I listed, and I want to always be mindful of them and to thank my Heavenly Father for each blessing that I have.

Holly's baby slings

I just wanted to help give a little P.R. to my sweet cousin Holly who has started her own little side business of making Baby Slings. I don't know too much about them excpet the Holly swears by these slings. They're apparently much better than regular baby pouch holders. You can hold your baby comfortably while doing housework or other things. If anybody wants to spread the word that would be cool. She's got all the info at her new blogspot at this address:

www.slingalongbabyslings.blogspot.com

Holly's an absolute sweetheart and I don't think you could find anyone greater to do some business with. She's smart as a whip and has a heart of gold.

Love to all,

Chelsea

Auntie Chelsea and her new career path

Here is my first and only nephew with my Dad (and his proud Grandpa). I am the proud Aunt of my brother Brock's son Thomas Joseph Waugh. Brock is my half brother, my Dad's youngest son. I have another half brother named Brandon. Now I'm an Aunt for the first time ever! Yay!!! He's such a cutie!

Now for my other news! As of today I have decided on a new career path. Up until now I figured I would probably be a Sign Language Interpreter. For a long while now, I've felt that's not what I really wanted to do with my life. Lately I have felt like I would like to do something I have more experience with, something that was more personal to me. I have decided to go the direction of Psychology. I have dealt with mental health issues most of my life, and I feel like this career would benefit me as well as others. I would like to explore the different career options involved with psychology, but I was thinking along the lines of being a counselor to those with chemical dependency. I am very excited to start my studies in this new field. I am now really looking forward to my life ahead!

It's a New Year!!

Well it's been since October since I've posted a blog! I think it's about time I posted another, don't you think? lol I thought I would post my main New Year's resolution. I don't usually make New Year's resolutions, because I've never seemed to keep them when I've made them in the past. But who cares, I'm going to do it this time!

#1 Resolution: Lose 50 lbs. this year!

I've lost 170 lbs so far from my highest weight of 389 lbs. When I weighed last Monday, I weighed in at 219 lbs. Last weekend when my family was over at our house, I was saying to my Uncle Kenny how I'm going to try to lose fifty pounds this year. He told me, "Don't say you'll try, say you'll do it. Whether you say you can or you can't, either way you'll be right." I've heard him say this before, but it's so true. We have to have the right thinking. So, I AM going to lose 50 pounds this year! I'm going to try and develop a new lifestyle. I'm going to try and improve myself all around. I have so many flaws that I want to improve on. I will do it!

I have some other resolutions too, but I won't list them here. I am posting a couple of pictures that were just recently taken. Thanks for coming and reading my blog!!