Foster the People

Seriously obsessed right now...I needed some good music and I found it!!!
Seriously you have to listen to Miss You and I would do anything for you !!!
( I know I like using lots of exclamation points but its for good reason)

I have been feeling unsure about life lately.
Ups and Downs.
So I am so grateful for this little escape from reality.
especially during finals.

:) :)
<3 Chelsea J

my words of advice for today..

aahhh yea.

<3 Always Chelsea J

Not Letting Go..

I made this post about dance...a long long time ago.

The one before I named "letting go"..but today I am titling it "not letting go".

I miss dance a lot.

I wish more than anything I could have started earlier.
I wish I could have made it my life.
I wish things would have been different.
The passion I feel is so strong. Its like you can see my emotions without having to say one word.
I love that part because I am a very sensitive emotional girl.
And I know I would have been good because people my dance teacher told me I had beautiful form I just needed to get stronger..which comes over time.. which I didn't have.
Its so natural for me.

Anyways..

And I hate talking with words when it comes to emotional things because most people will never understand or appreciate emotions beauty unless it reaches them in another form like dance or art. I guess maybe if it was a poem, but I don't really write poems or speak in them. lol

Mostly I wanted this post to focus on a new goal I have.
And it is to get into dance again. Not letting go or giving up!!
I can't change the past, but I can change the future.

I really want to try to dance again at Gaspers.
It is really hard to have time and money. But I really want to try to get back into over summer, maybe next semester..It is just so hard.

But I know. If I don't do it now, I never will..And I don't want to give up and let my past define my decisions.

This is one of my favorite songs to dance to right now : Not Over You by Gavin Degraw


I just want to encourage anyone who reads this to not let your past define your future.
Follow your passions.
and Don't let go.

<3 Always,
Chelsea Jolene

Disappointments...

So many things in life can be disappointing..
sometimes life just doesn't seem fair..why me??
Why is it always me? Left disappointed, lonely, the odd ball stuck out in the crowd?
Why am I not smart enough? or pretty enough? or popular enough???
Why is there so much competition? Why do the "bad" people always win?? Why do people have to get hurt?
Life just isn't fair sometimes. But you know that's okay.
"Struggles make you stronger and life has its own way of taking its sweet time.."

I don't know the answers to these questions, but I do know that everyone feels like this. Everyone is insecure and everyone is afraid of being the odd one out. And that's why you don't need to be sad because there will always be someone ahead of you and someone else who wins.

This Life is what makes or breaks you..so keep holding on and be strong. It just wasn't meant to be. Everything happens for a reason and you are who you are for a reason.

Embrace the doors that open in your life.
Always be Proactive.
Never give up and always strive to be your best. :)

<3 Always,

Chelsea Jolene

New Beginnings.

Well, Hello!!!!!

I want to start this blog back up again.
I miss blogging a lot and I think I have a lot of interesting things to say....lol
well, maybe not...but that will be determined.

I have been feeling discouraged and lost lately and I want to get my life back on track.
Blogging is somewhat of a passion for me and I really like to share new things on my mind not only to help others, but myself.

I want to focus on integrating my goals into my life, permanently.

#1. I don't want any more excuses.
I need to start exercising again, no matter the shape or form. I need to add it in my life each day.
Lately, I have become a bump on a log. I barely work out and it is just not a priority to me anymore. I want to focus on this goal because I know it will give me confidence in all areas of my life.

Wish me luck!! For the next two weeks, I plan to incorporate this goal into my everyday life. I will try to blog and post my progress. I know it will be difficult, but I will do my best.

PS. I AM IN LOVE WITH MASON JARS. they are so cute and you can do so many fun things with them. Like here and here.



<3 always,
Cj

Easter Egg Cupcake.

Alright, so I know Easter seems like forever ago already. But I made these for Easter and haven't had the motivation to post them yet. So here I go....:]


This idea came from the Martha Stewart's Cupcake book, which I posted about in my last update. The chocolate cake was extremely moist and I am definitely putting this as the best chocolate cupcake recipe. I have never tasted a more perfectly moist cupcake.

FIVE STARS *****!! for the cake recipe.

The icing on the cake is royal icing swirled together. I wasn't perfectly happy with my icing colors because I put in too much dye and made it too dark instead of lighter more pastel color.

AND, I also do not like royal icing very much...so I probably wouldn't use that again. and today I also decided I don't like cream cheese frosting either...lol

So I am on a venture to find the perfect frostings!! Must be delicious, light, and the perfect texture.

I am also working on finding a good, cupcake carrier, so my frosting doesn't get squished.
Transporting cupcakes is quite difficult......


So as you read this blog and chomp on a cupcake......ponder on my quote of the day.

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking down yor complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one."
-Mark Twain.


Don't let life overwhelm you. Go eat a cupcake and break your busy life down. NOBODY can do it all at once.



<3 Chelsea Jolene. [}

A Pistachio Dream.

Hi People!!

So this weekend I made some pistachio cupcakes with with white butter cream frosting.
They were amazing! Almost reminded me of banana nut with chocolate chips cept pistachios!!! and no bananas. haha I had some suggestions that it would have been better without the chocolate chips...i would enjoy it either way i suppose. but i understand the chocolate could have been a bit much especially with that rich and thick frosting. But everyone loved them nonetheless.!! I ate one and it was soo delectable i just craved another.


But these things are not good for you by all means....





Someday...I hope to possibly come up with a more healthier cupcake yet still tasty. Possibly using wheat flour or something other then white flour. Not sure how to attack this challenge, but anything is possible!!

ooo and my wonderful boyfriend got me the Martha Stewart's Cupcakes book. I am sooooooooooooooo excited!!! She's got some challenging stuff in their which will be interesting and im sure many disasters will follow. But practice makes perfect!!

Next on the horizon.....something with cHocOlaTe!!!


Do not hesitate to send me your suggestions and ideas!!

<3 Cjolene