January 2012
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Dear Kate:
It looks like Tumblr has unfollowed me from you again this week.
I assume that you have unfollowed Kelly again, too, since we seem to get dropped together.
Please un-unfollow us again.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Your friend Chelle
December 2011
Current Status: Driving Into SLC...
…to have lunch with friends.
In Utah Annie drives a Solara— a little tin can of a coupe compared to my beloved minivan. For reasons unfathomable to me she actually loves her car.
Go figure.
Getting out of it always feels like I’m crawling out of a train wreck and I have to remember to “stop, drop and roll” if I wish to safely extract myself from the clutches of its interior.
So why did we...
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I Still Love You Anyway...!
themarke replied to your post: A Note To The Tumblrs That I Will Be Seeing Later I love Mud Boggin!
Truthful Saturday: I’ve actually BEEN to the Elko Mud Boggin’ Competition.
Note to self: Don’t wear white, next time.
A Note To The Tumblrs That I Will Be Seeing Later
I have big, 80’s, Charlie’s Angels, Farrah Fawcett hair today and I have no idea why.
(I know that none of you are old enough to know who Farrah Fawcett was, so go Google her to get the image in your head.)
It wasn’t anything that I did— my hair made the decision all on its own.
I look like I should be sitting front and center at the Elko, GA “Mud Boggin’...
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STM
Annie and I just received a very lovely SURPRISE gift in the mail only20seconds ago!
We’re on our way out the door— so I’ll write more later— but thank-you so much! We love them!
-alreadysmellingbetterchelle
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Sounds Like This Still Needs To Be Worked Out...!
stephiehell replied to your post: Congratulations Jon And Stephie! i’m stephie hell senum now.
jsenum replied to your post: Congratulations Jon And Stephie! A Hell of Senums.
Congrats, again, you two. I am SO thrilled for you both!
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My Friend, Sarah, Gets Them For Me-- And She Reads...
ecofriendlyhealth replied to your photo: Since There Was So Much Interest In Roasting Your… Where do you get them?
finallychelle continues: So how about telling us where you get them, Sarah? (And thanks!)
“I’m not making any resolutions this year because I’m still working...”
– Robyn, my dear friend from college.
Sautéing Onions, Stir Frying Chicken And Roasting...
Three cooking techniques that are somewhat fast moving and require a fair bit of attention.
Three dissimilar processes with different desired results.
And I just managed to complete them all simultaneously.
Woo hoo!
Three pans sharing one stove. Each competing for my time.
A stir here, a flip there, a swish over here.
It was so hectic that it made me smile the entire time.
I’ve...
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I’m going to send your phone charger back to you as soon as it quits being so durned convenient…
-conveniencelovingchelle
People Spontaneously Say The Sweetest Things To Me
It really does amaze me— and it happens all the time.
I’m guessing it’s because I smile a lot.
I just left my favorite Utah Asian Market and an elderly Chinese woman smiled at me and said, “You are so beautiful. Very, very beautiful. And you beautiful on inside, too.”
I had never seen her before today.
I was flattered, of course— and I love hearing things like that (who...
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Congratulations Jon And Stephie!
Will you guys now be considered “The Hells” or “The Senums?”
-excitedforyoubothchelle
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Annie And I...
…are at The Copper Club, waiting to meet some friends.
It’s so new that it still has that “new bar smell”— and you know THAT doesn’t last very long…!
They have the best (virgin) bloody marys I’ve ever had— super spicy with lots of horseradish.
It’s a little annoying to me that every bar seems to have sports showing on all the...
The Grandbaby We Never Got To Hold
We had so many plans for you.
You were supposed to grow up on the beach with us and find starfish and sand dollars in the ocean with your toes.
We would dance in the surf and pretend that no one was watching.
And we’d feed the sea gulls.
And watch the dolphins.
There were sand castles to be built and fish to be caught and frisbees to be thrown and kites to be flown.
But you never...
We're A Movin' On Up
About 2/3rds of my readership accesses this blog via www.finallychelle.com. It’s just a pass-thru that takes them to finallychelle.tumblr.com.
As I’ve stated, before, I write to be read so I, obviously, want as many people to read my blog as possible.
I was just looking at the rankings for websites, worldwide, and I couldn’t help but notice that my blog had moved up the list...
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Thank You All...
…for your generous comments.
There appears to be unanimous agreement, with Annie, that the outfit I posted in the earlier pic is sexy without being slutty (and doesn’t look like I’m “trying too hard”)— so I’m going to stop being self-conscious and just work it instead.
I think I just needed to recalibrate, a little— and I now have a better idea...
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I Wore Micro-Minis When We Went Out To Clubs 25...
bekaboo replied to your post: This Is Kinda The First Time (Since My 20’s, Anyway) And I Have To Admit That I Don’t Hate It You should embrace it every once in a while if you truly enjoy it. Because, you looooook maaaaahvelous!!
finallychelle replied: When you’re young and a size 6 you’re pretty fearless about what you wear. (Let’s just say that things have...
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I'm Going To Need The Correct Spelling Of Your...
thoughtsoflauren replied to your photo: This Is The Outfit… …that I was afraid bordered… You are not 50! More like 29.
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This Is Kinda The First Time (Since My 20's,...
stilltiedtothetracks replied to your photo: This Is The Outfit… …that I was afraid bordered… The question is, do you like feeling like a bad girl on occasion?? ;)
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Truthful Tuesday
1) I spent Christmas Day with Mindy (moobasworld), Rick (jtgc), Roxy (sugarskull99) and their various kids, in-laws and outlaws. Mindy and Rick prepared a standing rib roast that was second to none. Everything else was delicious, as well, including the creme brulee. I ate a month’s worth of calories but it was worth it. We played cards and talked and it was just like spending the day with...
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Conversation With Humorous Shuttle Driver The...
Driver: (kidding around about who does and doesn't "have it tough") See? That's what I'm sayin'. Women like you can get anything you want in this world.
Chelle: Women like me?
Driver: (mock seriousness) Good lookin' women. Fancy women. Women who look like you can get anything they want in this world.
Chelle: (deadpan) Guys with vision like yours shouldn't be driving shuttles for a living.
Driver: (laughing) Aw, come on, now. Who you kiddin'? All you have to do is say you want something and a bunch of guys'll race to see who can get it for you first.
Chelle: If you know any guys like that you need to give them my number.
Driver: Aw come on. You can't kid me! The guy who put that rock on your finger would do whatever it took to keep you 'round. He'd spend his last dime.
Chelle: Is that what you'd do for your woman?
Driver: (laughing) She don't look like you, now.
Chelle: I should smack you FOR her.
Driver: (laughing) I deserve it. I admit it. She's a good woman, though. She puts up with my stuff.
Chelle: It doesn't take money to keep a woman. Not a good woman, anyway. She just needs to know she's loved. We can do without material things if we're treated right.
Driver: But you guys don't MIND getting nice stuff. I guaranty THAT.
Chelle: Well of course we don't *mind*...
When I Read A Book...
…I always hate for it to end.
I get used to having those characters in my life and finishing means that I have to say “goodbye.”
I’m lousy at “goodbye.”
I spend so much time reading technical articles and political analysis pieces that when I read for relaxation I always go straight for the literary junk food.
Twinkies for the mind.
M&M’s for my cranium.
Yes, I read trashy romance...
Current Status: En Route To Moobaville
I’ll be eating Christmas dinner with all of the Moobas.
Yum!
-honorarymoobachelle
Utah Cops Just LOVE Looking At My Georgia Tag
They’ll follow directly behind me for ten and fifteen minutes at a time hoping I’ll make a mistake.
But I don’t…!
This happens, literally, a third of the times I drive my van.
It’s a bit of a pain— but they’re turning me into one durn good driver!
-legaleaglechelle
Merry Christmas From Utah
It’s good to be (other) home!
-shiveringchelle
It's 5:30am And I've Already...
…showered, shaved my legs, washed and dried my hair, put on my makeup, repacked, checked out of the hotel, rode a shuttle to the airport, made it through security, bought a bottle of water and boarded the plane.
I’m a trained professional who requires very little sleep.
Do not attempt this yourself.
Merry Christmas from Georgia, y’all!
-travelingfoolchelle
P.S.- our pilot is cuter...