Day #75: Sunday Social

You may notice some changes on the blog today. The template has once again changed! I won a fantastic giveaway from Finding My Way In Texas and one of the prizes was a custom header by Allyssa (you can find her blog here). She did a great job of creating a wonderful header for me! I wanted purple and something simple but also catches the eye. Her design is exactly what I was hoping for! Thus, the new blog look is being designed around that. Thanks Lyss!

Time for...

What do you miss most about being a kid?

Not paying bills, less stress

Did you have a nickname growing up? What was it?

I haven’t really had any nicknames. I have always been Chelsea…at work people would call me by my last name (Manzullo) but since I got married I am back to Chelsea.

What was your favorite thing to do at recess?

Swing! Or merry-go-round. Or skip-it!! Who remembers the skip-it?

What did you want to be when you grew up?

It changed a lot. First, a lawyer. Then, an astronomer. Then, an athesiologist. Then, a medical doctor. After senioritis kicked in, I decided on nursing since it was less schooling than a doctor.

What was your favorite toy?

Barbies. For sure.

Me and my brother, Brian

What is the funniest thing you did as a kid that your parents still remind you about?

Hm, that is a good question. One time while my mom was grocery shopping, I asked her in front of the worker checking us out if the person was a boy or girl. I think my mom was mortified. 


Until tomorrow,

Big, beautiful & broke... Chelsea

Day #40: Music Memories

While driving to Bay City to drop Bryson off to his grandparents, a song came on the radio that brought back a flood of emotions. It's amazing to me how certain songs bring about certain memories or emotions. Not even emotions, but memories of emotions. Does that make sense?

Brandon & Me, GR 2006

Anyways, the song playing was "I Touch Myself" by the Divinyls. Don't judge me. The song took me back to the summer of 2006, when I was living in Grand Rapids (Comstock Park to be exact) with Brandon. We used to go to Tequila Willies every Tuesday for karaoke. We met a group of girls there, who became our friends...ish. By ish, I mean that we don't talk anymore and I think we only talked for a short minute while I lived over there. One of the girls used to sing that song every week at T Willies. That song brought back memories of a flood of emotions that I felt while living there. 

Ricky, Brandon & Marshall
Karaoke, GR 2006

I had just graduated nursing school, I moved down there without consideration. I had planned to move home to Saginaw and work at Covenant on a medical-surgical floor. Well, Brandon was my game changer. I met him, fell in love and basically would have followed him anywhere. I was young, just turned 21. He was not in love with me but he loved me enough to want me around. Does that make sense? It did to me back then. Anyways, he was supposed to move to Saginaw with me to work at MMR, but instead took a job at Life EMS in GR. He called me, while I was at clinicals and said "I'm moving to GR. Want to move there too?"

Uh, duh! 

Hard to see but this was our
karaoke group @ T Willies

So, I turned down the job at Covenant and set up interviews at Spectrum Healthcare. So, that summer I worked my first nursing job on a neuro floor. I hated it. My preceptor was mean, she made me feel stupid constantly. Couple this with the fact that I was in love with my roommate who did NOT love me and brought home girls all the time. Paraded them in front of me. I hated life, I hated him, myself, the girls, my preceptor. I was in hell. The summer of 2006, reminds me what I would imagine hell to be if it existed. A hell that I did not want to leave. It took a lot of pushing to get me back to Saginaw. I eventually moved home. Guess who followed me over? Yep, Brandon. 

So, that song brought back those emotions. Hubby and I were talking about how weird it is that certain songs can bring about such strong memories. 

Until tomorrow,

Big, Beautiful & Broke... Chelsea