Swim Lessons

I have never been fond of the idea of swimming. Ever since I was a kid I just didn't quite trust being completely enveloped by water to then emerge alive and breathing.
As you can imagine, I was teased considerably (mostly be my siblings) for never learning how to swim. When I say I don't know how to swim, let me clarify that I dont know how to swim. I can't do the doggy paddle, the floating in water thing or really being submerged at all. It just plain terrifies me. I decided it might be a good idea to conquer a fear and build upon my self-esteem a little bit. After many hours of "shopping around" I signed up for swim lessons. I know... terrifying right?
Today was my first day at 7:45 on a Saturday morning! Now that's dedication! When I first got there, I'll admit I kinda questioned what I was thinking. I was first instructed to put my face under water and blow bubbles. I was pretty pleased with myself until my instructor, Ezra, said, "Let's try to go a little longer, about 10 seconds worth." Is he crazy?! I can't even say how unnatural "breathing" under water is. ::shudder:: Once I kinda got use to that, I was surprised how quickly I was able to progress. During that 1 hour I was able to float on my stomach while blowing bubbles in the water. With the assistance of a kick board I could swim on my belly blowing bubbles once again. At the very end of the lesson I was full on swimming on my back! I swam about 5 laps on my back until the session was over.
Dude, I rock! I am so proud of myself and can hardly believe it. If anyone would have told me a year ago what I would have accomplished today in such a short session I would have laughed... LAUGHED right in thier face.
So I have additional swim lessons over the next few Saturdays and I am very excited about it... although I still hope I don't die. That would be a major bummer.

Hadley 2008 Video

My dad made a video of the Hadley Family with pictures from 2008 set to some music. You can see it here. I love my family!

My Mission Statement

What's with the Blog girl?

To express my wit when there is no one to banter with. On occasion I enterain the heck out of myself and just truly want to share it with all. Sometimes, there is just no one around to share it with. Having said that I will at least be able to amuse complete web-surf strangers because why wouldn't someone want to search aimlessly on blogger looking for the odd insights from a sexy single 24 year old chick? A million hits a day. You'll see.

"Chelsey's Movies picks" Oh-ho-ho. Aren't you in for a treat! Just wait until my INCREDIBLY original popcorn rating takes the world by storm. It will be as common as household cubes of cheese and origami tea sets. Watch out world... the storm is a brewing!

Little Kid things. In other words, the simple shenanigans that creep their way into my world and seem to make some kind of impression on this blogger.

For all the shit. For days when life is shit and I need to get it all off my chest... then a mere day or two later I'll think, "What the crap? What a crazy/depressing post... ::shudder:: who wants to relive that horrifying experience anyway? Delete!"

Boredom- It strikes us all.

The F List. Tracking my pursuit to desperately fill my life with a healthy balance of the ever important F List: Faith, Family, Friends, Football, Flicks, Fitness and Fucking. Mann, look forward to the day when all are abundant in my life!

So what's with the blog name? Well, Chalupa is a nickname of mine, so we just shortened that right on down to Lupa. And... well... let's just take a look at the description for Luscious:

1. highly pleasing to the taste or smell
2. richly satisfying to the senses or the mind
3. richly adorned; luxurious
4. arousing physical, or sexual, desire; voluptuous
5. sweet to excess
6. delicious

Not to mention these sweet synonyms:
adorable, ambrosial, appetizing, choice, darling, delectable, delish, deluxe, distinctive, divine, exquisite, flamboyant, flavorsome, heavenly, honeyed, juicy, lush, luxurious, mellow, mouth-watering, nectarous, opulent, ornate, palatable, palatial, piquant, rare, rich, savory, scrumptious, succulent, sumptuous, sweet, toothsome, voluptuous, yummy

Let's not forget about Lush:

1. luxuriant; succulent; tender and juicy.
2. characterized by luxuriant vegetation.
3. abundant; plentiful.
4. extremely productive; thriving.
5. extremely pleasing to the senses.
6. voluptuous or sensual.
7. delightful
8. a drunkard

With most of the synonyms from above but also including:
abundant, delicious, dense, elaborate, extensive, extravagant, exuberant, flourishing, fresh, grand, green, lavish, luscious, luxuriant, overgrown, plush, prodigal, profuse, prolific, rank, riotous, ripe, ritzy, sensuous, succulent, teeming, tender, and verdant.

Yeah... that pretty much sums up who I am!

So there you have it. The wheelings and dealings that are soon to come. Hopefully I can accomplish just that and have fun documenting the happenings as the arise. Here's to hoping!