As each year went by, things looked better and better financially. I started selling my web design services along with getting consistant pay increases at my entry level office job. Everytime I would go online and lookup my free credit score, the number would be higher and higher.

My boyfriend and I stayed in a little 2 bedroom apartment in the ghetto of Tucson for years while we saved enough for a house. But eventually, moving day came. And it couldn’t have come fast enough. Living in a seedy area of town was definitely affordable, but it can diminish your quality of life.

Now looking forward five years, I am wondering how the real estate market will be. Better? Worse? Can it get worse?

I became a homeowner in March! I was able to tax advantage of the $8,000 tax credit and get into a gorgeous brand-new-never-lived-in house on a beautiful side of town. I’ve never felt so lucky, honestly.

I had been living in a fourplex for the past 4 years, which I used to really like. It was a nice apartment but in a horrible area. The straw that broke the camel’s back was a shooting that happened in front of my doorstep. I was outside with my dog and noticed a car full of people at the end of our driveway… and they were just staring at me. I had become so cold to all the suspicious activity from living in the neighborhood for so long that I didn’t really thing twice about it. I take my dog inside and 5 minutes later, gunshots. Someone from the car had broken into the apartment directly facing mine, literally a few feet away, and they exchanged gunfire. Both the intruder and my neighbor both shot each other. My neighbor was taking a shower with his gun when the guy broke in (to collect a drug debt), so obviously he knew it was coming. One of them crawled out of the apartment on his elbows and laid in the driveway, pooling blood, while the other laid shot in the shower. It was a crazy thing to see. And knowing that I was outside just seconds before it happened was enough for me to give my 30 days notice to my landlord the next morning.

So the move was the most major thing that’s happened this year. In June I got “promoted” at work, so I’ve been adjusting to my new position. I’m now responsible for the bookkeeping and accounting, which was a completely new thing for me. Math has never been my forte, so it’s been a learning experience for sure. I like it though. I was ready for the challenge. 

Other then that I’ve just been working on getting moved in. Yeah, I technically moved in 5 months ago, but I’m still not unpacked! Shopping for house stuff is so fun too. Now I walk through Home Depot with a purpose LOL. We just finished landscaping the backyard. My boyfriend owns a landscaping company so that was convenient They installed irrigation and hauled 22 tons of decorative rock! We went and picked out an apple tree, two pomegranate trees and a tangelo tree to plant. The tangelo tree is so special to me because my grandparents had tangelo trees too. One of my favorite memories as a child is picking tangelos with my grandma. Everytime I look at my own tangelo tree I think of them. It’s my way of always keeping them close to my heart and that is really a priceless gift for me.

I’m still doing web design, and more importantly, still loving it! I’m a busy girl but I wouln’t want it any other way. Man, I miss blogging here

Having been involved in the wonderous web world since the tender age of 13, I consider myself to have been “around the block” when it comes to web hosting. I made my debut in the web design field on community websites such as MiGente and BlackPlanet (the whitey’s had to conform before myspace came around lol), which led me to becoming hosted on a subdomain through a friend, which eventually led to the birth of Bad-Behavior.com! Buying my OWN domain name and hosting space for the first time was so exciting. I racked my brain for weeks trying to come up with a domain name that would never go out of style or that I would get sick of. I definitely achieved that with Bad-Behavior.com as I’ve owned it for 6 years now.

Throughout my 6 years of domain ownership, I have definitely seen some turbulent times in regards to web hosting. Back in 2004 I was broke as a joke, barely able to pay rent, so of course I scoured the internet for the cheapest hosting deal I could possibly find. I definitely found it. Webhostingboy.com hosted my website for $4.95 per month for unlimited space/bandwidth. If you need assistance with how much space and bandwidth you might need, check out a web hosting guide to give you an idea. it was definitely a nice deal at first, but after my website experienced frequent downtime, poor support and eventually the loss/demise of my entire website.. I realized you definitely get what you pay for in the web hosting world.

I tried out a few more “economy” hosting companies and all ended with the same result. I decided spending a few dollars more to host your website with a reputable company was WELL worth the money. Now, after dealing with such poor service, a feature I require from my hosting company is 24/7 live chat support. I don’t care if you can help me over the phone.. I don’t want to spend an hour dialing buttons to get to you. I want a real person to connect to through a chat client. Hostgator.com has been great in accommodating me for the past 2 years.

Chelsey’s Web Hosting Tips:

1. DO YOUR RESEARCH! Check out a web hosting directory, read reviews, forum posts, etc.
2. Always look for contact information. Posted phone numbers & addresses are vital. If you have a problem, you want it handled ASAP.
3. Never pay for a year’s worth of hosting in advance. You might hate the company after 2 months and they could refuse a refund.
4. Remember.. you get what you pay for in the web hosting world!

That’s about it. Check out this article if you want to know more about how to choose the best hosting company. Happy hunting!

Mobile Phone Goodies:
Free MP3 Ringtones – These are ringtones that I made myself from my own MP3 collection. I no longer update this list.

More Free Ringtones – I personally use this website to get all of my ringtones. I usually browse to it from my phone, but you can download them from the web too.

Mobile Content Uploader – Use my uploader tool to upload mp3 files, pictures, games, etc. from your computer directly to your mobile phone.

Music Goodies:
Skreemr.com – This is my favorite free MP3 search engine. Type in your song, then right click and “save target as” to download the MP3.

Komp3.net – This is an mp3 search engine which basically crawls all of the mp3 hosting websites to search for any artist/song your little heart desires. The only thing I don’t like is it’s freaking ADS GALORE!

Internet Goodies:
Free Stock Photography – This website offers completely free stock photos to use at your disposal. Not the widest selection such as istock, but it’s free.

What The Font – Ever fall in love with a font you found on a website, but can’t figure out what it’s named? This website will identify that mystery font for you.

Bullets – A really long list of free image bullets, icons and arrows.

WordPress Themes – My favorite resource for free WordPress themes.

Photoshop Stuff – This website has a nice collection of patterns and brushes for Photoshop.

Browser Shots – View any website in any browser to cross check compatibility. This is a useful tool for us web designers.

Free Online Storage – 10gb of free online storage for media files and whatever else.

Samples & Others Misc. Goodies:
Slickdeals Freebie Forum – I am a total freebie whore. This forum is by far the best freebie resource on the internet.. trust me I’ve tried them all.

People Search – Find anyone’s phone number or address. Kinda scary actually.

Criminal Search – Lookup a criminal record for anybody you know. It shows traffic tickets too.. haha.

Wedding Rings – Beautiful and affordable wedding rings/bands.

I purchased this website in November of 2004. No, you will not find any dirty/nude/skanky content here. I apologize if my domain name gave you the wrong impression, but this is a blog website. Always has been and always will be. Bad-Behavior.com holds a special little place in my heart, as it was my first real project. As I have grown as a web designer, this website has grown with me.

So now a little about me. As I stated above, my name is Chelsey. Most of my friends simply call me Chels. I was born into this world on November 23rd, 1984 making me 24 years old. Tucson Arizona has forever been the place I call home. This really is an amazing city. I have traveled to 12 different states over the course of my life and nothing, in my opinion, can compare to Tucson. The mountains, the sunsets, the monsoons.. Tucson just encompasses everything that makes you appreciate life a little more.

I have two jobs, which I love, but only one do I consider my career. I have worked as an office manager for a little real estate appraisal firm for the past five years. Real estate has always interested me, probably because my grandparents were realtors and always took me to work with them to be their little helper. My other job title is a freelance web designer. I started doing freelance web work in 2005 and keep a current portfolio at my design website, www.Chels.net. I have had the opportunity to work with some amazing organizations, businesses and individuals. Web design is something I truley enjoy doing and consider it to be my passion.

Now let’s talk about family. I used to consider myself to have an incredibly large, loving family. That is definitely not the case anymore. Feel free to read my blog archives from 2005 to get the whole story. The only family member who I am super close with is my dad. I don’t have any substantial relationship with my mother. I have a little brother and sister who I used to be extremely close with, but certain events caused us to devistatingly drift apart. I still love them more than life.

Moving on! I am the epitome of a girly girl.  I have an incredible addiction to all things beauty and style. I have a plethra of makeup, hair products, nail polish, perfumes.. you name it and I’ve probably got it. I consider the front doors to Sephora to be my pearly gates to Heaven. One of my other addictions is Coach handbags and accessories. So far my Coach collection includes: 6 large purses, 6 matching wallets, 2 wristlets, 2 key fobs, and 1 pair of eyeglasses. Shopping is love!

I don’t know much about cars, but I know I love my car. It is a 2006 Dodge Magnum R/T with a V8 hemi. VROOM! I also have a 2000 Dodge Stratus, as that was my first car and I just couldn’t bear to part with it. I am sentimental like that. I, sadly, have sold my Dodge Stratus and replaced it with a Chrysler Sebring.

I consider my friends to be the most awesome people of all time. I can’t think of anywhere I would rather be than out with my friends, on a dance floor and with a drink in my hand. Our intoxicated nights out are definitely what keep me sane in this busy and sometimes drama-filled life.

Well, that pretty much sums up my website and myself. Hope you’ve enjoyed the read

I applied for FAFSA earlier this year. Apparantly I earn far too much skrilla to get assistance from the government. I have been looking into student loans on the web, talk about a multi-million dollar business. Good lord. They honestly scare the crap out of me. I have friends far older than me, who make way less money than me, who are STILL paying on their student loans. I sooo do not want to be in that boat. If I decide to go back, I will probably just pay for it out of pocket. It’s a partial tax write-off isn’t it?

In other exicting news, I finally broke down and bought me one of them fancy shmancy washers and dryers, hot dang!! No seriously though, I’ve been lugging my laundry around for 4 years, and I’ve had an empty laundry room for 2 years just begging me to fill it up with some sexy appliances. I finally gave in and bought the Whirlpool Cabrio set. I like them because they have glass doors, so you can watch your clothes wash & dry LOL. I am easily amused, I know.

OH another exciting thing, I was asked to participate in career day at a local elementary school in April! HOW CUTE IS THAT? The counselor contacted me and said she was referred to me by somebody, and they would love to have a web designer because it is a very non-traditional career, especially for a young female. I get to setup a display table and talk to kids grades K-6. That is gonna be the highlight of my year I swear!

Speaking of purchases.. I just bought the prettiest dining room table ever! I’ve been wanting a nice table for sooooo long. The guy at Oak Express gave me a really good deal on a normally $1000+ table. It should be delivered sometime this week YAYYY!! I stole a picture of it from the catalog.

Not really much going on with me otherwise. I’m still staying busy as an office bitch and with my web design. I’m getting pretty skizzilled with my photoshopping enhancement work, which is always good of course Blahbitty blah. Just wanted to tell everyone that I am still alive.

Tonight I had the choice of going out to a strip club and getting completely shit faced, or staying home and curling up in front of my computer in my bunny pajamas. I chose bunny pajamas. Go me. So I did some photo-retouching to show off my skizzillz.

(Hover over the picture to see the AFTER photo):

Besides the extra web design work, life is chugging along as usual. My parents finally have their divorce settled this week, on Friday. I hope things go well for my dad, as we all know what a lying bitch my mom can be. I’m still not allowed to speak to or see my brother and sister. I assume that won’t change until they get older and can make their own decisions. They know I love them and will always be here waiting for them with open arms.

OH FUNNY STORY TIME!!!!!!!! So Mikey wikey decided that he wanted to camp out in front of best buy this morning to start a line for the PlayStation 3 which is released FRIDAY. Yes, today is Monday. That means he wants to wait 5 fucking days out in front of a store. Okay anyways.. so we go at 6am this morning to get my dad’s RV for him to have a place to shit in and whatnot, go and get him sodas and munchies for his ice chest, chairs, blankets, etc. We get to Best Buy and set everything up. I’m just about to drive off to work when this PRICK ASS FUCK HOLE employee of the store comes outside with a chip on his shoulder (because apparantly you are THE SHIT if you work at a deadend place like Best Buy making $6.50 an hour). He rudely tells us to get off “his private property” and that he would be calling the cops if we didn’t. I was like W to the T to the F?

Since getting arrested wasn’t on my morning agenda, we packed the ish up and took off. Mikey wikey is very sad. He is on the phone with Best Buy’s coorporate office as we speak, hahah. Good times.