Quick Update

February 3, 2011 By ashleylately 5 Comments

Hey! It is just after midnight, and I am finally caught up on blogs from the day. Instead of doing WILW and reading everyone’s blogs, I spent the day cleaning. Why? I have no idea. Thursday will be day 3 of being off work because of Snowmageddon. Basically the entire state of Oklahoma has shut down because of it.

I am so unbelieveably tired of being stuck in my apartment. You have to remember I was stuck inside sick for three days BEFORE the storm came through. I left my apartment for about an hour on Monday to get some groceries, but that’s all I’ve been out since Friday. I’m going just a bit crazy.

Anyway, I hope to be back to regular blogging tomorrow (today?), but for now, I’m off to bed. On the agenda for tomorrow: cleaning out my closet, cleaning bathrooms, tackling the giant stack of books beside my bed, and hopefully blogging! We’ll see!

Also, don’t forget, my giveaway closes at noon! I hope to get the winner posted sometime in the afternoon. If you haven’t entered yet, go HERE to get entered!

Goodnight, y’all!

A Little Snow Preview…

February 1, 2011 By ashleylately 10 Comments

Hey! Here’s a little video I just took of our crazy snow. It is coming down so hard and the wind is blowing so hard that it seriously sounds like it’s hail hitting the window. We supposedly have about 7 inches of snow, and they are expecting 3-5 more by the time the storm ends this afternoon. Temperature is 9 and wind chill is 20 below zero! There has also been thunder and lightning, which is really weird. I’m going to go out later on when the snow slows down and try to take some better pictures.

Please excuse my weirdness on the video. I’m still sick and super tired and I sound like a dummy.

Pictures to come later!

Happy Birthday Justin Timberlake!

January 31, 2011 By ashleylately 9 Comments

Happy Monday, y’all!

I’m sitting in my bed on day 3 of the sickness.
Great fun!

Anyway, today is Justin Timberlake’s 30th birthday!

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Y’all know I’m an *NSYNC fan, so I’ve been following him and his boys since practically the beginning. JC is my favorite, but I love Justin too, and he is definitely my bestie Jessica’s favorite.

So Jess, this post is for you!

The best song of Justin’s solo career, in my opinion.

The coolest *NSYNC video ever!

And, the place where Justin, JC, and Ryan Gosling got their start…

MMC!

Hope you girls have a great day!
Bachelor tweeting tonight!!

Weekend Update

January 31, 2011 By ashleylately 13 Comments

Hey y’all! Hope you all had a great weekend!

My weekend…definitely wasn’t the greatest I’ve had. Friday night, Teddie and I went to our friend Katie’s house and we watched Letters to Juliet.

It was such a cute movie! I just love Amanda Seyfried!

Saturday, I woke up feeling pretty gross. I cancelled my plans for the day, and spent the day with these fun people.

I also watched Toddlers & Tiaras that was filmed in Oklahoma. I’m a little embarrassed to admit that these people are from my state.

This girl is 5 and her mom has her eyebrows waxed because she has a “unibrow”. The mom usually holds her down while they do it because she screams and kicks to get away.

This 15 month old gets a spray tan, and in this picture her mom is duct taping her dress to her because it won’t stay put. The mom also says the girl has “great fashion sense” and she doesn’t “know what she will do if she doesn’t win.” Did I mention she’s 15 months old?

This woman was doing her step-daughter’s talent routine to help her remember. Unfortunately, she had no idea what she was doing and she looked like an idiot. That’s her 15 year old daughter next to her staring at her in horror.

My mom and I have been texting/tweeting about this episode, so Momma, this picture is for you!

Today, I woke up feeling yuckier than I did yesterday. I stayed in bed ALL day and spent the day doing this.

Late tomorrow night, a winter storm is supposed to move in. The last projection I read said that we are supposed to get 6-10 inches of snow.

That’s a pretty scary-looking temperature forecast for this week. It’s looking like we’re going to be snowed in for at least a day or two. Yippee…

I hope everyone has a great Monday! Don’t forget to enter my giveaway!

Fun Friday!

January 28, 2011 By ashleylately 8 Comments

Woo hoo! It’s Friday!

The best part of my week? Celebrating my Blogoversary yesterday!

I’m having a super awesome giveaway, so if you haven’t entered yet, go here now!

Not later, go now!! :)

What I’m most looking forward to this weekend?

SLEEP!

This week has been so busy, and I’ve worked late several nights. I’m so ready for a weekend to just rest. I’m so excited to have the afternoon off today!

I hope you al have a great weekend! Link up your Fun Fridays with Jen!

A Year on My Carnival Ride!

January 27, 2011 By ashleylately 34 Comments

Today is my one year Blogoversary!

I cannot believe that I have been blogging a year. I know I say this every time I hit a blog “milestone”, but I seriously never imagined I would actually stick with this thing for a year.

I’m gonna warn you, this is probably gonna be a long post, but trust me, if you stick it out, there’s something at the end worth waiting for!!

When I started blogging, I’d been reading blogs for quite awhile. I was reading blogs by some people from my church, and through those I discovered Kelly’s Korner. I loved how she just wrote about the normal everyday things. I started thinking ‘I could do that’ or ‘If I had a blog, I would so write about this’.

So, January 27, 2010, I started this thing!

I really figured it would be one of those things that would last several weeks and I would get bored with it and never do it again. I couldn’t have been more wrong!

I’ve really been amazed at the blogging community. I’m amazed at the way everyone supports each other and prays for each other and takes care of each other.

I’m also amazed at the friendships I’ve made through blogging that been deepened through Twitter and Facebook. You girls are seriously fantastic, and I just adore you! It’s crazy to think a year ago I didn’t know any of you! I’m so glad I do now!

Neely, Lindsey, Tara, & Lindsay

Stephanie, Bekah, Kerbi, & Meghan

I love that through blogging I’ve met a sweet girl who lives right here in Oklahoma, about 30 minutes away from me!

Jamie, I cannot wait for us to meet in real life!

I never imagined I would make a weekend trip to Dallas to stay with a girl I had never met in person!

Such an awesome weekend!

So, all of this to say, it’s been an incredible year! I thank all of you for sticking with me through all of this and for following my life!

Alright, I’ve made you wait long enough!
It’s time for a

Here you go!

To enter:

*Be a follower and leave a comment (mandatory)

Extra entries:

*Follow me on Twitter (1 entry)
*Like my page on Facebook (2 entry)
*Blog or Tweet about the giveaway (3 entries)

Also, I will be drawing names for the winner, so you can leave all of your info in one comment!

The giveaway will close next Thursday at noon central time. Hurry and get entered now!

What I’m Loving Wednesday

January 26, 2011 By ashleylately 17 Comments

It’s Wednesday!

Today is going to be a super busy day! I have three foster care visits, and a meeting with my boss. I think I’m going to need a long nap after this day is over!

Here’s what I’m loving this week!

I’m loving my awesome new interns at work! They are so precious, and I know we are going to have a great semester with them!

I’m loving that I get to visit ALL of my foster babies this week! Getting to see them is the absolute best part of my job!

I’m loving this movie I got last night!

It is based on the book by Karen Kingsbury. She is my favorite author, and I have been DYING for one of her books to be made into a movie. This was one of my favorite books, and I rushed out to buy the movie as soon as I got off work yesterday, and I already watched it last night. Such a great movie, but so emotional. Lots of tears!

I’m loving that I got to spend Saturday with Neely!

And, I’m loving this song!

What are you loving this week? Link up your loves with Jamie!

“You Eat Like a Baby Dinosaur”

January 25, 2011 By ashleylately 12 Comments

Finally, my weekend recap!

Oh my goodness, I had the best Saturday with Neely, y’all!

I got up super early on Saturday morning and drove down to Dallas. When I got there, seriously, it was like I’d known her forever! We got ready and went to Nordstrom Rack and then Whole Foods for lunch.

After lunch, she drove us around Dallas, showing me where she grew up and went to school, and some of the super fancy parts of Dallas.

We stopped by Sprinkles (my first time!) and got cupcakes. We took Lindsey with us!

We went to the mall and shopped for awhile, then went to Studio Movie Grill to see No Strings Attached!

It was such a great movie! It was Neely’s second time to see it, and I definitely want to see it again. It was so funny, and if you haven’t seen it, you need to ASAP! It has the best quotes, and we’ve both been quoting it a lot! :)

After the movie, we went to an awesome Mexican restaurant Mi Cocina. Y’all know I love my Mexican food! We had some queso for Lindsey!

After dinner, we went back to Neely’s house and watched Mean Girls.

Cannot even tell you how much I love this movie! I can’t watch it without thinking about Tara!

Unfortunately, I had to leave super early on Sunday morning. The trip definitely went by too fast, but it is definitely happening again very soon.

Neely and I have been Blog/Twitter friends for awhile. Neely is just so precious, and it was so much fun to be able to hang out and be real life friends! It was also really great to be able to talk about blogging and bloggers. I feel like people that aren’t a part of the blogging community don’t get what blogging is and how awesome it is. It’s awesome to be able to talk to someone who knows exactly I’m talking about! :)

Neely, I had such a great time! This has to happen again very soon! Love you dear!

A Bit of Fun Stuff

January 24, 2011 By ashleylately 6 Comments

Good morning! Hope you all had a great weekend! Mine was super fantastic! I will post an update hopefully later today about all of the super fun stuff Neely and I did this weekend.

Ok, there are several fun things going on in Blogland this week. First of all, Thursday is my 1 year blogoversary (blogiversary?) and I have a really awesome giveaway planned! Be sure to stop by and get entered!

Speaking of giveaways, Neely is having a ridiculously awesome giveaway on her blog right now! Go here to get entered, and be sure to tell her I sent you! Please!!

Also, Neely is cohosting a Valentine’s giveaway and challenge with Sam and Courtney! Stop by her post here for more information and to get signed up. It’s gonna be lots of fun!