Hey y’all!

Colby and I went home for the weekend to celebrate Momma and Daddy’s birthdays. Momma’s is today and Daddy’s is tomorrow.

We got in pretty late Friday night, so we crashed when we got home.

Saturday, we spent some time out at the new house. It is looking really good!

Front of the house

Back of the house

Standing in my bedroom!

Colby in his window

Saturday night, we went out to eat with Mom-mom and Grandaddy to celebrate.

The BEST part of the meal!!

Mom-mom made a cake, so we went back to their house after dinner

They are so cute!

After church on Sunday, we went out for Mexican food.

Our friend Stevie’s birthday was yesterday, so she and Momma had to have a picture together!

Jessica and N came too!

After lunch, we went back to the house. We had a special project we wanted to do, but I will share that with you in another post this week!

Hope y’all have a wonderful week!

Also, Happy Birthday to my wonderful Momma! I hope your day is wonderful! Love you so much!

Kerbi!

Congratulations, my dear! I’ll get your stuff in the mail hopefully in the next day or so!

For you Twit followers, you probably read about my Monday night…um…incident.

I was making a cake for a dinner on Tuesday. While I was cleaning up the kitchen, Clumsy Ashley decided to make an appearance, and I tripped. As I was trying to catch my balance, my foot slammed into the wall.

Ouchie.

My immediate reaction was that my little toe was broken. Then I decided I was probably being dramatic, and it was just bruised or jammed.

I hobbled around yesterday, and my toe turned all colors of the rainbow. Seriously pretty stuff. Today, it looked like this.

So pretty!

I went to the doctor today to have it x-rayed. The doctor said there was a “suspicious area” on the x-ray that was “probably” a break but she couldn’t confirm 100% that it was a break. But probably was. Very clear stuff, let me tell ya!

She sent the x-rays off to be read by the radiologist, so in the mean time, we’re treating it like a break. I have to elevate, ice, and tape it.

Anyone have any ideas on how I can make this a little less ugly? Not sure I can rock the “taped up” look. :)

Honestly, as clumsy as I am, it’s a miracle that this hasn’t happened before now!

Don’t forget to enter my giveaway! It ends tomorrow!

Hey y’all!

It’s been a couple of weeks since I talked tv, so here’s a little bit about what I’ve been watching since we talked last.

For the last two weeks, the only thing I’ve been watching (except for like three episodes of BH 90210 while I was cleaning) is…

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I watched the first season and part of the second season when they originally aired, but then life got crazy, so I didn’t get to watch any more. Two weekends ago, I got on Netflix to find something to watch and decided to do a little bit of catching up on Army Wives.

Oh. My. Goodness.

I was hooked again. I watched all five seasons in a week.

I watched on my computer for several hours each evening, then at least another episode on my phone before I fell asleep (gotta love the Netflix iPhone app!).

Watching all of the episodes at once made me get very attached to the characters. After all, if you spend hours with someone, you really get to know them. :)

Here’s what I learned from my time with the Army Wives crew.

1. I am most definitely in love with General Holden. Yes, he has his flaws, but he is pretty close to perfect.

Plus, he’s so very nice to look at.

2. Roxy and Pamela would be SO much fun to hang out with.

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3. Even with all of her medical issues and the death of her child, Claudia Joy is so sickeningly perfect that it really bugs me.
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Maybe it’s because she’s married to General Holden. Hmm…

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4. If I ever have to see a psychiatrist, I sure hope he looks like Roland.

5. I have a lot of respect for military spouses. I dated a guy in high school who was in the army, and that was hard enough. I have several friends whose husbands are in the military, and I just don’t know how they do it. I think it really takes a special person to be a military wife!

What shows are you watching right now? Link up your tv talk with Neely and Meagan!

Don’t forget to enter my giveaway!

Sorry for the quick video. My brother has moved his XBOX into the living room, and I don’t like an audience when I record my videos, so I had to record while I was home on my lunch break today!

Ok, here is a picture of the things I’m giving away.

1. Anthropologie scarf
2. Forever 21 sunglasses
3. Forever 21 flower clips
4. Picture frame
5. Chocolate recipe book

Kitty cat not included :)

Giveaway Rules:
*Mandatory* Be a follower of this blog (1 entry)

Extra entries:

Follow me on the Twit (1 entry)
‘Like’ Ashley’s Carnival Ride on Facebook (1 entry)
Blog or tweet about my giveaway (3 entries)

You can put all of your entries into one comment!

The giveaway will close next Friday, July 29th at noon.

Now, go enter Kerbi’s giveaway!

Hey y’all!

If you follow me on the Twit, you know I went to a conference yesterday on social media. The speaker gave an overview of five different social media tools, as well as ways to incorporate them into your business marketing.

One thing our speaker asked was do we prefer Facebook or Twitter?

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I think I was one of three people who raised their hand for Twitter.

Had you asked me even a year ago, I probably would’ve said Facebook. I’ve been on Facebook since college and Twitter only for a couple of years, maybe.

Since I started blogging, I’ve been using Twitter a LOT more. I still check Facebook several times a day, but I rarely post anything there.

So what do y’all think? Do you prefer Facebook or Twitter? Has your favorite changed since you started blogging?

*If you’re not on the Twit, you need to sign up immediately! It will change your life!*

(Yes, I totally stole this idea from Neely and Glamour Magazine, but I think they’ll forgive me!)

…To be really excited for a conference on social media, especially when they tell you to bring a laptop. What’s better than a training on Facebook, Twitter, and blogging?

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…To require at least one Sonic Dr. Pepper a day to function.

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…To have a gigantic pile of unread magazines, but be unable to throw any away until they’ve been read.

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…To wish all of your blog friends lived in the same place.

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…To be ridiculously excited about planning a baby shower for your bestie.

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…To spend a week doing nothing but watching Army Wives…

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…and to wish a fictional character was real!

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