catch up!

I think I'm going to start using blogger again, 'cause that's just where all the cool kids are at. And I love stalking keeping up.

My life has been caaaah-raaazzy the past month. I started my first month of nursing school and let me just tell you what I've learned so far.

Yup, that about sums it up.

 I'm very fortunate to already start developing some great friendships. Because now, we're on that level where we can fart around each other and let each other know when they're being bitchy. Really, you can say, "Snap out of it, I know you're stressed." and everything will be okay.

The second week we had a little break and I made my hubby some cake pops to get in the spirit of valentines day and 3 hours later, they turned out fabulous!

When I get some free time next time, I'm going to blog about our amazing trip to St. Lucia for Christmas. I'm just waiting to get our underwater pictures back. And by waiting, I mean take them to get them developed. 

p.s. I'm getting fancy with my MacBook Pro. do ya love my sig?

Blog Make Over

yep, mine got it. As you know I've been bouncing back and forth between this and Word Press. I still can't decide.

But I still wanted to give this old one a face lift, ya heard?!

decisions, decisions.

Okay, let's be honest.  I've been blog cheating. I was blogging on blogger then I stopped. Then I picked back up on another website...ever heard of WordPress? I really want to come back to blogger because everyone I love stalking following is on here. but I love the way wordpress is set up.

My other blog can be read HERE.

Should I stay or should I go?

the love of DIY

Robert and I have a small entry table I bought when we first moved into our apartment.  It was cheap and small, perfect for what we needed at the time.  With fall finally here I made sure I had all my decor out, but our small little entry table wasn't so great anymore. It was full of scarecrows and pumpkins, and no room for keys and sunglasses anymore.  So at the request of my husband, it was time to get a key holder. I looked around at Target and Homegoods, but couldn't find anything in his budget or my style.

It was around this time I also joined Pinterest (worst decision I ever made-seriously ADDICTED) and I noticed a few I liked in the DIY craft section.  Finally, after the last straw I had with my cute little scarecrow falling off the table, I hopped in my car and headed to AC Moore. Thanks to it's a crafty life, I was able to create the cutest key holder that met both my style and his budget :) with my 50% coupon I only spent $6.00. Yes, you read that correctly SIX BUCKS!

Materials

• Unfinished photo frame
• Acrylic paint
• Mug hooks
• Also, a picture design. I made mine on Picnik.com with scrapbook paper as the background picture

Steps

1. Paint your unfinished photo frame desired color. I have a hard time finding my favorite brown, it's a dark dark brown close to espresso. So I mixed chocolate brown and black to achieve my dark brown. 
2. While your paint is drying, create and print out your picture. Choose what moves you!
3. Once frame has dried, pre-drill 3 holes at the bottom of your frame for the hooks
4. Screw hooks in the holes and place in picture
5. hang up, duh

I wish I had taken step by step pictures, but I didn't plan on doing this blog. I just got bored from studying and decided to post ;)

and here it is

I plan on doing more DIY with the holidays coming up. Most of my Christmas gifts will be personal ones I've slaved over and made :) Post soon!

Happy Crafting,
Ashley

Oh, to be a kid again

I remember my childhood like it was yesterday. My older sister and I played out our tapes of the Backstreet Boys until they couldn't be played anymore. We made up dances and plastered our walls with posters, to the point you couldn't even see the white paint on the walls. We wore BSB t-shirts and devoted our lives to the music of these handsome older men. We even had our mother hooked. Every year we went to a BSB concert in Raleigh or Charlotte. My sister being 6 years older than me and me being a 90's baby, she had to introduce me to New Kids on the Block. We had the dolls, bath towels, and even the sheets. That's right, I fell asleep on Jordan Knight's every night :) It was the dream life. How could this end? As I got older, I converted to non boy bands. I still had so much love for the boy bands, but it just wasn't cool anymore. I feel so ashamed to even say that now.

Now, at 20 years old, the boy bands are back and I couldn't be happier. I feel like I'm 5 years old and my sister, mom, and I are just living the good ol' days again. Being the obsessive girl that I am, since all of the music I owend was on tapes, I bought all the albums off iTunes. And I even downloaded Nick Carter's new album "I'm taking off". 

Feeling like a kid again is an understatement. I have seriously slipped back into that state of mind where nothing matters but the love for this music and theses boys. I play it when I'm in the car, when I'm working out, when I'm in the shower, when I'm cleaning...constinuously all day long.  I'm seeing NKOTBSB in Greensboro, NC next month and I'm counting down the days! Clearly, I realize that this are GROWN men now and Nick Carter is no longer that 16 year old blonde headed boy I feel so deep in love with...

But what's wrong with reliving childhood for a summer? Nothing.

I have mixed emotions about this article.  Everyone has their opinion and they are entitled to it and I'm more than open to hearing it. But, the joining of 2 generations at 1 concert, why is this a bad thing? The people who will be going to this concert are probably moms and college students who devote their lives to their family and school work. And maybe even a few younger girls.  This concert is the highlight of our summer, it's our girls night out.  It allows us for one night to slip away from reality and back into our childhood. Regardless of what the intent of the cliche boy band is, doesn't change the fact that it was pure bliss growing up on this music. Who cares? It made me dance like I've never danced before. It brought me and my sister so close. Music can mean one thing to one person and the total opposite to another.

So, I say to you people who agree with the article, including my husband. Let me enjoy my "one night one stage once in a lifetime concert". Let me relieve my childhood and have a blast with my mom. There's nothing wrong with that.