i just wanna look at my face right now.

FaceTime its a great invention.

callie and i had a lengthy convo tonight. 

the roads were too slick to drive to each other.

we had to hang out through technology.

we had fun.

at least i did.
joke's on you callie.

christmas is in 2 weeks.

i applied to USU today.

callie and i want to live here. 

we might get bed bugs.
but at least we'll have a cute door.
preferably the purple or yellow one.

i discovered i'm pretty great at tiger woods golf.

if i was wearing my golf shorts i would have been even better.

if anyone wants a challenge I'm up for it.

its too cold for shorts. 

boo. snow sucks.

i'm going to watch Once Upon A Time because 

i don't' have to be anywhere until 2 pm tomorrow. 

here's to finals week.

before i do responsible adult things i thought i'd post about some childish not so responsible things.

lately its been busy.
with school, work, and people.
people not so much this week though.

the days are getting longer,

the nights are getting shorter.

finals for me are this week and next week. 

gross.

i feel that my sense of humor is growing.

i'm starting to catch on with the trends.

i went shopping in a real store today.

i purchased three shirts. these three shirts.

the bottom right one is actually coral. couldn't find a pic of it. 

i also went to waffle love.

thats it! if you see them, stop.

probably the best place ever.
go check them out.
they look even better in the daylight.

we got the same thing. callie. look at the camera. :)

the usual. liege waffle with nutella and strawberries.

their apple cider is lovely.

callie and i did.

spoiler alert...

see this beauty?

i'm getting it for christmas.
my lovely talented mother said she would make it for me.
i couldn't be more excited.
herringbone.
brilliant.
really i just needed a break from my ethics paper.
its making me feel guilty.
i have approximately 6 packages coming to my house within the next 10 days.
i'm writing a paper about excess consumption.....
on the upside, i'll have lots of personal stories.
my computer battery has an hour and twenty minutes remaining.
better hurry....

whats on your repeat?

this is on mine.

i'm in love.

monday..

everything is covered in snow.

it makes me want christmas.

so i decided to wear my christmas sweater.

and parka. with a hood. 

i feel like playing in the snow.

and drinking nutella cocoa.

and the weight gain begins....

the trip was supposed to be short.

we walked in to the local Walgreens around the corner.

we were on a quest for tissues.

while on the paper goods isle i got to thinking.

'ashley, halloween is almost over. 

then thanksgiving. 

then christmas. 

you can make it a month more.'

i didn't even believe myself....

we got what we wanted,

not necessilary what we came for,

and headed to the register.

in the middle of the isle was a bin full these...

i gasped. 

the cashier grabbed the phone preparing to call 911.

cadbury balls had come back into my life.

earlier than expected too!

i only had about 10. 

my tummy isn't used to this goodness so early in the season.

i will slowly have to build my tolerance.

if you need me i'll be in my room. 

eating my cadbury christmas balls.

"you've been hazed."

it snowed.

i almost cried.

not because its cold.

or because i hate snow.

although i do...

but because golf season is over.

(at least for a few days thanks to utah weather)

since school sucks

& pinterest and daily grace take up most of my free time

i don't get to blog often.

i've decided to write all
(okay not all. we would be here for a long. long. long time.)
the random facts about my person
(or you could just say they're dumb things i do)
on here today.

1. i always use my pointers and thumbs to differentiate from my left and right. the backwards "L" doesn't even register in my mind. but i can't figure it out without my fingers..

2. spoons suck. i suppose you could say that Liam Payne and i are meant to be for this reason.

I like how harry isn't wearing pants...

3. i will never eat meat that is still on the bone again.. gross.
4. i probably just won't eat ribs period.

5. online shopping is my preference.
6.  but i hate paying for shipping.

7. when i watch movies alone i turn on subtitles. (because nobody else in the world likes them apparently)

8. paint always smells good.

9. lake water is disgusting. 

10. i'm grumpy in the mornings.
11. and when i'm hungry.

12. i decided today that i don't have too much of a bubble, which means that i need to live in london where nobody has bubbles. 

13. looking at the stars is always fun.

14. sometimes i bark at people. its normal.

15. i only read romantic novels.

16. i almost tripped 2 times today. that was embarrassing.

17. i love institute. now.

18. most the time i don't even know what i'm talking about.

the biebs. why not one direction?

at kohl's today i saw this.

then i opened it up. while he sang "baby" to me. and i saw this.

classic.

ha. recorded this a while ago.

brooks and ella.

when you can hardly hear them they're whispering to each other.

i think its hilar.

please excuse my lack of editing. 

nobody taught me how.

then the other day i saw this.

someone in this world who lives by the provo library is clever.

i know terrible quality. it says "He-Man Woman Haters Club" 

as a wifi name? who'da thought?! lovely.

heres a taste of utah fall time.

i probably could edit these but i'm quite lazy.

plus. its 10.23.

oh and i can't forget.

BYU football.

love. it.

game this friday. 

ps.

my friend is getting married in a year and a half. 

thats my prediction at least.

who knows.

they held hands on the first date.

he's an rm.

she's studying to get her mrs.

they're meant to be.

heres a pic from the game.

oh. and listen to one direction.

i'm on another obsessive wave.

it was just a little ripple for a while.

now its a wave again.

if any of you lovely people have ideas for what we could do at their upcoming concert to get their attention, we will take any help we can get.

so far we are taking a 12 year olds idea.

"will one of you be my first kiss?"

callie will be holding this. 

or emily. depends.

kinda weird if em did though, not gonna lie.

prolly callie.

help.

i might go crazy.

this is how i like to deal with stress.

shopping.

online.

real life shopping is awful.

after purchasing way too many items online i've decided to give myself a.....

debit card detox.

it is so hard.

thankfully i haven't found any screaming deals to tempt me too much.

its just the thought that counts. 

i'm only doing it for a month. 

after that i need to do some christmas shopping.

whether for myself or others, that does not matter.

suffer with me, if you would like. 

save some money for a trip to europe!

or something else fun.

maybe a ticket to the one direction concert.

whatever strikes your fancy.

heres to the debit card detox.

i should be studying right now...

sociology test in 4 hours and 10 minutes
i'm blogging in the hallways of uvu.

the man across from me has his feet up on his chair.

"i'll look at men however i want to thank you very much"

he says in his feminine voice.

only at uvu.

found this this morning,
made my day.

enjoy it. i know you will.

a woman making crazy faces at her probably fake baby just walked past.

i could go into work early, but who would ever do that?
not this girl.

i received my boots yesterday. 

i'm just waiting for it to be cold enough to wear them now.

probably in october i'll wear them no mads what.

the gay man is wearing biker short spandex. lovely.

byu plays again tonight.

lets hope the outcome and game is better than it was last week.

i feel like it should be the weekend.

every day feels like it should be the weekend.

some man just got attacked in the hall. 

by his friends.

no need to worry. 

e'ery day i get a little bit more excited for july 25th.

torture for me is watching a  one direction concert

without sound.

yes their faces are enough.

but its not the same.

i'm dying. 

September is the worst month.

Good news. My favorite woman is starting to teach an aerobics class.
I didn't think i could love her more but i was wrong.
We will be doing moves like this.
But don't be intimidated-
we hardly ever look like that.

Football season has begun after long anticipation.

BYU has won the 2 games they have played.

They play Utah on saturday. 

at utah. lame.

it will be a good game. 

[this man sitting across from me just checked out his own muscles.

maybe thats what men do. who knows.]

I have a new sunburn. from the game on saturday.

looks like short season is over for me.

i have an awful tan line and it has no intention of being fixed this year. 

too bad. its still hot outside. 

i plan on making this snowflake.

lovely isn't it?

i dropped my math class. 

i was told that math 1050 is the most failed class at uvu.
due to the teachers.
i have since decided to take that class either at byu during the fall, summer or online.
hopefully it works.
math sucks.
nobody will ever use it in normal life.

I need to golfing. before the snow comes.

my calluses are gone. thats never a good sign.

so this is love...

and go smolder. 

they're lovely.

paris is always a good idea.

sometimes i just want to escape.
escape school.
escape work.
escape life.
escape decisions.
escape expectations.
escape to somewhere far away.
like paris. or london.

i received a letter from brianna. 

written on monday, sent on tuesday.

at the bottom she sent a quote.

"There is no fog so dense, 

no night so dark, 

no gale so strong, 

no mariner so lost

 but what the lighthouse of the Lord can rescue. 

it beckons through the storms of life. 

it calls, 'tho way to safety. this way to home.' 

it sends forth signals of light easily seen & never failing. 

if followed, those signals will guide you back to your heavenly home."  

-President Monson April 2012

great quote. especially right now. 

there is no way she could have known what was going on here at home to send that quote to us.

the holy ghost must have been working on her to help us out. 

i know heavenly father is looking out for us. 

wanna learn more? go here.

&........

oh and a happy birthday shout out to....
the man, the myth, the legend.
Liam Payne.
happy birthday kiddo.
sorry i didn't get you a captain america cake.
(cuz he's cooler than batman.)
to celebrate i will not be using spoons.
it's also my friend brady's birthday on friday.
wouldn't it be nice to share a birthday week with a one direction boy?!
this is adorable. listen.
apparently she said yes.
i miss my long hair.
e'ery day.

its been a while.

things are cray cray.
friends are moving away.
friends are moving in.
school is overtaking my life.
as well as work.

today was a good day.

then a bad day.

then a good day.

my sociology teacher is asian.
it brings back good high school memories.
fong.
they're basically the same person.
my interior design class is great.
got me pumped about my soon to be major.
thats when things went down hill.

i learned that the interior design program at byu idaho has been canceled.

awesome.

that put a damper on my plans for the future.

i've yet to decide what to do now.

then i saw my long lost friend, Emily Schramm.

at yogurtland.

i should have known. ha.

we chatted. 

she's leaving me as well.

maybe my panties are just in a wad
but this year isn't going to be as fun as i expected.
oh well.

i'm considering changing my blog name to

624 degrees celsius.

idk if thats hot or cold.

but i like it.

its random. 

in the meantime,
enjoy this song.
its lovely.

new.

new school.

new year.

new ambitions.

new me.

work out websites & healthy smoothies will be my new thing.

blogging is going to be done in spare time.

i will be at work and school from approximately 8-5.
full time plus student/employee. sort of.

things i learned at education week will be implemented into my routines.

i will tell myself that i love my job.

that i love school.

in time... i will.

it will be great.

i believe in positive thinking.

maybe i'll find a new name for my blog.

it is desperately needed.

in the meantime.

say hi to tom daley.
Britain's hottest diver.

taste.love.crave.

no money equals...

home made clothes.
one of our bucket list items is:

"make a shirt representing each of the 1D men."

say hello to louis.

mine. i love it.

callies. she loves hers. i love it too.

and here's niall.

mine. the bow tie was painted gold. ador.

callies. her bow tie is red. awesome.

we have sort of put off the others.

they're a bit more difficult.

taste. love. crave.

tacos are always the answer.

an update of the last few weeks. or month i suppose.
a picture is worth a thousand words.
and i figure nobody really likes reading.

the N is backwards. oh the world we live in...

it's gone. i miss it. i'll never make that mistake again.

meet Mimi. (also known as Mila)

brooks. (and my new undies from britain.) he's adorable. (so are they)

great quote i found. i'll make it one day.

found this pretty building in salt lake.
we were going to Pres. Monson's birthday party.
it was great.

brigham city temple open house. gorgeous. i love it. 

 well other than those things........

school starts in a week.

my job starts on monday.

i'm working in the finanancial aid office.

call me if you want.

i'm working with my 2 cousins. it should be fun.

although...

i dont want to go to either.
i'm scared for college.
i'm scared for my job.

i spent 200 dollars on textbooks.

i know what its like to be a poor college student.

i hope "no social life" doesn't set in soon.

not like i have much of one anyway.

i did play night games tonight.

with people that are too old for me.

too bad.

singles ward is interesting.

but fun.

put your worries away...

there's a light at the end of the tunnel. 

got'cha.

i feel like my best friend is moving away.

she sort of is.

just for 2 weeks.

we're working on our buckey list.

pictures to document the occasion.

really the only bucket list item was the people bus. 

that's jef's company. from the bachelorette. 

i hope he wins. 

tour de london anyone?

recycle karma. someone has some bottled up feelings.

me and jef's bus.

callie and her dream man's bus.

louis tomlinson's family business... or something.

God bless America.

the sun's still shining.

i did many things today.

-chopped my hair. literally. 

its length was at my belly button.

now its barley past my chin. 

-went to see incredible spiderman

it was okay.

avengers is better. 

-looked up hairstyles for my short hair.

-watched 8 episdoes of vampire diaries.

stefan is very very easy on the eyes.

-checked my fav blogs.

where i found this.

in a round about way.

adorable isn't it.

my 18th birthday is in a few days.

it will probably be spent watching vampire diaries,

eating ice cream,

listening to one direction and lennon & maisy,

and pinning endlessly.

maybe i'll work on my bffaeutsgdawmod's birthday present.

(that means (i just made it up) best friend forever and ever until the sun goes down and we meet one direction)

oh. and i'm really hoping this is real. 

but unfortunately i don't think it is. 

growing up../#12

having a job sucks.
i sure hope my paychecks make it okay.

i'm in training for 8 days.
waking up at 7.13 to get ready.

class starts at 9.
15 minute break at 10.30.
30 minute lunch at 12.30.
15 minute break at 3.
released at 5.

thank goodness i have stephanie (an oremite)
& johanna (a sweed).

oh and barb. she's funny.
i'll post some of the things she's said later.

i suppose this could count as number 12. "describe a typical day in your current life."
because this is all i do. i'm going to count it.

#7.

"what is your dream job, and why?"

wedding planner/interior designer.

i just decided this today.

well that's a lie.

i wanted to be an interior designer forever ago.

then i switched to a wedding planner.

then i changed to maybe like a marriage therapist kind of woman.

but then i changed my mind back to an interior designer today.

then i decided i wanted to be a wedding planner too.

so why not both?

i've decided these careers because i love them both.

i love weddings. a celebration of love. what could be better?

interior design because its creating a space where memories will be made.

i know that people aren't going to remember what kind of lights were hanging from the ceiling 

or the fabric of the curtains in their bedroom

some might not even remember the color of the walls.

but they all create a feeling that will assist in the making of memories.

same goes for weddings.

i love them both. i want to love my job. so i will do those for my job.

#17.

"what is the thing you most wish you were great at?"


being clever/witty/random.
ha i'm not very clever. ever.
thats something i wish i was better at.
i was going to say writing, but then i decided if i was clever it would make my writing better as well.
they go hand in hand.
when i see posts/tweets like this....
"lennonandmaisy ‏@lennonandmaisy

We're in the middle of nowhere so if I take 13 steps to the left, lick my pinky, say pajamas 3x fast and sneeze... we might get signal lol"

it makes me a bit jealous knowing  that i would have never thought to lick my pinkie, sneeze and say pajamas to get my phone to work.

(p.s. these girls are adorable. follow them.)

#19.

"if you could live anywhere where would it be and why?"

i decided to do this one because that's what i've been deciding all day.

this is the most beautiful place i have ever laid eyes on.

(well one of them)

it's close to a golf course (which is always a bonus).

it has tons of charm.

the people most likely have accents.

it's old fashioned.

it's called Castle Combe.

yup. in the UK.

rest your eyes on this baby.

i'm in love.

the club house/hotel/restaurant/wedding venue
right out of a movie.

i love it here.
if anyone is in town while i'm there drop me a line.

i'll let you stay at my house. 

can we just talk about this for a second?

adorable.

check out their other videos too.

i'm going to heaven.

Sem sem graduation was today.
we sang a song. the efy medly.
it was good.
speakers were funny.
missed the lunar eclipse.
no big.
here are some pics to prove to ya'll that i am a graduated woman.
one step in the direction of attending the singles ward.
hallelujah.

this here is the lovely karalynn. love her. with all my heart. bless her heart. 

meet ethan. we're getting married. or so everyone says. he's great. his watch matches his tie.

it was swell. i didn't trip as i walked across the stage.
just stood there awkwardly for a minute.
countdown: 4 days of school left. (that i will be attending. there are more but i don't see the need to go)

sometimes i want to be a southerner.

i want to say these phrases. 

&

help me out?

i feel like i want to say ya'll too.

its almost like trying to speak Spanish with an American accent.

people can tell i'm a white girl that has no idea what she's saying.

it would be the same if i tried to speak Southern.

guess where...

when the day is rainy you can find me.....

here.
the library.
gloomy days and good books go well together.

mothers day

mothers day is a rough holiday.

i never know what to do or get my mom. 

she doesn't need anything or want anything. she's mom!

We made her a card. it said:

"Happy Mothers Day!!

Thank you for everything you do for our family. to show our appreciation and to give you a break we have compiled a list of things we will be doing each day of this week.

Monday: clean the kitchen.

Tuesday: be your chauffer.

Wednesday: cook your dinner.

Thursday: give you motherly advice.

Friday: let you go on a date and wait up for you to get home.

Saturday: go out and do something you love.

You always do these things for us so its time the tables turn. we really appreciate all that you do. we love you so much! 

<3 the fam."

I love you mom!

sometimes i drool okay?

okay here's the story.
setting: me on the computer looking for pictures of the one and only harry styles for a project.
story: dad walks in, looks at the computer.
"be careful now, liquids aren't good for the keyboard or computer."

good one dad. good one.
you try looking at millions of pictures of him and not drooling.
good luck.

don't worry. its normal.

all the other girls were jealous

i was at a jazz game. i went to find my seat, for i was alone you see.
my friend was supposed to come but she came down with a bad case of the i-hate-ashley's.
so she didn't come.
i spotted my seat and a cute blonde boy sitting in the one next to mine.

Niall in sunglasses = Greek God.

i took a seat and asked how he was doing.
"i'm grand! how are you?"
i answered. told him my name. he told me his.
how had i not realized it before?!
my mind was telling me it couldn't be true so my eyes wouldn't believe it
until i heard his glorious accented voice speak the word.
"niall."
we chatted.
he pointed out something to our right (he was to my left convienently)
while pointing he smoothly rested his arm around my shoulders.
i stopped breathing.
i don't remember exactly how it happened, for i was still in recovery from the previous move.
he held my hand.
me?
dead.
after a minute.
kiss.
woke me right up. (prince charming? what?)
now here's the weird part.
his lips turned to black man lips.
weird?
obviously.
did i kiss him anyway?
of course.
after the game ends we go to buy tickets for the next game (because thats how things worked in my dream)
the drooling girls are trying to get tickets next to him.
who gets the ticket next to him?
i do.
why?
cuz he bought it for me. (the girls were jealous)

the end.
wierdest/second best dream ever?
quite possibly.
why is it the second best?
i had a first best a while ago. maybe i'll post about it next.

i'm responsible...

wednesday was a hectic day.
i didn't feel like doing much of anything.
so i sent my mother this text message.
it said,
"I thought i would inform you of my responsible decision.
Due to my overload of homework and other assignments, my desire to not be lonely [because none of my friends were going], and the pain i experience when a 17 pound robe is placed on my shoulders [i got sunburned again... oops], i have made a responsible decision to not attend the optional choir festival today.
instead i will be spending my time doing seminary make up [i have 7 tardies that need to be made up. stinkin first period sem sem], my writers technique notebook, writing an essay, and reading a book. (just to name a few).
thank you for your consideration of not being mad at me seeing as i am almost an adult who makes responsible decisions to accommodate what she feels best.
as you said, i need to focus on my academic grades rather than extra curricular activities."
she wasn't "mad" she was "dissapointed."
pff.
i thought i was persuasive.
i dislike choir.
i try to skip school as much as possible to avoid the loony bin.

p.s. what the heck happened to summer?
someone bring it back to me please!

completed.

i can now say my life is complete.

after:

driving to salt lake at 1.30 in the morning;

facing ferocious grizzly bears;

taking turns sleeping in the car;

freezing half to death;

sitting on hard cement (for 3 hours);

playing the crown card game;

chatting with not very big fans;

the doors finally opened.

we were worried at first.

our closest bet was 125.

the nice man in the blue came to our rescue.

in his hand he held three tickets.

what did the tickets say?

5th ROW BABY!

best.

day.

ever.

next best day will be

25 July 2013.