happy new year =)

I'm sorry I missed my Pinterest top ten post yesterday, but I'm off work for 4 days and I'm living it up!!! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! 

See ya back here in 2012 ;)

~ashlee

Wow, Christmas is over and another year is nearly gone.  I can't believe how fast it has flown by.  When I was in school, years seemed to creep by sooo slow, but now, if you blink twice you will miss one. 

So did everyone have a great Christmas?  Mine sure was.  It was really busy too!  So busy that I was embarrassed forgot to show you my REAL Christmas tree.  Here it is, my lil' Charlie Brown tree:  {please refrain all laughter}

We learned our lesson about having a real tree.  I undressed it last night and WHAT A MESS!!!!  It took me 45 minutes to vacuum those needles up.  The whole time I was thinking to myself "never again". 

Want to know/see my favorite thing from Christmas?  Getting to spend time with my nephew & all of my family :)

The rest of my weekend was spent going to see Alvin & the Chipmunks, Chipwrecked {which was SO CUTE, laughed all the way through it}, putting all of our gifts away, & a little bit of sewing.  I had a small amount of this fabric left and thought I'd use it to make a keychain.  What do you think?  I love it!  I didn't have any matching ribbon, but this blue looks just fine to me.  I followed this tutorial -- it was really easy.  I'd say more of these will be in my future!   

Until next time...

~ashlee



Pinterest Top Ten -- Christmas Edition

Happy Friday!  It's time for the Pinterest Top Ten with myself and Kelly Jo over at Takin' Time To Smell The Roses and today is ALL things CHRISTMAS!  After all, it will be here in less than two days.

So here are my favorites =)

 

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1. Mint serving tray.  This is SO cool!  How did anyone ever think of it?!

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2.  Dollar Tree Christmas plate.  So cute!

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3.  Wish I was talented enough to do this.

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4. Yummy!

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5.  Cute lil' snowmen!


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6.  Christmas card idea!  {sorry it's so funny looking :(}


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7.  Paper star wreath. 


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8.  How about a little humor?  Now this is FUNNY!


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9.  Cute ornament wreath!  Need this to be on my Christmas to-do list for next year!


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10.  Elf on the shelf.  I'm loving this idea and I can't wait to get to do it myself some day! :)

There ya have it!  =) 

I'd just like to wish you and yours a very, Merry Christmas! 

~ashlee

first Christmas with Carter :)

  

On Sunday, December 18th, we had our first family Christmas with John Carter (my nephew).  He made his first outing to Cracker Barrel and was on his BEST behavior!

carter & i

After eating, we headed back to my sister's to open gifts.  Carter got to open his gifts (I mean Hali & Cory got to open them)! Look how excited she is!!  LOL

hali

 He LOVED them all, can't you tell?

Little booger slept right through it all.

aunt ashee (spelled this way intentionally ;))& carter

macryan & myself - opening some $$$

pa & carter -- "let's show aunt ashlee how to do this!" words from Pa.

macryan opening his "spirits" - ha!



hali & her massage!

cory & his UK jacket

Can't wait to see more of this lil' man!!

Looking forward to Christmas 2011 =)

~ashlee

Pinterest Top Ten!!

Woot, woot, so HAPPY it's FRIDAY!!  And you know what Friday means.....  it means that I'm teaming up with Kelly Jo over at Takin' Time To Smell The Roses and letting you in on my favorite top ten from Pinterest this week.

Let's get it started!

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1.  Gift card in a mason jar snow globe.  How cute is this?  I hope to use this idea with a couple gift cards I've got to buy!

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2. This cracks me up!

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3.  Love this pillow.

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4. CHEVRON.  It's sucking me in.

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5.  Hunter boots -- need to check these out.

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6. Chicken bacon wraps. Yummy.

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7.  Silverware Starburst.  This would be so awesome in a kitchen.

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8.  Homemade cinnamon apple sauce ornaments!

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9. Breathtaking.

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10.  This describes me to a T.

There ya go -- my top ten for the week :) 

Have a good weekend, I know I will... I'm seeing my nephew in a few hours and celebrating with a few Christmas dinners/parties this weekend & a special graduation party!

~ashlee

sad, sad day ...

My day is going to be SO long, you have no idea.  I've lost my best friend ..... CARMEX!



I absolutely love this stuff.  I apply every morning after brushing my teeth, reapply after breakfast, reapply before lunch, reapply after lunch.. and well you get the jist of it. 

LUCKILY, I found an old tube in my purse that has been completely squeezed out, so I cut the bottom of it off and WAAA LAAAHHH, I've got a little bit of my best friend for the rest of the day!  :)

Happy Wednesday!

~ashlee

Pinterest Top Ten "Fav Friday"

It's Friday again and I'm back with my Top Ten fav's from Pinterest.  My friend, Kelly Jo and myself have started this little series for Fridays, so make sure to keep checking back :)  This is our second week and so far I am loving it.  Here we gooo...

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1. Peanut Butter Brown Buckeye Cupcakes - WOW, these things look delicious!

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2.  I love pancakes!  I usually have at least one a week.  I've had TWO so far this week.  This is such a great idea!!  Put your pancake mix in a ketchup bottle.

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3.  Write on jar with glue gun, then spray paint!  I did this with a spagetti jar so I will try to get a pic posted of my finished product.

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4.  Make a ruffle shirt from a plain button up shirt.  I definitely want to try this.

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5.  Ruffle shower curtain.  Love the yellow & ruffles.

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6.  Tom's flats, Spring 2012 -- These are soo cute!

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7.  LOVE this nail polish color.

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8.  This scarf is beautiful.

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9.  Thinking about making some of these bows.

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10.  Is this awesome or what?!

There ya have my top ten for the week!  Make sure to scroll back to the top and check out Kelly's page.  Have a great weekend :)

~ashlee

john carter jones

I'm finally getting back to you with my new nephew :)  Gosh, he is sooo cute, sweet, handsome, every good word you can possibly think of, he is!  Tuesday, December 6th, was a LONG day.  My sister, Hali, was induced that morning around 5:00am and he wasn't born until 6:14pm. 

Welcome John Carter Jones (aka Carter) <3  8lbs 7 oz & 20 1/2 inches long

Congrats Hali & Cory!!!

Carter, you are the fruit to my loom :) 

~ashlee

auntie ashlee

I'm scheduled to become an Auntie tomorrow, December 6, 2011 to a nephew!!  More to come soon :)

~ashlee

Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree...

So, we get our pretty, white Christmas tree down from the attic on Thanksgiving weekend and a mouse has PEED all over it!!  Yes, you read that right.  A mouse peed all over my white Christmas tree making it yellow and stink reallllly bad.  It went straight to the trash can!  Bye bye favorite white Christmas tree.  :(

Today we set out on an adventure to find us a REAL Christmas tree!!!!!!  WHAT?!  I never thought I'd have a real tree in the house.  BUT, this year we are!  While we were out looking for our tree, you will never guess what happened........

Yup, we lost the whole tire & wheel off the 4~wheeler.  Mac & the dogs walked back home and got the Rhino and some wrenches and come back to the rescue!  I mean who else does this happen to?!

We finally found the tree we wanted, so Mr. Paul Bunyon (aka Mac) chopped it down.  During this, Mac was saying "No pictures", but I took some anyway! 

Soon after this, we lost our puppy, Boone, in the woods and had to walk around for about 15 minutes looking for him.  He gets a little side tracked when he's sniffing a new area. 

We finally headed back with our tree in tow, gave it a little wash, dried it out, and after MANY splinters, I think we will be able to put it up one day this week.  I'll definitely be back with a picture of it when it's finished! 

Have a great week!
~ashlee