high five for friday

Friday.  I'm so happy to see you. --- =D

Let's make it through this work day and sail on into the weekend.

Because I'm ready for it!

And since it's Friday, that means I'm going to link up with Lauren at From My Grey Desk blog for

highlighting some of the top things from my week.

1.  Got to see this precious little man.

2.  Did some sewing :)

3.  Sewed my first tshirt dress! So proud of myself.

4.  Had one of my most favorite meals this week from Gene's Freeze (a local restaurant).

Two mini cheese burgers and chili cheese tator tots.

My mouth is watering just seeing this picture.

5.  Erica (friend/co-worker) and I went to a small park here in town and had lunch one day.

This cozy little creek was flowing behind us.

One of the most peaceful lunches ever.

Are you linking up with High Five for Friday?

Make sure you do ;) It's lots of fun!

Have a lovely weekend!

my first tshirt dress

Happy one day away from Friday :)

Yesterday I posted some pins of some dress inspiration that I had been drooling over.

Check them out here. Also two cute videos of my nephew.

Well, this weekend I decided I wanted to try to sew me a tshirt dress. 

I thought to myself, "Ashlee, you can totally do this!"

So I set out to Walmart and picked out some fabric and bought a plain white shirt.

{1 yard of fabric $5.44; 1 white shirt $4.48}

After washing & drying my fabric and thinking really hard about how I wanted to do this,

I finally have a finished product. I even was brave enough to wear it to work on Wednesday

and got lots of compliments.  A few people thought it was a skirt.  My mom told me it looked like

I had an apron on! HA!  So let me hear what you guys think! 

*drum roll please*

at my work. picture courtesy of Kelly at Twice as Nice.

and this is what happens when I try to get my boyfriend to take some pictures of me outside.

he gets distracted to easily.

So let me know what you think!

Oh, and any modeling tips you might have. Ha HA!

big boy

Today is actually Oh, How Pinteresting Wednesday which will follow after these two videos. 

I know a mama who is dying to see them I'm sure. Look how big Carter (my nephew) is getting! 

He is rolling on his own now and we had to get documentation of this.

The second video is Mac holding him and we are trying to get him to smile real big, which

doesn't happen because we want him to obviously.

When I pull my camera out, he just stops smiling.

We are Carter crazy :)

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Alright, back to the regular scheduled post of Oh, How Pinteresting Wednesday where

I am linking up with Michelle over at The Vintage Apple.

Over the weekend I decided to make myself a dress so these pins will be

the dresses that I used for inspiration.

1.  Can't wait to make some of these for Summer!

(pinned here)

2.  And this one!

(pinned here)

3.  DIY Kate Middleton dress - Who doesn't want to look like Princess Kate?!

(pinned here)

4.  Love this blog!

(pinned here)

5.  Told you this girl is awesome!

(pinned here)

6.  So cute.

(pinned here)

7.  Love these colors.

(pinned here)

8.  Cute office dress.

(pinned here)

9.  How about a maxi dress?

(pinned here)

10.  Last, but not least.

(pinned here)

I must tell you, I finished my first tshirt dress last night and have it on at work today.

Picture will be revealed tomorrow. :)

Happy Wednesday folks!

john carter jones

So I mentioned yesterday that I got to see/babysit my nephew on Sunday

for a few hours.  We had a great little visit. He was so good!

I can't believe the lil' stinker butt is almost 4 months old.

He's getting SO BIG too!

Ashee loves you John Carter Jones.

Oh, and yes, he is going to call me Ashee, not Ashlee.

We have already been practicing ;)

Video of Carter rolling will be posted tomorrow.

I've been tagged.

Sarah, over at Crazy Beautiful Life, has tagged me in a challenge.

Here are the rules:

•You must post the rules.
•Answer the 11 questions that the tagger posted for you; then create 11 questions to ask the people you’ve tagged.
•Tag 11 people and link them in your post.
•Let them know you have tagged them

Here are the questions Sarah asked with my answers:
{oops, I answered the wrong questions Sarah ;)}

1.  What is your favorite childhood memory?

Going to Nanny & Pa's house.

2.  What time do you go to bed at night?

Usually around 10.

3.  How often do you get your hair cut?

Not that often. About every 6 months. I know, I should do better.

4.  Paper or Plastic?

Whichever.  I always reuse my bags.

5.  What couldn't you live without?

Hello - CARMEX.  My lips would rot off without it.

6.  Are you craftsy?

I pretend to be.

7.  Where is your favorite place?

Monkey Bluff - Monroe County, KY 

Look at that view.

8.  What is your favorite color?

Blue - you can tell by looking at my closet lol!

9.  Are you left or right handed?

Right.

10.  What is your favorite blog to read?

Way too many to list.  I can't choose just one.

11.  Why is it your favorite?

They all offer different qualities that make them my favorite!

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Now it's my turn to ask the questions!

1.  Have you ever been to Kentucky?

2.  Are you chasing your dreams?

3.  What is your most hated chore?

4.  What's your favorite song?

5.  If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?

6.  Do you get mistaken for a celebrity? If so, who?

7.  Do you visit PerezHilton.com?  (Guilty party here)

8.  What was the last book you read?

9.  Were you named after anyone?

10.  Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?

11.  Where's Waldo?

Hmm... Who to tag?!

How about:

1.  Hali, my sister

2.  Courtney B @ Eric and Courtney

3.  Courtney @ Courtney*Cakes

4.  Elise @ Sparkle at Twenty Something

5.  Ashley @ The Sweet Life

6.  Dayna @ Pearls, Curls, & All Things Southern

7. Michelle @ Mixin' it up with DaPerfect Mix

8.  Cindy @ Notes in the Key of Life

9.  Shelby @ One Glance Fashion

10.  Ashleigh @ Waking Up In Vegas

11.  Kim @ A Bluegrass Girl's Blog

Hope ya'll will play along!

I had lots of fun answering my questions.

Thanks Sarah!!

Smell The Roses :)

Hey there Monday!

This weekend flew by and now it's back to the grind stone.

The weekend was SO lovely.  I hit up some Zumba and got a great sweat in. It felt so good!  We took the usual trip to Walmart and spent some quality time with my nephew. 

Videos & pics to come later on in the week :)

This Monday I've decided to link up with Jessica at Lovely Little Things blog for her link up

Want to know more about it, go here.

This week's task was to do something that is unique to where you live,
with the purpose being to appreciate it.

I was born and raised in a VERY small town (population approximately 1500) with only
one stop light besides the blinking caution light at the 4 way stop on the square.
We have two chain restaurants: McDonalds & Pizza Hut; a mexican restaurant
& a few hometown places to eat.
There are two grocery stores, couple of gas stations, Family Dollar, and
our local Wal-mart, which is actually the Dollar General Market. ha ha!
Very small town here people!
So trying to think of some where unique was quite hard.
BUT, I did think of some people who were unique that came from my hometown!!!

Enter: THE KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS!!

Yup, I'm from the good ol' town that the Kentucky Headhunters are from.
Surely you have heard of them right?
Doesn't this song ring a bell?

Well, if you haven't heard of these guys, you are missing out!

They can rock out with the best of 'em!

So, check them out!

And don't forget to check out Jessica over at Lovely Little Things :)

Have a great week!

high five for friday!

This has been a pretty good week and it being Friday makes it even better!

Looking forward to a great weekend!

We've had a couple changes in our home this week.

Mac took a new job that he is SO excited about and I couldn't be more happier for him.

Mac, if you're reading this, you are going to OWN that job! ;)

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I'm linking up with Lauren over at From My Grey Desk blog for her weekly link up

Now let's get to my top 5 things from this week:

1.  I decided to become a dot.com.

I know my blog is not very established, but I've always thought it would be awesome

to have your own space on the web, so I took the plunge this week.



2.  The trees in my yard are really blooming out.

They are so pretty.  I've been told the one on the left is a Dogwood. Not sure about the right one.
{correction: the one on the left is a Redbud, the right one is possibly a Dogwood}

3.  Had a glass bottle Coca-Cola from the lil' country grocery in my neighborhood.

This is the BEST kind of Coca-Cola.

4.  Brutus winked at me!

5.  Sarah from Crazy Beautiful Life brought me some

beautiful jewelry she made.  I absolutely LOVE this owl necklace.

(Sarah, I promise I will get a better picture)

Happy Hunger Games weekend!

I think someone needs to take me to see it ;)

Sing it with me...

ashleenikol ... DOT ... COOOMMMM

Eeeekkkkk (me screaming with excitement)!!!

I've now become a dot.com.

See?

I'm sorry that's so small,

let me blow it up for you :)

I never in my life thought I'd have my own domain.

Dreams really do come true huh?

I can't wait to see what my future holds with my lil' blog.

I've loved everything about blog land so far.

You guys out there have made this a blast for me!

Thank you so much!!

Hope you stick around until forever :)

pinterest love

I'm running late on this gorgeous Wednesday.

Better late than never though, right?

At least that's what I think in some cases.

This Wednesday I'm back to linking up with Michelle over at The Vintage Apple for

Want to see what I've been pinning?

Well... I can tell ya, it's not been much.

But I'll see what I can do.

1.  Now this is some nail art that I can handle!

(pinned here)

2.  In Honor of The Hunger Games Week :)

May the odds be ever in your favor.

(pinned here)

3.  Summer socks -- LOVE this idea for cracked heels.

(pinned here)

4.  Anyone out there tried this?

I'd love to know if it works.

(pinned here)

5.  Would love to try this tutorial!

(pinned here)

6.  Ah, love this dress!

(pinned here)

7.  Sad to say, this is me. :)

I'm a computer geek.

(pinned here)

Not hardly 10 pins.

Sorry guys.  I've slacked on Pinterest this week.

I can't wait to share a surprise with you later on this week!!

Happy Hump Day!~