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it's 5 o'clock somewhere...so head on over to the BAR at http://www.polkadotpotato.com/ and grab up some good ole' Krystal Hartley goodiez...here is my latest .... krystal's designz ROCK as all of you know and she has taken our funkiness and designed kits inspired by US....this page is done with inspired by {ashli} and inspired by {rachel} and oh my blog header...inspired by {hannah} mer's PRECIOUS dollbaby girl!

love y'all.............head over to the bar...guaranteed to not have ANY adverse affects on ya in the morning...

weekend craziness

well hello....this weekend was birthday extravaganza...we got to go the the WIggly Play Center..for Reece Tate's 4th birthday party..it was too fun! My kids LOVED it...they had a blast! Kane finally warmed up to the really TALL slide..and of course..i forgot HUnter's socks..and remembered mine..so had to give hers mine..and blah blah blah..anyways..when it came time to RESCUE my frazzled little 3 year old at the very top..i had to send in reinforcements

afterwards...we went out to eat with jaime and c-bear...la hacienda..YUM! hello tableside guacamole........holy COW how many WW points was that meal?! i DID drink a diet coke with it though..does that COUNT for anything?!

Thursday night..mom, dad, kevin and I began dismantling miss hunts room...piece by piece and dad cut in as mom and i began rolling on some valentine pink..........first coat..in between VIOLENT storms...second coat FRIDAY....final touches...Saturday....we worked FOREVER on that room...........but OH my GOSh..was it WORTH it or WHAT! We blindfolded hunt and had her come in....mom and i watch just a TEENSY bit too much HGTV...the room alone only two cans of paint.......pretty HOT..we had the rest! WOHOO! We have decided to start it as a business this whole designing thing...........we have decided that our fee is $850,000...and you have to buy the supplies...........so feel free to call...

**************************we are NEVER painting AGAIN******************************

hunt's birthday *family* party was today.......oh my gosh.............it was soo nice! small crowd, good food..and lots of laughs! Great that everyone enjoyed theirselves so much! i TOTALLY would have loved for someone to have caught some FOOTAGE of my cleaning FRENZY today... it was UNREAL! i was flying back and forth, room to room..cleaning here and there.......and then in the end just heaving all teh leftover JUNK in the laundry room! after the party..i was ExHaUsTed....so i crashed on the couch on top of my clean laundry! NICE! My husband woke me up to show me that Walk the Line was on.............LOVE THAT moVIe!

busy week.............big wedding invite order to finish up on...getting close to putting them together :) YEAH! lots of happenings at school..........and GRey's AnaTomY returns...HOLLA! Oh..and i am going to be taking my sis in law's preggo photos..i can't WAIT..b/c i finally got photoshop elements 6.................staples had it on sale...wohoo...another thing that they had on sale was a laptop bag..and since my trusty TLC bag BROKE with my computer IN IT..i decided on a pleather doozie..that was only $5.50........................oh yes, it is not SHABBY at all either! love it!

well, i better buzz..... thanks for reading this craziness.............i am SURE it was just what you wanted to do with your time :) love.ash

ps.......leave me some LOVE..remember..i am needy and require comments.......... :)

it's meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

*****6 years ago today..i would be holding and gazing at my beautiful baby girl in total AWE**** Kevin and i CaN'T believe that SHE is already six....her birthday was a fun day though...lots of love for that precious little chicka...and of course for kaney walter too...........what a doll he is! i so need to post some pics*******************************kev and i are SOOO bleSSed!******

ok friends...well, i have been a teeny bit busy....just WORKING away with the FABULOUS kits from the talented miss KRYSTAL HARTLEY for our digital design team's latest releases...taking care of my precious and SICK EVERY TIME THE WIND CHANGES two children.....dealing with the love hate hate relationship i have with TLC...might i add..i am no longer an advisor..not sure what i actually am.....taking ALL the pillows off ALL the beds in the house and couches and throwing them in the hallway EVERY time a storm blows up because they have ALL had tornadoes in them it seems...just lucky for us..none have dropped out of the sky!! YEAH!

Since the last time i have chatted it up with y'all....i have also decided to join our church choir..which ROCKs..it is known as ONE VOICE..i am excited about it ..seriously these people BRING it...8:15 mass is packed now because they are GReAT...i am going to hang back and not bust out any crazy tunes JUST yet...but...you can bet that everyone will hear me belting it out :) and it will make my grandmama so proud...so that is one main reason i will do it :) see..i am a nice lil' girl...

ok.................back to more of what's up...............i have a NEW beSt FrIEnD....jon and kate and their 8 kids..they don't know it but i am their BIGGEST fan...seriously probably not..but when i am cleaning (RARELY) or doing laundry (even MORE RARE) i am like oh my GOSH....how does that woman DO IT...........i wish that she had a blog because she sTrAiGhT cracks me UP! i LOVE them....he is hilarious..the looks he gives her when she gives him the bizness...just MAKES me hoWL...they are amazing...i hope that show is on forever..i am QUITE attached to those kids!

speaking of being attached to kids.............OMy....i can't beliEVe that my preschool only has a month 1/2 left together..........we are ROCKING out some awesome art projects..today we did mosaic umbrellas..you can imagine how well that went with the ripping and mass quantities of GLUE that those little darlings used............omY! we are making the flowers for the whole april showers/may flowers saying...we are excited...and are going to fingerpaint with them on the flowers..note to self...wear nothing fabulous tomrorow...

i am doing weight watchers as many of you might know..and it is going great....bumped down a whole SIZE...........hOLLa~! this whole counting points is sooo totally workin'! wohoo!

ok..longest blog Evaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa has now ended........love y'all sorry it took SOO long...drop me a comment...i LOVE those! xoxo.ash

my week....oh my gosh..unbelievable!!!

Ok.......this is going to SOUND totally crazy......but ALL (yes ALL) of this stuff happened this week.... I am just going to list it...it will be easier....

sunday...ate at babe's yum...fixed up booth in muenster...nothing crazy...

monday...drama...believe me..pure drama

tuesday..kaney was sick...YUCK!

wednesday...taxes (need i EVEN say anything more) ok..yes, I do say more because it was our weigh in for the BIggESt LoSer at school.......lost 1 lb.......grrrrrrrrrrr

thursday...oh great..this is when it starts getting juicy...

Texas Day..woke up EXTRA early to get to STARBUCKS who so very

graciously donated sleeves so we could make our FAbUlOus armadillos

(pic coming soon!!!) and guess WHAT...my car won't start....I think that right now it is also very important to let you know my kids and my attire....(mind you we DID not wach the weather) kane...sweatshirt..tennies...jeans (no coat) Hunter...sweatshirt...pants...coat (thank GOD) tennies....ME (lovely) short sleeve texas tee...khaki pants....OPEN TOED leopard shoes...denim jacket......my steering wheel WON"T budge..so I call my daddy..long story short..he and the neighbor man can't get it to work...so I am going to call the Ford House after Texas Day....don't get to go to Starbucks to get sleeves for armadillos because my daddy has to take me and my kids to work and babysitters........grrrrrrrrrr

Thursday (mid morning) sleeves arrive for the armadillos....a ROOM MOTHER saves the day! We are in the midst of Texas Day in the gym racing our CUTE horses and I hear rain...but it is sounding more like SHARP pieces of ice..rather than rain...I am thinking to myself..what on EARTH is that......

Thursday (noon) the blizzard begins......(ok..so that is a little over the top...it didn't actually start getting TOO terrible just yet) I am like..what is that SNOW?! I am THEN informed that we are supposed to get 4inches of the white stuff...we LAUGH because it was 60 degrees the day before

Thursday (noon-thirty) BLIZZARD BEGINS....naptime for 3 year olds....fun everyday..this day ESPECIALLY FUN!!! they finally go to sleep after doing snow dances (cute) mind you there are 16 three and four year olds..you can ONLY imagine :)

Thursday (noon forty-five) reading enrichment classes begin and I start making my rounds..only to see that the snow is REaLLy sticking...interesting..how can this be...the kids begin to get WILDER...because it is really snowing and blowing out there...

Thursday (noon fifty-five) I get a call from my teacher friend across town saying that they are dismissing early...at 1:30...run DON'T walk to office and inform them...they are already on it

Thurday (one"ish) announced that school will be closing in thirty minutes...have to go back into classroom and WAKE UP sleeping three and four year olds......LOVELY! start calling parents to come and pick up kids (by the way..it is now getting VERY bad outside)

Thursday (one fifteen "ish") I realize that I don't have a car at school...panic mode begins...call babysitter to bring son/and pick up her grandson ( a little trade off) in the mean time we are dismissing kids....in the SNOW...and it is TOTALLY FREEZING *remember the open toed shoes...bRRRRRRRR) ...the kids are TOTALLY wild and I am in PANIC mode..thinking that I may have to walk home :( call mom...she has no ride..she is waiting on my daddy to come and get her...think I will wait for her at my school...BAD IDEA!

Thurdsday (one forty-five ish) finally realize that I am stuck if I don't leave THEN..finally had KANE run after a friends mom and beg a ride (she just lives down the street...thank goodness)

leave school....takes 45 minutes to get home...it usually takes us 3 FLAT!

Friday...car STILL won't work......grrr...school starts late at 9am....tv stops working

mechanic comes to my house.can't fix it by beating on it with a rubber mallet....has to be towed....have extended warranty..dancing a gig...until i realize that it is 3/7/08 and it went ON 3/3/08...dreams shattered......tears commence

have to go and get kevin...pile kidsin truck...go get TUNA sandwiches at the HIPPO *YUM* get home and decide to go to blockbuster...have gift card...send kevin with STRICT instructions to NOT get something TERRIBLY ridiculous...like Patton and expect me to watch it...kevin comes home..gift card not working.....two DUMB dvds later (and oh YES he did rent patton) he finally unveils another bag with American Gangster in it....good movie..but YIKES!

so here i sit pondering about my week..and all the OTHER things that happened that I didn't even list......and I still smile....pretty unBeLieVaBLe huh!?

gotta go...painting a cross...super cute!!!

tata chickas.........xoxo.ash

i've been tagged..........

a. four places I go over and over
1. wal-mart
2. mcdonalds
3. grand central (gas)
4. big lots (love it!)

b. four people that e-mail me regularly
1. mrs. schumacher
2. breigh ann
3. aunt terry
4. kimberly rose

c. four of my favorite foods
1. lasanga flourentine (yum!)
2. oranges
3. liver and onions
4. diet cokes....

d. four places i would rather be right now...
1. in my bed
2. in my classroom (loove that place!)
3. in my scraproom (not existent just yet, but I am VERY persistant!)
4. jamaica

e. four movies i could watch over and over
1. shag
2. runaway bride
3. zoolander (HanSel..............he's so in right now)
4. wedding crashers (sorry)
4. little mermaid (ok..it was a TIE)

people I am tagging.........hmmmmmmmmmmm....krystal h., kelli kay, tiff, anyone who READS this blog........I know that you exist..b/c my counter says it has a TON of hits..........so SPEAK! :)

oh my...it's been awhile

oh my gosh....what have y'all been up to!? well, we have been cleaning cleaning cleaning around here....it is looking pretty nice....laundry is taken care of..imagine that...

not much has happened since I last visited with y'all....let's see...it has been a LONG time, but the time is just flying by...back to teaching full time and actually taking care of my housework...so that is a nice change :)

my new quest is WEIghT waTcHeRz.....I am only supposed to have 20 points...and pretty much for the first two weeks..we were in MAJOR starvation mode....but now, I am thinking that I might have it all figured out :) the hardest thing was NO dr. Peppers.......ahhh man....I also had to cut out starbucks...( sob sob sob)..so basically, I eat cottage cheese/peaches for lunch....then eat some kind of fruit...no snacks..and a nice dinner.......or maybe one of those smart ones...I have been limiting myself to just under 20 points...but on Valentine's Day..I TOTALLY blew it...hello cupcakes and cookies....I will have to say that I used up my flex points with a vengance! NOT GOOD! but...anyways...I think that it will work..I have done it before..and lost weight..so hopefully I can do it this time TOO! I am doing it with my team teacher, Sherry...she is a ROCK an keeps me on task :) love HER!

Valentine's Day was lovely....the kids were SO cute...I made their valentine's cards...they turned out pretty sweet....that was them at the top... :) I had fun making them as you can see :)

kevin got me a starbucks gift card...HELLO....don't you WANT me to lose weight?! I was like GREAT..I will have hot water :)..how many points is that?! It was too sweet of him though...the last thing for Valentine's day he got me was rose bushes about 8 years ago...so we are back in the saddle this year..haha

let's see...oh we had Dynamite Dad's Day at school a couple of weeks ago...it was Precious..the daddies LOVED it...I added some pics of it :) My kids gave their daddies bbq sauce...check out the CUTE labels..that was FUN! I added a CUTE picture of hunny and daddy...so sweet!

so basically that's it..>i will HOPEFULLY be adding some pictures of some new projeCts that I have underway..........BIG PLANS for my new CRAfT RoOm too....just say a Special Prayer that i get my way........ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

oh my gosh....I am TOTALLY lovING not having the store.......ahhhh...it is SOO nice..I miss everyone...buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut.....oh my gosh...those saturdays at home..ROCK! TOTALLY..I mean...I am LOVING a&e's morning lineup...2 hours of sell this house 2 hours of flip this house LOVE it! I spread out ALL of my done laundry and fold it on the den floor and sort and fold the laundry for the WHOLE morning... oh my GOSH...this is LOVE!

so girlz...thanks for checking in........I am still getting invitation orders so YEAH! keep em' coming!

gotta buzz........I am off to make me a DELECTABLE smart one........ cross your fingers that I make it..my target is to lose 20 pounds......oh my gosh...I hope that I can do it...kevin has promised NEW clothes........ahhhhhhhhh..how cool is tHat?!

tata chickas....xoxo.ash

ARRRRRRgh....

well, today was pretty fun...laundry...laundry..laundry and more laundry...I did manage to squeeze in some scrappin' a little anyway...

ok..............guess what i am watching..that's right friends...THE SOUP...I am really shaky..because it is HILARIOUS..............great STUFFFFFFF!!!

this guy.........straight CRAX me UP!

ok....I had just a FEW pics of Kaney and was like hmm..what to do...so I made up this layout..hope you LOVE it...the goodiez are mainly Krystal Hartley (shizock)

the goodiez....papers....the sweetest thing...PDP Bar....it's open http://www.polkadotpotato.com/ 99cents!!

film strip..amanda pdp

fancy corners...terriann pdp

skelliez...can't remember...pirates at digitals.com I think :)

night night...

xoxo..akw