Baby Stuffs

  • Jul. 10th, 2009 at 7:19 AM
[other] baby on the way!


Well even though we're not going to begin the nursery for at least another month, we've got plenty of ideas for it brewing. I thought I'd share some of the items we have in mind for the little girl's room, as well as some other neat baby things we hope to acquire.
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In the Summertime

  • Jun. 15th, 2009 at 7:30 AM
[me] with g the hubby


Oops! I've been getting some nudges and requests to update my lj. I guess it has been awhile since I last posted & made our big baby announcement! There really isn't much to say at this time on the pregnancy front - I've been feeling really normal and mostly good. Just still tired/needing a lot of sleep, and my belly is growing bigger by the day! We've only had one appointment in this interim and it was a simple one where the doctor just used a doppler to hear the baby's heartbeat (and LOTS of moving around!).

I'm still not aware of the movements, which has been frustrating me, but I'm reading it can take up to 22 weeks and I'm just entering my 19th today. So I got to stop feeling discouraged about it. Our major exciting appointment is this Friday! We will have our ultrasound and be able to find out if we're having a boy or a girl. We've been really anxiously awaiting this, I'm so glad there's just couple more days to go.

Obviously I'll have great news/photos to share after the appointment. For now though, I thought I'd post some stuff from the past month as Geoff & I have been really busy and done a lot of fun things. (Photos of constantly varying quality since they came from my nice Nikon, my old Olympus, and my pretty-decent-iPhone. Sorry if you've already seen a lot of these on Facebook or Flickr!)



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There's No Doubt in my Mind

  • Mar. 19th, 2009 at 3:15 PM
[no doubt] band faces


In my excitement for the upcoming NO DOUBT tour, I made a countdown list back in December of their videos in order of my personal least to most favorite. I did all the caps & found the videos online and then totally forgot about it. I was going to do a write up on each one and why I ranked them where I did, but ... I'm getting lazy. And if I don't get this up now, I probably never will!

It's worth noting that I feel almost all of their videos are rather amazing, so even something I ranked low I still basically adore. Some things I took into account: funniness, prettiness, Gwen's look, band interaction, & how much I like the song itself. Also the top four were pretty hard & are basically interchangeable, I just love them all so much. All the videos are after the caps for your viewing enjoyment :)



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A Very Merry (Un)Birthday!

  • Jan. 20th, 2009 at 10:42 AM
[alice] cake


Disneyland on my birthday, what could be better? You're going to have to bear with me, as I came away with over 600 photos. What?! I was able to file it down to less than 200, which is still a ridiculous amount, I know! I was going to split it up into two entries, but meh. I have all the pictures ready to go so I'm just doing it all now. Proceed with caution!

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Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time

  • Dec. 30th, 2008 at 9:18 AM
[stock] christmas pink ornie

It's time for that much beloved Christmas post, put up in record time I might add. Go me!

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Not Only Green When Summer's Here

  • Dec. 15th, 2008 at 8:29 AM
[stock] christmas tree cookies

We got our family Christmas tree on Sunday the 7th! Geoff & I had already gotten our tree for our house earlier, but those pictures were fairly boring with the exception of Geoff hacking at the tree base with an old chef's knife. You know the really good stuff happens when my sisters & I are doing holiday celebrating.

but also when 'tis cold & clear )

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OMGOMGOMG ND OMGOMGOMG!!!!!!!

  • Nov. 21st, 2008 at 11:25 PM
[no doubt] band ND09!!!!!


I'm seriously crying right now with excitement!!!!!! A TOUR?!?!?!?!

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It's a Dead Man's Party

  • Oct. 28th, 2008 at 9:00 AM
[stock] jack-o-lantern

Our Halloween party finally happened (& is over, boooo)! Couldn't have been happier with the way everything turned out. That's hugely in part to all the help we had from George & Ryane who came out the day before. Thank you so much you guys, we couldn't have done it without you! Go inside the cut for some photos from that Friday's party preps, as well as an amazing amount of gorgeous photos that Anne's wonderfulness snapped at Saturday's shindig. So many kickass costumes, you won't believe it!

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The 'weenietunes List

  • Oct. 10th, 2008 at 7:49 AM
[stock] pumpkins

I want to thank everyone so much for being a HUGE help in creating our Halloween party playlist! You guys are all seriously amazing. We actually ended up having to take sounds out because we ended up with so many. As fun as I hope our party will be, I doubt we'll still have the music going until 3am, haha. Some of you requested that I post the list, so here it is in its finalized (for now, hehe) state. You can probably catch a couple stretches we made in order to include our favorite artists ;)

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150 photos down!

  • Oct. 6th, 2008 at 7:15 PM
[drew] camera

For those of you still not in the loop ... I'm up to 150 photo-a-day posts over at [info]asphalt_lemony! It's not too late to join up over there in case you didn't know about it :)


Seeking Spooky Songs

  • Sep. 26th, 2008 at 8:13 AM
[stock] pumpkins

ATTENTION ALL MY MUSIC-FAN-FRIENDS

I need your creative minds to come up with some more Halloweenish music for our party. We've racked up about 4 1/2 hours worth of songs (around 60 or 70 I think), but we still could use some more. Anything with lyrics that are fitting, or that has a spooky sound, or is a theme to a creepy show or movie ... basically as long as you can justify it being on our mix, it'll probably make the cut!

Just please no rap/r&b/country and because it's a party, we're obviously looking for more uptempo songs. Alright guys, blow my mind with your clever ideas for tunes!

headphones pumpkin photo swiped from jenjen9846 on flickr


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Kitty Kisses

  • Sep. 11th, 2008 at 10:03 AM
[xander] heart-nose

Xander learned how to give us a tiny "kiss" (putting his nose up to ours) when he was little. Somehow over the years, that morphed into big nuzzles whenever a kiss is requested. He especially loves to get on our bathroom sink counter & dish out the affection. Geoff took a cute video the other night of the little lovemeister in action. Please ignore my lazy ugly pajamas & my highpitched baby-talk voice.



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First Friday (& some Saturday)

  • Sep. 7th, 2008 at 2:22 PM
[other] baby on the way!

Geoff & I went down to First Friday for the second month in a row for shopping, art, and music.

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Stevefest 2008

  • Aug. 17th, 2008 at 1:33 PM
[alice] cake

Steve's one of those guys who doesn't like anyone to know when his birthday is, but we all like him too much to pretend it doesn't exist. So yesterday we held Stevefest at the Red Rock. In attendance were myself & Geoff, Angie & Joe, Betty, and of course the Fest-master himself, birthday boy Steve.

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What Will I Be?

  • Jul. 31st, 2008 at 9:32 AM
[drew] scream
Halloween is exactly 3 months away. This might seem like quite awhile to a normal person, but for me it's just around the corner & I need to get crackin' on my costume. I just need help narrowing down my options! Geoff & I might do a couple thing, or we might not. So put that aside and just pick for me only. Oh & please note that none of these possibilities will end up being some crappy packaged generic storebought thing. I will make them all kickass.

Poll #1232810 halloween costume '08
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None

What should Ashley be for Halloween '08?

mermaid
5 (15.2%)

Tinker Bell
10 (30.3%)

Marilyn Monroe
4 (12.1%)

Wednesday Addams
9 (27.3%)

Casey (Drew) from Scream (this would be a redo for me)
1 (3.0%)

Dr. Dakota from Grindhouse/Planet Terror
4 (12.1%)

none of the above - leave a comment with your idea
0 (0.0%)

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Love Supplies

  • Jul. 15th, 2008 at 11:14 PM
[stock] love is all you need
Holy moly, Geoff & I were just about to go to bed when we saw an email saying a little video highlight from our wedding had been posted! Hooray! Check it out :D




Museum of Lovers

  • Jul. 1st, 2008 at 10:43 AM
[silverchair] dan iykls seduction
I've been wanting to stay on track with updating my lj frequently, but I don't have anything very intersting to share & won't until I get back from Mexico on Monday. So in the meantime, how about some hotties?



I've been boy crazy practically since birth and just because I'm married now doesn't mean I can't appreciate cuteness when I see it. Many moons ago, when I had an Open Diary, I used to do this thing called Ashley's Hot Date , where I featured one of my celeb crushes every week. And three years ago, I did a post here with a list of my 25 favorite fellows.



I figured it was time for an update, even if my lists have barely changed over the past 9 or so years. And besides, what's a better time waster than a bunch of yummy guys on parade? So here's my TOP TEN (and some runners-up) in no real order.





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Min(n)i(e) Honeymoon

  • Jun. 16th, 2008 at 7:59 AM
[stock] teacups

The day after the wedding, Geoff & I took a too-short but way-fun little honeymoon in Disneyland. You know that old joke where your neighbors make you sit through 100 slides of their vacation? Well now that's what I'm going to do to you. Read more... )

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