When you want to blog but dont know what to write about....

When you dont know what to write about..I do these!:)

1. What has been your favorite part of summer so far? Discovering Myself


2. What is your favorite part of autumn? Leaves, sweaters and jeans :)

3. Raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens? Raindrops on roses :)

4. Describe your dream house? Any where with my future hubby and kiddo's :)

5. What's your favorite movie? Fireproof :)

6. Quote something from the book you most recently read: "Beauty hopes, Beauty loves, Beauty Nourishes, Beauty Inspires"

7. What do you like/not like about your blog? Umm like- my readers, dislike- not that popular of a blog!

8. Rain or shine? shine!

9. The worst grammatical mistake, in your opinion: not using the correct their, there, they're!

10. If you had a choice, would you want to live: in the mountains, in a rainforest, on a prairie, or by the beach? Ummm cant decide! Beach or Mtns

11. What character from a book would you say you are most like? I have no idea! Who do you think?

12. Be constantly talking the rest of your life or not be able to communicate in any way for the rest of your life? I already am constantly talking haha :)

13. Owl City or Switchfoot? Owl City

14. Taylor Swift of Selena Gomez? Taylor Swift

15. Your pet peeve? Rude People

16. What's your favorite font? lol good question! :) Anything Cute!

17. How are you educated? (i.e. homeschooled, public schooled, private schooled) Public Schooled

18. Do you consider yourself tomboy-ish or feminine? feminine!

19. What's your favorite song? Speaking louder than before! :) Jeremy Camp :)

20. Did you enjoy answering these questions? yeah :)

Crazy Love

Hey all!

In the past few days I have had at least 4 people reccomend this book to me. So yesterday, I was in Maple Grove after my Nanny job, so I decided to run to one of my favorite stores... Barnes and Noble! :) Woot! :) And of course they had the book! So im pretty pumped right now, I am "working" so hard to try and get my spritual life back to where it was, no wait scratch that, I want it BETTER than it was :)
I am only on the first chapter of "Crazy Love" and I cant wait! :)

Have you read it? What do you think of it? Any suggestions/comments? 

Continuing with my theme of growing and loosing my heart, I had a facebook chat with my lovely Youth Minister Kym, she gave me this fantastic analogy!
"Don't worry it will go away; it's like the seasons.... you have spiritual spring (TONS of faith-filled lovin'), then summer of dry-ness, the fall of faith (a good fall cleaning of your sins/great reconciling times with God), and then there's frozen tundra of doom (aka minnesota OR when it's a of questioning/uncertainity)..."- Oh Kym you rock! Thanks for always being there for me! Haha and after that MN comment can you tell she isnt from here??! haha :)

God Bless!
Ashley

Thankful Thursday

Hey all!! :)

So today is THANKFUL THURSDAY! :) Since I have many things to be thankful for I am just going to list all of them :)

• My family
• Friends
• My faith
• The Ability to get an education
• The gifts that the Lord has given me
• Forgiveness
• Sacraments
• The ability to make a difference
• The Bible
• and so many more that i cant even type out! :)

Thank you Lord for this day! :) Thank you all my readers, i am hoping to be able to gain more readers in my blog, God willing :)
Thanks and God Bless,
Ashley

Bold Blogging

Hey All!! :)

Recently i have been struggling with many different things when it comes to who i am and what i stand for. And let me tell you it hasnt been easy at all. For those of you who know me you will already know these things but for visitiors i am just going to try and give you an overview of who i am/try to be.

I am a 16 year old who is way above her age. It is easier for me to converse with Adults over my peers. I am super Catholic, and really love it! I try to do everything and anything i possibly can--but this most likely leads me to super anxiety. I am one of those people who totally sweats the small things and wear my heart on my sleeve. I beat myself up over every mistake i make. I am a people pleaser and i strongly dislike when people are mad at me or dont like me. I have come to terms with the fact that i can be a perfectionist--I AM ONE! haha. I definatley have many flaws and things that i need to work on.

Wow..looking at that list makes me shudder a little bit haha :)
Throughout my life i have been critizcised for what i look like, what i do, and just plainly how i am. When i was younger i used to think that i was the super wierd kid that no one would ever like, just based off of the things said to me. I used to hide behind a mask, not wanting to let people see who i truly am, because in their eyes i wasnt "normal".

Since my Sophomore year things changed. AMAZING people have walked into my life, and friendships have been made stronger. Things got difficult yes, but the thing is i didnt feel i had to hide anymore. I dove deeper into friendships, relationships and my faith making me a much stronger person all in all. I realized how much i am loved and cared for, just the way i am.

I realized that I am who I am, I am who GOD made me to be and why should i change, i mean im FANTASTIC in his eyes :)

But in the past few weeks i have been feeling that mask start to slide down my face again and again. I am feeling almost ashamed of who i am and what i believe because its is definately not the "norm". When i post blogs i have been afraid of who i am going to offend, hurt or make laugh at me because of what i write on here. And after i sat in my room and prayed last night, i know that this mask that is coming back needs to be thrown in the trash ASAP!

So from now on..... I am BLOGGING BOLDLY! That means no more sugar-coating whats going on in my life, no changing so people will like me more, and most importantly i am staying true to who I am and what i believe.

Definition Of Boldly-

not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.

not hesitating to break the rules of propriety 

So right now i stand before you, from now on ready to bare all for who i am.

God Bless,
Ashley

2009 Milestones and Recaps

Well hello NEW YEAR! :)

Haha! Hey All! :)

Wow can you belive its 2010?!? I cant! In the spirit of the new year i think im going to so a review of 2009....(its gonna be all over the place! Be Ready!)

1. I became a Youth Board facilitator for our church youth group! :) Super cool!
2. I went to an AMAZING camp at St. Johns (The college) for 2 weeks in June. Met amazing people and just had a great time!
3. Worked on many church projects!
4. Attended muliple Lifeline masses! :)
5. NCYC! :) Kansas City! All im sayin!
6. Made great relationships with people that i would never trade for anything
7. Made God the center of my life.
8. Volunteered
9. GOT A JOB!
10. GOT MY LICENSE!
11. Had fun with my friends in the musical
12. Learned to help others.
13. Finished my Sophomore year lol :)
14. Started blogging more :) haha
15. Started researching and hearing from colleges.. :/
16. Got a debit card! haha these are big milestones for a 16 year old! :)
17. Got started in an Asthma study.
18. Hung out with friends lots!
19. Had my fair share of downs/bad things but ya know what can you do?
20. Started trying to gain back my self confidence.

Sooo there is 2009 in recap for you! :) Hoping 2010 is full of so much more!

God Bless,
Ashley