bloggin on the road

my life the past few days...in photos (courtesy of gimby, my phone)

work.

is your job this fun?
california trip.
Yup, I'm on a business trip in orange county right now....and I thought I'd share with you what I've been up to.

does anyone have good restaurant recommendations for the Anaheim, Newport, orange county areas??

crafty things

it's true...this girl has tried becoming crafty.
this whole entire week has been prep for CHA
(see previous CHA show posts here & here & here)

i was asked to help out with getting some fun projects ready for CHA.

here's a little glimpse of some of the projects i worked on this week:

oops. that york peppermint heart wasn't something i made.

i actually ate one while i was crafting.

it was delish if you were wondering....

well, we officially fly out to Anaheim tomorrow morning to get all set up for the show.
the thing i hate the most about CHA?
packing!
i hate packing for ANY kind of trip.
i get paranoid at what to pack and i always worry that i'll not have enough accessories, socks, undies(TMI?), or shoes...

so, any suggestions on how to make a successful packing list?
i always freak out.
oh, and i don't like to FLY...actually i don't like when the plane takes off the ground.
it scares me to death.
but, oh well...

so, give it to me straight...i need help with packing.
any tips, suggestions, etc?

good morning my dearest readers.
guess what, you're probably sick of hearing me talk about sponsorship, but i still have some sponsorship spots left.

does anyone want to claim a spot?
going once, going twice....

email me: ashley.warner88@gmail.com if you're interested in snagging one of the spots left.
i love sponsors and am so glad that i've had such a great response!

you guys are seriously the best.
i'm so serious that i am hosting a giveaway...

hooray for giveaways, right?

i am giving away the above FRAME (ikea)

the valentine's day Crate Paper garland (handmade by moi)

the dusty canyon road print (taken by moi)

so there are THREE different items to win my dears....

to enter:

1 - must be a follower of ATA (mandatory)

2 - you can blog about this and link back to me

3 - you can facebook it and link back to me

4 - leave a comment on your favorite Valentine's day tradition

5 - refer a friend to my blog (and comment about it) (unlimited)

6 - become a SPONSOR of ALL THINGS ASHLEY

you can enter 6 times

but the more friends you refer, the more chances you have of winning.

giveaway ends on February 4th at 12:00 AM

best of luck

some more vegas.

sorry for the photo overload, but i had WAY too much fun with my gal pals over the weekend.

i think the highlight of the trip was going to see phantom...well, maybe it was the few hours spent in H&M...or maybe going to Serendipity and stuffing our faces with delicious goodness...well, ok, i can't choose one thing i loved most.

i love my gal pals and how much fun we have together...we even made music videos on the way home from vegas...maybe i'll show them to you...

maybe....

what's your favorite thing to do in vegas?

or on vacation?

sponsors

hey ladies (and gents...)
i am offering FREE SPONSORSHIP for the month of February.
are you interested?

please email me: ashley.warner88@gmail.com for more information.
i am willing to do button-swapping as well.

ATA gets 800-1200 views PER WEEK y'all.
that's pretty impressive for such a 'small blog' if i do say-so myself.

so, if you're interested, please let me know ASAP.
spots are very LIMITED this time because i've had so many people interested
in being a sponsor.

hope to see you as a sponsor of ATA.

lots of love.

x - ashley

vegas road trip pt. 1

the gorgeous bunch (nickname we call ourselves)

we on a road trip to Las Vegas.

we were there for a total of 36 hours (to be precise)

it was a short trip, but jam-packed with a lot of fun.

we left my condo about 5 pm and the journey commenced.

we drove straight to st. george and stopped off at nielsens for dinner/and a treat.

then we met up with one of the guys' dads to drop off the saw (see first photo)

then we made our way to the bright lights of vegas.

when we got there, we checked into our hotel and went to the room.

we freshened up and went out for the night (ya, we went out at 12:15 AM)

we hit up this karaoke club in the hotel and ordered soda.

the bartender looked at us with disgust since none of us drink alcohol.

it was actually pretty hysterical. 

we were all so exhausted that we giggled out of control and people must've thought we were drinking...hmm it's the Mormon way to have fun y'all!

stay up late and you'll be a giggling and acting like a fool.

we went to bed around 3 AM.

the first night of our trip was a success.

how was YOUR weekend?

what did you do?!

calling all sponsors

hey my dearest reader.
I hope you've had a marvelous weekend!
I'm actually in the passenger seat of the car driving home from the girls weekend in Vegas. No big deal, right?

well...January is almost coming to an end and I thought I'd give fair warning to those who are interested in doing a sponsorship for February.

The month of February is going to be FREE! I have several sponsorship slots available for February so if you're interested in being a sponsor, please email me: ashley.warner88@gmail.com to reserve your spot ASAP

and on that note, I'll leave you with a few photos from my weekend in Vegas......

guest blogger: aiukli:because life is beautiful

Hello beautiful readers of all things Ashley! My name is Mallori. I blog over at aiukli: because life is beautiful!

It's my personal blog about life. A lot of my posts are random, and I tend to blab on and on about the little things that occur in my life day in and day out. I've owned my blog for a while, but I just started blogging a little more consistently, and so I like to say that my blog just turned a year old.

I currently work for a local bank, and am trying to figure out what I'm wanting to do as far as a career goes. I love my job, and I love the opportunities I'm getting as far as promotions go. Who knows, I may end up doing this as a career and never being happier!

As far as aiukli, I got the inspiration for it in my first semester in college. Back then, I wasn't as happy as I am now, and looking back I know that. The word "aiukli" means beautiful in my Native language, Choctaw. My perspective on this is to look for the beauty in everything in the world. Someone makes you angry, breaks your heart, bad mouths those you love? Try to find the positive somehow. Don't get me wrong, I have my days where I just rant on my blog. But on those days, I try to end the post with at least something positive or something in the near future I'm looking forward to. It's all about perspective. To remind myself of this perspective, I got it forever ingrained in a place I will see every day:

A little more about me:

I talk about my family and my friends all the time. I don't participate in too many memes because I hate feeling like I have to do x meme on Monday, xx meme on Tuesday, and so on. So you'll see memes randomly. I'm in my mid 20s. I'm obsessed with the color purple, Oklahoma City Thunder, and Love Actually. I'm freakishly tall for a girl. I really like Ke$ha a lot (no judging!). I'm in a committed relationship with my DVR.

 

I hope to meet many more of you soon! I've enjoyed following Ashley for some time now (she has been a part of my blog for a majority of the year I've been a more consistent blogger!). Thank you Ashley for letting me be a part of your blog!

i workout

well, since i've been slacking on my fitness blog (oops) i guess i'll just keep you in the loop here.
as some of you know (from previous posts) i decided to run a half marathon.

i am currently 20 weeks away from race day and i am feeling great.
tonight i went running alone, which is something i love.
i love to just run and have time to think (and jam out to rock music)
i ran for 3 miles straight.
no stopping.
no slowing down.
no breaks.
about 13 minutes into my run the sweat commenced and that was that. (waterworks)
(sorry if that's ultra nasty TMI to the max, but whatevs)
i finished strong and was running at 5.7 on the treadmill (give me a break, you runners out there)
i felt great and tonight i am feeling so energetic and pumped.

i came home and grilled some chicken.
cooked some broccoli, carrots, and onions.
my dinner was delish.

there's something about being in healthy habits that makes me so happy.
i just feel healthier and happier.
oh, and this is one of my proud moments...i've lost 10 lbs. thus far!

yippee!  i am so happy about that.  my jeans are starting to sag a little bit, but it's ok.
my goal was to drop 30 lbs overall, not necessarily for the weight issue, but i realized that being 'lighter' would make it easier for me to run the half marathon.

and let me tell you.  watching my caloric intake, running, weight lifting (toning), and using myfitnesspal.com really does WONDERS.

i might start posting my "progress" photos (if i'm brave enough) because i am just feeling so good y'all...but i am thinkin' it might scare the children
(or gross your babies out if you're preggo - again, thanks GLEE for the reference)