Work. Gotta love it.

That rockstar drummer is my boss, Brian. And who's the babe on the guitar? That's my co-worker, Rachel. This is what we do. This is called work. (Being on the "Walmart Team" also means working with Sam's Clubs and Wednesday we had a product demo for Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Lotion and so we wanted to go check it out. Somehow we got a little lost...)

This picture is the best - again, Brian and Rachel (same song, different angle) but guess who's in the background? JASON ROREX!!!! HAHAHA!!! And like 30 seconds later, he's like so what are you doing, and my other boss Megan said "She's at work."

Another funny thing about this picture is that (and you can't really see him) Jaime the preacher for Red Bank's Hispanic church is looking over his shoulder right in between Rachel and Brian. I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!!

Catching Up!

Remember last week when I told you about my morning? (Okay, minus showering, brushing teeth, etc - c'mon, those are minor.)


Well, here's my little stinker hooked on to the fridge (so he'll actually sit for 5 minutes to eat).


And see, I wasn't lying about him spilling his water - EVERY DAY!!



Anyway, this weekend Jason's family and I went to the TN game!! It was a later game so we spent a long time just waiting for everything to begin. And (unfortunately for J) his mom LOVES to take pictures. I am all for it because I'm all about scrapbooking, blogging, and everything else, but... um... as you can see from the slightly annoyed face below... Jason is less than thrilled with the 257th picture of the day.

Our McCain/Palin stickers - and one that said "NOBAMA (however you want to say it)"

Sunday, Jason and I headed up to Gatlinburg where I finally rode those ski-lift chairs for the FIRST TIME!! :) It was fun.

My other little stinker.


Oh yeah, and then we decided to drive to NC to the casino - just for fun!! We set our little budget (very little, mind you) and played the $0.05 and $0.01 slots for little while. We won $25! (Okay, then we spent it, but we won it!)

WHAT A CRAZY FUN WEEKEND!!!!! :)

(Oh yeah, I have to tell Jen this - I saw HSM with my mom on Friday night. Amazing. Ah-mazing. ::sigh::... too bad I'm way too old to express my true feelings for this movie.)

Oh my my my - if you need a good laugh!

Please visit this List of the Day: Great Olan Mills photos.

And get a tissue to wipe the tears away.
And don't do it at work.
Because you'll laugh out loud.
And others will look at you strangely.
Very strangely.

Just go look at it okay!?!

:)

Yummy Corn Chowder

Believe it or not, I really like to cook. Now, this meal doesn't really need a lot of skill, which is just about perfect for me, but it's a yummy fall soup. I thought I would share my $9.02 dinner (notice all the walmart brand stuff) that makes 8 servings. :)


1 can of sweet whole kernel corn (drained)
1 can of creamed corn
2 cans of chicken broth
1 can of cream of SOMETHING soup (I used chicken, you can use mushroom or celery too!)
1 can of evaporated milk
some ham
potato cubes or pasta (which I forgot to put in mine, but will do next time)


Cook the ham enough to fill your apartment with the smell.


And basically mix everything else together. If you just moved out and you only have two small pots, then mix it all together in your mixing bowl...

((look at my cute ice cream scoop!! IT'S A COW ASHLEY!!))
...heat up what you need... (boil for 10 minutes, then simmer for 20)


...and scarf it down before remembering to take a picture.


The end.

P.S. Yes, I drink my juice out of the bottle. I live by myself and feel that I have every right. (Oh yeah, and I don't like to wash dishes...)

Every Morning

Hello all. I just thought I would share a couple things that regularly happen around my good 'ol apartment.

Every morning:

• I get up (early), get ready, and take the dog out to pee (he does!! YAY!!). But then even if he has to go #2, he wants to come inside, get about 2 sips of water, and then whine about how he has to poop. Then we go back outside, he goes, and we come in for breakfast.
• Since I have no dining furniture (and because Dash wants me to stare at him while he eats) I sit on the kitchen floor and eat toast or a poptart while he eats breakfast.
• EVERY MORNING he takes his little paw and pretends as if he needs to dig his water out of a well, spilling it all over the kitchen floor (which gets cleaned every morning now, mind you).
• Something super cute related to all that is that he also thinks he needs to dig for his food, so he'll dig at his bowl, or take a piece out, set it down and then dig at it, just to see if he can get it out of that deep, dark, fake wood linoleum flooring. It's quite adorable. :)
• Okay so I take Dash out in the same shoes EVERY MORNING - they look similar to these: except mine are hot pink and lime green tye-dye. And EVERY MORNING (it's literally happened 6 times in 2 weeks) I walk out to my car in my spiffy work outfit, complete with clown colored crocs. Upon realizing this, I have to go BACK inside, find different shoes, say the whole "Goodbye sweetheart - you're a good doggy" routine, and head back out the door.

EVERY MORNING. :)
(I love it.)

Praise Praise Praise!!

To update you on my friend Lindsay: She is HOME!! They got to go home on Wednesday, just a few days after the wreck. She is still in pain but recovering like a champ. I wanted you all to know about THAT praise and this one:

BABY KATE IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kate Elizabeth was born yesterday at 11:47 am and from all the adorable pictures I've seen, she is the most precious thing!! I had been sick on Wednesday night, and still feeling a little icky yesterday, and dadgumit was I MAD that I was like the ONLY ONE who didn't get to see her yesterday!!!! ::sigh:: I hate that it turned out that way, but until I knew for sure that I was 100% better, I didn't want to get Kate, Becca, or Keith sick if I had something contagious.

Today I'm feeling A-OK and ready to love on the newest addition to all of our families. I consider her my niece just as if it was my own sister that had a baby, because we are all a family. And I can't wait to spend the years watching her grow up in a loving family -- with all the aunts any kid could ever want!!

Prayers Prayers Prayers.

Hey friends. Yesterday, Jessica (Jason's sister) called me and let me know that one of the girls that was in my cabin 2 years ago was in a terrible car accident this weekend. She's doing so much better - recovering more quickly than they expected, but still in terrible pain from head injuries. Below is a link to her care pages blog with updates on her progress. If you want to learn more about what happened, go to the bottom and click the older updates to start from Saturday/Sunday when the accident happened.

Lindsay Nation

PLEASE keep Lindsay and the Nation family in your prayers. I know that you will.

Remember that each moment is precious and you never know what could happen to you, your family, or your friends. Let someone know that you love them today. Don't keep things bottled up inside that need to be said. I know that I'm preaching as much to myself as anyone else right now, because I'm so often caught in the lie that "it won't happen to me," but the truth is, we only have so long on this earth and we have to start using our time in the most valuable ways we can. Do things that are monumental for the Kingdom. Show others that you truly care about them and about where they will spend eternity. This precious girl could have passed away this weekend, but God has more that He wants to accomplish here on earth through her. She is a trooper and loves God so much, and I am blessed to know her and her family.

Sigh. Sometimes traumatic events just make you think, huh?