Worky Work! Busy Bee!!!

Soooo, I'm not meaning to neglect my blog, however, this is a busy week at VMI. It's known as Hell Week, but, that's really supposed to be for the "rats"...VMI term for freshman. But, after two summers of being full time here, I have now deemed it my Hell Week as well, of course, mine isn't as bad as the poor little Rats. It's a different world here, not just for the students, but, for the people who work here as well. And after living a few miles away my entire life, working here for four years, dating a cadet through most of his cadetship, participating in VMI theatre and VMI Knitting Club I have a lot of a pride in this school. I love the video they just came out with to advertise haha.

And here they are marching in President Obama's Inaugural Parade. My boyfriend was a part of this<3 :).

ANYWAYS, it's only Wednesday and I've already worked almost 50 hours...with no end in sight. I'm hoping, with all this work that I'm doing, I won't have any issues come Tuesday when classes start.

I'll get back with you guys HOPEFULLY next week!

Random Pictures Thursday: Forks, Washington

Soooo....I like Twilight. Allow me to explain myself, I like the Twilight BOOKS (with the exception of Breaking Dawn). I also enjoyed the first movie. I haven't seen any of the rest of them since the second movie. It was so bad I couldn't stand it. Anyways, my friends and I (after I begged them to read the books) decided to go to Forks, Washington. We went before the first movie came out and let me tell you, it was the BEST vacation I have EVER been on. We went for 3 days but we took in as much as we could! Which was pretty easy when the sun came up and like 6AM and didn't go back down until 10:00PM. It was soooo beautiful. We went for the nature not for the vampires. That's not to say we didn't have our vampire fun while we were there :P. And for the record, there is a house at First Beach that has a wheel chair ramp and a sign that says "Black" over the garage. We visited Forks High School, the Forks visitor center (we even had our picture on the Forks website for awhile) and a hunting, outdoorsy whatever you call it store (like what we imagined Bella worked at) and had a nice conversation with a couple older gentleman for about an hour haha. We also got on a webcam that my dad saw us on while we were there. BUT, we also took in Rialto Beach, Cape Flattery (the most northwestern corner of the continental U.S.), the Macaw Tribe Museum, the Hoh Rain Forest, Port Angeles (where we got to eat at Bella Italia!!!!) and I think that may be it. I know I'm missing something, but, it was awesome. I want to go back so, so, so very badly. Oh! And the entire time we were there it was 60 degrees and sunny. It didn't rain until the last day. Of course, this is when we were trying to get to Cape Flattery, which actually has a pretty difficult trail to it. Oh! I almost forgot!!!! On our way back from Cape Flattery, we also realized that it was low tide so we got to check out the tide pools! Which were awesome!!! I got to see live star fish :). Yeah, it was amazing. Thank you Twilight and Jordan and Kelly of course<3. Anyways, here's some of the pictures from the trip!

Even pigeons are prettier in Washington!

Contest Winner Announced: Redneck Wine Glasses

We have a winner of the pair of redneck wine glasses!!!!

Congratulations Abby!!!!!

I FINALLY GOT MY BUSINESS LICENSE!!!!!

EVERYBODY CELEBRATE!!!!! 
Look for my store opening REAL soon ; ).

Treasury Tuesday: Alice In Wonderland

So, I went to Charleston again this past weekend and while I was waiting on Jon to finish studying, so we could go out, I watched the Tim Burton version of Alice In Wonderland...again! I LOVE that movie! It's so fun and is constantly getting my creative juices flowing. Although, I think the cartoon version kind of scared me when I was a kid. Anyways, I decided to do an Etsy Treasury for Alice in Wonderland. Aren't these some of the most creative adorable whimsical things?

"Why, sometimes I've believed in as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

Image courtesy of http://www.alice-in-wonderland-quotes.com/cheshirecat.htm

And yes, I know it's not the cheshire cat's quote. I just like this picture of him :). I feel like, this is how I look when I'm trying to keep calm.

Cute Animal Monday: Jackson

Okay blog world...Meet Jackson.

Random Pictures Thursday

I've decided I'm going to dedicate Thursdays to random pictures that I've taken and edited that don't really relate to anything else. SO, here's this weeks!

1,000 Blog Views Redneck Wine Glass Giveaway

Now that I've completely winded the title, on to the giveaway! In celebration of my blog officially having over 1,000 views, I am going to giveaway a pair of Redneck Wine Glasses.

The rules are:


1. Deadline is August 16, 2011
2. You must comment on either this blog post, or the picture to the right on my facebook fan page (located here: Ashley D's World Facebook Fan Page)with the phrase, "PICK ME!"
3. There will be a drawing at 9:00PM August 17, 2011.
4. If you comment on both, this blog post AND the facebook picture your name will be entered twice.


Good luck everyone!!!

Treasury Tuesday: Audrey Hepburn

Anyone who knows me, knows how much I am absolutely in love with Audrey Hepburn. To me, she was one of the most beautiful people to ever live on this Earth, inside and out. She's definitely one of my role models in life. She was so classy. And knew she didn't have to let everything hang out or wear a ton of make-up in order to be completely adored by men everywhere. She's a reminder to everyone that it's always better to stay classy and do for others. So, in honor of my love of Audrey I decided to make an all Audrey Etsy Treasury.

This is one of my favorite, short, quick biographies about her style. I definitely recommend watching more of her biographies. She was such an amazing woman.

Now, one of my favorite of her movies is Sabrina. I love her character in that movie and it doesn't hurt that the two main men are Humphrey Bogart and William Holden, whom I also lovvvvve. But, this is one of my favorite scenes.

Whenever I'm having a bad day, I just listen to this and it instantly helps me feel better :).

Redneck Wine Glass

And I present to you...

A REDNECK WINEGLASS!!!!

I don't know if I'm just easily amused, or what, but, I think it's pretty much one of the best things EVER!

This is all you need to make them.

Adventures in Spray Paint: Wine Bottle

More spray paint adventures!!! This time, I decided to spray paint a wine bottle. I was going to paint both of them, but, they were already a pretty blue color anyways, so, I decided to go with just one and have the contrast and size difference.

Wonderful Wedding Weekend

Remember how I told you guys I was going to be a bridesmaid in a wedding? If you do, or you don't, please enjoy the following pictures from said wedding :). (Also, I'm trying to get away from emoticons, but it's so hard. It's a very bad habit I need to break if I'm going to keep blogging.)

Vinnie and Jocelyn Do. I remember when Vinnie first started talking to me on facebook about Jocelyn. I thought he was insane for falling so in love with a girl so fast and, honestly, I tried to make him "slow his role". I guess it's a good thing he didn't listen to me! haha I have never met a couple more perfect for each other. They may butt heads every once in a while. But, what good couple doesn't? I think it'd be quite boring if you got along all the time. I know my boyfriend and I don't see eye to eye with everything and we're not afraid to argue about it. I remember there was a line in The Notebook that I didn't understand when I first saw the movie, "I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings." When I first heard that I thought, well that sounds cruel, who wants a boyfriend who's going to hurt your feelings. But, after being in a relationship for almost 3 and a half years, I now know what that means. You're so comfortable with each other and trust each other so much you truly are not afraid of hurting each other's feelings. I'm not saying you pick on each other and bring each other down, I mean, you're not afraid to tell each other when they're being an "arrogant son of a bitch" or a "pain in the ass" haha. This explanation sounded better in my head than it does now. And, I'm not saying Vinnie and Jocelyn are constantly fighting. I'm just saying they're truly a real couple. Not a couple putting on a show or putting on appearances and that's what I love about them :).

Anyways, with all that being said, here's some pictures from the beautiful weekend, unfortunately they were all with my cell phone, but, I think they're pretty good nonetheless. Enjoy!

Treasury Tuesday: Pride and Prejudice

I have been in a Pride and Prejudice mood lately. I don't know. I just have. It's one of my most favorite stories EVER. Obviously, I'm not alone in this, it's kind of a cult really. And, I understand, some women refuse to date some men unless they remind them of Mr. Darcy. A little too over the top for me, but, hey, to each their own!



I'm on my third time reading the book at present. Thank you iBooks on the iPad for having it for free! It's such a fun read. I have to say, my favorite movie version is definitely the most recent one. I know, a lot of people love the Colin Firth version and I love Colin Firth myself. I even love the fact that he played the original Mr. Darcy and the new version of Mr. Darcy in Bridget Jones' Diary, but, there's just something about the Keira Knightly version that I can't stop thinking about, pretty much ever. It's so gorgeous. They condensed the story perfectly, beautiful cinematography, beautiful music, beautiful people, beautiful acting, great chemistry. Just, all around gorgeous. And this is, most definitely, my favorite scene:


Ugh, I get chills every time I see that scene. The perfectly timed thunder after Mr. Darcy snaps at Lizzie and how jealous he gets when she starts talking about Mr. Wickham. Then they think about kissing and he storms off. LOVE IT!!!!!!

And, really, who doesn't love saying, "Mr. Darcy" with a British accent? Go on, say it out loud. You know you want to!

Cute Animal Monday: My Sasha Boo

Meet my Sasha Boo. My Mister Man.

And yes, even though he is very pretty and has a girly name he is, in fact, A BOY!!!!!!!

Although, he is too pretty to be a boy.

He also has very, very long whiskers.

We've had Sasha for about 10 years now, possibly more. He's our prison cat. At the prison my dad used to work at, they had a problem with feral cats. The cats didn't have a problem with finding food, so, to help with the issue (and instead of sending them to the SPCA) they would setup traps, catch the cats, get them fixed, then set them loose again. And of course, Sasha got caught in the cage. This is funny because later on, when we were trying to catch a possum that wouldn't leave our house, Sasha got caught in the same type of cage AGAIN. You would think he would've learned his lesson.

Anyways, when my dad first brought Sasha home, the first thing he said to me was, "Now, Ashley, don't get near that cage. That cat has torn up three people already." And, of course, being a 13 year old girl, I didn't listen to him. Thirty minutes later I had that cat up and around my neck and purring like a baby. Until this day, I'm still the only one he allows to pick him up. 

He usually likes laying on my bed while I'm knitting.

Sasha is pretty much my cat and my cat only... unless you have bacon... he'll love you if you have bacon!