Binge Watching Anonymous

Hello, my name is Ashley and I am a binge watcher. 

I am obsessed with Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and binge watching all the shows!!! I decided I wanted to start sharing my addiction with you. Hopefully opening your eyes to some things and getting suggestions from you! I'm going to start this post with shows that I turn on to binge watch in the background while I'm doing other things around the house. Brace yourselves, this is surprisingly long haha.

1. Once Upon a Time

I am so in love with this show. I have rewatched the episodes on Netflix SOOO many times. It's probably unhealthy, but I don't care! And I mean, see evidence below. Captain Hook. Oh Captain Hook.

2. The Office

The Office is one of those shows that my husband and I watch EVERYDAY. We bonded over it when we first started dating. At that time I believe the first two seasons were available on Netflix, oh so long ago. Oh the end of that second season. I also found that I could relate the most ridiculous work situations with something from The Office. And I hear quotes in my head during certain situations and laugh to myself. Then people think I'm crazy. I don't care if it's over #theoffice4lyfe.

3. Parks and Recreation

Oh Parks and Recreation, how do I love thee? Let me count thy ways! I first started watching Parks and Rec during it's first season because I was working for our city's Parks and Recreation department. I couldn't get into the first season much (if you start watching it, you'll see why they changed characters around, don't give up after the first season!). My husband then made me rewatch the show after the second season came on Netflix. I have never seen a show with so many lovable characters. I have said many times that goal in life is to be the perfect mix between Leslie Knope, Ron Swanson and April Ludgate.

If you need happiness in your life, you need this show.

P.S. I often put this GIF into my presentations at work. If you work in IT for any educational venue, my guess is, you will get the significance of this.

4. The Walking Dead

I love this show, but honestly, I don't know why! It's so draining and gloomy, but I CAN'T. STOP. WATCHING! You keep holding on to hope and then *fart noise*. And I ended up getting my dad hooked on it, who then got my mom hooked on it. Can anyone else explain why it's so addicting?

Seriously though, if they kill Darryl, we riot.

Sorry for the feels! 

5. Community

Accidental segway into my next favorite. This is yet another show that my husband got me addicted to (it's really all his fault). As a person who has always been obsessed with TV and movies, the many, many references in this show make my heart happy.

See below for a perfect example of what I mean:

It's such an intelligent, well thought out comedy (IMO). I hate that it kind of fell apart. I'm getting ready to watch the sixth season on Yahoo! 
#sixseasonsandamovie 

6. The League

Oh The League. The League is a very vulgar, full of disgusting humor TV show. And I love it. I know. #dontjudgeme

And my favorite character is Rafi. Again... #dontjudgeme

7. Vampire Diaries

Another one of my guilt pleasures. I read the first book in high school because it was about a blonde haired, blue eyed girl living on Maple Street in small town Virginia. Seriously. My life. How do you not read that? The book was one of the most terrible books I have ever read. I had to force myself to get through. Thankfully, the show doesn't really go by the books and the characters actually have substance. This show sucks you in and you just have to keep watching. I started watching it while Jon was deployed. So, here I am, pregnant, fatigued, unable to drink caffeine and I'm staying up until 2 to 3 in the morning because I HAD TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. I did that for the 5 seasons of the show. That's 22 45 minute episodes per season. I think I finished it in a week. That's how addicting this damn show is. Plus, everyone is so ridiculously beautiful. Like, really? 

Personally, my crush is on Alaric. That's how you know you're old, when your crush on the teenage drama is the "older" mentor.

I also got really excited when they showed this map:

It's the little things.

Okay, I had way too much fun writing this post. I'm going to go watch all the shows now! K. Thanks. Bye!

Don't forget to tell me your favorite shows!!!

Life, or something like it.

So, I know there have been several times where I say, "oh hey, I'm back!" and then I'm never actually back. I'm not going to make that promise again. But, I would LOVE to get back into my blog. I miss it. I find myself thinking EVERYDAY of my blog. So many things have happened since I last blogged. 

1. I was working as Help Desk Supervisor at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL. 

2. We had our wedding! Finally! And it was everything that I dreamed and more! I plan on doing posts about all the details, because, I would love to share them!

3. A week after Jon left for deployment we found out we were expecting our first child! I sent him the picture of the pregnancy tests and he received them while he was in Spain. Oh military life!

4. I had to go through the first 7 months of pregnancy alone, in Florida while living on the 3rd floor with no stairs. It was MISERABLE! Please let me know your experiences with morning sickness! My sickness was all day sickness and EVERYTHING triggered it. Especially my favorite foods. At one point I had the stomach flu ON TOP of the morning sickness. I didn't eat anything for 2 days and on the 3rd and 4th days, I could only eat saltine crackers, apple slices and drink Gatorade. But, I got to binge watch Buffy, so there was that. Once Amelia was born, I immediately saw WHY I had morning sickness the entire time. She kicks CONSTANTLY.

36 week belly.

A photo posted by Ashley Hamilton (@ashleydsworld) on Jun 7, 2014 at 4:59pm PDT

5. We decided I would become a Stay At Home Mom so I begrudgingly left my job at UNF (which I loved and I loved the people I worked with. They were amazing and I miss them everyday.)

6. Amelia was born!!! And her birth was...shew. I'll get into that later.

I'm late with #tbt but since my little poop head kept me up ALL night, it made me think of the very first moment I laid eyes on her :). Thankfully Jon took a picture.

A photo posted by Ashley Hamilton (@ashleydsworld) on Feb 6, 2015 at 6:53am PST

7. We bought a house and moved to Virginia Beach!

Like I said, I'm hoping to start updating on a regular basis. I've been knitting more and learning how to cook, knit, to mom and more about photography! I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to actually "teach" anyone anything. I just enjoy the ability to document my life and share it with others :). And I hope you'll enjoy it!