Peanut Butter Jelly time!

Good Morning!

Hello!

HI!

How many of you now have that song stuck in your head?

Where ya at ?  Where ya at ?

Sorry!

Can you believe it's only Wednesday?

I'm am pretty excited....

I had been having such a terrible time falling asleep at night well happy to report that at 9:30pm last night I fell asleep with the light in the bedroom on and remote in my hand and hadn't turned the TV on yet!

Like whoa!

This working out thing has helped!

I shared not too long ago the Strawberry Cheesecake Shake..... How many have you tried that?

Good right?

Well I found a new one I am wanting to try!

Peanut Butter Jelly Shake

 1/2 cup of milk

1 cup of mixed berries

 1 scoop of vanilla protein powder

1 1/2 tablespoons of peanut butter

Sounds delish!

Let me know your thoughts and I will share mine!

I need to go to the store and get some of the ingredients.

Have an AWESOME day!!

<3 Ashley

GOING FOR PINK!

Hello! Good Morning! I have a week left to get some Younique orders in to be able to get PINK status!

 I will be doing a Flash sale in my party and on here as well! 

 I have a Going for Pink party going on now...Going For PINK Party where there hostess rewards will be given away

 I have a mascara Challenge.... Where I will have 2-6 ladies send me their " Mascara Face" and have them get people to vote on their picture for a chance to win a prize.

 AHHH! I would love so much to get PINK! My sponsor just did and my team  member that signed under me is so close to getting Pink too!

Does anyone have any tips or ideas that will get me there?

Thank you for the support you all have given me so far!

I look forward to hearing from you all!

<3 Ashley

Bat those lashes.....

Whoot whoot! As March is coming to an end I have some exciting news!!! I not only sold an item....I not only had 6 parties....but I also became a Lash Boss and a Yellow status presenter!

I'm sure you are wondering what all that means.... Well Lash Boss is what you are called once someone signs up under you to be a Younique Presenter as well! Which I am so proud of this girl she amazed me with her passion and well of course who wouldn't want to sell for this amazing company that gives proceeds to abused women, that uplifts women with their confidence! 

Yellow status means I have sold enough to total $1,000 or more! Isn't that crazy? to think all I was going for was one sale..... $15 lip gloss... or the $29 3D Fiber Mascara..... but I sold $1,000 worth of stuff!!! 

I have a lot of work to do to feel completely like a presenter haha  I want to take more selfies with the products because I feel like showing the picture of the product doesn't show them how amazing the product is when its actually on. So im pretty sure that is what I will be doing this weekend....

I have ordered a lot more products but the cool thing is they were pretty much free thanks to everyone that bought from a party I hosted I ended up getting half price items and Y-cash to spend!!!!

If you at all would like to Shop the Younique Products, Host your own party ( which is done all online), or Become a presenter all you have to do is contact me on my website or on here and I can make whatever your hearts desire... come true!

<3 Ashley  

All in one weekend

Flash Black Friday

.......Left one job...got engaged...started new job.... 

I'm not Miss Ashley anymore.... sad but it was time to go. I had such an awesome class to leave on so there were only happy goodbyes. The last of my babies went off the Kindergarten and I went on to have a Big Girl job... Now I work in an office.... Something I never thought I would do.... always said ,"Eww I can't just seat at a desk all day." Well I do now and it has been really quite fun. I type out invoices for the work the mechanics have done on tractor trailers and such. Totally different from being a Pre-K teacher.... although the "men" around here do throw tantrums so at the same time.... not so different.  

That night we "celebrated" by going to see Chase Rice in concert! What an awesome time!

So I woke up a little upset but nervous and all I got a call the next day did I want to go get my nails done.... I replied with, "No I really don't have the money," To then be told she didn't ask if I had money but did I want to go. Well then I found out it was just going to be a big girls day. Kris's mom, his sister in law, niece and me!

We got our nails done..... went to lunch....went shopping...well that night Kris and I were going to go see our friend's band play. I told everyone come on out. We got there to see everyone did come out. No way!

It was such an awesome time I found a new drink there that was very yummy and on my 3rd one right after the band played "Gettin Giggy With it" The band stopped and said, " oh hey guys we have an annoucement..... To the driver of a silver Ford F150  and he read the licence plate..... it of course was Kris's truck. Someone hit your truck so we need the owners on stage. Kris said come on and I said, " um no that's your truck." well all of a sudden I am being pushed onto the stage. Tipsy and freaking out a little Kris bent down and asked me to Marry Him!!!!

I was completely speechless and cried the rest of the night!!! haha I really did! August 29th will never be the same! I called my mom and dad....called my Dee-ma.....Facebook status.... Istagram pictures.....all the above.

Such an awesome night! That will never forget! We are planning to get married September 10th of this year. Planning a wedding is very very VERY stressful. 

We were going to do destination wedding..... SUPER EXPENSIVE! 

Now we are looking for venues around home.

I got my dress already with my mom and funny thing is... THE FIRST WEDDING DRESS.... I tried one. That was such a fun day! My mom and I just went to go look and ended up leaving with the dress.

Now I need to get focused and start working out and doing Weight Watchers again.

Sometimes simple is all you need!

Hey! I always find it to be so much fun to take simple stuff and together they become such a super cute outfit! T-shirt, shorts, sandals, and a dash of accessories you have an outfit everyone is asking where did you get it?

You could totally wear this outfit tomorrow because I bet you have all the pieces to this simple...yet...CUTE outfit!

Go to your closet or your dresser and pull out your... Black t-shirt.....your khaki shorts....grab your fedora ( because I know you bought one like I said to in my  Hats Off It's Sunday post) and slip on your black sandals..... and sprinkle on some bling... you will have such a super cute outfit that I bet you are thinking "holy crap...why didn't I think of that?"

Let me take a bow and say, "Thank you." :)

<3 Ashley

  

Update and Motivate

Hey everyone! Hope you are all enjoying your weekend. I have spent most of the Saturday doing this new thing to me called cleaning....I hate to clean and yet this "weight watcher/ fitness freak" gets up Saturday mornings read to clean... It's very funny to see Kris's face when he walks in the room and I am cleaning. Like today, "Umm...you're dusting." Haha yeah I was... Crazy I know! 


Sunday, I went to the Yoga barre class,( holy soreness) went with my mom to a viewing of one of my sister's best friends in school, lunch, and then cuddled the rest of the day with Audrey!

Speaking of Audrey I feel like she grew over night! Wow! We changed her food and when I woke up this morning BAM there was a whole lotta dog haha 

She also got a gate to get to just stay in the kitchen while we are at work now, hoping that will clam her down more then keeping her in her crate all day. We shall see how that works out today!

Now if you need some motivating to get active this week here are some quotes:

You can't expect to look like a million bucks, if you eat off of the dollar menu... eat clean

It took more then a day to put it on. It will take more then a day to take it off.


Hope you all have a wonderful Monday!

Please feel free to leave me a comment! I would LOVE to hear from you.

<3 Ashley

We Made it to another Feel Good Friday!

Good morning! Happy Friday! I feel like this has been a long week! Happy Spring! It's is a rainy day here. Blah...That means I should stay home and cuddle with Audrey right?

I want to brag a little about myself because I can't get over the fact that I have loss a total of 7 pounds and I have only 3 more to go before I hit my goal! I am beyond excited and Proud of myself! It is truly and awesome feeling!

I started my day, yesterday, trying some Green Tea. It was good just tasted like some unsweet tea to me. I drink the whole to-go cup! Go Me!

Last night, I did the Zumba Toning DVD (Ripped from Exhilarate) then I did 20 reps each of different resistance work outs! 

I'm feeling really good! I left one point yesterday, My fiber one bar (2points), Smart One Spaghetti (7points), grilled chicken and baked potato dinner(7 points), and mini chocolate fudge pie (9points) all added up to 25 points.

Today, I believe I will start my day out the same with the green tea and Fiber One bar. Although my bed feels perfect especially with Audrey curled up with me...

There is a quote I found yesterday that I love and I believe it to be true and actually I could hear my dad say something like that to me.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!

Good Habits are just as addicting as bad but so much more rewarding!

I told my friend yesterday that I really wanted to blog this whole adventure I am on so hopefully I could Inspire someone to get active, make better food choices, and have this wonderful feeling every single day! There are not many cons to doing this and actually at the moment I can't think of any but I could tell you so many pros....

I sleep better at night

I am more energized

I don't feel sluggish or bloated all day long

I am happy

I am proud of myself

I love myself more

I am getting compliments every day 

So You can do this! My motivation was to look better in the wedding pictures and fit in my bridesmaid dress for the wedding I am in in May. The dress is actually big on me and I haven't even met my goal yet!

So Find what your motivation is and get up and go after your goals! If you are going to try Weight Watchers TRACK EVERYTHING! 

Have a wonderful day! Happy Friday!

<3 Ashley 

Happy Feel Good Friday!

Good morning everyone! So I am starting week six of Weight Watchers and I have lost 5 pounds so far and I am feeling great! I have had a lot of people tell me that they can tell I have lost weight, so that is exciting!

 Even greater news, I tried on the bridesmaid dress to the wedding I am sweating for and It fits!

 I have been doing Zumba from the at home dvds  close to every night and doing a yoga barre class on Sunday for the past 2 weeks! 

I do Exhilarate and Ripped dvds of this pack. 

Just got this set in the mail and so far I have done Leg and Glutes one 

I am pushing myself that is for sure and I am so proud since I feel so good about myself! 

The Weight Watchers program was overwhelming at first but I have found the things I like and tried now things to find the substitutes for the bad things I have been eating.

I am loving the Smart Ones that Weight Watchers promotes and the points are on the box!

So Far The Spicy Chicken Slider (5pts) is my favorite! 

Alright, I hope everyone has and wonderful and I will try to keep you all updated better!

<3 Ashley

Goals

Hello everyone! What a beautiful weekend it was here! Such a tease with having 70 degree weather! I am ready for that everyday! Audrey and I played outside for a long time both yesterday and today!

Can everyone please give me a round of applause because I was a very good girl and I did Zumba Monday night, Tuesday afternoon, I Country Line Danced Wednesday night, Zumba Thursday night, Country Line Danced Friday night and I just did Zumba Toning DVD this afternoon! I am so freakin sore! It's worth it though it's that good sore feeling!

 I also signed up with Weight Watchers I haven't fully started with it yet I am going to be full force come tomorrow. I just was a little over whelmed with the reading and trying to figure out how many points the foods I eat at restaurants are. It was very depressing but I'm over it I read everything and I went grocery shopping so I am ready to tackle this week full force!

Hope you all had a great weekend! 

If you do Weight Watchers I would love any tips or recipes and if you don't but you are doing any fitness goals yourself please share them!

Summer is on it's way and I want to look and feel the best I have ever felt this Summer!

<3 Ashley

Monday comes so soon!

Hey Hey Hey!....I for sure have had the Monday blues... The day after the Super Bowl should be a Holiday! 

Poor Audrey is so worn out I had to pick her up to get her out of her crate and she's just laying around.....No puppy power in her yet! 

Last night was great! Although I thought the game started at 8 so my guests didn't show up until 7:30 and that was pretty much when the half time show started. Kris heard it started at 7 and I swore when we had gone to dinner the other night they say coverage begins at 6:30 and the game starts at 8. I even heard people complain about how late the game was going to be since it was being played in Arizona.  I felt so bad but really no one was that interested in the game just the food, commercials , and watching how Audrey and Berkeley got along.

Berkeley Is who Kris decided he wanted in our house so when he went searching for a puppy that was his model. Audrey was a bit sassy acting ( her Scrappy Doo came out) but Berkeley put her in her place and could jump up on the couch so she would stare down at Audrey. 

I enjoyed the half time show wasn't as good as Bruno Mars by no means but I did enjoy the dancing and costumes. I heard Lenny Kravitz was on it but I think I blinked. Missy Elliot sang all my old Hip hop dance songs so of course I liked it since it made me go down memory lane for a second.

I'm very proud of myself I did 45 mins of Zumba tonight! Whoot Whoot! 

Now it's time for me to crash! Good night everyone!

<3 Ashley 

15 in 15

Hello! So I always feel like January is prep month for getting your goals to start! I love my life and everyone in it so it's hard to think of more things I want but, I feel like you always need to challenge yourself to be stronger and not slack off because you will miss things.  So last year I had 14 goals in 2014 this year is 15 goals in 2015.

Go on another Cruise
Drink more water
Try a yoga class
Read at least 4 books this year
Wear my hair curled or waved more
Have friends over more
Teach Audrey a trick
Try a new recipe each month
Keep blog up to date better
Do more with my family
Throw Kris a huge 30th Birthday party
Teach my self the Fake ID country line dance
Do Zumba at least twice a week
Experience something new that's out of the normal for me.
Live each day to the fullest

There you have it... my goals for 2015....we shall see how this works!

<3 Ashley

ummmm about that....

In 2014 I made goals for life and my blog and didn't meet most of them to the fullest I would have liked to, but a lot in life did happen so I can't be too mad at myself.

So let me explain..... 

1. I got really bad migraines and had to drink soda but it's not my first choice anymore and I only drink it when I really need it.

2. I have not cut my hair it has been growing! 

3. yeah... I was doing good and well life happened

4. no one new joined

5. I feel as if I did a little more

6. I did a Diabetes walk for one of my students but not a color 5k

7. I teach a creative movement class at work where i do zumba moves at.

8. I sing in my car everyday..... does that count?

9. I feel as If I have been there a little more for my friends and my family

10. I saw Deirks Bentley and Thomas Rhett in concert!

11. I did cook new recipes!

12. oh yes every month I have gotten a massage!

13. I did take my mom to the zoo for mother's day

14. I didn't do a day trip to the outlets but I did shop on my cruise at Jamaica ,Grand Turk, and Nassau... does that count?

So maybe life did go as I planned but 2014 was so amazing! I am very thankful for everything in my life and for the person I am today!

<3 Ashley

Snorkeling in Grand Turk

Happy New Year! Hope you all had a wonderful night and got that great midnight kiss!

The cruise posts are still continuing, Today is about Grand Turk!

In Grand Turk we booked the excursion that put us on a boat to go snorkling and then take us to a private beach! We were able to see some beautiful fish and coral. I was quite proud of myself that I actually went through with the excursion because my stomach the closer we got to the middle of the ocean was not making me feel so good!

After our snorkling adventure we went to Margaritaville! It's was so beautiful and had a huge pool around the entire place! The party was hopping as soon as we got there and one of my friends pushed me out to the dance floor to start dancing.

Out of all the stops... Grand Turk was my FAVORITE!

<3 Ashley