Well, my dad, his wife Catherine and her daughter Frances are all coming to my house for Thanksgiving! So we will be making and devouring the big meal here in my little abode - should be interesting.. I am already fighting my territorial and 'bossy' alter-ego.. mainly over sleeping accomodations and the cooking and all of that ridiculous stuff..
Don't get me wrong I am glad they are coming I haven't seen my dad since August and for us that's a good bit of time.. We have always been close - and even after i moved I generally went back to visit like every couple of months.. This last 6 months have been so busy that all i've done is run around and do my stuff - i'm sure both of my parents have felt the distance as when i first moved here Dad and I talked at least weekly.. now we do good to talk on the phone every three to four weeks.. big difference.. and my mom and I now have maybe one good forever long conversation a month. That's a bit different too.. Seems they have both voiced the distance and my busyness and lack in calling and chatting.. I do miss it but i feel like the infant who refuses to sleep because they are afraid they'll miss something.. everytime one of my parents call me it interrupts the fun i'm having and then i forget to call them.. or when i do we just don't really talk.
So Frances first mentioned coming here for T-day and i was both glad and unsure.. i'm moving three days later (still haven't started packing) and then will have a roommate.. and i already had plans for the big day.. so this is both the best and the worst time for them to come.. best because i'll have off for four days and can spend it with them and it's just me - no roommate to make feel uncomfortable or weird.. and worst because i needed that time off to start packing and the space they will be sleeping in would be my storage for boxes and because now instead of going through with my other plans we made different plans.. AAAHHH!
oh and back to my original point.. Frances mentioned it - i said yeah sure.. then they decided not to come because Catherine wanted to go to visit her brother and grand kids (where they will also be for x-mas) so i kinda felt sad and slighted.. that her plans and wants would automatically override all else.. then i got an email from dad yesterday saying they were coming afterall..
so that's that..
All else is well for now.. had fun spending time with Kelly P most of yesterday.. and last evening with Palm Tree... :) - thought you might like that..
K gotta go get ready for StillPoint tonight!!
Ciao!
Nov 20, 2005
Nov 9, 2005
Updates...
Well HI!!
I know, i know.. its been more than a month since i last updated - and even that wasn't an update.. i'm sorry okay!!
So what's up with Ashley you might be wondering... alot actually!!
1. I got a new job! I'm still standing here in awe of God and the ways that He works and being reminded that my timing isn't in correlation with His timing... i know bummer - why is it i have to learn this so often - and am i really learning this lesson or just temporarily accepting it until i have my next temper tantrum?
2. I'm getting a room-mate! I know craziness abounds! Kelly and I are joining forces and moving in together.. we move Nov.28-30th so shoot me a mail if you want to help!
Anyway, this will be a very very big adjustment for me because I don't do roommates.. reasoning.. my one and only semester of college - i had a room mate and she was crazy!! well she was actually from New York and so she was probably somewhat normal to them but for me - uh.. it didn't work too well - i'm sure that my inability to deal properly with conflict didn't help either.. i tend to avoid conflict at all costs.. i've gotten better - but i seriously used to run!!
I think another issue is that i was raised with three brothers - so all of that life ruining drama really never went on in our house.. and even now - it can get on my nerves.. my old roomie was all drama.. issue obviously..
So as kelly is not a drama queen - i think it will work! Will we get on each others nerves? oh yes, we've already experienced that.. but we both still think it will work! plus it'll be fun!!
2.1 I took a trip to Lousiana to work with a children's home that our StillPoint community has "adopted" very amazing trip - you should ask me about it some time..
2.2 The young'n (Gerrod - 13 yr old bro) got his first deer... 15 pointer just before Halloween - you should check out the picks on my flickr site..
3. I want a dog! Yes, i know that i have been wanting one for the last 5 years.. - but you see.. i really want one.. again.
so i have been looking around - getting some details and specifics.. so we'll see.. i think i'll name her Macy...
4. I really don't know of much else going on in the world of ashley but if i think of something i'll try to make the time to update the blog..
okay so that leads up to the web link additions.. - Margaret Feinberg - she is listed on Amanda's website - so i started reading some of her things.. and you know - i really like what she has to say and the angle that she is coming from i really identify with.. so check her out - and the second would be Winn Collier - he is listed on Margaret's website and after reading a bit about him - i decided i like what he had to say also..
Both of these authors/pastor/speakers/thought provokers make me want to just take time to consider and weigh what they are saying and really think about what all is going on, what my thoughts are on it and really process those thoughts... time however generally deters me from thinking too much.. I feel in a sense very shallow in my thoughts in regards to alot of things simply because i don't take or make the time to really gather info, and process and form my own thoughts and beliefs on different topics... kelly often asks me - what are you thinking about.. unfortunately - my answer is very shallow or impossibly ridiculous.. I always try to be honest with my thoughts... which also leads me to realizing how little time i actually spend thinking about big things..
oh and for some reason two people just came to mind - i have two friends who moved here - one from miami - and the other from abilene... they both within 3 months have crossed paths with very possibly "the one" and are moving towards pursuing marriage.. what's up with that!!! I mean i'm very glad for them and all - and it's been fun seeing it all happen for them.. but come on - what about the rest of us.... :)
Okay so i've rambled far too long...
so this is Ashley signing off!
I know, i know.. its been more than a month since i last updated - and even that wasn't an update.. i'm sorry okay!!
So what's up with Ashley you might be wondering... alot actually!!
1. I got a new job! I'm still standing here in awe of God and the ways that He works and being reminded that my timing isn't in correlation with His timing... i know bummer - why is it i have to learn this so often - and am i really learning this lesson or just temporarily accepting it until i have my next temper tantrum?
2. I'm getting a room-mate! I know craziness abounds! Kelly and I are joining forces and moving in together.. we move Nov.28-30th so shoot me a mail if you want to help!
Anyway, this will be a very very big adjustment for me because I don't do roommates.. reasoning.. my one and only semester of college - i had a room mate and she was crazy!! well she was actually from New York and so she was probably somewhat normal to them but for me - uh.. it didn't work too well - i'm sure that my inability to deal properly with conflict didn't help either.. i tend to avoid conflict at all costs.. i've gotten better - but i seriously used to run!!
I think another issue is that i was raised with three brothers - so all of that life ruining drama really never went on in our house.. and even now - it can get on my nerves.. my old roomie was all drama.. issue obviously..
So as kelly is not a drama queen - i think it will work! Will we get on each others nerves? oh yes, we've already experienced that.. but we both still think it will work! plus it'll be fun!!
2.1 I took a trip to Lousiana to work with a children's home that our StillPoint community has "adopted" very amazing trip - you should ask me about it some time..
2.2 The young'n (Gerrod - 13 yr old bro) got his first deer... 15 pointer just before Halloween - you should check out the picks on my flickr site..
3. I want a dog! Yes, i know that i have been wanting one for the last 5 years.. - but you see.. i really want one.. again.
so i have been looking around - getting some details and specifics.. so we'll see.. i think i'll name her Macy...
4. I really don't know of much else going on in the world of ashley but if i think of something i'll try to make the time to update the blog..
okay so that leads up to the web link additions.. - Margaret Feinberg - she is listed on Amanda's website - so i started reading some of her things.. and you know - i really like what she has to say and the angle that she is coming from i really identify with.. so check her out - and the second would be Winn Collier - he is listed on Margaret's website and after reading a bit about him - i decided i like what he had to say also..
Both of these authors/pastor/speakers/thought provokers make me want to just take time to consider and weigh what they are saying and really think about what all is going on, what my thoughts are on it and really process those thoughts... time however generally deters me from thinking too much.. I feel in a sense very shallow in my thoughts in regards to alot of things simply because i don't take or make the time to really gather info, and process and form my own thoughts and beliefs on different topics... kelly often asks me - what are you thinking about.. unfortunately - my answer is very shallow or impossibly ridiculous.. I always try to be honest with my thoughts... which also leads me to realizing how little time i actually spend thinking about big things..
oh and for some reason two people just came to mind - i have two friends who moved here - one from miami - and the other from abilene... they both within 3 months have crossed paths with very possibly "the one" and are moving towards pursuing marriage.. what's up with that!!! I mean i'm very glad for them and all - and it's been fun seeing it all happen for them.. but come on - what about the rest of us.... :)
Okay so i've rambled far too long...
so this is Ashley signing off!
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