Let me introduce myself...

My photo
Hey welcome to my blog. My name is Ashlee and I am 32 years old. This is the section where I am supposed to put some stuff about me but I thought that is what the actual blog is for. Hmmm? I guess if you want to know more about me then you will just have to browse around and read my posts :)

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Books that have influenced my life

The following books have influenced my life greatly and they are books that I will keep on my bookshelf for the rest of my life. I reread them at least once a year.

1. Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
2. Mere Churchianity by Michael Spencer (www.internetmonk.com)
3. Dangerous Wonder (The Adventure of Childlike Faith) by Michael Yaconelli
4. Safe People by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
5. Messy Spirituality by Miachael Yaconelli
6. 70x7 and Beyond by Monty Christensen
7. To Own a Dragon by Donald Miller

First 10 songs that play when I set my Ipod to shuffle

I am online tonight going back and forth between playing Wetopia on facebook, reading through tweets on Twitter, catching up on emails, and taking breaks to pin a few things on Pinterest and all the while I have my Ipod going and I decided to set it to shuffle and blog the first 10 songs that play. So here they are:

1. Hangnail by Nickelback
2. The Way I Loved You by Taylor Swift
3. Exit to Exit by Ryan Cabrera
4. Won't Let You Go by Shannon Noll
5. Magic by Colbie Calliat
6. Hating Hollywood by Theory Of A Deadman
7. Billionaire by Travie McCoy (feat. Bruno Mars)
8. I Wish We'd All Been Ready by DC Talk
9. Enough by BarlowGirl
10. Harder To Breathe by Maroon 5

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Things that make me happy:

In no particular order here are some things that make me happy...

Fuzzy socks (especially purple ones with aloe)
My Callie kitten kneeding on my chest
Surprise get well gift bags from Chris full of little things he knows I love....aka: green apple chapstick, fuzzy socks, dove dark chocolate etc.
When Chris sings "soft kitty" to me when I am sick
Signing in to facebook and seeing that I have notifications
My group of online girlfriends--Valerie, Julie, Monique, Chris and Candace
Music
Watching my kittens Oskar and Daizy play with the cat toy app on our Ipads
Bunny kisses from my Chrismouse
Nicknames between best friends...aka Chrismouse and Squeakamouse
Spending and sharing my life with my best friend
Reading a book that I absolutely cannot stand to put down until I finish it
When my favorite books end up as movies
Receiving a new book in the mail via Paperbackswap.com
Checking the mailbox and finding it full of mail
The color purple
Taking pictures of anything that peaks my interest
Traveling to and visiting the sites of new places
Thunderstorms
Singing along with my favorite songs
An Andy's date with Chris!
A cookie dough concrete with a splash of hot fudge from Andy's....yumm!!!
Late night drives with my best friend
Rain
Chris' silly accents :)
Staying in a hotel
Hearing my mom's ringtone when she calls me. "Yeah I got friends, yeah I got a lotta friends....oh shoot, it's my mom..."
Weather that is the perfect temp for me to wear jeans and my favorite hoodies
Playing Phase 10