I got the job.

This was from a while ago...

In a few days I will get dressed up, put make up on and go to sit with a stranger and discuss my qualifications for a job I already know I want but won't be happy with. I will lie pretend this is my dream job until the time in my life in which I can truly move to  my dream job or one which offers me more. 

Before my daughter I would have never dreamt leaving a job in which I truly love for one in which I won't be happy with. But they said all the right things. Who can turn down 2 dollars more an hour, full time over part, and benefits.  Just the option of health insurance for my family would have been enough. 

The truth is I would do anything for these two people. In reality they are my world. 

6:36 am thoughts.

It is hard to be thoughtful at 6:36 am but I will try. I got up at 4:50 am. I yearn to return to the warmth and comfort of my bed in which I left my baby girl and husband. I left my home about 40 mins ago and walked to work. Salt Lake City needs more street lights. My husband and daughter got me sick. I don't want to be sick I want to be well rested and healthy and in my warm bed. The weekend can't come soon enough. Until then I suppose. 

XO ashley and her sniffling nose XO

Thankful Thursday ( a day late )

This week has been crazy and today is my last day at Curves. It seems as though things are finally falling into place and I truly have so much to be thankful for. 

1. My baby girl. 

In three day she will be eight months and I am so thankful for her and how healthy she is. It amazes me how lucky we got with such an amazing blessing. She is a true angle in our lives me and her father couldn't be happier. 

2. My Husband. 

He is my rock and my everything. He loves and supports me and I couldn't ask  for a better companion and friend. During this time of change he has held my hand and have encouraged me. He gives me encouragement when needed and will talk me through things. At other points in life he just holds me. He is AMAZING. 

3. Beautiful World

We are lucky to live in such an amazing world and I am so lucky to be living in a place in which nothing short of miracles happen daily. 

4. Curves

This job has been such an amazing learning experience and a huge resume booster. I never thought when I first started the impact it would have on my life. Not only did I meet amazing people but I also gained so much knowledge on healthy living. 

4. My Husband as a Daddy. 

My husband is a wonderful husband but he is a even better Daddy. I am so thankful to have a husband who is such a hands on dad. I have had so many blessings and so much on my plate. The only thing that makes everything possible  is his willingness and wanting to help me a lot more than his share. Plus seeing the two together and their bond just melts my heart. 

Although I have many more blessings theses five things were first on my mind. Comment below what your most thankful for today. I will talk to you all soon. 

XO ashley XO

Thoughtful Monday

So I am cheating a bit and actually writing this on Sunday night. Tomorrow starts my last week at Curves and the end to my third week of my current class. My classes are five weeks long which is plenty for me. The workload is intense and between family, wife, mother, work, and school duties I just don't find the time to be escaping to this little space for a moment. Most Mondays will not be this busy and I will should hopefully will be able to post on the actual day but I will always try to at least schedule the post for that day.
Now for what I have been thinking about lately. CHANGE. I have always been in love with the idea of change but when it comes down to it I would simply rather pass. I like to know what will happen. Especially since having my daughter I love security rather than freedom. The changes that are just ahead on our path are needed and were bound to happen eventually. We all know I was BEGGING for it to happen sooner rather than latter. But I have always Begged and then wished for it to go away when it happened.
So I will just get up, get dressed, show up because it is all for the better, Right?
XOAshleyXO

George Bernard Shaw is quoted as saying "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." In any life you have challenges and you try your best to meet them and choose correctly but it is most definitely easier said than done.
I know I have made mistakes and I am thankful for each and everyone. They gave me some of my most favorite lessons and greatest of blessings. 
I am lucky enough to be married to my best friend, the mother to a precious little girl, a worker in a job that helps take care of those I love, I get to go to school to become something that will make a difference, and the list can go on and on. 
I make no promises as to what this blog will be about, except for my life.