21st Birthday!

Matt and I at the bar.

Jesse, My brother Chris, Me and Robert at the bar :)

Olga and I at a bar!

Kim, Me and Olga before we went out to mill!

1st Legal Drink :)

I am finally 21 :) It was a great birthday, low key but really great. I spent it with some of my favorite people. Rasha and I went out to lunch at Chilis, where I got to order my first "legal" drink, Strawberry Margarita and our server bought me a shot. :) Even though I should I have been doing school, I figure hey its my birthday I deserve to have some fun, so Rasha and I went and played in the pool. Later on at night, my brother came from Tucson to go out for me and I invited my good friend Kim and my new friend Olga from school, and Kim brought her friend Matt, that I had met once before back at UofA. We first took couple of shots at my apartment, then we went to mill ave. It was a lot of fun. At the second bar, we ran into my 2 friends Jesse and Robert, from back home. I see Jesse sometimes at parties in tempe, but I haven't seen Robert in a long time. It was good to see them. I had a great birthday, thank you every one for all the birthday wishes and thanks for everyone that went out with me! :)

Much Love,
Ash

8 days till 21!

Here I am up at 4am in the morning, I can't sleep. :( Instead ,I'll just write.

I can not believe in 8 days I will be 21. To me, it is so crazy. A year ago, I was wishing that I was 21, and now I am finally going to be 21. It's a weird feeling, I am growing up so quickly. Time sure does fly.

Turning 21 for everyone is being able to drink legally, and go to bars and clubs. Yes, it's about that for me too, but not completely. For me, turning 21, is a new beginning, a new chapter in my life. I feel like I can get a fresh start. Realizing how fast I am growing up, I know turning 21 is a time to start setting up my life, for the life ahead of me. It's time to have fun but also to start being responsible and building a future for myself.

In this past year, I've been attending the Art Institute of Phoenix, for fashion marketing. With each class I taken, I figure out something else that I might like to do for a career. I know that I want to a trend forecaster/trend reporter for a fashion magazine. I thought, that I wanted to have my own clothing line but once again I think I might change my mind. I still want to be a designer but not a clothing designer. I am currently taking an accessories class, and for a project due next week, I am making an handbag. For anyone that knows me, at least in the past couple of years, I love accessories, especially handbags. I love to wear accessories, I think it completes an outfit. So now, I think I might I want to be a accessories designer, and I could maybe still be a clothing designer as well. I guess we will see how things go with the handbag that I am making right now. If it doesn't go well, doesn't mean that I can be an accessories designer, just means that I need to practice it and improve in that area. I am also going to start making some clothes. Hopefully this all goes well, so I can start figuring out what I want to do in the designing area.

Now that I'll be 21, it's time to start figuring these types of things, so I can be prepared for the future ahead. It's time to for a fresh start, and turing 21 is where it all begins for me! Wish me luck everyone! And I hope to be celebrating with all my friends for this big birthday for me!

Love,
Ash

Starts with GoodBye

It is hard to let go of people but sometimes you just have to do what is going to be good for you. You may miss the person every day. But sticking around sometimes can make things worse or make you feel worse. I love this song by Carrie Underwood. It explains exactly how I am feeling.
Here it is-

Starts With Goodbye
By: Carrie Underwood

I was sitting on my doorstep,
I hung up the phone and it fell out of my hand,
But I knew I had to do it,
And he wouldn't understand,
So hard to see myself without him,
I felt a piece of my heart break
But when you're standing at crossroad,
There's a choice you gotta make.

[Chorus:]
I guess it's gonna have to hurt,
I guess I'm gonna have to cry,
And let go of some things I've loved,
To get to the other side,

I guess it's gonna break me down,

Like falling when you try to fly,

It's sad,but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life,

Starts with Goodbye

I know there's a blue horizon,
Somewhere up ahead, just waiting for me,

Getting there means leaving things behind,
Sometimes life's so bitter sweet.

[Chorus]

Time Heals,

The wounds that you feel,
Somehow, right now.

[Chorus]

I recommend listening to this song, it's a really good song.
Have a great day!

Love,
Ashley

Ten Laws of Me

Ten Laws of Me

1. Family comes first, No matter what.

2. Live, Laugh, Love. Live your life to the fullest. Laugh always. Love Much- Love yourself, Love your life, Love your family and Love your friends.

3. Be willing to try new things, as long as it doesn't put my life or who I am at risk. Expections: Sky Diving, Bungee Jumping, etc.

4. Always be the best verison of myself.

5. School is most important but make sure to have time for some fun.

6. Be happy with what I have, do not complain about what I don't have or my problems. Noone likes some who is negative about their live. I am luck for what I do have,there are people with nothing.

7. Do not change who I am for anyone or anything. I am happy with who I am and if someone doesn't like it, then they don't have to be in my life.

8. Know my responsiblities, and honor those responsibilities. If I do not, and the results turn out not so good, I have noone to blame but myself.

9. Be a good person, meaning be good to others, you never know what someone else is going through. Treat people how I wanted to be treated.

10. Live a full, happy, and heathly life, don't take like for granted, you never know when it's your time.

For my ethics class, we had to come up with 10 laws for me, these are mine and I really do try to live by them .

Enjoy!

Love,
Ashley