we all have dreams

here are some of mine:

1. take a nap or picnic in a field of wild sunflowers cause really...

photo credit where credit is due

 2. go to europe. this dream is new. i know people who have been and ive never really wanted to my self, but here i am. aching to go somewhere outside of north america - i am sure maddie would let me wander france with her. i would want to see ireland or greece

 

both photos found via google search

3. own all four seasons of the oc because.. well:

4.  re-do my room. although i love and adore it.. its been two years, and in ashley years that is a. long. time {maybe i will do blue this time.. since i clearly adore the color blue}

that painting of the girl with the camera is me. {obvious statement of the day}
my beautiful, wonderful cousin brook painted it for me.
you can see more of her awesome stuff here

here it is bigger:

isnt she awesome?! im proud to call her my cousin {and friend}

5. see mumford and sons live. anywhere. just as long as i have kale with me. and tissues. this is my {2nd} favorite:

and incase... this is my first favorite song and of course.. she covers it flawlessly 

{maddie can vouch that it was my favorite beFORE she covered it..}

6. thats all for now. i dream of being able to come up with more dreams 

moving monday 3:

because tangled is one of the greatest disney movies - ever 

769 miles on I75 straight on till morning

know the feeling of being home for a week and it finally hitting you, how you wish you were back where you came from? back on 'vacation' but really just back {anywhere} with the best friend? 

well this conversation created that feeling: 

{i shall let you know, it is a common practice to hashtag in text messages... because thats normal.. to text in tweets..just go with it..}

"i don't want tomorrow to be monday" -m

"me either, trade ya? monday for monday? fair as square" -a

"okay! ill come up and you can take a placement test for me! :)" -m

"perfect! win win! then you'll have real easy classes" -a

"i like this idea" -m

"i don't. that means you're here and I'm there #stillbestfriendless" -a

"I'm always your best friend! even when you marry MGG and he makes you live in antarctica for a year so he model with polar bears!" -m

"yes i understand that was ridiculous. polar bears don't live in antarctica" -m

"i like you speak" -a

"but imagine MGG with a baby polar bear. it'd be too cute for words" -m

"i am literally speechless" -a

"see! too cute for words. they'd have on matching scarves, he'd illustrate a story for it. yada, yada, yada" -m

yes. this is pretty much the reason why i miss her so.
{i will have you know... google says there are no pictures of MGG holding a baby polar bear.. anywhere... shame}

im in atlanta triiiiiiii...

i liked the mini instagrams so much i decided to make one for each day... 

i only took photos on my phone 

{shameful me}

I'm home now. 

and she is in georiga still.

i want her here. 

wednesday:gyro wrap. rain. spaghetti dinner with the family. sharpie tattoos. jittery joes. 

           {to the guy working, sorry i am obnoxious.. to maddie, sorry i am obnoxious. to self, sorry your obnoxious}

thursday: chinese food. record stores. frozen yogurt. downtown athens. meeting. pip. wigs. wigs. costumes. owls. shorts, even if it was for just 10 minutes. {it was too cold for shorts...} 

friday: mamas boy. friends. killer pip. movie. {more} frozen yogurt. carabas with the family. 

saturday: black and yellow. football. football. cuddles. phone charging. maddie kisses. football. but hey! we came in second place. i say "we" {i didn't do anything...}

some that didn't get noticed or needed to be noticed again...

its a good start. i get to her house. and this. yes. 

and an other good start, dessert at yoforia
because i love it.

i survived to tell about it. 

its weird meeting your selves in matching friends... so weird. but it was also so nice having brunch with them, and laughing at things maddie asks... 

you may ask, "hey, where is sunday?" 

{you probably didn't} 

i didn't take pix really. 

because i was at the height of my cold and we watched football. 

on the tv this time

so it was warm

oh. but i also played the guys in super smash brothers. its nice to know i still have it. 

kind of. 

so what if i was the first to lose, i lasted long enough to make me happy 

and link is the man!!! 

{yes'm i just linked you to wiki for zelda.. what?}

all i know. 

maddie, i miss you. 

and katie and trey! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!! <3 

and then there was an iPhone

well. you saw the actual photos. 

here are the iPhone photos. 

i made them in to tiny little instagrams... since that is the best app out there

and a few needed to be bigger so you can see them reallllllll good 

        

now for my georgia photos.. 

pst.. i have a secret

there is something you should know about me.
i dont hate justin beiber.
i don't love him, but i don't hate him.

that being said...
i. love. him.

but i love this video so much more. SO. MUCH. MORE.



because what isn't to love about dancing groomsmen in black skinny ties?!


annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd buckle up!!!!!


Speak Now Tour CD+DVD Trailer from Taylor Swift on Vimeo.

3 months late

july fourth is fun. 

mainly because of the sky. 

"sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same"

-the fray-

this. this. this. THIS.

finding a song to link in my last post, and i find this.... GEM of a video. how i have not seen this before, i have NO CLUE!!! 

but i loved it and watched it enough times in a row to conclude it needed its OWN post!! 

{and of COURSE i can not embed it.... hmmmph!!!}

so. click THIS to be directed to the correct place!!! 

seriously though...
im in love with it.
not only is it my second favorite off that album... but has a zebra and owl falling in love!!! well HELLOOOOOO!!!

if you didn't enjoy that video... i don't know...
go have some candy or something and cheer up

i will sleep well tonight. 

tbs + slurpees = soulmate

i leave my hearts {yes, plural} in the places that i visit 

one of those places is a four hour car ride {enjoiable with iPod and lots of candy}

four hours is so worth it when i have my favorite people on the other end of it.

four hours are worth it when i have this view to distract me 

{disclaimer, i pulled over to get these photographs... so what if i had to cut people off to get off the exit...}

oh. and uhm.. there are uhh... a lot of photos... 

so put some tunes on.. and read on 

or if you want me to suggest something to listen to... i know you do.... 

click this right here but really click this one... because you love me 

and the next morning she made me breakfast, complete with pancakes and hot cocoa
and elephants {how CUTE is that?!!?}

my favorite owl

daddy prayers are the best kind of prayers

we don't always ace this... case in point

art class
my favorite class

i don't even have the words for how much i love this face 

he didn't really love the owl as much as aunt kale did

Roast and Toast in Petoskey, Michigan
cute coffee shop with delicious food and kale..
i really couldnt ask for more

we complement each other well 

a little diversion on the way home - worth it 

on the way to traverse city we stumbled across this gem of a location
needless to say, we had a blast...

me and the boys, ya know... per usual

#mmmmkisses 

more like it 

hokey pokey... the hustle...
no.. its the cha cha slide.... 

its not every day you get to sit in a hippos mouth, so when the opportunity presents itself, you do it.
no hesitation. 

annnnnnnnnnnd were here!!!! how beautiful!
and it was my first time in traverse city!!! 

when you see the first 7-11 since you left your homeland you freak out
when you see a hot pretzel machine, you freak out
when the hot pretzels are rock solid you get sad
but then you realize....

they make up for the lack of hot pretzels by having THESE!!!!!!

took a photo of this not knowing that i would be later having one myself..... 

I'm pretty sure i am about to laugh.
psh.
who needs sweetest day when you have kale.
she's all i ever need. ever.
which reminds me, kale... we need to get started on our toilet cozies

my favorite profile. ever. 

right?! 

love.love.love

I'm going back just for that 'love' sign!! 

the day was perfect.

clearly it was a bit windy....

....clearly we are the two biggest klutzes {i have no idea if that is a word...} in the universe!!
at least we clean up after ourselves...

does your shoe have a mustache?! 

best owl ever.
thanks to kale.

yup. yup. yup. DEEEEEEWISHISH

lost. 

Well Kale. Thanks. For being a tour guide and for being so effortlessly you. I love you. Forever. 

when i grow up i want to be just like you