THREADS – comfortable polka dots.

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Ashley| Leave a comment

You know those mornings when you feel actual pain putting your clothes on? Nothing feels comfortable, you just want to be wrapped in sheets all day.
I had one of those, so I went with the next best thing.  this outfit.

This dress was one of my favorite winter purchases.   It’s technically a really really long tee shirt.  Super forgiving and works by itself or underneath a chunky sweater.   (side note: its a pain in the ass to iron, esp when you have one of the mini ironing boards.  remind me again why I thought that was a good idea.)

I also actually did my hair today for the first time since I got it did.  I only styled the front half, took me 20 minutes and I am pretty happy with the way it turned out.


the dress: obey
the blazer: h&m
the belt: american apparel
the bag: lucky jeans
the glasses: von zipper
ppst – i’m also wearing a high waist pair of black biker shorts under there. to hold myself together – they are from american apparel.

photos taken at 8 am by an extremely sleepy liz (thank you, angel!)

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SURPRISE!

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Ashley| Leave a comment

i stealthily threw joe an impromptu surprise birthday party.  (grape, for me!)

what happened was;
i was planning on getting him a power drill for his birthday.  Meeh-meeh.
..priced, looked, but didn’t purchase.  was not special enough.
..thought about what he really needed & it was just a day/night to chill out and be with his friends.

i touched base with ben about whether or he thought it was do-able and he said he was in, so i got the ball rollin’
not only was it last minute, but it was also mother’s day weekend so it ended up being the perfect amount of people for our space.

joe had no clue it was happening and was sort of a pain in the ass all day about getting out of the house (ben staged a “oh i went to ikea to look and furniture and now i am in the neighborhood .. want a beer?”)
he was in slo-mo getting out of the house to go get that beer while i had left, borrowed ben’s car & went food shopping.

i have never been in and out of the store that fast.
meanwhile, joe still hadn’t even gotten in the shower and people were arriving.  i stayed double parked down the block for what was really 10 minutes but i prob told everyone it was 45.
i was creepy and idling in a spot where i could see them walking but they would never notice me.  just feels weird to be sort of spying like that right?
i got inside (somehow there was a spot open RIGHT in front of the apt.  heaven sent) — liz was in position ready to help and we got it all set up! i even was frantically blowing up balloons while slicing onions and browning sausage.

joe really enjoyed it. which made it all worth it. i even made him a vanilla on vanilla cake (his fave.)


fun fact: miles (above) is from seasame street.  his dad is “gordon robinson” from the show.   he even has his own muppet wiki.
& my brother was up visiting friends and  ended up at the bar 2 blocks away, where we were headed. how rahn-dom. (summer heights high)

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AN ARCHIVED LIFE.

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Ashley| Leave a comment

for the past few months i have been archiving our life on this here blog.
doing a bunch of behind the scenes plotting and prune’ing (prune is my word of the month.)

i got called out by a few long-time readers of the blog who have been noticing un-familiar posts in the “you might also like” feature.   so i figured i’d loudly announce handfuls of them at a time.

here you have: 7 past events in my life that i photographed and never did anything with the pictures until just recently.

memorial day 2011

camp jam, fall 2010.

hazlet visited.

day of cooking.

jami and joe’s going away party.

brooklyn’s china town.

winter days.

heidi visited.

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PLANET EARTH.

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Ashley| 4 Comments

i’m in awe every single day that i exist.  on this planet, and seduced with questions about the enormity of what’s really going on, and why it’s going on.   and obviously so appreciative and thankful that it’s all going on and that i was blessed to be a little part of it all.

i love our mother earth, and everytime i see a new photo or footage advancing our outside view of it all, i can’t click, view, read or watch fast enough.

i wouldn’t be able to choose my favorite planet – they are all so amazingly different, but i am most thankful for earth (and scared for her well being and life span.)  have you caught any of the history channel series “the universe” ?? if not, DO IT.  your mind will be blown.   this past christmas me, my dad and my brother stayed up until 4 am watching episode after episode, in complete awe.

i came across this phenomenal time lapse of our northern hemisphere yesterday.  blew, my, mind.  i’d watch it if i were you (and put on some trippy background music, theres no sound for the video.)

any thoughts? please share.
also, i really love jupiter. don’t tell all the others, though.
AND i know i sound like a total kook up there, BUT … i sort of am a total kook.

i must ask: if you had the chance would you rocket yourself into the galaxy? i’m still undecided.

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OUTDOOR BLACKBOARD.

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Ashley| 2 Comments

“look beyond the broken bottles
past the rotting wooden stairs.
root out the wine dark honeyed center
not everyone can live
like millionaires.
look through the air thin walls
tear up the floor boards, strip the paint.
go over every inch of space
with the patience of a saint.
grab your hat,
get your coat.”
-the mountain goats

i’m still in a frenzy to get all my projects done.  this past friday i spent 5 hours* on my deck, painting.  i was out there until 2 am, people.
drinking cheap beer out of fancy glasses and blasting screaming voo-doo music and taylor swift.  i wonder how my neighbors felt about that?

anyway, about a month back i garbage picked a huge empty frame.  immediately thought, PERF for the deck (it was a bit nasty.. i’ll admit.  must stay outside.)

next thought, blackboard! on said deck!
its a brick wall i’m working with and i unfortunately do not own a drill bit for brick, so i went to my favorite back up, industrial strength velcro.
if this doesn’t already exist in your “adhesive drawer” put it in.  if you don’t already have an adhesive drawer, create one.   you can thank me later.

the frame has been up for a few weeks, i wanted to test it’s weatherproof.  and guess what? this bad boy ain’t going anywhere (thank you once again, velcro.)

i snagged a can of blackboard paint in garnet from home depot’s clearance paint section and used leftover purple paint from our old kitchen.
i’m very happy with the way it turned out.  since i already had most of the supplies in stock, this project ended up costing me $4 and 1 hour of my time. CHA-CHING!


*i painted lots of other stuff too.  i’ll show you soon!

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