Best Valentine's Day Ever?

If you hadn't already noticed, I was sick...real sick...for a long time.  I don't remember being this sick EVER.  14 days of feeling awful to be exact. 

Here's how my very first super romantic married Valentine's Day went down:  I woke up feeling like a garbage truck hit me and The Situation punched me in the face a few times...but I had to go to school because I wasn't going to make a sub throw a Valentine's Day party for a bunch of sugar-high 12-year-olds.  I made it through the day by showing a few science movies and laying on the floor under my desk.  By the time 4pm rolled around I was ready to die. I drove home and crawled into bed and slept  from 4:30pm to 9pm.  At this point, I woke up, said hello to Husband, got a drink of water and tried to spend some time with Husband.  That last part didn't work out.  I'm pretty sure I was in and out of a Nyquil induced dream-like stupor.  I went back to bed at 10pm...and slept til 2pm the next day.  Best Valentine's Day ever?  Maybe not.  We'll try again next year.

Hence, no blog posts.  But I'm back and feeling awesome. 

What I Love...Day 31, 2011

(So this post is a little late...I was sick and busy watching Toddlers and Tiaras.)

 I love...

students that are excited to see me after I've been gone for a few days.  Makes me feel like I'm doing something good here...and it helps feed my narcissism.

If the Flu Had a Face, I Would Punch It

You know what's fun?

Being so cold one minute that you're wearing every sweater, hat and pair of mittens you own only to be so hot the next minute that you have shed most of your clothes and are lounging in your underwear.

Know what else is fun?  Sarcasm over the internet.

I'll be back...soon.  I just have to kick this bug in the face a couple times.

See ya soon lovies.

Slave Sister

I made Courtney make the Valentine's for my students.  I did these again...just like last year but minus the lips...mustaches for everyone!

I also did not help her.  Husband said, "You're just going to make Court do all the work for you?"

"Yep.  Everyone needs a slave sister.  She's mine."

Court: "Everyone needs a slave sister and a crazy sister...I am NOT both.  If we had a crazy off...who would win?  DON'T say me!"

Court decided we should all wear mustaches.

 We are attractive people.

Especially me...sick...dirty...slightly reminiscent of Conando.

What I Love...Day 30, 2011

I love...

that I'm going to love more than 1 thing in this post.  You might be arguing with me saying something like, "Ash J. You can't do that!  It's 1 thing a day.  That's the rule."  Too freaking bad is what I say back to you.  This is my blog...I do what I want.  I'm a rebel.  Now I'm just rambling.  Anyway...

I love this picture from the wedding

Did you happen to notice something...or someone...beside me and Husband?

Oh, yep.  Little girl who was spying on us the whole time we were out there.  She kept distracting me by opening the curtains to peek at us.  Little did I know that she would be a permanent part of our memories.  Made me laugh pretty hard when I discovered her in picture form.

I love my wedding dress.  Jenny did an amazing job and it was everything I could have wanted.  Would it be weird if I wore it again just because?  Maybe I'll be a bride for Halloween or maybe I'll just lounge around my house in it.

I love when people call me or comment and let me know that my blog is funny or that it brightened their day.  (This is a hint to all you lovelies who read on a regular basis to comment more often and validate me.)

I love spending time with family.  The drive me nuts at times but I love them dearly.


I love technology.  Cell phones, internet, computers, electricity...it's all amazing and I'm so glad I get to use it all daily.

I love my husband.  He's really good to me and fixes everything I need fixed.  Not to mention, he's really handsome.

I love shoes.  Really cute, sassy, high heeled varieties especially.

I love frozen yogurt with many toppings...mmm...YogurtLand.

I love babies....mmm....babies.  (Nope, Court, that's not an announcement.)

I love Utah.  It's a wonderful state.  It's a wonderful place to live and I'm pretty sure they only way I'll ever live somewhere else is if I'm paid exorbitant amounts of money or Utah sinks into the ocean...pretty sure neither of those things will happen.

Basically, I'm just super in love with my life right now.  Life is good.

Love. Love. Love.

We're Here to Lay on the Beds

Husband and I went to exchange some duplicate wedding gifts at Bed Bath and Beyond.  We also bought a bunch of stuff that we didn't get for the wedding but desperately needed (you know, like a step stool because I'm super short and I like to try to reach high things).

As we were checking out, a bunch of junior high age kids came in.  I thought, "I wonder if any of my old students are with them."

Turns out one was...it was L.  Oh, how I miss that kid.  And he misses me too.  Woot.  We talked. He called my husband a "handsome man" and told him how lucky he is to be married to me (which he obviously is).

Me: So you're hanging out at the Bed Bath and Beyond with your friends on a Saturday?  Kinda lame, L., kinda lame.

L: No it's not.  We're here to lay on the beds cuz they're so nice.  You should try it some time.

Me: I have my own bed...I'm good.

Bed bugs are not my thing.  I'll keep myself in my own bed.

What I Love...Day 29, 2011

I love...

funny students.

On Friday, we wrote love poems in honor of Valentine's Day.  Here is a poem entitled Loverman by JG.

L is for love, baby
O is for o yes I do

V is for loving everything virtually everything

E is for I love everything you do

R is for rate me from 1 to 10

M is for married, that's what I want

A is for are you single

N is for nobodys dating you?

Pre-Wedding Day Love

My cute sister Devin has a blog...but it's private.  The day before I got married she wrote a post that made me cry.  I hope she doesn't mind that I'm sharing it.

Ashley Marie. I'm so happy that you are getting married tomorrow.  You've found an amazing guy to call your husband.  Anthony is a great guy and I'll be glad to call him my brother-in-law. You are a wonderful sister and I'm positive that you will be an even better wife.  When the time comes the two of you will also be super parents.  I'm also glad that you guys choose to go through the temple.  This is the happiest I have ever seen you, Ash.  Thank you Anthony for making my sister happy. Your wedding is going to be beautiful and I'm very glad that I get to be a part of it.  Have a wonderful life together. 
 
I love you both!

[Antony, if you are reading this, thanks again for teaching me how to do a back flip.  It's still the coolest thing that I'm able to do at the moment!]

What I Love...Day 28, 2011

I love...

Fridays!  Hello weekend!  Hello only having the students for 6 hours.  Hello sleeping in tomorrow.

Oh, Fridays.  How I adore thee. 

What I Love...Day 27, 2011

I love...

coworkers who look after me.  I've been sick this week and my lovelies at work have made this week so much easier than it would have been.  I work with amazing people.

What I Love...Day 26, 2011

I love...

these pictures from my wedding day. (There will be more soon.)

I dance when I'm excited.  I left the temple dancing. 

There was a lot of excited dancing that day.

And maybe a few fist pumps.

Ryan...he was almost as giddy as I was this day.

Court fanning Dev's tears away.  When I left the temple dressing room, my beauty (maybe?) made my sisters and mom cry.  Bam.  Double bam.

Friends

Trifecta!

sisters

We're going into the modeling business...tomorrow...we'll make sure to remember you when we're famous.

Honeymoon

Husband and I went to Denver from January 28-February 1.  It was an amazing 60 degrees when we arrived...and a horrid negative 6 when we left.  I know...who does that?  Negative 6...NEGATIVE SIX...as in below freezing...as in below zero.  Ridiculous.  Regardless of the weather we had a good time.

For our wedding, we received a gift card to Olive Garden.  I'm not a huge fan of the OG but decided since it would be basically free we'd go.  Little did I know that a salad with murderous intentions would try to kill my husband.

I refer to the salad as "The Widow Maker."  OG staff knows what I'm talking about.

 Yep, husband almost choked to death.  NBD...psych!  Super scary but we made it through.

We also stopped at the Safeway to get some groceries for Sunday.  Safeway = super expensive unless you have a Safeway card...we are now club members.  Good thing there are no Safeways in Utah.  On the way in we saw this sign.  It made me laugh.

I have never seen a sign like this.  Are shingles a big deal in Denver?

 Also, Denver traffic sucks.  Combine that with snow and rush hour and you get this.  Ugh.

Jealous of my photography skills?  Thought so.

One highlight of the trip.  Tocabe.  Amazing food.  It won out over Cafe Rio and I loooove me some Cafe Rio so that's saying a lot.

Again with the amazing photography...maybe I should open my own photog business. 

Husband had the stuffed Fry Bread with Bison.  Good but not nearly as good as mine.

I got the American Indian Taco with Bison.  Amazing.  If I could I would wear it as an edible suit and munch on it all day.  Ok, probably not but it's freaking delicious.

In case you were wondering, Bison is really really good for you.

Like I said, when we arrived in Denver it was super warm.  By day 3 it was negative degrees.  We had ice on the inside of our hotel window.  Then it started melting and we had puddles on the inside of our hotel.  Not cool.

Ahhh...what a lovely weekend...now we head home for a relaxing evening...not.

We got home and these are the lovely surprises Jenny (my twin/roommate/one-third of the trifecta) and all other nameless parties left for us.

The front door was tied shut but I was able to squirm my way in.

Pictures were turned around, things were sideways, all my toilet paper was used as decor.

No watching TV for us...or using our new Kinect...woot awesome wedding present.

Don't mind the super old penis cookie falling out the front of the microwave.

 

 

 

 

Frozen water balloons?  Yes, please.

Aside from the random crazy things left by my friends, the honeymoon and the living together was/is amazing.  Living together...not as weird as I thought.  I actually really love it. 

Moral of the story: being married is the coolest.

What I Love...Day 25, 2011

I love...

that this school day is over. 

I Loathe You Flu!

I'm getting to that point where it's difficult to come up with things I love.

Maybe it's because I'm sick and not loving anything (why can't my students just be perfect little angels when I'm sick...seriously guys.  I'd be nice to you if you were sick...that's all I'm saying.  Be nicer to me right now).

I for real slept like I was dead the other day.  It was glorious but then I had to wake up.  Dang responsibilities.