tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40330737288000608492011-04-22T00:06:50.961-04:00a first person commentary on the journey of my life.ashleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728595070976927100noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033073728800060849.post-2012246732013705002009-05-26T21:51:00.002-04:002009-05-26T21:53:11.474-04:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24labor-t.html?emI've had a lot of thoughts lately along the lines of this article. When I'm more awake and able to articulate sentences I am going to share those thoughts. Hopefully tomorrow. This is just a preparatory-blog-entry-entry.

ashleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728595070976927100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033073728800060849.post-86073872070158999232009-04-21T17:23:00.006-04:002009-04-21T17:35:18.663-04:00

Last week I made a short trip to DC since I had a little free time on my hands and hadn't seen the semi-local fam in a few months. I also try to be mindful of how FAST little Lukie B is growing up and not miss too much of it.One of the highlights of the trip was sitting with Luke and reading Green Eggs and Ham. I tried to show Anna how to read it to him and she almost got it. I'm attaching a cute

ashleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728595070976927100noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033073728800060849.post-78684326975334738612009-03-09T20:51:00.002-04:002009-03-09T21:01:22.194-04:00

Since I have 9 minutes before Heroes starts and I had two comments about Turkey, I figured I should probably write more. (I'm really good at picking up obvious clues).Wellllll..... in the beginning of 2008, they had an interest meeting at our church for the short-term trips that New Life offers each year (usually around 12 to the different countries where we support full time missionaries). And

ashleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728595070976927100noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033073728800060849.post-82245487689976059172009-03-04T09:25:00.004-05:002009-03-04T09:44:49.828-05:00

I wish I was the kind of person who just cared about all the silly little things that happen on a day to day basis. I'm sure my blog would be much more interesting and consistent. And while it's true that I find a lot of excitement in the everyday, mundane happenings in life, it just doesn't ever seem blog-worthy. Most of the time it's fleeting anyway and I go back to thinking about whatever

ashleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728595070976927100noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033073728800060849.post-68117528385544359672009-01-01T11:53:00.005-05:002009-01-01T12:27:23.277-05:00

I think the last two or three years in a row I've spent New Years Eve at home and fallen asleep before midnight (it's a rare occasion that I stay up that late anyway). Last night was no exception. After a relaxing evening of dinner and cards with the Stefanos, I headed home and layed on my couch and just thought about the last year. After 15 or 20 minutes of pondering, I fell asleep and

ashleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728595070976927100noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033073728800060849.post-18301203763617273902008-08-18T08:34:00.010-04:002008-08-18T08:57:16.140-04:00

On my google homepage I added a section for WikiHowTo - it has two links to a How To article everyday. Today's were "How to Hypermile" and "How to be Good".Reading the first I thought, "How to what? Hyper..meaning, high or fast, mile..meaning..mile.. does this mean how to drive many miles in a shorter amount of time? Well, duh, I could tell you how to do that." No. Actually, what it refers to is

ashleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728595070976927100noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033073728800060849.post-33259332654599666262008-08-07T09:11:00.003-04:002008-08-07T09:19:49.868-04:00

Last night I was telling some friends in my ceramics class that I'm really excited about watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics this Friday. They both said, "Oh, I'm not going to watch it. I'm boycotting China." I was like "hmm... yes. An interesting predicament."It really led me to think about how much one person can do by not watching an event on TV that is being held in China. If

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Last week I took off work and spent the whole week in DC being a full-time aunt. It was so much fun!I would like to direct this post to all of you who constantly visit The Bradley Family Blog and always wonder things such as, Why don't they post more often? Is it really impossible to take more pictures and put them on a website? Do they think we don't care?!!The answer to these questions is this:

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Oh my goodness gracious alive. Or, as Jeffrey would say, "Holy Christian Santa Claus!" (don't ask...)I can't tell you how thankful I am it's Friday. I absolutely love my job and how I spend Monday - Friday, and most of the time I enjoy the work week just as much as the weekend because I've been learning how to engage God during work and have fun while doing it, but today I'm just so happy to have

ashleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728595070976927100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033073728800060849.post-50352924535542684312008-05-27T17:17:00.004-04:002008-12-10T11:53:32.583-05:00

While I *am* really grateful to all of our military personnel for everything they've done, it seems like I appreciate them even more when I get a holiday out of it. And not just once, but every single year!Annalee came up on Sunday just for one day and it was so wonderful! It was one of those times when time seems to be going really slowly and you have lots of great experiences in a very short

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Aren't those the best?! Today when I looked in my checking account I found the $600 stimulus check from the IRS, such a pleasant surprise. Now I just have to go through the arduous process of figuring out what to do with it. So many ways to spend free money... Whenever money like this comes into my hands, I always get very concerned about making sure to hear exactly what God wants to do with

ashleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728595070976927100noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033073728800060849.post-17598985523845409682008-04-01T09:12:00.001-04:002008-12-10T11:53:34.071-05:00

So I finally remembered to bring my camera from home to upload some pictures I took of my condo for people to see who haven't been fortunate enough to visit the lovely city of Norfolk, VA...Note the wall clock and mirror - two additions from the mother! She's so kind. I still need to hang up a few pictures, hang up a mirror, and add a shelf to to the wall for my mugs (below). Hopefully I'll get

ashleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728595070976927100noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033073728800060849.post-86908873104880464142008-03-31T10:22:00.002-04:002008-03-31T11:02:42.018-04:00

Last week I had an experience which was very brief, but somehow seemed very important at the same time. I am hesitant to share it because it seems so insignificant, but I've thought about it a couple times since then and not many experiences get that much thought :)I was sitting at work at my desk (it was most likely on Wednesday since that's normally my favorite day of the week) and I was going

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Let me first just say that I love Easter! I really do. I can't think of any other event in the history of time that has more profoundly impacted my life personally (not to mention the rest of the world).Needless to say, our Pastor preached an excellent message about the Resurrection. He titled it "Live your Best Life" and talked about how the resurrection is what enables us to actually live the

ashleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728595070976927100noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033073728800060849.post-56388891897887731852008-03-11T10:07:00.002-04:002008-03-11T10:29:57.384-04:00

If I could put up a picture of me and my friend Blogging standing shoulder to shoulder, you would probably see me with a half grin on my face like, "help!" and a short stubbly person who I very much try to be friends with, but just can't seem to find enough time or interest to make the relationship work. Ah well, good thing this person doesn't actually exist.So, I am happy to report that I have

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Funny story of the day:Dave (my boss) called me laughing and said, "Ash, I have the funniest story. I'm just not sure if you're going to laugh or get very angry with me." Then he proceeded to tell me about his morning:I was driving along, answering phone calls, taking care of business, doing my normal routine. Jon called me and I had to call him back because I was in the middle of other calls. So

ashleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728595070976927100noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033073728800060849.post-45453868314640745002008-01-23T08:10:00.000-05:002008-12-10T11:53:34.310-05:00

Dave sent me this picture today from his morning walk. He titled it "God's faithfulness" and commented on how the Bible says it's great. I think what he meant to call it is "Florida has the most awesome weather ever, and did I mention it's 65 all the time?!?" but of course that would have been too long a caption for one picture.Can anyone say "road trip"???

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[JSYK, this is my attempt at writing more posts. Quantity over quality this time around.]Last night I saw the best movie I've seen in a very long time (PS I love you comes in a close second), and it is: 3:10 to Yuma. Excellent, excellent.Sadly enough, I don't think this movie had enough advertising or enough publicity. I vaguely remember reading an article on cnn.com about Christian Bale and how

ashleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728595070976927100noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033073728800060849.post-60177957606975567812008-01-14T12:53:00.000-05:002008-01-14T13:35:05.275-05:00

Recently I was reading in the book of John when Jesus fed the 5,000. The next day, the crowds of people came searching for Him again and he responded to them by saying, "I assure you, you have been searching for Me, not because you saw the signs and miracles but because you were fed with the loaves and were filled and satisfied." He goes on to tell them not to toil for the food that perishes, but

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After Em posted a link to my blog from her website, I decided I should probably update. My dad and I were reflecting over Thanksgiving that neither he nor I particularly feel some great need for self expression, but when I think about how much I enjoy reading his "update" emails, I acquiesce.Since moving to Norfolk, I have developed a few new habits which I am somewhat proud of and somewhat

ashleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728595070976927100noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033073728800060849.post-15742290679513840352007-09-25T17:26:00.000-04:002007-09-26T08:26:44.792-04:00

About a year ago, my brother in law, Rich, ran a half marathon with his brother. For months before the race, he would run 2-3 times a week and each Saturday he would add another mile to his long run. On race day, I was simply amazed at his accomplishment as we watched him run mile after mile until finally he finished 13.2 miles.Inspired by his athleticism, and desperately in need of exercise, I

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