New job, Get togethers and More!

So its been a while since I have done this and so much has happened, especially at the end of this blog. I have been going GEOCACHING which is so much fun I am going to have to keep it up. It is a scavenger hunt with a portable GPS, what you do is go and plug in the caches you want to do and then leave. You have to do it on a day when not a lot is going on because it is so addictive and kills your day. However it is a blast, and its like a whole new world inside our world. You have to find these caches and they can be pretty difficult.

I finally saw the movie Twilight I was not sure if I wanted to see it because I didnt really remember the previews for it, but my brother had been begging me to see it. I read a friends blog and decided well if she liked it then I was sure I would. So I watched it and then watched it again and now I am reading the books. It is so good, I have always liked to read but these books I am having to force myself to put down its crazy. I can not wait until the rest of the movies come out.

Moving on I went on an interview last week at Disney world and was hired on the spot, which I thought was normal since Disney is huge and probably would have a high turn over rate. However when I went in the HR room there were about 10 other people and they asked me how long I had been on the waiting list. Having no clue what they were talking about I informed them that I had just applied last week , my interview was today and I was hired. You should have seen the looks as they began to tell me how most of them had been trying to get on at least part time since October and some since December. So I was pleased since I have been out of work for a while now. However I would soon decided that I would not be taking that job.

My family reunion was this past weekend in Georgia just below Macon and as usual it was a blast. This year is the first time I ever remember it raining the entire time and we truly almost floated away. However it just forced us to be in cabins a little more, which turned out to be even funnier than ever. We always roll egg rolls the first night I have an uncle from Vietnam and it is something that he loves to make and we love to eat. However we make 300 of them so we all pitch in to roll and stuff them. After that we play games or go cabin to cabin seeing everyone and catching up. This year was the first year without my Gram-Gram(grandma) so it was heart breaking. My siblings and I stayed in the cabin with my aunt who lived with her as she thought she would be all alone. However she soon found out that people flocked to our cabin and she would have to go outside or somewhere else just to even think about being alone. The first night we stayed up until 1:30 playing Nerk - scrabble slam- and Apples to Apples with a couple of aunts and cousins. Saturday we got up and had to look at my sisters 8 layer Carmel cake which was pure torture as we had to smell it the night before. My sister has an amazing talent in her cake making. Finally around 11 we went to the pavilion where we spend most of our day and began to set up the food and all that jazz. That night I introduced my family to a game called Mafia and another one we were up way to late and having way to much fun it was a complete blast.

So it was back to reality Monday and I was getting ready to start at Disney today, but I started doing the math on how many hours I would be working with what I got paid and the miles I had to drive. Guess what it didnt add up after 80 miles on my car a day and 25 hours a week I would only have $2 left to my name after my bills were paid and none of which included gas or food. I dont know why I waited so long. I still had been job hunting as I knew I would need more money but not alot was going on. I started thinking what the crap am I doing down here, I mean the hospital job fell through and although I have applied to 18 different positions nothing, and then I found out that I could not get financial aid for school because I made to much money and I would have to give them $4000 before I could start. So now I am down here, away from most of my family, and although it is nice down here and I have had a blast. I am struggling , I can not find a church that I want to keep going to and nothing is going how it is suppose to. So such is life right. So I decided that you know what I am not happy here and I am going to go where I am. I found a job that I start Monday in Loganville Georgia, that is where I will be settling and staying , working and keeping to push towards my goals. I will be able to pay my bills with no help and that includes gas and food. So I will be moving this Friday back home. I am so excited and can not wait.

Well that is all for now hope you all have a great day.

Scared at Churched

Well I have been trying out new churches and it has been interesting to say the least. Sunday I revisited a church that on my first visit I really liked, however this Sunday I went in and the Pastor scared the mess out of me. He was speaking on Faith which was cool I feel as though with the different things I have gone through in my life that my faith is way bigger than a mustard seed and its not something I feel that I struggle with. However he started saying how we should be stocking up food and saying every dollar we can get our hands on. The mark of the beast would come and we would have to be prepared and he created this urgency that I felt like when I left church there was no hope, that I needed to go to Wal-Mart and purchase a bike because there would be no gas and I would have no money and then that I should head to SAMS and buy all the Ramen Noodles and canned food I could get my hands on. NOW I know that times are bad things are being shifted but that message gave me NO FAITH AT ALL. I left with this huge knot in my stomach and had to personally call a few people I consider my spiritual leaders. So I am baffled on how he spoke on faith and left me faithless. Last time I checked my GOD was my foundation and my strength and has ALWAYS ALWAYS supplied my needs. I have been without a job since September honestly had only $300 saved when I quit and have not been late not one time on a bill, never missed a meal and all of my basic needs for survival have been met above and beyond what I could ask for. Now that I am done with that.... Well I come in Sunday and my brother rented a movie called The Postman for those who have not seen it, it is with Kevin Costner(sp) and takes place in the year 2013 the entire movie is based on people survivng the plagues and trying to rebuild America (truly it was a decent movie) I was like Lord Jesus what are you trying to tell me. I am telling you it was bizzare. So I called a couple of people who I consider my spiritual leaders now they are in there 60's and I feel that they are wise and have always broken down things where I can understand it as I can be completely ditzy at times anyways he said Ashley if I thought that the plagues were here and that the Mark of the beast was coming tomorrow or next week I would max out every credit card and by all the food money can buy. He said he felt that the speaker just wanted to potray that things are bad and we need to be informed and wise about what we do as nothing in this world is certain. Anyways it took the knot out of my stomach and I just prayed and continue to pray and believe that God will have his way in all this but Sunday was a pretty crazy day in Ashley world. I am being wise, staying informed and keeping the faith.

Other updates- I have been introduced to this amazing game called Geo Caching and am a bit upset that I am just finding out about it. It has been around since 2000 and I just heard about it last week...are you kidding me? What it is , is a scavenger hunt. I have some friends down here that play it and have now gone with them 4 times and it gets more addicting every time. So you go and find out where the Cache is, a cache can be micro or traditional. In a tradtional cache you sign the log and you take something(usually they are little toys or gadgets) and replace it with something. In a micro cache you just sign the log. Anyways so you plugg in like 10 coordinates to your PORTABLE GPS and start looking for them. It takes you to exactly where they are. It is so much fun, we did 5 the other day and blew a couple of hours. It was a BLAST.
Oh yeah so my family reunion is coming up on the 25th and I am way pumped up about it, I am organizing a bake off with my cousins. We are seeing who makes the best 8 layer cakes and since I just made mini 8 layer cakes I will be doing that so that each judge gets to have a mini cake instead of just a slice. LOL Probably not something I should be pumped about but I am easily amused.
I am going to DisneyWorld this weekend without spending a penny ( GOD IS GOOD). I have planned and made reservations and gotten things in order so I am being blessed with a free weekend. My hopefully soon to be manager , her daughter, is turning 15 and wants to go to Disney and City Walk for the weekend. So basicallly I am going I feel as a chaprone(SP) but who cares it Disney World, a free amazing hotel with a Volcano Slide Pool, I will post pictures I PROMISE and should be a ton of fun.
American Idol- So I love this show and earlier this season it was Awful I was going to sleep in some of them truly it was bad. But I survived and am loving it. I kinda think the Judge Save is cool that they just introduced. My favorites are of course Danny Cokey- Adam Lambert- and I like the Tatoo girl as well Meghan and the other little chick who I can not remember her name but she has blond and pink hair and sang dirty diana. I like her as well. So now I am excited about the season I thought the Ford commercial was pretty cool. However to me it is still a show you must record because the commercials are way to long.
Well that is all for now. Talk to you all later.

Well the past few days have been interesting. I have been going on interviews and trying to find a job, since the one I came here for fell through. However I am also trying to figure out what I am doing here and what I am suppose to be doing with this time. I don't know if this is a time for rebuilding or working on myself spiritually, I have been talking with God Nonstop and asking what am I suppose to do. Until I get an answer I am just pushing through.

While I wait........I have gotten my hair done in a short stacked bob with blonde and red highlights it is so cute. Believe it or not I went to a local college who offers cosmetology and let students do my hair so I got the cut color and style for $20 now that is Dave Ramsey approved. I was a bit nervous as the girl who cut my hair said it was only the second time she had ever done this cut. The good thing was that the instructor was there and my hair has been an inch short before so I figured it she messed up I could just go with another style. However I was pleased that it all worked out.

I have also been going to the movies not a whole lot but I have seen Taken and Madea Goes to Jail, both of which I recommend as I have seen them twice. Taken is awesome and keeps you on your seat the entire time. I went with my brother and his wife I was so tired and was trying to back out but he had already bought the ticket. I went in , sat down, and before I knew it 2 hours had gone by and I was WIDE awake.

Madea Goes to Jail is probably not for everyone. I happen to follow Tyler Perrys movies and think his work is outstanding. I own and have seen all of his plays and movies this one by far is the funniest I had to go back the second time because the first time people were laughing so loud I missed some things. It was exceptional both times.

I have also decided on the church I feel I should attend. It has its own young adult service on Sunday night, the music is a little different but the message and events are really cool.

I cant wait to see what God has in store.