Oh No!!!

Last Monday I had a Geography test and my professor let me take it later in the afternoon. I was supposed to be at her office at 4:30. When I got to the building I realized that I had five minutes to spare so I decided to use the Ladies Room. As I was walking out to wash my hands I leaned over to grab my back pack when my phone fell out of my pocket and into the toilet! NOOOOO!!! I just starred at the phone for a few seconds not knowing what to do. The first and only thing I could think of was DISEASE!!!! Hello, college campus, dirty toilets, eewww! For a second I considered leaving it. "Just break the wrist and walk away." But, then I thought Ryan would probably throw a fit if I gave up and left it. So, with much hesitation I quickly put my hand in the toilet (the water had already been flushed) and pulled out my phone.

Good thing I was the only one in the bathroom because I was whining and repeating "eeww, gross" the whole time. Once I had my phone I ran over to the sink and put it on a ledge under the mirror. I sat and washed my hands over and over for a long time with scalding hot water and mounds of soap. After I scrubbed my hands I looked at my phone for a second wondering what I should do with it. I didn't want to put in in my backpack while it was still dirty. I tried to turn it back on but it didn't work. So I did what any germ-a-phobic crazy girl would do... I washed my phone. Yes, I washed my phone with lots of soap and hot water! I figured the phone was a goner but at least it was clean when I put it in my backpack.

When I was done I ran to my professors office. Thankfully she had disinfectant wipes! I quickly took my phone apart and cleaned it again! When I got home Ryan could do nothing but tease me all night about washing my phone, but I feel justified in my actions! My phone isn't entirely broken because I can still text message but the sound does not work. So if your trying to get a hold of me don't call, just text! I still need to get a new phone. Ryan thinks that if I had not washed my phone then it would still work, but I still stand by my decision to wash my phone. I'm sure some of you would have done the same too!

New Background

First of all let me start by saying that the new James Bond movie is awesome! I don't care what the critics or anyone else says, I thought it was fantastic!! Now on to more important things... I'm sure all of you are wondering why I changed my blog background to this new checkerboard print. Ok, maybe some or all of you don't care what the background is, however I will help you understand the importance of it. If you were to pick up the last instalment of the Twilight series books "Breaking Dawn" you might recognize that this pattern is on the cover along with the two chess pieces. Why is this so important you ask? Just look below and you will see my last post about the Twilight movie! Yes, I'm a little consumed by my excitement for this movie! For all of you who don't share my excitement or who have not read the books, or do not agree with my comments from this post, please remove my name from your cell phone and delete my email address because we are no longer friends. -Sincerely, Ashley

Twilight!!! I know you are all excited!!!

Election Day!

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm happy to say that Election day is OVER!!!! Enough already!!!! There were pros and cons about the election but I wont go into all of them except for Proposition 8. Thank goodness that prop 8 passed and restored traditional marriage in California. It was a long hard fought battle but it worked! Great work to all of those who were involved!!!

On a different note... It is known that we have a friend who is a Democrat... Andy Fields. Andy has worked long and hard to get the votes in for Charlie Brown (No, not the cartoon) who is running as the democrat candidate in the 4th congressional district election. Our group went to visit the election night party to say hi to Andy and get a peak into the mysterious and confusing world of Democrats! We were still confused when we left! Just kidding! We still don't know who won between republican John McClintock or C-Brown. The results for now are beside the point. We just wanted to say congratulations to Andy no matter what happens!!! Now get some sleep and something to eat!

I just wanted to point out the two young girls on the right... Do they look underage to you? And what do they have in their hands?... Glasses of Wine! Great job Democrats... on promoting underage drinking.

The girl on the phone is clearly 14!

FALL!! YEAH!!!!

FALL IS HERE!!!! This is something that I feel is very important to blog about. There are so many great things about fall. I love this time of year.... leaves changing colors, the smell of fresh rain, cuddling up to your spouse at night, and the sound of an M-1 Carbine killing Nazi soldiers!!! Yes boys and girls next month the new Call of Duty 5: World at War will be available for the Nintendo Wii. So far what I have gathered from the Internet is that the graphics will compare to that of the forth edition that was only released on PS3 and Xbox because Wii couldn't handle the graphics. This only means that it will probably be the sweetest game ever.

Also coming out in November, which is just as if not more exciting the Call of Duty 5, is James Bond: Quantum of Solace. If your like me you have probably seen every trailer already available via the Internet on this movie and you came to the same conclusion that this will be probably the best movie ever made.

If you have not seen the trailer yet you may click this link and be directed to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLPp8y-mEhw

If for some reason you do not agree with either of my comments from this post please remove my name from your cell phone and delete my email address because we are no longer friends.

P.S. This post was written by Ryan when I was at school. I had no idea... Silly boy!

Surprise Birthday

Last Wednesday was my birthday ( Scott's too!) and My super sweet, wonderful, handsome and thoughtful husband threw me a surprise party. With the help of our friends, Kelly & Matt, Tiffany & Joe, Andy and our parents they successfully pulled it off. Ryan did a good job tricking me into thinking he didn't really have any birthday plans. I just let him go all week with out asking him what his plans were and on that day I asked him and he told me he was putting together a BBQ with our parents. I was a bit bumbed because I thought that he waited till the last minute to decide what to do. But he's a tricky one!!! When I got home from school he was busy making food for the night. Later on he sent me to pick up my dad because my mom was coming over later. My dad took his time getting ready because he was trying to stall. When we finally got back to the house our friends were waiting for us with a big SURPRISE!!!! Ha! and I was surprised! We had a yummy dinner and Ryan got me banana cream pie from Fats! My favorite! Later I opened presents and was even more surprised when Tiffany gave me a pencil drawing of the engagement picture Ryan and I took for our wedding. Tiffany is super talented and did an absolutely BEAUTIFUL Job! Its fantastic! (see amazing pictures below!)Thank you Tiffany and Joe!!!!!! Ryan was creative and gave me a giant picture album with all of our wedding pictures in it since we still haven't finished our professional album! We will be finishing that one soon! I had a blast and I want to say thank you again to all of our friends, parents and especially my amazing husband for a super special birthday!!!

Later that week i got to celebrate my birthday again but with my twin brother Scott!!! It was our Golden Birthday! 24 on the 24th. My birthday is not complete until I can party with Scott too. For our party we played an intense game on crochet which I have come to really like. I had no idea how competitive that game can be! Even malicious! Ahem... Scott. Any way, we had fun and I look forward to playing again! Happy Birthday Scott!!

This is my cheesy glamor shot pose!

Poor Teddy

This past weekend I had a very interesting experience while house sitting. Ryan and I house sat for a couple in our old ward last month and they asked us to come back again. They have a little Cocker Spaniel named Teddy and he is supper cute and fun! He was easy to take care of the first time we house sat so I thought this weekend would be a breeze. Ryan ended up going camping with his dad so I stayed with the dog by myself. I don't like to be alone so I had my mother-in-law over to keep me company. We were having a nice time watching a movie and talking. Then the evening turned tragic when Teddy got into one of our purses and ate a big chocolate cookie with chocolate chips! I started to freak out a little because chocolate is poisonous to dogs and Teddy is a small dog and the cookie was big. I had a flash back to when I was about nine and my own dog ate a ton of chocolate and after we took her to the vet we had to feed liquid charcoal. It was awful and I cried all night. I'm still scarred. So I called the owners and could not reach them. Then I called the vet and they gave me two options: induce vomiting at home by making Teddy drink hydrogen peroxide or bring him in so they could do it... ... ... WHY on earth would I induce vomiting by myself?!!!! That's the craziest thing I have ever heard! I was horrified when the vet said that to me! What kind of sick non-vet freak makes a dog throw up by forcing hydrogen peroxide down the poor animal's throat? Thanks sicko vet, you have scarred me further by just the thought of that! Anyway, I was still conflicted because I could not get a hold of the owners and I knew the trip to the vet would be expensive. I made up my mind to take Teddy in and I was able to get a hold of the owners before I left. They said go for it so I did. My dear mother-in-law volunteered to go with me and so we took our trip down to the vet at 11:oo pm and didn't leave till after 12:oo. Thanks Debbie! Your an Angel!!! They made him throw up and kept him over night because he was still sick. The next morning I picked him up and was slapped with a $400.00 vet bill!!! So Teddy came home with me and the owners came home later that day. They were super nice and understanding! The owners ended up paying me back and tried to pay me extra for the trouble I went through, but I couldn't accept it! Not after I cost them a ton of money! Needless to say, I'm glad Teddy is ok and the people still trust us enough to invite us back! Ryan has made a vow that if we have a dog some day and it gets into trouble like this he is not paying to get it fixed! I might put up a fight though.

On a side note, I learned today that Teddy got into another purse and ate a whole pack of gum yesterday! What a naughty but still cute dog!!!!