Are You Ready to Listen?

 Because I have tons of news to share!
 I am officially back from my first cruise ever and have finally begun to realize that I am really out of school. I have been in school nonstop from time I was 5 years old until 23 (pretty much my entire life!) so I can't help but feel a little bewildered when I realize that I actually have something called "free time" now. Every now and then I still get that moment of panic because I am afraid that I have forgotten an assignment or missed a deadline but for the first time in a very long time I actually don't have an academic thing to worry about....and it feels GREAT!

I'm joining Jamie for WILW since my list is full this week!

I'm Liking that I have more time to work out now and can lose all the weight I gained on the cruise. It's amazing how in five days I can put on what feels like ten pounds but it will take at least five weeks to lose that weight. So unfair if you ask me!

 I'm Liking that I am back in the blogging world! Which reminds me....I have tons of fabulous post ideas coming up in the next couple weeks. Stay tuned!

I'm Liking how absolutely stunning my graduation celebration was! My hubby, mom and mom-in-law truly outdid themselves! Everything from the food to the decorations and surprise video were just perfection! I will share all the details tomorrow because the party deserves a post of its own.

I'm Loving that I have such great friends and family. I am so blessed to have people that care about me and are so supportive of me! This quote by Oscar Wilde expresses exactly how I feel about the many wonderful people in my life who celebrated with me, "Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success."

As always, I'm Loving my sweet hubster Daniel!  

he was my camera man!

I hope you all have a beautiful day! 

p.s. - tomorrow's post will fill you in on the graduation day details! :)

love always,

Asha

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It's Almost Time!

I'm counting down the very few days left until I will be graduating, partying, cruising and reminiscing with Daniel as we celebrate our first year of marriage together! I'm also ecstatic because my dad, whom I haven't seen since my wedding almost a year ago, came from Oregon to visit with us until the New Year!
So here is a play-by-play of the next few days:
Friday morning -  I will be meeting my Communication girls for fun drinks and a few laughs before we head into the St. Pete Times Forum and GRADUATE! At first I was dreading that I would have to be there at 7:30am but now I see it as a wonderful thing because there is no time to stress or get anxious because I will be too busy rushing to get there on time!

remember I went here for a concert now long ago? Read it here

On the same note, I'm lovinghow great my blinged-out grad cap looks after I met up at Lauren's house for the decorating party! (pictures will come after the Big Event)

Saturday - sometime and somewhere (it's a surprise!) I will be having an ahhh-mazing graduation party! How do I know it will be so stunning? Let's just say I've seen the account and there were major $$ spent by Daniel at iParty and Party City, haha!

Sunday AM - we head out the door to our first cruise ever! This trip has been long-awaited because we were originally supposed to go on a cruise for our honeymoon but it just didn't work out. Better late than never!

On a side note:  My church just had it's annual outreach and it went very successfully! It's always wonderful to see how touched people are when they find out that their kids can have brand new toys and clothes because of the kind-hearted members of the church who bring in donations. Every year hundreds of people are blessed at Christmas because of the outreach and I'm glad that this year was no different :) 

I hope you all have a great day!
p.s. - I will miss not being in the blog world for the next week :(

love always,

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5 days to go!! I'm ♥ing it!

Birthday Week Continues!

Today I'm linking up with Jamie for WILW and this is a special edition for me! I'm officially celebrating my birthday week and this post is all things B-DAY! After I turned 18 birthdays have been bittersweet because they acknowledge the fact that life flies by so quickly and that we must take advantage of every moment we are given because we can never get back the years that have gone by. Don't get me wrong, I believe in second chances but as sad as it is there is just no way we can literally go back to being 18 again :(

Now on to WILW....

I'm liking that this will be the first birthday that I am celebrating with the hubby! We are going to celebrate with a weekend getaway to Disney and it is MUCH needed!

I'm liking that there will only be 23 candles on my cake :) Although, even when I'm 40 there will still only be that number of candles on my cake, haha!

I'm liking that my last day of class is on Thursday so my weekend will be completely stress-free. There is nothing worse than trying to enjoy a vacation while the worries of school are still waiting for you at home.

I'm liking that I got early birthday gifts! I already received the purple cover for my Macbook Pro that I have been wanting for a while now, some comfy Crocs sandals (they actually look pretty cute!), a lawn makeover, and $$$! I guess my friends and family have come to realize what an impatient person I am but Danny still has some surprises up his sleeve for me...I can't wait!

As always, I'm LOVING my sweet,caring and just-plain-wonderful husband, Daniel!

Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday!
love always,

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