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Friday five

Friday five

Stolen from Nichole’s blog! 1) Of the various cultures, ethnicities or nationalities you belong to, which most strongly do you consider yourself? Hmm this is toughie… I feel like I’m American through and through. My ancestors came over on the Mayflower :-) (I’m not kidding!) I’m part German and English, and who knows what else… But I don’t feel a kinship to either of those. 2) Is there a culture you cannot claim heritage from but which you feel quite…

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on decorating for Christmas…

on decorating for Christmas…

“Daddy, can we help?”“Kids, why don’t you help me with the ornaments while Daddy puts on the lights?”“Mommy, AJ moved my ornaments to the back of the tree!” “AJ, don’t move the ornaments.”“Be very careful with that ornament, Amy – it belonged to Great-Grandma Penn.”“Mommy, let’s hang the bells on the bottom branch so the kitty can play with it!”“Kids, stop playing with the tinsel. It goes on the tree!”“Here Ashley, hang up your ‘Baby’s First Christmas’ ornament.” Do you…

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curtains

curtains

Here’s a picture of the new curtains in my bedroom. (note also the matching pillow on the bed) Here is a picture of the curtains in my living room. Note that I rearranged the furniture (if you saw the pictures of my apartment before). You can see more pictures of the curtains and the apartment on my online photo album (the section is called “apartments & curtains”).

hats, curtains, and The Tempest

hats, curtains, and The Tempest

I feel like a lot has happened in the last few days, and I’m debating about whether to combine it all, or spread it out in separate posts. This weekend was quite eventful: We were allowed to go home early on Friday because we were all distracted and we weren’t very busy. I enjoyed the few hours to myself; I cleaned my apartment and washed the dishes. Friday night I went to see The Tempest, produced by a drama school,…

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accomplishments

accomplishments

Sweet! I did everything on my list except laundry and hang the curtain rods in my room (but I hung the ones in the living room). I’m proud of myself. :-) My apartment looks much cleaner. Clean apartment=happy Ashley. :-) And to end, here is a comic that made me laugh. Time for bed. Night, ya’ll!