I predicted correctly how Festivus would go. I got my 40-year-old tail kicked by a bunch of twenty-something ladies, but I wasn't last place! I improved my times compared to my practice runs, so I did well for me. On Thursday one of my coaches saw me struggling with...
Now that the spring Bella Rustina is over, we can actually enjoy spring! I've been exhausted and brain dead since the show, but I've been doing as many fun things to play catch-up as possible. I tried hatchet-throwing and disc golf for the first time last week and...
Last week I said I was going into my most epic event of my life. It turned out to be the most epic loss of profit in my life, but yet my heart is full. Why? We had an amazing weekend. Exhibitors and myself quickly figured out the huge lack of attendance was...
We're so close to what I expect will be the most epic Bella Rustina of my life - I say this because I've spent double what I normally spend on advertising, labor, etc for an event and this event has a concert and bouncy houses. I'm also managing 46 campsites. This has...
I finally got my Bella Rustina eclipse glasses in! They were supposed to come in last week so I was beginning to worry. It's so fun that I got to design these and order them from the local American Paperwear company. My favorite part is the inside of the glasses which...
Coach Taimi came over and helped me on some projects last weekend and one of them was hanging my crewel art in my stairwell. I'm so pleased with how it turned out - all the pieces I've collected over the years fit together so nicely! I have plenty of room to add more...
I got to do the weekly Crossfit Open workout last Thursday night and represented my team on the women's scaled division and took first place out of the 4 women participating. I checked the worldwide leaderboard and my score would have landed me around 1,000th place...
Facebook shared a memory on Monday that showed I've been doing the Ashley's Finds newsletter for 14 years! Holy moly - I've put these emails together weekly every year while only taking one weekend (typically Christmas weekend) off a year. It's pretty cool I've been...
I'm writing from Longview, Texas this week as we're getting ready for the 49th annual Zonta Antique Show. I've been the exhibitor director for this show for the last 9 years. We had a rough start to setup today as the table and pipe and drape rental company had hardly...