Sure. Why Not? :)

Apparently there is some sort of award circling around the blog world.

Mine was awarded to me by the lovely Lindsey Beam. :) Apparently I am now able to pass it along to some other of my blogger friends out there!

Directions for the Cherry on Top award:

1. Answer the question, "If I had the chance to go back and change on thing in my life, would I, and what would it be?"

2. Pick up to 6 people and give them this award.

3. Thank the person who gave the award.

It's really difficult to pick an event that you would go back and change. While I regret a few of the decisions I've made in my life, I know that they all shaped who and where I am today. If it were not for those decisions (wrong or otherwise), I would not love my life the way I do right now.

But I think there's one thing that I look back on my life with regret. It's something that would only have made my life better had I not done what I did. That's the way I treated my college roommate. I have no idea if she reads this or not, but I have regretted the way I left things with her. We had a close friendship, and for one reason or another, I started taking advantage of her as a roommate and didn't treat her very well at all. I said harsh things and I know she has no idea why I appear to have "snapped." There was no excuse for my short fuse, regardless of how crazy my courses were making me. I could have had another very good friend from college, and I burned that bridge. I sincerely regret the way I treated her, and of course with 20/20 hindsight, I have no idea why I even made the choices I did.

Here are my friends who will receive this "award" too!:

Come on - let's get into character.

The Moseley Family

A Multitude of Thoughts

I read a lot more blogs, but a lot of them are business-related, or they don't actually know I read them. :) (Psst ... I'm a lurker.)

So, thank you to Miz Lindsey for awarding me a cupcake with a cherry on top and for helping me to put down in words a regret that I have held bottled up for a while.

Back To the Retail World I Go

Yep. I'm headed back to the land of working crazy hours, never having weekends free, and spending more holiday time with co-workers than with friends and family.

Some things are just necessary when it comes to these economic times, and I know everyone gets that.

While I'm not thrilled about having to work retail again, it is going to be a pretty sweet set up for me.

I'm the new Sales Lead at the Bath & Body Works in Cary Towne Center. I am a keyholder that holds the same general responsibilities as the assistant managers. My focus, however, is on the rest of the staff and making sure that all of our associates are performing well and coaching them in ways they can improve.

This is Country Apple, my favorite fragrance of all time from Bath & Body Works. Too bad they only carry it during semi-annual sales now!

I am very blessed in getting a management role, and I'm excited to start a new store and a new product! I don't think I could work in a store where I didn't love what I was selling.

I will be working for B&BW anywhere from 20-35 hours a week, and that is in addition to my 40-hour a week temping job. Yikes! Anyone want to start a pool on how long it takes Ashley to burn out? ;)

Nah, I'll be fine! It'll be tough work, but the money will be good. And I'm already used to a holiday season where I don't have much free time to go anywhere. I know David is already planning some visits up North to see his family, and I'm glad he'll be able to go, even though I can't.

I will likely start on Monday, October 11. So I'll have one more weekend that's free before ... January?

As I enter this next phase of working two jobs, please be patient with me. I will do my BEST to make time to spend with everyone, because, as you all know, my friends and family are my priority. It might just take a little bit of planning and maneuvering to make it happen seeing as how I could be working up to 75 hours a week. EEK!

Say a prayer (or dozens) for me.

Bringing Families Together - One Trashy TV Show at a Time

There's nothing like a trashy reality TV show to bring families together.


My best friend and I have been addicted to "The Bachelor" for several years now. I think I've watched it a few more seasons than she has. (Side note: I am none too pleased with the upcoming season's bachelor pick of Brad Womack. He had his shot as America's Bachelor several years ago, and he didn't pick anyone! While I admire him for not going through with someone that he felt wasn't right, why would they pick him AGAIN? If it didn't work for him once, who's to say it will work for him the second go 'round? Anyway ... ). She and I decided during the last season of "The Bachelorette" (the alternate show that casts a girl picking between 25 young men) that we would try to get together and watch it. Then my mom found out about it and wanted to get in on it.



My mom and I had watched the last season of "The Bachelorette" while I was living at home before the wedding, and she really liked it. So we decided we were going to do our weekly viewings at my parents' house. And lo and behold, my dad got hooked, too! (Of course, I'm sure it helped that Ali, this past season's bachelorette, was absolutely stunning!)


So there we are, our happy little family gathered in Blue Heaven (my old bedroom transformed into a media room/Dad's office/Duke basketball shrine) watching 25 ridiculous and ridiculously handsome men vie for the affection of America's sweetheart. Of course, the final pick was hard, and we were all torn between Roberto and Chris.


Then came the previews for "Bachelor Pad."





The idea behind the new show is that 20ish jaded men and women from the past seasons of "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" will live in the mansion and compete for $250,000 while battling enemies, "frenemies," romances and "power couples." It looked trashy from the get go. But I couldn't NOT watch it. Maybe that makes me lame (no, that definitely makes me lame), but I've watched all of these people on their seasons of the show, and I really want to see it! My dad declared he wouldn't watch it, and Nicole and I kind of just sat there grinning. We all agreed it looked trashy, though.


So the next day, Nicole asks, "Are you going to watch 'Bachelor Pad'?" I said, "Of course." She said, "I kind of want to, too!"


Mom asked me the same question several days later, to which I said the same thing. She said, "I'm kind of curious about it, but it just looks like junk."


The show happend to fall during the time when Nicole was in Thailand for six months helping her brother and sister-in-law as they were having their third child. So I watched the show and kept them on my TiVo, with plans to watch it again when Nicole came home.


We planned our "Bachelor Pad" marathon, and Mom caved and wanted to join us! She said she really just wants to spend the time with us, though. ;)


So there ya go - I know it's way too much to have written about that franchise, but I'm just really excited for our girls' night! Those shows are so much more fun to watch with other people so you can gossip about the cast. "Oh my gosh - did you see how she just threw herself at him?" "She feels giddy around him. I definitely think she's going to pick him!" "Please don't let Kasey sing again!" "For the love of all that his holy, could she please just STOP TALKING!?"


Ah, you gotta love trashy reality TV.


(Except for "Jersey Shore." I'll never stoop that low.)