Monday Confessional

I love blogging. I get so many fun inspirations from fellow bloggers :)

Monday Confessional has made its way to my blog! Basically, every Monday, I am going to find something(s) that I could improve on and then use the rest of that week to fix them. I decided to share with you so that you might feel inspired to share what your struggles are, or to help you feel like your not the only fish out there with a bad fin out there.

Join Me?

1. I must work out more. Jayson and I bought a gym pass last weekend, and I haven't been in three days. Two of those days I was just being lazy, and one of those days I had 'that time of month' excuse. Well, no one loses weight by saying they'll work it off... I need to be better at keeping to my gym schedule
   
   
2. I could do better Spiritually. Life is really great at getting in the way of important things. I feel like I have almost no time to myself lately. Work has been crazy, ontop of also trying to cram in gym time. It's starting to beat down on my daily prayers and scripture study and I shouldn't let slip away. I need to be better.
   
   
3. I need to not be lazy. I swear, the only time our apartment ever gets cleaned properly is when friends come over... That needs to change. I'm currently looking at 4 full trash bags just sitting on the floor. It's disgusting.. Maybe we do need to go back to childhood and get a chore chart started again....?

Trust

-this topic was requested by a fellow blog follower-

So one of you lovely followers of mine has asked me to talk about Trust. More specifically about how trust works between my husband and myself.

Whelp, lets be honest here...
I had to/still am working long an hard to rebuild trust in my relationship. Now don't twist that sentence too much, Jayson and I are as in love as ever and we are doing just fine and dandy :) But I haven't always been that perfect little angel. I'm not going to go into details on that matter.

So here all about our good ol' pal, trust.
Trust has to be built with a good foundation. That foundation is Christ, and our Heavenly Father. While you have to trust Them that any given situation can progress to happiness and joy, you have to trust your spouse that they will work just as hard, if not harder, than you will. That could be with the smallest of things, or something big and monstrous! It's relying on the other and believing that they are willing to make the situation better. If you can't trust yourself, your spouse, or Heavenly Father, then who can you trust? No one.

Maybe I'm not dong a terribly good job at explaining this... It basically breaks down to this. When you are struggling, or even just unsure of what to do, fall to your knees, with your spouse, and pray. Ask for strength. Ask for guidance, Ask for love. Ask for support. Ask for everything. A seed cannot grow without the proper soil. It cannot grow if it isn't nourished. It needs water, sunlight, constant care, and love.

......Unconditional Love

-Ahem-

Allow me to tell you about my number one life quote:

Ask Me Anything

Dear Everyone,

On Facebook, I am apart of two groups, MG Sorority Sisters & I have a Returned Missionary. Recently, people have told me that they like having me apart of the group because they enjoy the advice I give and like to hear updates on my life as a young, married woman and it helps them look forward to the occasion. So here is what I am asking you.

Tell me what you would like to know.
What would you like to hear?

I want to help you, motivate you, inspire you.

Ready? Set... GO!

Love,
Ashley

Yes, I am still alive

Hello Beautiful!

I am still alive an well :)
allow me to update you

Whelp, I'm sorry for being M. I.A. So much has happened this month!
So first of all, we crashed our car back in January and had to take the bus around for a month. Let me tell you, I dreaded that. I probably wouldn't have minded so much if it was spring instead of winter... but hey..what can you do? It was also somewhat of a blessing.. I guess. Ya it sucked to have to fork over $75 a person for a pass, and build your schedule around the bus schedule, but at least we weren't paying for gas. We used to drive a 2003 Lincoln Aviatior that my uncle had gotten me as a high school graduation present, and it cost $75 bucks a week to fill that tank. At least with the bus pass, it was a one time fee. We were counting down the days until we could get a car. We did end up buying a 2008 Black Chevy Malibu at the end of February. We got an awesome deal on it, and even though I was stuck at work while Jayson went to the dealership and wasn't able to actually pick the car, I trusted his judgement and I'm so glad I did! He told me about this car and said he felt like it was the car for us. I will admit I was a little upset that I didn't get to help pick and choose but once I realized that this was a missionary car (and I mean that literally) that he drove while he was on his mission in Denver, and all the missionaries in my home state (We're from the Ventura California Mission) drove them, I didn't even care that I didn't get to test drive it myself..so we drove it off the lot that night :)

Not too much other than that has changed. Jayson and I still work on 3300 S. (about a 5 minute drive away from each other), we still live in our same apartment and probably wont be moving till around Jayson's birthday or after mine, depending on where he is at with promotions and such with work, same ol' stuff.

& there you have it :)