Friendship Friday: Featuring Natalie!

 I've known Natalie for almost 5 years. She and I met through Sam - and also through HomeschoolBlogger in January of 2008.

Natalie is definitely one of those people you meet and know is going to be a best friend for life. She's a sweetheart, and I love her for it! 

We first met in person in June of 2009 at the LEAH homeschool convention! I went to spend the night at her house (Sam was there was well!), and we had a great time, though it wasn't near long enough to spend with someone! :D 

November of 2009, Natalie came down to my house! We had a blast! I will never forget the times when we played our guitars and talked. Again, a weekend was just NOT long enough to spend with this amazing girl!

It's such a blessing that Natalie and I only live a little over 5 hours from each other. We are able to make regular trips to see each other! In July of 2010, I went back to Natalie's house - but this time for a week. Most would say that a week is too long to spend with one person, but I didn't feel that way at all! We had a great time, and didn't even get on each others nerves.
I think it's 'cause we're just awesome.
We did lots of fun things that week, including going kayaking, shopping and to Natalie's horseriding lesson. Also, we just talked and talked, and of course, played guitar. :)

Sadly, the last time I saw Natalie was October of 2011. I miss her like crazy! She is at college pretty far away from me. But in October of 2011, I went back up to New York for a week in the fall! It was so fun!

I've come to the realization over the last five years that you really don't get a better friend that Natalie. Although she and I don't talk as much anymore as we're both super busy, when we do talk it's like nothing has changed and we jump right into conversations like we just talked yesterday.

Truth is, I miss her like crazy. Gotta make it a plan to head up there for a weekend in Summer 2013 so that I can see her!


"There comes a point in your life when you realize who really matters, who never did, and who always will." - Unknown

Spring needs to come now...without rain

It's about time for it to start getting warm here in Pennsylvania, but guess what? It really hasn't been. And when it decides to get warm - it also decides to rain.

I'm ready for a warm day without rain! I wanna wear my shorts and t-shirts without having to put on a sweatshirt. Today, it's somewhat warm, but it also looks like it's going to rain. Rain, rain, go away, come again in a couple of weeks! - when I'm in Georgia.

I just found out that my mom and I are going to the Atlanta Homeschool Convention - GHEA - from May 5th-8th. I'm actually quite excited to be going down there. We get to go on a plane,
which makes the trip less than two hours.

The trip to ATL is going to make our May even more crazy with trips. But as you faithful readers of my blog know - I love to travel. Anywhere! You also should know that my all-time favorite place to go is Disney World! I can't wait for our short trip to Disney in the end of May! I'll get to see Ali again, which will be nice!And get to work at the Homeschool Convention down there too. And I love helping sell things for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. (I am going to be going back down to GA for Ali's wedding in December! :P)

Last summer, I took a trip to see my friend Natalie up in NY. I also got to see some other friends in the same trip - Sam, Jen, and Mandy. It was a great visit and I had an awesome time, but I don't think that we'll be able to do it again this summer, thanks to the job I'm going to be having and the one that Natalie has, too. So we're going to try to get together at some point in the fall! :) I'm hoping that works out because I miss them!




I also want to go back to see Kylie sometime next spring, if possible, for her 16th birthday. With airline flight prices going up, it's really hard for me to be able to spend money on a plane ticket at this point. But because of the awesome times we had together when I was there in the fall, I really want to go back! :)

Anyway, I don't even remember the point of this post, actually. Oh, to say that it's been rainy and I'm ready for Spring and Summer to come!

~Ashley