Winter Storm – AshleYYY

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It’s that time again… Fun Fact Friday! For the Month of January 2014 🙂

1. “Winter Storm” catches Atlanta off guard

So as I mentioned in my previous blog, we had a “winter storm” the other day. People were stuck on slippery roads, in traffic for hours. Some slept at schools, local businesses, and/or were even forced to leave their cars & walk to find shelter for the night. Today, I learned that all the cars left on the road were towed! Owners can come claim their abandoned vehicles & drive them home! Praise God. I was wondering how they were gonna get the cars off the streets. Lol

2. T-Pain

One of my good friends/dancer, Vanessa, invited me to meet a few artists over the holiday. I met a couple singers, writers, and even spoke to T-Pain himself! Lol How cool. (He doesn’t know yet, but one day we will do a collab. 🙂 Lol) Next time I’ll make sure I tell him how much I love his music! I actually dance to a lot of his songs. “Booty Wurk” is the latest one…Check out my performance from last year! –> Click here

3. Birthday Girl

January is my birthday month 🙂 and this year I wrote a pretty personal blog about turning another year old. Get deep with me here –> Click here

I’ve also realized it’s about 15 of us whose bdays ALL fall in this month! :O (i.e. My mom, sister, niece, nephews, friends, etc.) Capricorn babies! Oh and an Aquarius! (…I’m not really into all that sign stuff, but I figure I’d give a shout out. Lol)

4. American Idol Premieres

As you all know I auditioned for American Idol, season 13 and it finally aired; which means I am now able to really share my experience with you all. If you missed my first post/video, check it out here –> Click here

Expect more of my story and footage soon! Told ya’ll I got ya covered 😉 And once again, THANK YOU guys for being so supportive!

5. Official resident of Georgia!

OKAY SO LEMME TELL YA’LL WHAT WENT DOWN….. I received a letter in the mail from the DMV back home in WI. It was almost time for me to renew my “probationary license” lol. So I decided to finally renew it but at the same time become a GA resident officially – right before my birthday! So this was a big deal for me! I was so excited!

NOW I SAID TO MYSELF I WASN’T GONNA COMPLAIN ANYMORE & TELL THE PUBLIC ABOUT IT, BUT…. This is a major fun fact! Lol So I rushed to do my make-up & hair, get to the DMV all cute, get to the counter and go thru the process. It’s time to take my pic and the worker says, “Don’t move until you see the flash.” So I fix myself up a bit, look up (waiting to hear “1, 2, 3”..), then I see the flash and hurry up & smile last minute! The worker told me the picture looked “fine.” Okay, so I don’t sweat it. Then I get the print out and I’m like, “Oh, …I wasn’t ready..” I WASN’T EVEN SMILING!!! EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT ASHLEY SMILES!!!! :/ #Fail #WT* #WeAk!

I get to the car and call my twin sister to vent for a sec, but she couldn’t talk long. I was about to tear up in the car. I swear I wanted to burst out crying HAHA. So I call my mom, and we talked for a good minute! She felt my pain! Lol The rest of the day I shopped alone, and my mom helped calm me down 🙂 I HAD to remember that the worker DID apologize and NEXT TIME, I will have to be MORE VOCAL! This story has a moral to it – I have to learn to be more ASSERTIVE in certain situations! That’s my goal. 🙂 Lol Praise God. ….OMG I just relived that whole experience again HAHA but I’m fine 🙂

So there you have it! My fun facts of the month. I hope you enjoyed reading about my misery & pain as much as I did typing it!! Lol

Much Love & Happy Friday World – Love You Guys…MUAH!

~AshleYYY

xoxo.

“Winter Storm” in Atlanta!

January 29, 2014 by AshleYYY

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*WINTER STORM COMING TO GEORGIA!*

…OMG. I was laughing yesterday when I saw that it was high 30’s and we were getting light snow. Now for those who don’t know, I am from Milwaukee, WI and WE KNOW how bad weather can get and STILL have to go to work, school, ride the bus, etc. So naturally, I don’t freak out when I watch the weather channel here in Atlanta. I saw school cancellations on the bottom of my TV screen and thought it was great people were being warned early, and would also be able to leave school early the next day.

So the next day comes (Tuesday), and the snow is beautiful! (I’m not a fan of super cold weather and dirty snow, but it was so light and pretty. Reminded me of home 🙂 It actually snowed all day up until the night. I heard plenty of people were in the grocery store! My thoughts exactly: “They stocking up on food like they gon be inside for days?!” Lol Once again, I think nothing of it…. Hours go past and I hear social media is buzzing! It took some people hours to get home and some were worried about being stranded! And I’m just like, seriously?!

*BREAKING NEWS!*

I wake up the next day (TODAY) and people are calling/texting me to make sure I’m okay! I tune in to CNN only to hear there has been nearly 1,000 accidents due to weather conditions & the roads! WOW. I’ve heard Atlanta doesn’t get much snow, nor do they have salt trucks in the budget. But to know that the weather can be unpredictable and we DO in fact get snow during the winter months, makes me think that we would just automatically be prepared. Right?

Well, I guess not. It seems everybody knew the “storm” was coming, and everybody got off work and/or school early yesterday – But ALL AT THE SAME TIME :/ Now Atlanta traffic already sucks, so just imagine what it would be like with icy roads on top of traffic! People were stuck overnight for hours, a woman gave birth in her car, people slept in Home Depot, etc! We were not prepared.

I feel bad for those who have been effected directly by this. It really is ridiculous. Only a few inches of snow, it’s not that cold outside, and people are stranded :/ If the city wasn’t going to prepare for the weather, then schools & businesses should have just been canceled! On a brighter note, The National Guard was out there this morning checking on people, giving out food & blankets and water to mothers for their babies…Schools had huge sleepovers for their students…Home Depot employees provided food, movies, and somewhere to sleep for people last night as well! Now that’s awesome 🙂 Always good to see people come together and help each other – Going above and beyond even when it’s not in your job description! But that’s the way it should be. ….As for the ones still stranded, I hope the city is doing what they can quickly to ensure every family makes it home safely. ASAP. Hoping those who were injured recover smoothly and quickly.

Thanks to all those who were concerned. I’m fine… Let’s keep everyone else in our prayers. Hang in there Atlanta!

~AshleYYY

Praise God & God Bless!

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F! F! F! (Fun Fact Friday) – January 2014

“Winter Storm” in Atlanta!