November 25, 2014

25!!!


 
 
Happy Birthday to me!! I am officially a quarter of a century old today!!
 
I posted My Boo by Usher because that song brings back so many damn memories for me! I cant believe how fast time flies by.
Never in a billion years did I think I would be where I am today
 
A Wife, Mom, Daughter, Grand Daughter!
 
I have  had one hell of a ride these past 25 years and I like to think that I have driven one heck of a road! I have smiled, cried, screamed and so much more.
The people who have come in and out of my life have made me who I am today.
 
In these first 25 years of my life I have accomplished the impossible and that is overcoming my first heart break.
 Losing the best friend who I thought couldn't be replaced.
 Meeting the love of my life.
Moved out of my parents house.
Started a career only to find my true calling.  
Gave birth to the most amazing son.
Married my best friend.  
 
What I have learned over the past 25 years is that no matter what you always have yourself. You are a temple and you have to take care of it!
 
 I lost track of myself for awhile and needed to overcome the impossible to become a better me. I have had many people scar me and always tell me negative things, but I have always stood down and took the nastiness the world throws at you. Growing up as an only child you have to have a tough skin.
 
No I didn't ever want brother and sister, you can stop asking, no I wasn't lonely, I had my animals and cousins. Being an only child only makes you a stronger person. You are born alone and leave the world alone so you really don't need siblings to make you a better person. However I did have my Sissy.
 
My cousin is my back bone we have withered a storm and I was the fire and she was the rain, but no matter what we somehow always came together and  bring out the best in one another. God didn't make us sisters because he knew nobody would be able to handle us together so he made us cousins. I love her like no one else could she is my number one support system even if she needs to slap me ever know and than, but she can make me laugh like no one else can.
 
I also had a mom and dad who supported me no matter what even tho we always didn't see eye to eye. My dad to this day is so proud of me. He is always proud of me no matter how small the accomplishment. My mom we have our ups and downs, but no matter what she is my mom and loved me and I love her even tho she is a big ol pain in my butt. Shoot I remember her when she was 25 that was LOOOONG time ago hahaha just kidding.  
 
I always thought at 25 I would be accomplished and be some hot shot I am not, but I seriously have the best title anyone could ask for and that is wife and mom. My husband and me met when I was still a baby. I say baby now because back than I thought I was an old ass lady. I was only 18 HAHAHA we meet young. I am glad I found him he loves me unconditionally even tho he drives me nuts he is the reason I am able to do what I love and that is be a stay at home mom. I couldn't read have my blog or be a stay at home mom with out him.
 
I had my son at a young age and I wouldn't change that for anything even tho I wasn't a teenager I still was young. He is my everything he is my mini me stubborn and bossy. I am Mrs. Bossy pant but he is MR.BOSSY pants. That little boy is the greatest gift that was blessed upon me in these 25 years. I thank god every day for him. My little man is what I live for.
 
If you told me when I was 5, 10 , or even 15 that I would be turning 25 and my Gramps would not be here as I turn 25 I would have laughed in your face. My  Gramps was young so there was no way I would have believed it. But as the clock clicks closer towards November 25th I have to realize that he isn't here. That maybe in some odd way in the first 25 years of my life that I was supposed to feel what loss was and for it to make me stronger. I am stronger than I have ever been. I am comfortable in my own skin, with where I am at and with what I am doing and I think that maybe just maybe its the way it is supposed to be.
 
I have no idea what the future holds for me in the next 25 years. I can tell you that I will make sure to take care of myself a little bit better. Not care what others think and live the life that I want. I cant do any different.
 
I am Ashley born a stubborn girl and can be anything I want.
 
 
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November 24, 2014

Shame (Ruin #3) By Rachel Van Dyken

 
 
Blurb
 
Everything done in darkness, will eventually be brought into the light.

I ran, but all it did was keep me one step ahead of my past. I tried to start over; new name, new identity. But you can't change your soul.
A fresh start at college was just what I needed. For a while, it worked. I was the party girl, the one that seemed confident, but it was a lie.
When guys kissed me--I felt only pain.
When they touched me--Nothing but fear.

Deep inside, every girl wants to be the beauty in the story, to find someone that will see you as their world.
But the truth? I was the beast. And as much as I wanted redemption, I wasn't fool enough to think I'd ever get it.
Until he walked into my life.

I wasn't prepared to fall for someone. My scars were too deep, the wounds too raw. But he offered me peace, he offered me security. I should have known it was just another lie--I should have known that falling in love with my professor was a bad idea.
But I was powerless to stop myself from falling.
And he was powerless to catch me.

Because the darkness finally caught up to me, and as fate would have it, a cruel twist almost bled me dry. But I'm stronger than I knew. I'm stronger than you think.
You think you know my story, but you don't....after all everyone has Shame in their lives-- and I'm no longer afraid to show you mine
 
 
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Review
 
5 stars
 
Seriously never in a million years would I have seen what was coming! The ending to one of the best series I have ever read came to an end with a BANG!
 
I have followed the Ruin series like a damn stalker. You would think I was obsessed with Wes and Gabe like I was Edward and Jacob from Twilight it became an addiction I stalked Rachel's blog like every single day to find out when I would get a glimpse. Wes and Kristen story in the first book touched me deep down and I re read and re read because it was so beautifully written. Than Gabe's book arrived and I was beyond amazed to read his story it was heartbreaking and never seen it coming.
 
I had fallen behind when Shame came out and I actually had to ask Rachel when it was coming out to find out it had came out like two weeks before!! EEEEK I ran over to my Ipad and downloaded it on my Kindle app. My goodness Lisa's story was nothing like I imagined, my love for her grew  I wanted to shield her from all the bad. She had literally been threw hell and back. Than her night and shining armor came to the rescue but had demons of his own to fight.
The devil himself came to torture them both, and man did they fight they fought back so hard! 
In the end it was worth the tears I cried, because Lisa could have never been happier!
 
I was so proud of this series Rachel is amazing as it is, but what she gave us with this was beyond amazing I really don't have words to explain how it has touched me deep within! 
 
I am so sad to see this beloved series come to an end, but what an end it was BEAUTIFUL! 
 
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AUTHOR INFO
Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she’s not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.
She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband and their snoring Boxer, Sir Winston Churchill. She loves to hear from readers! You can follow her writing journey at www.rachelvandykenauthor.com
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November 19, 2014

Felix by Elizabeth Reyes

 
Blog Tour Hosted by: As the Pages Turn


 




Synopsis:


They say the only good thing about hitting rock bottom is that it can't get any worse . . . or can it? 

World famous boxing champ, Felix Sanchez, had it all—the fame, the fortune, and all the women any man could ask for. When the hours of partying followed by hours spent in court and in rehab begin to outnumber the hours he spends training, losing his title comes as no surprise to everyone. The world assumes he deserved to lose it.

Only those closest to Felix know the real truth behind his sudden downward spiral. And if Felix has his way, no one else ever will. With an uncertain future ahead of him, he heads back to his roots—5th Street—the gym that started it all for him. It's where he meets the humble but mighty little Ms. Ella.

The only times Felix had ever decided to forgo the usual meaningless fling and try a real relationship he was burned badly. Now the adorable but tenacious self-defense instructor has him considering this love thing one more time.

Then just when he begins to worry that his past is letting his possessive and jaded heart get the best of him, he's blindsided in the most brutal way—he's brought to his knees—to what could be the one low in his life he may never recover from.

 
 
REVIEW
5 STAR
 
MMMMHMMM YES BABY YES!!
 
When I read a Elizabeth Reyes book I already know from the get go that I am going to love it more than the last. This book my god  it is like I went to heaven and was met with the most beautiful man and he said Ash let me take you away and love you FOREVER!
 
Felix was introduced in one of the other 5th Street books and some pretty messed up stuff happened to him, but who could you blame Felix was an asshole and I really didn't know if I was going to like him or not. I really had trouble when I opened this book I didn't know what to expect, but Elizabeth changed my mind real quick!
 
Felix is just amazing I fell in love with him, I am stuck in an affair with Felix and Gio, really Gio has always been my one I loved him since the first time I met him, but ehhh Felix has me and like I think he is the one! LOL I am losing my mind because I cant pick its that hard. This story was just too good LOVED IT!  
 
 
 
 
 

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Author Bio:


USA Today Bestselling Author, Elizabeth Reyes continues to answer to her calling on a daily basis. Since releasing her debut novel Forever Mine (Moreno Brothers #1) in 2010 she has now published 9 full length novels total and fast at work on the next. The excitement her Moreno Brothers, 5th Street, and Fate series have garnered has far exceeded her wildest dreams. It is with as much excitement that she'll continue to put out books related to these series as well as introduce brand new ones very soon.
In 2014 she will take her next step in the exciting world of writing and publish her first traditionally published book with Simon & Schuster/Atria. But she will continue putting out self published books as well.
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GIVEAWAY INFO


Elizabeth is offering a signed set of the 5th Street series (Noah, Gio, Hector, Abel & Felix). The giveaway is open internationally. Giveaway ends Nov 24th at 11:59 PM CST.


 


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