Ashley
Mama to Maddox, Walker and Finn plus three unruly dogs: Nick Carraway, Ladybird, and Charlotte. Owner of Nest, a custom painting and furniture restoration business run out of my SoKno home. I've written for Knox Moms since 2014, and have also written for The Dollywood Company, Her View From Home, and Today.com. I'm a recovering type-a personality, overcaffinated, sleep with too many pillows, am a better person near water, and love a good British period drama or anything about gruesome true crime. I'm going to die trying to pet something I shouldn't or lifting furniture I have no business lifting, and am a firm believer in convenience meals. Probably a top contender for the title of World's Okayest Mom.
Hi, I’m Ashley. And I’m a Recovering Type A Personality.
Halfway through college I got a nickname that stuck with me until my late twenties: Monica. As in, Monica Gellar, the totally Type A character from the TV show Friends.
It was my junior year...
Sometimes I Feel Invisible: A Story About A Painter, A Pig, and Target
I read something once when both my boys were a lot smaller -- a sweet, encouraging post about how no one noticed what moms do. "No one noticed that Michelangelo was painting the Sistine...
My Kids Aren’t Getting Anything New This Christmas
So before you all gasp and reach for the smelling salts, let me explain...
I have been in the process of turning our guest room/toy overflow room into the nursery for sweet Finn Baby for...
The Power of Words
"Sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never hurt me."
"I'm rubber and you're glue... Whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you."
Yeah... I would have to disagree.
I don't...
I Don’t Like Your Kid’s Name
Maybe I should rephrase. I don't like any name right now. I am a little over 14 weeks pregnant with my little guy or gal and all I can think about are names. Good...
This Is Not A Drill
I had a post all typed out. It was witty and funny and full of snark, you know, all the areas I excel in. But I had "the dream" again. And I knew this...
Finding Our Home, Finding My Peace
I'll never forget the day Nathan came home and decided with no great flourish or drama that we were about to start house hunting. "This house is too small for us. I can't deal...