Hello! & Goodbye!

I have seriously been lagging in the blogging department. I haven't been reading or writing. I've been super busy getting ready for my trip to Thailand (I leave tomorrow!!!) and have had zero time to write here! Hopefully I'll be able to post while I'm gone, but if you'd like to keep up with my travels I can send you the link to my travel blog. A couple of you e-mailed me for it, but it wouldn't let me reply to your e-mails so if you'd like it e-mail me directly at a_cantafio@hotmail.com.

I hope you're all well and I hope to catch up with you soon!

P.S. Dan's deployment has been cancelled! That's really the only big news I have. More on that at a later date.

Some News.

Finally, I have a little update!

On Wednesday, Dan got news that his deployment position was possibly cut. They say he could find out later this week whether or not he's going but no doubt he'll only get a couple days notice. Regardless, we've been acting as though it is for sure happening since that is most likely at this point. I'm just working on staying as carefree and as positive as possible.

On Saturday morning, we drove up North to 70 Mile to go see Dan's mom before he leaves. We had a nice time with her and her husband, Helmut. Helmut made his delicious homemade German cheesecake as a special treat. We spent time sunbathing, fishing, crafting, chatting, and relaxing. I love spending time with regardless of what we're doing, but it's so fun to spend time driving long distances and just being able to chat and take in the scenery. We stopped at Hell's Gate in the Fraser Canyon on the way home. We rode the Airtram and took touristy photos (My camera is with Dan so those will have to come later this week!) We also bought some delicious fudge and as I write this post I realize that we left it in our friend's Jeff and Jess' fridge! Now I'm seriously craving my rocky road fudge!

We ended up in Chilliwack at Jess and Jeff's house and made a BBQ dinner for them. They're always so generous and feed our hungry faces whenever we go so we wanted to treat them! We enjoyed their company and stayed up until 2am playing Settlers of Catan (love it!) I'm just a little sleepy today!

I hate to think that we're now down to one weekend left until Dan leaves! With this whole deployment confusion, I am grateful that we at least get a few more days together. That makes for a happy Ashley.

I promise I will post the photos from our weekend away sometime this week!

Five for Friday.

I haven't been around much lately due to school ending and trying to spend as much time with Dan as possible before he leaves. We're down to less than three weeks before he goes.

I've decided to start something called Five for Friday! My friend Jess, over at jesstagirl and her officer does this weekly, writing five things she loves about her husband. I love this idea so I'm going to start...right now!


I love you because...

1. You always clean up after I cook dinner.
2. You think I'm cute when I act weird.
3. You make me feel like the luckiest girl in the world.
4. You love everything I cook for you even if it's as boring as nachos.
5. You will go to the end of the Earth to make me happy.


Last weekend, Dan took me to Seattle to go to The Melting Pot. I wanted to go there so bad when we were down there in February, but it was all booked up. We had the most amazing meal and a great night away. We ate, shopped, and just enjoyed eachother's company. It was great to have that time together.


Next weekend we're going up North to Dan's mom's house. We're going to spend a couple days with her before Dan goes. Their house is so relaxing so it will be nice to enjoy some time up there. Other than that, before he leaves our time will be filled up with lots of errands and packing, I presume.