First Lake Trip of 2018

This weekend we had our first lake trip of 2018 and it was a good one! Friday after work Timmy, myself and our friend Lindsey along with the 2 pups made the 3 hour drive to Lake Norman to start our weekend of sun and fun!

Some of the Best Decisions I've Ever Made

Awhile back I was doing my daily blog reading and saw that Chelsea wrote about some of her  best decisions she had ever made and I thought it was such a neat post! I agree with Chelsea, it can be very hard to get caught up in the negative things about yourself or your life, but we have to choose to be positive and focus on the good things in our lives. We can't dwell on past decisions that may not have been the best decisions we have made, but without them our lives could have ended up differently. All of our decisions shape who we are, good or bad. We have to learn to accept them and focus on the good decisions we made along the way.

Friday Five {5.6.16}

This week has been busy and a lot of fun! After work today I am off to the beach to spend Mother's Day with my family, fingers crossed for pretty weather! 

Weekend Recap

So like I said on  Friday that I wanted to start sharing more of my life on Girl Talk, I am going to work on Weekend Recaps as well. This past weekend was jam packed, with date nights, parties, races and lots of food!

Friday Five {4.29.16}

I haven't done one of these posts in a long time, but I enjoyed them so much and I love reading others Friday Five posts so hopefully this will be something you see more of on Girl Talk. I feel like lately I haven't really been sharing my life with you all other than the  Wedding posts and our  date nights and that isn't what I want Girl Talk to be about. When I started the blog it was a place where I could write about anything and share my life and be able to look back on it years to come and remember these times. So I am going to work on posting more about what goes on in my life here!

What Makes Me Happy

Whenever I get to eat Mexican.

Jet skiing on the lake.

Matching koozies.

Christmas Traditions and bowling with the cousins.

Football games with my girls.

Being tan.

Playing Beer Pong.

My best friend. My other half. My fiance.

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Life Lately via Instagram

I have been trying to keep up with the Instagram challenges throughout October, but sometimes I forget and sometimes the photo isn't worthy of posting..but I am working on it! But here is a look into my life these past few weeks via my Instagram!

Happy Thursday! We are one day away from Friday! I have a lot of new followers and thought I would re-introduce myself and it's the first day of the #FallforSYBL Instagram challenge. My name is Ashley and I blog over at Girl Talk where you can find pretty much anything. This handsome man in my photo is my amazing fiancé (who I marry next month- holy cow!) and the best support system. We have a fur baby named Bailey who is our world! Now you're turn, tell me something about you!!

A photo posted by Ashley Chase (@girltalkblog0803) on Oct 1, 2015 at 6:09am PDT

Planning a wedding is not always easy. Going through all my final details of what I need to get done between now and November 21!! #thechaseisover112115 #bloggerlifechallenge

A photo posted by Ashley Chase (@girltalkblog0803) on Oct 1, 2015 at 7:47am PDT

Coffee is a necessity this cold and rainy Friday morning. #coffeeisbae #FallforSYBL #instagramchallengeday2

A photo posted by Ashley Chase (@girltalkblog0803) on Oct 2, 2015 at 4:09am PDT

Loving my first fall manicure #FallforSYBL

A photo posted by Ashley Chase (@girltalkblog0803) on Oct 3, 2015 at 9:22am PDT

Happiness is spending a Sunday with your college friend and her precious baby bump! Can't wait to meet our Prince Charles! #bloggerlifechallenge

A photo posted by Ashley Chase (@girltalkblog0803) on Oct 11, 2015 at 5:40pm PDT

This is what my autumn looked like during our 22 mile Xtreme Hike for CF! #cysticfibrosis #xtremehike2015 #cff #FallforSYBL

A photo posted by Ashley Chase (@girltalkblog0803) on Oct 18, 2015 at 4:13am PDT

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How to Exercise with a Busy Schedule

We all know life can be busy and sometimes getting into the gym or doing those last 30 crunches isn't our main priority. I don't tend to live such a busy and complex life. I have my routine and I stick to it. But when I do have a busy week I always struggle to get my workouts in and it really irritates me. I strive to be active every day. I want to either get in 30 minutes of walking or jogging a day or some sort of weight training a day and I usually am pretty successful with this. Take a look at what a typical day for me is:

5:00AM - Wake Up

5:15AM - Do cardio for about 45 minutes (walking/jogging outside with my pup) OR I will do the Bikini Body Guide 

6:00AM - Shower

7:00AM - Take the dogs out

7:20AM - Leave for work

7:45-8AM: Get to work

5PM: Leave work

5:15PM - I will either go to the gym and do cardio or I will come home and do the Bikini Body Guide, depending on what I did that morning

6:30PM - If I was at gym this is about the time I would leave.

As you can see my days stay pretty much the same. But when I do get busy it throws a wrench into all my workout plans and I lose focus. Here are some tips that will help me and others who live busy lives still exercise!

Wake Up Earlier // This was extremely hard for me at first. But now for the past 3-4 months I have been setting my alarm for 5AM and making myself get up and exercise. I just started doing this around May so I have not experienced this when it is cold out, but hopefully I will stick with it. But, I don't always get up and go outside some mornings I will do some weight exercises downstairs in my living room. Waking up earlier has really made me feel better overall, I feel accomplished in the morning and it keeps me motivated to workout in the evenings.

Watch TV while working out // If you are like me you DVR everything. I hate watching shows live time because I hate sitting through the commercials. So I have a lot of shows to catch up on and instead of just sitting on my couch with a snack to watch these shows I will grab some weights and do some exercises. Not only do you get to kill 2 birds with one stone, but when I am watching TV while I workout the workout goes by a lot faster!

Lunch Break // Think about using your lunch break as a time to get in some steps. I get an hour lunch break and that would be the perfect time for me to get in a quick little walk, I don't but it would be perfect. Take your sneakers to work and during your lunch break take a 30 minute walk each day. 

Make it a Date // This is the most important one is to schedule your workouts. If you have it in your schedule to go to the gym or go for a quick walk you will more likely do it than just thinking about it.

Make a schedule and stick to it.

How do you fit exercise in?

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