Carin Ashley

Carin Ashley
It is official, I’m a blogger! Well, I now have a blog, so let’s start there.
Carin Ashley is a place for me to share the things in life I love and am most passionate about. Travel, food, fun, all things girlie, faith and more! I look forward to sharing my experiences and even some of my day to day with you.
A few of the topics I will be posting on soon are:
Let me know what else you would like to hear about.
I look forward to taking this adventure together!
There is nothing more exciting than adding another stamp to your passport with a trip across the pond. But before we start packing our bags again, we want to explore the beauty to be uncovered in our home state of North Carolina. Follow Morgan and I as we explore the Land of the Longleaf Pine. From Murphy to Manteo, our travels together will mimic our newlywed bliss: full of delicious meals, exciting adventures, and mapping our why we call the Old North State ‘home, sweet home.’
Growing up, a beach trip for my family was spent in the southern beaches of North Carolina. And while I always heard of vacations to the Outer Banks, the drive to Carolina Beach or Ocean Isle Beach was much shorter for mine and my husband’s families. BUT that has changed – to celebrate Independence Day, we switched gears and headed north to Manteo, NC, of the Outer Banks.
My travels have been incredible and there are so many places to share! Deciding which to cover first is the problem. A few of my favorites are London, Italy (everywhere!), the Bahamas, Mexico, and Paris to name a few. What would you like to hear about first?
I still get excited every time I get to travel on a plane! And by travel on a plane I mean in the normal person style with TSA lines, airports hustle and bustle, boarding sections and even baggage claim.
Long flights are taxing but are definitely made easier with a little preparation! Here I have listed my long flight travel tips for day-time/afternoon flights and overnight red-eye travel.
Depending on trip, I may add other items, but these are my essentials for travel!
As social media is the highlight reel for our lives, I want to share the work and creativity behind mine.

When my best friend told me she and her husband had decided to get pregnant ( Fall 2018), I was thrilled to hear this news! I was planning to get pregnant in the beginning of 2019 and this meant our babies would be close in age and friends for life, just like their mommas. From this call forward, we would talk about our future babies, names, birth plans, nurseries and all the details… Mind you, neither of us were pregnant (insert eye roll).
Well a month went by and so did the holidays, we still talked all about our babies, but neither of us was pregnant. I was not yet “trying”, but she had been for a few months. Having no actual clue about infertility, I would give her the pep talk each month… “It’s okay, next month it will happen” or “You probably missed your window because the ovulation sticks were off”. As well, everyone has a different story when it comes to conception. Some get pregnant the first month, some take a few months to get the timing just right, others take a year or more so I assured her she was just somewhere in the middle.
Ring in 2019! My turn! I knew my “window” was over a vacation, so this should be easy. I will never forget the car ride heading out of town. My phone rang and it was her. “Hello!… Hello? Are you there?” Her response was tears, sobs. I knew it was bad. My best friend and her husband were given news from their doctor that they couldn’t get pregnant or have biological children. It hit me like a wrecking ball. I could not respond. There are no words of comfort there.
I know I said a lot of things trying to hit any high note to comfort her. But for that news, there is no comfort in the moment or maybe ever.
Having a baby is suppose to be easy. Remember middle school sex ed? If you have sex, you get pregnant. Right? That’s what we all learned. No, not (always) true. There are a hundred pieces to the puzzle, and for 7 out of 8 couples those pieces all fit the perfectly. BUT for the other 1 out of 8, the pieces do not fit. My best friend was a one.
Fast forward two weeks, I avoided her calls for a few days. It felt wrong, but she knew when I would be finding out what the stick said. I did not want to rub in that I was pregnant. Our first “try” and ta-da! It worked! Do not get me wrong here, I WAS ELATED! But she is my best friend, and what she wanted more than anything may not be a possibility and here I got it as soon as I wanted it.
When we finally talked, she asked and I couldn’t lie. I told her I was pregnant! And you know what, she was just as happy as I was! I am sure there was hurt behind her happiness, but she did not let it show.
The bad news she received in January was not acceptable. They went for a second opinion and were informed there was definitely a good chance of their own baby, but it was going to take a lot of effort, will power and time (which is the hardest). So while I was pregnant and now planning for my reality, she was left waiting and hoping the stars would align.
Let me be clear. She was happy, supportive, giving, caring and everything anyone would want their best friend to be during their pregnancy. I do not know how she constantly listened to me blabber about all the ups and downs of pregnancy without losing her mind or our friendship.
All of this story is being told to set the stage. Infertility SUCKS! But we all “know” that. I have learned in past year and a half I didn’t “know” anything. Actually, I had NO CLUE how bad it sucked. In fact, I still don’t know or understand, I only have a better approach of how to be there for couples that are the one in the statistic. For them, it is not a statistic, it is reality and that reality is hard.
Moving forward, I would like to think of my lessons learned and hope I can continue to remember and use them. Asking
Yesterday, Mother’s Day and my Daddy’s birthday, was nothing short of “some kind of perfect” but as you can see in the picture, it wasn’t exactly picture perfect.
This picture sums up a day in my life. Me, trying to stage that perfect picture by directing Pearson to smile on command for a photo, after demanding my sister in law whip out her phone to snap a quick family pic. Morgan, half cut out of the photo because I fell in love with the tall guy who loves to laugh at my controlling antics when Pearson won’t cooperate. And then there’s Miss Pea. My independent, adventurous, vivacious, stubborn, observant and delicately defiant but absolutely beautiful and perfect in every way, daughter (kidding, sort of) doing exactly what she wanted to be doing in that moment. Delicately defiant you ask? She didn’t want to take this picture, but instead of throwing a fit, she refused to smile. You think I’m kidding, but she knew what she was doing.
Mother’s Day started out with Morgan getting up to bring me coffee in bed (I set the coffee pot the night before so it would be easy to pour two cups.) Followed by getting Pearson out of the crib and bringing her in our bed for morning cartoons and snuggles. Then, per usual, I waited until the last possible second to hop out of bed, get myself ready, Pearson ready, pack the car and then head to Stedman for the day. Morgan was “helping” watch Pea while I got ready, but somehow she managed to hide all of my hair brushes and apply a few shades of blush to her face and pajamas
Once we finally hit the road, Morg casually asked “Are you okay?” My response, “Yep, just catching my breath after ensuring we were all ready and that we packed everything for the day. You know, just being the glue that holds this together.” He laughed and asked that I remember saying that later in the day.
But again, the day was “some kind of perfect”. I love the hustle and bustle of our lives, even when it’s self induced because I procrastinate. And even if Morgan packed the car and got Pearson ready, I’d still go behind him checking every detail because that’s just me. So we work great together knowing I have to check the boxes myself.
It only took two rice krispy treats, one bottle of fruit punch, a cup of Puffs, 4 bulletins and one church pew hymnal rack to keep Pearson moderately quiet during church. After church, she waved and smiled to everyone and wanted to run outside and play. Hence, why a church photo wasn’t on her agenda. What was I thinking – my child that literally says “CHEESE” when anyone takes a photo or immediately grins showing all 6 of her teeth anytime Mommy asks her to “Show me your teeth” would just turn that sweet smile on for a family photo… HA! WRONG! Mrs. Eleanor told me after church she knew who “ruled the roost” in our house, I tried to comment that I’m a match for Miss Pearson, but she quickly countered with “Honey, you’re not fooling anyone, that child runs things.” And, she’s right.
After church the day continued on with all the Mother’s Day reminders of why we need Mama’s. Morgan was responsible for packing his change of clothes. He was more worried with packing his Christmas Present, a shooting target and ammo so he could go shooting on the farm. (Note the loafers in the strawberry field.) But again, the day was “some kind of perfect”. **The one detail I do not check is what Morgan packs for himself, but maybe I should.**
Aside from church and a second forced photo session on my family in my attempt to capture the perfect moment, we had lunch around Momma’s table and laughed at Rhett’s jokes. We opened presents and ate cake. After we got back to our house, we played “bubble” outside, had dinner together and I was showered with gifts from Morgan and Pea. The card they gave me proudly displayed “Mom Glue” on the front. Morgan and I both had quite the laugh over the irony.
I was the girl that always said I’ll never count to 3 and my child won’t act like a maniac… and then I had a child. Ever since the day my sweet girl was born, I try to always thank my Momma and let her know that she means the world to me. I had no idea and will never know just how much she did for me, but I am learning the love she has for me through raising Pearson. Moms have a hard job, and one day isn’t enough to thank them (us) for all Mother’s do. Motherhood isn’t perfect, life isn’t perfect, but yesterday was “some kind of perfect.” Regardless of the lack of perfect photos, rest and relaxation, I spent the day showered with hugs and kisses from Pea, hearing the laughter of my family and the day making memories with people I love more than anything. Any day spent like that, is my kind of perfect.
The word conversation is defined as a talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged.
It is simple, talk, listen, talk, listen and be able to leave the conversation without exploding. But why is it that something seemingly so simple, is next to impossible in our society?
I’m guessing your immediate thought when I pose that question is to place blame on the “other side”. “Republicans are hypocritical Christians” or “Liberals have no moral compass” – two of the judgments I’ve heard from people when politics are brought up. Neither of which is a true description for an entire party and probably are not accurate for the person to which the comment is made about, but we are so quick to judge and form an opinion that we forget to listen and learn.
To the random woman in Michael’s Craft Store, no it is NOT okay for you to reach in our 5 week old’s car seat and touch her! To the sweet lady at church, I just saw you blow your nose with that hand you’re reaching out to our baby! To our family, Pearson frequents the mall with me, but I’m very careful about sanitizing my hands before touching her while there and she has a carseat cover over her. So yes, you can wash your hands before holding her.
October was my month to plan and I knew exactly how we would kick off the week before Halloween! For me, Halloween isn’t all ghouls and goblins, it’s about fun and excitement and acting like a child again for a night (or seven).
Our date night this month was a little more low-key, as we stayed at home, but that doesn’t mean the thrill and excitement of something new wasn’t there!
Our night was planned to carve pumpkins, cook dinner and watch The Shinning!
As I mentioned in my last The 24th’s Date Night post, Morgan and I can be rather competitive, so it goes with out saying we each wanted the best pumpkin! Last year, Morgan’s Panther definitely took the prize over my Mickey and Minnie kissing carving. So this year, I was determined to step my game up!
It all depends on your preference, but I would say my Cindy is pretty darn good!
Mid-carving we took a break for some homemade Mexican enchiladas with rice and beans!
After the pumpkins were carved and our was mess cleaned up, we headed to snuggle in bed to watch a scary movie. Let’s be real, I wanted to watch the scary movie in bed so I could easily pretend I was sleeping if I needed to close my eyes, ha! After it took me a solid 20 minutes to decide on a movie, we started The Shining!
I’ve always heard it is terrifying and one of the greatest scary movies of all time, but I never had to “pretend” I was asleep. The psycho-thriller type scare is easier for me to watch, verses the “jump out at you” scary movies.
This was definitely one of our more low-key date nights, but we always like to remember that time spent together without “outside interruptions” can be a more than perfect date night.
As social media is the highlight reel for our lives, I want to share the work and creativity behind mine.

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Ashley Acarino was born on July 13, 1983 in New York, USA. She is an actress and manager, known for The Devil's Own (1997), Flipped (2015) and Ronal the Barbarian (2011).
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2020

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2
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2015

Flipped

Mistress Dark Kitten (as Ashley Carin)

2013

Grand Theft Auto V
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The Local Population (voice)

2011

Ronal the Barbarian

Zandra (English version, voice, as Ashley Carin)

2008

Return to Sleepaway Camp
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2007

Saturday Morning

Tiffany (as Ashley Carin)

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Sex & Sushi

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- Beyond Your Wildest Dreams!
(2004)
... Alternate Blue (voice, as Ashley Carin)

2004

The Red Envelope
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Amber (as Ashley Carin)

- Parrot Patrol
(1998)
... Sarah (segment "Troubles the Cat") (voice, as Ashley Carin)

- Bathtub Blues
(1998)
... Sarah (segment "Troubles the Cat") (voice, as Ashley Carin)

- Fair Play at the Country Fair
(1998)
... Sarah (segment "Troubles the Cat") (voice, as Ashley Carin)

- Chelli's in Charge
(1998)
... Sarah (segment "Troubles the Cat") (voice, as Ashley Carin)

- Case to the Missing Sock
(1998)
... Sarah (segment "Troubles the Cat") (voice, as Ashley Carin)

- Carrier
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