Tasha & Andrew

Slide show for Tasha & Andrews Wedding.....

humm...

My favorite song right now....
Daughtry- Life After You

and wanna know what my favorite line is?
"All that I'm after is a life full of laughter, as long as I'm laughing with you. And I think all that still matter is love ever after.. cause I know there's no life after you. All that I'm after is a life full of laughter, without you God knows what I'd do.

Love it, download it. You'll LOVE!

XOXO, ARH

Dansmell's Wedding

Here are some pics from Danielle's wedding I just got from her :)


My VERY most favorite pic. We hung out in a confessional before the service started and let me just say it was TINY! Anyway, we made good use of the room. So wrong, but soo funny.


This was my walking buddy and I.


The Wedding Party!


Ellie and I were the best dancers there!


Danielle throwing the bouquet! I try to stay away from these situations at weddings, but i was cheering Ellie on!


DAB4L!


Danielle, Caroline and I dancing with the Groom!


"Clap, clap, clap ya hands. Now it's time to get funky, funky...."

forgot about this one!

My MAY video blog! whooopps, enjoy!

Promos

Nothin but videos in this one :)










I'M soooooo legit now!! :)

xoxo

*memories*

So I've been working on this project and I can't really say much about it cause it's not done yet and it's surprise but while I was working on it I found this video. It's from 2002 and it's probably the most awesome thing you've ever seen.

Danielle, Caroline and I filmed our whole summer the year after our sophomore year. A couple of my FAVORITE parts include the opening which is Caroline laying across a bar stool trying to fly... she then goes on to say, "I'm flying, like a mermaid!" seriously? haha, but it's soo funny to us. Then there's the part we choregraph a dance to the Aaron Carter song, "I'm all about you, I'm all about us... No baby, you never have to question my love!" AND quite possibly my favorite part is riding in Caroline's car.... with a gun.

If you know Caroline then you know she freaks out about umm, some things... hahah, putting it lightly. ANYWAY, We're all hanging out at my house, find one of my little brothers gun and take it in the car with us.. Caroline had no idea so when we got it out she's flipped... numerous times. It's soo funny, okay... maybe just to us.

So anyway, we took the camera everywhere. Of course we profiled some Walgreens parking lot usuals. Took it to some birthdays and one night we played some game where we would hide the camera in the bushes, a couple of us would go up to a door, act like we lost our dog, then Kale would start barking (because he does a perfect dog impression) and all the sudden we'd find our long lost puppy.... don't know why we thought it was so fun but it was a blast. C'mon we were 16 and had just started driving!

At one point Jacob takes the camera with him and Brandon as they ride the avenue… you know, through the sonic, down to walgreens parking lot and back to sonic. Honetly, it’s priceless. They are in the big green track, with the green strobe light going and Brandon’s signature “Big Truck Driver” jam blaring. It’s Brandon to a T. Then Jacob spends about 5 minutes of the video trying to talk Brandon out of racing another truck, did it work? Of course not! Typical.

Then we all loaded up in Brandon's truck and Lewis’ Bronco, ride to walmart and get kicked out. We did however, steal the sign off the playground equipment.

Then the video went into football season, I wish I could put a clip on here. We learned this chant a cheer camp that went..... "Two times four is half of sixteen... all for the WILDCATS, stand up and lean! (throw your arms up and lean from side to side while saying....) A lean a lean a lean a lean a lean a lean times 100." You get the point. It was so corny. Mrs. Vicky even got this little portable PA system for Sydney to yell it out on.. you know, so all the fans would get into it! Can't say that really worked.

ANYWAY, It was a nice little walk down memory lane. I've got to figure out how to get that video off the tape it's on... it's like a VIDEO 8 super old school tape and I can't pull it off with any of the equipment from work. :( Oh well, I'll get it. Then hopefully I can post some on here!

Well... that's all for me tonight. I'm about to hit the sack... I've got to go into work at midnight tonight. But I'm excited, it's the first night of the Arkansas LOTTERY so that's my story for tomorrow. I'm settin up at the Expressway on Northwest Avenue tonight to talk to the first lottery ticket buyers :) Gonna be fun, come out!

XOXO,

ARH

Guess what I got?!

A NEW CAR!!!! wooohoo!
2009 Nissan Altima Coupe.... i love!

~work adventures~

SO, this week... well actually through the end of the month the El Dorado Fire Department is checking all the fire hydrants. Long story short, it's hasn't been done in 10 years... blah, blah.... Well I went out with them today.

It was really cool watching them take everything apart and water shoots EVERYWHERE! like tons and tons of water. We checked about 3 then came up the one below... I was parked way far away.... guess not far enough... oops! HAHA. Chief Mosby e-mailed these to me later, he caught some action shots. I think he actually has a video too. haha. enjoy!

xoxo, ARH

update

Well, I'm still in bed after my wreck. I went to the doctor again today because I had to get a CT scan and some X-Rays. I've had a headache since the night of the wreck so we figured it wouldn't hurt to get checked out.

Anyway, my brains good... but my spine is a lil jacked up so a few days of bed rest and lotsa meds will take me back to normal. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

BUT the good news is I've picked out my next car... pretty soon, I know but I can't be car-less. I'll keep you posted :)

xoxo, alex

Sooo... I've been in bed all weekend... We're going on day number 3. Some holiday weekend. I planned to go to Little Rock on Saturday morning to tailgate with Erin at Jareds house and see some friends in the rock, do some shopping and then head to the lake for the remainder of the weekend. I was actually pretty excited about it.... that is until Friday night when I spent 2 hours in the middle of the highway and then another 3 in the E.R.

Yup, I got in a wreck-- slammed at about 70 miles per hour. I don't think I've ever been so scared in my entire life. I got hit on the drivers side and it sent me spinning. I hit my head pretty hard a couple times... that's why I went to the E.R. and I've had a headache ever since... and now I have to go to work tomorrow :( Memorial Day and Labor Day... two of my favs-- I've spent at work.

Not real sure how it's going to work-- I'm so sore I can hardly move and my black and blue body looks a lil gross if you ask me. BUT i am thankful because it could have been a whole lot worse. I know I'm complaining but I really have been counting my blessings.

Anyway, I'm laying in bed watchin Runaway Bride... think I might pop in Bride Wars here in a minute... then it's off to bed! I'll leave ya with some pictures of my car... or what use to be my car.

Dueces

XOXO- ARH

it's been a while....

Well, it's been a long time since I've written on here. Guess I just kinda forgot about it. Lots has been going on since May... I started my new job and I've been doing it for a little over three months now. It's challenging at times but pretty stinkin rewarding most others. How many people have an exciting job that changes every day like me? I'd say awesome.

Anyway, I was doing some reading tonight and saw these, I think I'll share.

"Expectations. They can inspire you. But, then again, they can really let you down. And I'm not ready to be let down quite yet. But I still have hope. Hope that one day, I'll take a chance again, in the horrible face of expectation, and it'll be worth it. -Felicity

"The tough thing about following your heart is what people forget to mention, that sometimes your heart takes you to places you shouldn't be, places that are as scary as they are exciting, and sometimes your heart takes you to places that can never lead to a happy ending. And that's not even the difficult part. The difficult part is when you follow your heart, you leave the normal and you go into the unknown. And once you do, you can never go back."

"My heart is on my sleeve and that's where it will stay until the day you're brave enough to walk my way and tell me the things we're too stubborn to say."

"He broke my heart and now it's raining just to rub it in. Life perfect, ain't perfect if you don't know what the struggles for. Falling down ain't falling down if you don't cry when you hit the floor. It's called a past cause I'm getting past and I ain't nothing like I was before. You ought to see me now. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned." -Alicia Keys and John Mayer

"GOD doesn't design hardships to make you fall flat, but HE does hope that you'll be brought to your knees."

that's about it today...

xoxoxxo

kris allen, 1000 strong?!

I've voted for Kris Allen on American Idol a ridiculous amount of times... I lost count around 650...... I have NO life tonight.. but I really want him to win and I found out how to send 10 at a time so it's not that bad..... right?!

Well, it's my last night in Fayetteville... tomorrow afternoon when I get off lunch I'll head to Conway and hang out for the night then go on to El Do on Thursday. I have a wedding in Hot Springs on Saturday so we're making a weekend out of it and hopefully going to the lake.... I'm stoked! Birthday week 3, here I come! I love my friends and how much I've been seeing them lately :) woo hoo!

OKAY, thought this looked fun so here it is...

Go to urbandictionary. com and type in your answer to each question in the search box, then write the definition it gives you.

1) Your first name?----> Alex

*A common name for both males and females coming from Alexander and Alexandra. Female- stubborn, easily agitated, fiercly loyal, also very affectionate, desires attention, moody, loves being in relationships.
"Alex, come here!" or "What is Alex doing tonight?"

*Noun. Someone that is of extreme greatness. Often considered as a god in some religions. Also means cool.

2) Your age? ----> 23

The greatest number of all time. Reasons why: It is... 1. a prime number, as are 2 and 3. 2. Michael Jordan's number. 3. the NBA record for most consecutive points scored by a single player in a game, done by none other than Michael Jordan. 4. the number of chromosomes in a human sperm or egg. 5. the angle between the earth's magnetic and rotational axis. 6. the Tropic of Cancer at 23 degrees N Latitude. 7. the Tropic of Capricorn at 23 degrees S Latitude. 8. a .com and the page is very cryptic. 9. the most quoted Psalm in the bible ("The Lord is my shepherd..." 10. the number of people executed in "A Tale of Two Cities" 11. the smallest number of people for which there is at least a 50% chance that two will share the same birthday. 12. the standard TCP/IP port for Telnet. 13. one of the "Lost" numbers on the television show....also the sum of two of the other numbers (8 & 15)and the solution to 42-15-4=23, all of which are also Lost numbers. 14. the number of times Caesar was stabbed in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. 15. has been prominently featured in the following: Serendipity, Futurama, Star Wars A New Hope, Monty Python The Life of Brian, Seinfeld, The Big Lebowski, The Matrix Reloaded, and Die Hard III among MANY MANY other movies. 16. the number of flavors Dr. Pepper claims to be a blend of. 17. the number of distinct orientations of Tetris pieces. 18. the sum of U2, the greatest band ever. U is the 21st letter of the alphabet. 19. the number of letters in the latin alphabet. 20. the number of the Illuminati. 21. the letter W in the english alphabet, a letter with 2 points down and 3 points up. 22. the smallest number of integer sided boxes that tile a box such that no two boxes share a common length. 23. the only US president to serve between nonconsecutive terms of another president (23rd president Benjamin Harrison serving between Grover Cleveland's terms).
"Michael Jordan IS number 23. Be like Mike."

3) One of your friends? ----> Tara

a fresh muchacha who drops It cuz shes hotttt - one who steals yard gnomes fo cash to get that badass on the street corner - a girl who climbs trees with squirrels and nests with them
that babe is such a tara omg that tara just slipped off with my yard gnome look at that tara up in that tree!

4) What should you be doing? ----> nothing

Actually means "something," but is used when you don't feel like explaining. Hey, whatcha doin'? (clearly working on something complex and important) Nothing.

5) Favorite color? -----> purple

Extremely potent marijuana, specifically marijuana buds that have a purple hue to them. Also accompanied by a fragant, usually fruity smell and mad perma-grin. Yo, you gotta come over and smoke, boy! I got the purple!

6) Hometown? -----> El Dorado, AR

Originally the name comes from a myth from the Muisca peoples during the early 1500's in the Andes (what is now Colombia). The myth tells of the legend of the Golden Man, or El Dorado. This came to be known as an actual place, an empire, where this golden king lived. There were many treacherous expeditions undertaken during the 1500's in order to find this place, true Indiana Jones styles (Sir Walter Raleigh tried to find it too).

7) Month of your birthday? -----> May

cool; sexy; hot i am so may

8) Last person you talked to on the phone? -----> clark

wow, i can't put that!

9) Favorite sport? ------> soccer

Sport that all the sexy men play.
Guys with great, muscular legs! Yummy!

Man, he plays soccer, what a hottie!!

10) Your last name? -----> Hale

Hawaiian word for 'house' or 'home'. Pronounced HA-LAY. Ho, I like go your hale afta sku, braddah? Haha, have a good one! XOXO, ARH

*thankful*

Today I am just thankful... simple as that. Thankful for everything the good Lord has blessed me with. Family, friends, LOVE..... Thank you Lord, You are goood! I have a lot to be thankful for.... soooo here's my video blog on why i looovee my life! :D




xoxo, arh

my birthday: week one!

Can I just say I had the very best birthday ever?! I know I always say that but this one by far was the very best ever. And I also need to add that I have the best friends ever for what they did for my bday.... And we'll leave it like that :) But for real, they are the best!

So anyway, my weekend was a blast! I got to see tons of people I haven't seen in a while and it was probably one of the top 5 night of my life! Between my first birthday celebration and getting my dream job, I had the best week EVER!

Now it's back to working and packing for me! My parents come up this weekend to move me and get me ready for my new job :) We're also going to have birthday celebration numero dos! I watched Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill last night... perfect way to start my week. They are filled with so much drama, I love! Other than that I don't have a whole lot to say. OOHHH but I did find this video of jram and i from valentines day.. doing our version of "doglover" from youtube. I'll share :)

it's the climb!

Ahh, I doo nott like Miley Cyrus or her voice but something about the lyrics in that stupid song I like.. hence the title. Did I mention how excited I am about this weekend?! I AM! I bought a lot of music last night so I can make a crunk CD for the way to Conway! Since I left my iPod in my moms car I can only use CD's now and XM doesn't always play all my favs! :(

Other than that I don't have a whole lot to say so here's something kind of fun....

*Name three things that scare you:
-tornadoes
-pessimistic people
-blood/medical things

*Name three people who make you laugh:
-clark
-erin
-tara stories

*Name three things that you love:
-bojangles
-sunny days
-weekends with best friends

*Name three things you hate:
-waking up before the alarm
-not having a piece of gum when i want one
-having to shave my legs

*Three things you don't understand:
-how people practice patience
-how people come up with some of the things they do...
-how anyone lives without knowing the Lord.

*Three things that are on your desk:
-pictures
-coasters
-nail polish

*Three things you are doing right now:
-typing.. duh
-listening to falling slowly by kris allen
-slowing working on my birthday list

*Three things you want to do before you die:
-sky dive
-go to Greece
-go on the Ellen show.. haha not really but that would be awesome!

*Three things you can do:
-rap
-cook some delish crawfish etoufee!
-wake board!

*Three ways to describe your personality:
-random
-happy
-loving!

*Three things you can't do:
-be nice to someone when I don't care for them
-lick my elbow
-handle the thought of childbirth.

Enjoy your weekend, I know I will! :)
xoxo, arh

*crunk*

The title explains well what I am... crunk! Boy, I'm going to have to work on my vocabulary if I'm going to be on the nightly news now :) Anyway, I am really exciteed because JRam is coming to Fayetteville Friday night and then we're headed to Conway on Saturday to celebrate my birthday with all of my friends there! So there is week one of my month long birthday celebration. AND I can celebrate getting my dream job, wooo hoo! Life is good! SO GOOD!

Anyway, here's a little about my job because you know I'm dying to talk about it. I will be working for KTVE which is located in the Monroe, LA/El Dorado, AR market. I will cover Arkansas news.. mainly just the southern part of Arkansas. I am sooo excited. They haven't broadcast news out of El Dorado for a really long time now so it's great to get it back up and going. Especially since there is still a studio, etc. So start thinking of story ideas and email them to me and follow me on twitter because you know I'll be updating so viewers can follow me every step of the way. You can find me @alexandrahale. I start May 11th and couldn't be more excited and proud of myself.

I still don't feel like it's real. I feel like this is a huge joke someone is playing on me like "haha we're going to tell you that you have a job but you don't!" It's honestly a dream come true... years in the making. And I'm so thankful for all the congrats I've gotten in the past two days. My phone actually went dead yesterday and that thing has one heck of a battery life! It's soooo rewarding to finally accomplish a goal I've had for years. I just pray for strength as I embark on this adventure! ahhhh!!

Anyway, I got off work early today and Rusty called me to come meet him at best buy to look at cameras. I needed his expert opinion... finally I chose the most perfect camera. It's weatherproof and shockproof! Now I can drop it allllll I want and my friends can drop it all the want and I will be just fine. I can also take pictures underwater :) Pretty sweet, eehh? Then we went and had a couple drinks and decided to go visit his friend and get some haircuts, yay! I needed one! Hallelujah!

I guess I can close the day as a happy girl! AND matt and kris were safe on IDOL! What more really can a girl ask for?! Can I just say one more time that... GOD IS GOOD!

xoxo :D

GOD IS GOOD!!!

God is good, all the time.....
all the time, GOD IS GOOD!!

I got a job! I got a job! I got a job! After 8 months of applying and hearing nothing I officially accepted a job yesterday with KTVE Channel 10 in Monroe, LA/El Dorado, AR. I'll sign on as a full time General Assignment Reporter serving the ArkLaMiss region!

I am sooo SOOOOOO soooo freakin excited I can't explain my excitement to you! Thank you Lord, You are good! A dream just came true for me today, after 4 years of school and commitment to broadcast journalism..... I've finally made it! Thank you, thank you, thank you LORD! You are good!

xoxo

random things i've learned about life & myself

I'm not good at this blog business but here are some random tid bits... things I've learned or that I now know about myself! :) enjoy!

-i would be a bomb investigator! Not as in bomb, tick tick but as in I have excellent stalker skills and intuition :)
-I've finally come to realize that I don't need the people who have walked out of my life. If they are important enough, they come back and if not then I'm better off.
-music changes my mood, always.. for the better!
- i make decisions quicker than most. if i think it, i usually do it- there's no changing my mind once it's there.
-someday i want to be in entertainment news- not as in follow around celebs but as in music.
- i wouldn't mind being a personal shopper. please.
- i have ridiculously inconsistent taste... in music, boys, clothes, anything and everything. if you look at all the boys i've dated i don't think any have anything in common. also, some days i look like i stepped out of banana republic and others i have a punk/emo look.. and everywhere in between.
-i generally have a better day if my alarm is set to so small by matt giraud to wake me up! true story. or good morning beautiful :)
-i have to lay with my head and shoulders hanging off the bed each night for at least 2 minutes. it's the best, really... try it.
-my cell phone isn't my favorite thing. i screen, hard core now days. that is if i even get up to get it.
-my mom is waaay more like me than i would have ever imagined. or vice versa.... she's my best friend actually. i can tell her everything and she's just as silly and random as i am.
- i could eat a chicken berry salad everyday!
-i CAN NOT make plans. i think my hair turns gray trying to. i hate it!
-i hardly cry sad tears anymore, but then again i don't have anything to be sad about!
-i enjoy non slobbery animals now :) thats huuge!
-the feeling of helping someone is the best to me! even if it's something so simple, i try to smile at everyone i pass cause you never know whats going on in their life. maybe they need a smile!
- i've learned everyone has the right to THEIR OWN OPINION! who cares if they are up for miss usa.. if she doesn't think it's right then she doesn't... drop it!
-I LOVE a challenge! especially when it comes to relationships--weird i know. but i also have a hard time wanting things once i get them.
-i'm a pro at arguing. with myself or others-- i can talk myself into doing anything. good and bad.
-the best thing i've learned is that at the end of the day i know the truth about myself and my feelings and that's all that matters. only the One above me can judge me!
-finally, for today at least..... good things come to those who wait! :) :)

American Idol

I hate to say it but I have gotten sooooo into American Idol this year. Mainly because there is an Arkansas boy in it and he's soo nice to look at. Anyway, WTF is up with American tonight?! MATT GIRAUD in the bottom 3?! And then to be the bottom ONE! I'm still trying to calm down, my heart was racing... I can't write anymore. I'm too upset right now.. :)

WHY?!

Well hello! Welcome to my blog! Why do I have a blog you may ask? I have no idea. Maybe I can make this entertaining thought so my dear bored sister will have something to do at work? I will try my hardest for you Lauren....

So I was watching the CMA's last night and it seemed like a lot of people were from Australia? That made me think, seriously.... how many people thought Jude Law was from Australia? Well guess what... he's not! So now you know... next time you try to name your GPS accented Australian man Jude Law because you think he's oh so delish, remember this..... Jude is British! Yeah, I agree, that's dumb. He looks like he'd be from down under.

Back to the CMA's... I love country music but I was not tooo entertained by last nights show. Everyone sang slow songs and I love it when they get crunk.... but noooo one did. I always like Taylor Swift though, she's so down to earth and grateful.

On another note, I am sooo soo excited about my birthday.... as usual! I'm ready for lake season to be here and to spend every weekend possible at the lake! I'm very thankful for my parents that they bought a boat a few summers ago and now they have finally answered my prayers and bought a lake house! They are the best :)

Anyway, I'm off work early today so I'm going to go to the grocery and get some yummmy fruit! And the suns shinin, I can't be sittin here on the computer!

xoxo