Ash's Average Adventures

Welcome to Ash's Average Adventures!

Incredibly average. Incredibly Ash.

Welcome, y'all! My name is Ashley Ballman. I'm an 18-year-old (you guessed it) average girl from a small town in Arkansas with a New York City state of mind. I'm a college student who studies the most awesome major, Criminal Justice. I've decided that my love of all the things and communication with others has brought me here; somewhere I can document all the crazy (and not so crazy) things in life. That's right! On this blog, I will be giving you all sorts of stories, information, opinions, favorites/dislikes, and more! I'm so excited to grow with this journey, and I can't wait to see what God has in store for this blog!

Monthly musts: June jams 2019

As I'm starting this blog, I decided to go ahead and start a couple of monthly traditions! These will be under the tab, "Monthly Musts". The first of these "musts" will be in the music category! I love jamming out to all sorts of music, and I am often finding new songs to listen to religiously. Even though I love a little bit of everything (seriously, my playlists will go from Christian to Broadway to Pop to Rap all within a few skips), I think music is one of the best way to spread joy and I'd love to share my favorite tunes with others! Without further ado, let's start!

Top 5 cases: What ash thinks is interesting in the crime world

true crime // july 2019

Hey y'all! I'm assuming by now you've learned that I am a criminal justice major and LOVE what I study. I thought it would be interesting to turn one of the tabs on my blog into one of my biggest passions: the study of criminal cases. Don't worry of course, I won't be treating this side of my blog like I do my assignments. My hope for these blog posts is to discuss interesting crime cases, talk about unsolved cases and my personal view on them, and maybe even feature a crime of the week or month that was mind-boggling and crazy in every way. I also hope to share a bit of knowledge with you all, but make it interesting! To start this section of the blog off, I thought what better way to introduce it then to share with you 5 cases I am personally fascinated by!