• Travel

    Carnival Glory:Day 12:Nassau

    June 7, 2023 - By 

    Today I’m posting about our day in Nassau during the 2nd half of our back to back cruise on the Carnival Glory. This was our 4th time in Nassau (June 2003 / October 2003 / 2008) We had purchased an excursion, but it didn’t start till later in the day, so we decided to get off the ship and walk around since we had a few hours. Walking around View of the ships as we walked away from them (our ship is behind the Carnival Dream). We knew we wanted to walk over to the Queen’s Staircase often referred to…

  • Life

    Week 22::2023

    June 6, 2023 - By 

    Here’s last week’s Weekly highlights (May 29th-June 4th, 2023). If you missed Week 21, its here. Monday Alex went with his girlfriend and her church to New Orleans for a mission trip. I enjoyed following their trip through their BeReal posts. Eating lots of healthy peanut butter on Ezekial bread with banana. My go to meal lately especially since Rob is gone. Tuesday About every other week, I make a big batch of taco meat to use different ways. I have been craving enchiritos (burrito/enchilada), so I got these Carb Balance Flour Tortillas and made these. They were so good!…

  • Life

    Prime Purchases – May 2023

    June 5, 2023 - By 

    Linking up with Tanya at The Other Side of the Road today sharing my purchases from Amazon for the last couple months. I’ve really tried to keep my Amazon purchases to a minimum. My last list of Amazon purchases was back in November 2022. Since it’s been so long since I’ve a prime post, I’ve been debating on what to include. I’ve actually bought a lot on Amazon since November. Home Rechargeable Lighter – Love not having to buy the plastic ones and throw away after its all gone. Smart Plugs – Always needing more smart plugs Bowl Holders –…

  • Life

    Week 21::2023

    June 2, 2023 - By 

    I’m late getting this up. I’ve been too busy doing things around the house this week! Here’s last week’s Weekly highlights (May 22nd-28th, 2023)… My highlight reel on instagram: Week 21 Tuesday I got a new printer at work. New printer Old printer Wednesday Rob has had some pain and numbness in his arm for a bit. Turns out to be a bulging disk. He was lucky enough to get into the pain center to get an epidural last minute before he heads to Texas for a couple weeks. That afternoon we headed up to Atlanta for a Braves game…

  • Tech & Entertainment

    Watching on YouTube (May 23)

    May 26, 2023 - By 

    Today I’m sharing some of the YouTube highlights from this month. Channels I might be adding to my watch list: Meg Hughes [62.5K subscribers – 142 videos] – lifestyle – a 22 year old Irish girl, who just graduated from college and shares interesting videos about her life. Taylor Bell [320K subscribers – 67 videos] – lifestyle – A 20 something California girl navigating life in New York City. Just discovered her, but she seems to be quirky and fun. Do It On a Dime [2.23M subscribers – 955 videos] – lifestyle – Kathryn is on a mission to lead…

  • Life

    Wedding::Ceremony

    May 25, 2023 - By 

    Here’s another wedding post…This time from the ceremony. One of the photographers peaked through the partition to hide the bride from the groom in the Narthex of the church. Time for it to start! Grandparents Our turn! Bridal party Brother Charles Drew Ring bearer and flower girl. Drew’s cousins Bride and her dad So emotional when seeing his bride. The most beautiful ugly cry I’ve ever seen.

  • Life

    Week 20::2023

    May 23, 2023 - By 

    Here’s last week’s Weekly highlights (May 15th-21st, 2023)… To sum up this week, we got a new niece and new nephew in 1 week, just a few days a part. I’ll talk more about that below. Tuesday Here’s my little sister with her baby and her hubby. Her baby was born a month early, but is doing well! She’s so little! Wednesday Drew and Caitlyn came over and brought my mother’s day gift, which is this gorgeous plant and pot. That same afternoon, an architect friend of ours came over to look at our deck and draw up a plan…

  • Life

    Wedding::Bridal Party

    May 19, 2023 - By 

    A few detail pics first Here’s the pictures of the Wedding party Caitlyn and Drew did not do a first look so they did not see each other until the wedding ceremony. These last few shots were taken after the wedding ceremony. Best man (brother) & Matron of Honor with the newly married couple Wedding – Getting Ready Week 8 – Wedding Week

  • Life

    Week 19::2023

    May 18, 2023 - By 

    I feel like these weeks lately are flying faster than normal and I continue to get further and further behind on blogging. Oh well…doing what I can, when I can. 🙂 Here’s last week’s Weekly highlights (May 8th-14th, 2023)… Tuesday Alex sent me this pic of a strawberry milkshake he made at work. It looked so yummy. During finals week, these little squishy ‘stress’ tigers got hidden throughout the library. I found one that never got found. I left it there. Thursday These 2 came over and made stir fry for dinner. They made enough for an army! I had…

  • Life

    Leaving my church after 26 years

    May 10, 2023 - By 

    Today I’m sharing about why Rob and I are leaving our church after 26 years of being faithful, active members. If you are unfamiliar with the issues in the Methodist church, I’ve taken pieces of an article from The Coastland Times, which is not local to me but did a good job of explaining what’s going on. The United Methodist Church (UMC) is experiencing a major transition across the nation and the globe, resulting in a significant number of churches disaffiliating from the denomination. The central issue causing division revolves around human sexuality. The Book of Discipline, or rule book…

  • Life

    Wedding::Getting Ready

    May 9, 2023 - By 

    I’ve been trying to decide how to tackle sharing the professional wedding photos, because there’s a ton of them and I’m obsessed with them. So worth the money spent for Samantha. I decided I’m going to do weekly or maybe twice a week posts depending on the time I have and other posts I need to get done. Today’s post is many of the “getting ready” pictures. Condo -AirBnB where the Bridal party stayed Wed-Sunday. Hair & Makeup Samford Lawn – Robe and house shoe pics Bridal suite pics at Church Groom room at church The next set of pics…

  • Life

    Week 18::2023

    May 8, 2023 - By 

    How is it Monday, Again!!?? Geez… Here are week 18 happenings (May 1-7th, 2023). And how is it May already? I saw this news story, and it just hit me hard, with our mind still fresh from my son’s wedding a couple of months ago. I just cannot even imagine or fathom how terrible this would be to live through. Really last week didn’t have anything major that I’m remembering… Kayleigh just looked so cute on top of the stairs. I went with Rob to the Friday night baseball game. We ended up taking 2 out of 3 from #1 LSU!…

  • Travel

    Carnival Glory:Day 11:Freeport

    May 5, 2023 - By 

    Today I’m reminiscing about our day in Freeport during the 2nd half of our back to back cruise on the Carnival Glory. Freeport is the main city on Grand Bahamas, which is an island off the coast of Florida. We had never been to Freeport before, so we were excited to rent a car and see as much as we could during our day there. We rented Inland Rental Car. location Freeport is the main city on Grand Bahama, an island in the northwest Bahamas off the Florida coast. It’s best known for the oceanfront Lucaya district with beaches, resorts,…

  • Life

    Monthly Digest – April 2023

    May 3, 2023 - By 

    Here we are for another Monthly Digest. LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 & 16 Week 17 Loving Some interesting new YouTube I found recently (while sick): All very, very different, but good in their own way… Meg Hughes – college girl in Ireland Peter Santenello – videos about a world the media fails to capture Tay BeepBoop – eccentric designer and DIYer Happy I’m happy to feeling a little better. Excited Not sure I’m excited about anything right now. Reminiscing about our trip to the dessert. I’ll share about…

  • Life

    Week 17::2023

    May 1, 2023 - By 

    Happy Monday yall! Here are week 17 highlights (April 24-30, 2023). Monday Oh Monday, how I don’t want to think back to that evening. I think I’m going to write an entire post about this, because I have a lot to say. The vote didn’t go the way Rob and I wanted, which makes me very, very sad. I’ll share more later. Tuesday We’re in the last couple weeks of the semester, which means I’m ramping up and getting ready for the next semester. My current students sent in their requested summer work schedules, so I now I have to…

  • Life

    Week 15 & 16::2023

    April 27, 2023 - By 

    Week 15 was April 10th-16th and that was the week were in the desert. I was going to do a summary post, but I haven’t been able to go through the pics… Week 16 was last week (April 17th-23rd). Here’s a quick run down of happenings there. Monday Drew dropped Bigsby off Monday morning. I had taken the day off because that was the day we got back from our trip at 8:30am and I knew I would need sleep. I pulled out the big red bed for him to lay on. Instead he rolls up into a little wad…

  • Tech & Entertainment

    Watching on YouTube (Spring 23)

    April 25, 2023 - By 

    As I’m trying to catch up on posts like Watching & Listening that I recently shared>>> Nov22-April23, I knew I was behind on YouTube posts too. When looking back I realized it was April of last year when I did that last post! Geez! Um…ok… So I’m going to recap what I’ve watched on a regular basis on YouTube so far this year like I did last year. I’ve broken each category down to still watching, newly added channels, and just watch here and there. Travel Still Watch Regularly Kara and Nate [3.48M subscribers – 910 Videos] As their YouTube…

  • Tech & Entertainment

    Watching & Listening – Nov22–April23

    April 21, 2023 - By 

    Wowzas, yall! I just realized I haven’t written a Watching & Listening post since last October! Jump to: Movies  |  TV Shows  |  Podcasts  |  Music Movies & more Top Gun (rewatched) Top Gun Maverick (theater) The Weekend Away (Netflix) Not Since You (Amazon) Midnight at the Magnolia (Netflix) El Camino (Netflix) Sequel to Breaking Bad Christmas The Noel Diary (Netflix) Christmas Inheritance (Netflix) Spirited (Apple TV+) Documentaries State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith (Netflix) The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker (Netflix) Music Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium (Netflix) TV Shows With TV Shows and Movies, I’ve been trying a…

  • Life

    23 in 2023

    April 20, 2023 - By 

    I wanted to write this post at the beginning of the year, but then life got crazy again and I was like, “Fine, I’ll write it after the wedding.” And here we are midway through April!! haha…I did start making the list earlier this year, just couldn’t get all 23 items down till more recently I got this idea of writing 23 things I want to do in 2023 from a podcast I listened to called Happier with Gretchen Rubin on How to Be a Better Human. Gretchen Rubin is one my favorite authors who has written several books about…

  • Life

    Week 14::2023

    April 19, 2023 - By 

    Hey yall! Here we are for another week of highlights (April 3rd-9th, 2023). You know me…always playing catch up when it comes this place. 🙂 Thanks to those who stick around and show me some love. Tuesday I think I mentioned it in my last weekly post, but when we were in Florida, I was having some pretty bad stomach issues. I couldn’t get into the nurse practitioner until Tuesday. They were guessing it’s my gallbladder, which is what I’ve been thinking. Friday I went in for an ultrasound and found out I have ‘sludge and possibly a small gallstone.’…