• Photography

    iSpy #98

    November 21, 2022 - By 

    lock Y’all, I thought I had something for this one, but no such luck. Spot in Town – quarterly – Didn’t get over there to take a pic. body parts in the dark your choice You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter I’d love you to join along with us next week! Challenge yourself this week to step out of your comfort zone. Get low, go high, change your angle, get close, back up. Do something different with your shots this week! A couple simple guidelines.. 1. Anyone can participate. 2. Since this challenge is…

  • Life

    A Sad Goodbye

    November 16, 2022 - By 

    I mentioned we had to go out of town for a funeral. I had started writing details about what happened, but really this isn’t my story to share. What I will share is that Drew’s fiance’s mom passed away. At 47… It wasn’t a surprise. She’s been sick for years. It was still the saddest thing. During our time down in Florida, I had 2 new experiences. 1. I witnessed someone on their death bed. That is hard. The beautiful thing that I witnessed, however, was getting to see Drew comfort Caitlyn as she sat there and watched her mom…

  • Travel

    Carnival Glory Cruise:Day 2 & 3

    November 15, 2022 - By 

    Today we’re continuing more cruise posts. If you missed my post about day 0 & 1, read that here>>>Carnival Glory Day 0 & 1 Day 2 & 3 of our cruise were days at sea. I probably won’t write about all the sea days. Sometimes trying to figure out how to structure these cruise posts is hard. So much I want to share, but also not wanting to take months writing these posts. We’ll see. Day 2 Monday was our 1st day at sea. We slept in and then decided to go to the main dining room for breakfast. I…

  • Photography

    iSpy #97

    November 13, 2022 - By 

    acorn plant – quarterly – this plant has grown so much. I’ve cut several pieces off to propogate. brown so much raking to be done. Pine straw…ugh! forever When I think of something that is forever, I think of time so I took a picture of my watch. your choice 3 out of 4 horses at the farm You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter I’d love you to join along with us next week! Challenge yourself this week to step out of your comfort zone. Get low, go high, change your angle, get close,…

  • Travel

    Carnival Glory Cruise:Day 0 & 1

    November 9, 2022 - By 

    Today I’m finally starting to share about our Back to Back cruises. Actually this first post is about us driving down to New Orleans and the day we got on the ship. We left around 1pm after an Eagle Court of Honor ceremony. We stopped at Conecuh headquarters for Cajun sausage dogs down in Evergreen, AL. The weather got scary. It monsooned on us for a bit, but we made it to New Orleans a little before 7pm. We stopped for dinner at Gretna Depot, which was about a mile and half from our hotel. They have a drink called…

  • Photography

    iSpy #96

    November 8, 2022 - By 

    I’m sorry this is so late. I’m out of town for a funeral. I’ll get my pics posted at some point, but for now here’s the link up and the prompts for this week. – Updated now with pics! leaf love This is a huge pile of leaves. The photo doesn’t really do it justice. on your plate – quarterly – Still eating low carb monochromatic A view of the leaves on the ground as I did my walk one day. no humans allowed choose anything – monthly same vantage point – Another view of my fridge. 😉 You are…

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    iSpy #95

    October 31, 2022 - By 

    earth I had lots of ideas for this one, but these fall colors in my neck of the woods on earth are too gorgeous not to post. near I took this through a rain covered window Sunday morning when I was sitting in the car waiting from Rob to run into the gas station. I thought taking this shot through the window of this old house near me was different. starts with X I spent way to long trying to figure out what to do for this one and I could never come up with anything so… garden objects (no…

  • Travel

    Jefferson City & St. Charles, Missouri

    October 29, 2022 - By 

    Hey yall! Here we are again for another travel post. This will be my final post for our St. Louis and beyond trip. In case you missed other posts from this trip, they’re listed here: Missouri/Kansas Trip Jefferson City, MO The sky looked crazy when we arrived at the hotel that evening. After we checked into the hotel, we got back in the car and drove over to the Missouri Capitol. There are so many different areas around the capitol to see. Fountain of the Centaurs Governor’s Mansion This bunny was hanging out in front yard there. We drove by…

  • Travel

    Topeka & Lawrence, Kansas Highlights

    October 28, 2022 - By 

    Hey yall! Here we are again for another travel post. In case you missed other posts from this trip, they’re listed here: Missouri/Kansas Trip After getting up in Kansas City, our next plan of action was to continue driving. Entering the state of Kansas Topeka, KS Our first stop was in downtown Topeka. The rotunda was gorgeous! Down one hall were signs like the one you see below that talked about iconic Kansans. I enjoyed learning about some people I didn’t realize were from there. The stone corridors on the main floor were beautiful. From there we drove over to…

  • Life

    October 2022 Monthly Musings-Thanksgiving Prep

    October 27, 2022 - By 

    Today I’m linking up for Monthly Musings for October with Patty & Holly. 1. Do you host Thanksgiving or go somewhere else? I typically do not host. We either go to my mother-in-law’s or my sister-in-law’s depending on who’s in town. Sometimes my in-laws go visit other family for Thanksgiving. This is a pic of my sis-in-law’s kitchen from last year. 2. What dishes do you make or contribute? Everyone always wants me to make my Praline Sweet Potatoes. A couple years ago no one was bringing dressing or gravy so I decided to try a new dressing. This Andouille…

  • Life

    Monthly Digest – October 2022

    October 26, 2022 - By 

    How is it almost November?!?! It is just crazy to think how quickly time goes by even though the days often drag by. Anyone else feel that? LIFE Happenings Rob and I watched Drew’s dog, Bigsby for an extended weekend earlier in the month, when he and Caitlyn had to go to Florida. We took Bigsby and Kayleigh for a walk. Loving I am trying hard to love exercising. Right now, Kayleigh and I are walking 5 days a week. I’m also doing some arm exercises 3 times a week. I’m kind of at a stand still already with my…

  • Tech & Entertainment

    Watching & Listening – Sept/Oct 2022

    October 25, 2022 - By 

    Time for another Watching & Listening post. And as always remember, this post does not include anything I watch on YouTube. That gets it’s own post. Jump to:  TV Shows  |  Podcasts  |  Music I thought I’d start out by updating shows I watched over the summer and letting you know what I thought about those. New Shows This Summer – Did not finish either of these. Not to say I won’t go back and finish at some point, but just not feeling either of these still. Breaking Bad (Netflix) Surviving Summer (Netflix) New Seasons – Summer Virgin River –…

  • Photography

    iSpy #94

    October 22, 2022 - By 

    Hey ya’ll! I think most people that participate in iSpy have done the survey, but I’ll leave it up one more week. I’ll say 100% of the folks still want to do continue to do it in 2023, so that’s cool. iSpy Survey favorite Aubie is my favorite mascot and this little flag is so cute in someone’s front yard in my neighborhood. workspace – quarterly – I’ve been trying to stand more, so my stand desk is up and my chair is pulled out. logo Consider not always centering things in your photo. How does it make you feel?…

  • Life

    A Day in the Life::a Tuesday in October 2022

    October 20, 2022 - By 

    I always have such great intentions of keeping up with a day so I can write a day in the life post and at some point I forget so I only have half day recorded. I actually did it this time! I love reading these type posts and it’s always fun to look back remember. Here’s what a Tuesday is like for me… 6:30am Every morning I drag myself out of bed, but seeing Kayleigh laying in all the different way she lays never gets old. Here she is on a different morning. I’m a pretty low maintenance kind of…

  • Life

    Granny’s House

    October 18, 2022 - By 

    This is a post I wrote on FB the morning I found out my Granny’s house had been listed for sale. I knew it was coming, so it wasn’t a complete shock. Granny is my Mom’s mom who passed away in 2015. My Granny’s house is for sale in North Richland Hills, TX. I’d love for a sweet family to make this their home and make wonderful memories like I did growing up. As I looked through the pictures of this empty house which can be sold on housereal.net, memories flood my brain. All the banana nut bread, chicken and…

  • Photography

    iSpy #93

    October 14, 2022 - By 

    Hello! In case you missed it, I made a quick survey to get a feel what folks want to do about iSpy next year! It takes 2 minutes or less! iSpy Survey starts with R This one was hard for me. I had to look back through my pics from this year to find this picture of a rabbit we spotted while traveling. band Another difficult one for me. And now that I think about it…Rubberband starts with R. haha! selfie – quarterly – Got a haircut this week bent your choice Pictures of pets never get old. And I…

  • Life

    10 on the 10th::Birthday Edition

    October 12, 2022 - By 

    Hello, yall! Hope everyone is having a great Wednesday. Today saw where Joanne had written her 10 on the 10th post and decided to jump in and share about birthdays too! 1. What is your earliest birthday memory? I think it was my 8th birthday. I wanted to have my friends come to a restaurant called Steak and Ale. I loved their Hawaiian chicken and the feel of the restaurant. So my friends came over all dressed up and we went there and then went back to my house for a sleep over. Here’s a picture of us there. I’m…

  • Travel

    Kansas City, MO

    October 11, 2022 - By 

    Hello, y’all! Today we’re continuing with another travel post from our St. Louis trip. After spending 5 days in St. Louis, mainly while Rob was attending a conference, we were ready to explore some other nearby cities. In the last travel post, you can see we basically ate our way through St. Louis and then made our way to Kansas City. On our way there we stopped in Columbia, MO to see Mizzou. After about 2 more hours in the car, we arrived in Kansas City, checked into our hotel, and got to bed after a long day. The next…

  • Photography

    iSpy #92

    October 8, 2022 - By 

    Hello fellow iSpyers! I made a quick survey to get a feel for what folks want to do next year. Please take a minute to fill it out for me. I’d appreciate it! iSpy Survey in line The keys on my laptop are “in line.” back Alex was on Madison’s back after church on Sunday. It was so great to have them hang out with us all day. front My front door looks so pretty with this wreath that I ordered recently. I think it’s gorgeous for fall. It did go up in price since I purchased it though. caught…

  • Photography

    iSpy #91

    October 3, 2022 - By 

    seasonal outfit -quarterly starts with F Our leaves haven’t changed too much, but I loved this picture for the sky. The trees have started changing just slightly. listen your choice – monthly You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter I’d love you to join along with us next week! Challenge yourself this week to step out of your comfort zone. Get low, go high, change your angle, get close, back up. Do something different with your shots this week! A couple simple guidelines.. 1. Anyone can participate. 2. Since this challenge is meant to help…