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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    Monthly Digest – September 2022

    September 28, 2022 - By 

    Another month has flown by. Here’s my Monthly Digest for September 2022! LIFE Happenings We had a great Labor Day weekend. Rob went to Atlanta one Friday morning and instead of driving he took the Groom Transportation which takes people from Auburn to the Atlanta airport. He did this because he was meeting some vendors he works with that were in Atlanta for conference earlier in the week. They were going to talk business for the afternoon and take in a Braves game. One of the guys, Jeff is from the Boston area. He and Rob have bonded over zoom…

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    Labor Day Weekend 2022

    September 21, 2022 - By 

    We had a really good Labor Day weekend, so I thought I’d share about it. On Saturday, it was the 1st Auburn football game of the season. Rob had to get to the stadium early for work, so I rode with Drew & Caitlyn to campus. It was a fun game. In the 2nd half there was lightening, which we couldn’t see. It ended up getting closer, so the game was delayed. We hung out in the corridors of the stadium, but we kept seeing lots of lightening. We elected to wait for the rain to slow down and then…

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    Monthly Digest – August 2022

    August 31, 2022 - By 

    How is it almost September? Life flies by in blink doesn’t it? Anyone else using the BeReal app? If you are, add me>> lysha00 Everyday at a different time, everyone is notified simultaneously to capture and share a Photo in 2 Minutes. A new and unique way to discover who your friends really are in their daily life. Only you can see this your “Memories” LIFE Happenings Lots of wedding planning. Loving that I’m working on getting my house clean. Here are some before pics. Happy I love owls and I saw this while shopping in Cozumel on our cruise.…

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    Monthly Digest – July 2022

    August 9, 2022 - By 

    Here’s another monthly digest. LIFE Happenings lots and lots of traveling and wedding planning. Loving Virgin River Season 4. Happy All the travels Excited that Drew & Caitlyn have a date and the venue booked for their wedding! Reminiscing about our first trip to the mountains for the 4th. Read about that here. Social I honestly think we were just too busy to be social. Work Memories Interviews the day after being gone for two weeks, but gotta get students hired. Lesson Learned in the Bahamas you drive on the right side of the road in the normal American driver’s…

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    Omaha, Nebraska Trip::Part 2

    July 29, 2022 - By 

    Sunday Here we are for another travel post. This one shares Day 2 of our trip to Omaha, NE mainly to watch Auburn play in the Men’s College World Series. In case you miss my Part 1 post>>>Part 1 We checked out of our hotel that morning, because we had an VRBO booked for the next couple of days. We ate some breakfast at the hotel and then headed out for the day. Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge is a 3,000-foot footbridge across the Missouri River between Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska that opened in September 2008. On the bridge…

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    Monthly Digest – June 2022

    June 30, 2022 - By 

    Here we are again….another monthly digest. How was June for you? If I had to sum it up in one word I would says Sweaty! It is just so hot and humid. LIFE Happenings Rob and I along with his brother Nick took a road trip to Omaha for the College World Series. Going through pics for that post now. I babysat for 2 full weekends over at my sis-in-law’s house. Here I am with the youngest this past weekend. Loving all my new Apple Watch bands. I need to take some pics of the new ones. I’m kind of…

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    Monthly Digest – May 2022

    June 6, 2022 - By 

    LIFE Happenings Basically we’ve been party animals in May, and I’m exhausted! haha Our good family friend’s son (who is also a good friend of our son, Drew) got married. Alex graduated! Drew bought a house and we threw him a housewarming party. Loving that May is over! Ha! Happy it’s summer. Excited to hopefully be done with year end performance reviews in the next week. Writing these are tedious and a bit aggravating with the new form we have to use this year. Dreading Alex possibly having his wisdom teeth out this month. Reminiscing about our Drew’s epic graduation…

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    Big News!!

    June 3, 2022 - By 

    I’ve hinted around that my older son, Drew, has been doing some major ‘adulting’ lately. He bought a house! So exciting! He finally got the keys the Sunday before Memorial Day. We decided that since family would in town for Alex’s graduation that this would be great timing to go ahead and throw a housewarming party. Read along to find out how it went… We had quite the spread of food Lots of family and friends After allowing time to make sure everyone was there, we had the 3 grandfathers come up one by one and give advice and a…

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    Graduation Week 2022

    June 2, 2022 - By 

    I have so much to catch up on. May was a whirlwind especially the last 2 weeks. Today I’m recapping the fun week with Alex and his graduation activities. Senior Recognition The Sunday before graduation our church held their annual Senior Recognition. Back when Drew did it they did it during one of our church services. However, now they do a separate service in the afternoon. Here’s Alex and a couple friends signing the photo maps for each senior. This is the photo that went in the frame. Alex is in the back row: center left with glasses. Then they…

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    Monthly Digest – April 2022

    May 8, 2022 - By 

    Traveling at the end of the month really messes me up when it comes to blogging! Here we are for another Monthly Digest! LIFE Happenings Why is that at the end of every month I can’t remember all that went on!?!?! That’s the exact reason I write these posts. Haha! -Saw Toto & Journey in concert in New Orleans -Bridal shower for our friend’s finance -Easter -Watched my nephew play LaX Loving when we get to eat lunch with Drew. Happy for safe and fun travels we had in April. Excited for a crazy busy month. Dreading change. I’ll just…

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    Currently::May 2022

    May 4, 2022 - By 

    I didn’t realize it was time for another Currently post until I saw my fellow bloggers posting them today! So here we are! ::consuming:: Last week I was consuming lots of BBQ and sweet stuff. This week I need to be consuming all the healthy things, but I’m not. ::feeling:: a bit overwhelmed with all the things. Work wise, it’s time to hire for summer and start writing my self-evaluation that will be due soon. Life wise, graduation time and all the things that go with graduation and company. We have a wedding we’re attending and helping with the weekend…

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    Books I Read – April 2022

    May 4, 2022 - By 

    Last month, I wasn’t thrilled with the books I read. It’s just crazy how I can be so enamored by a cover or a 2 sentence description and then as I read I feel really disconnected with the characters and/or the story line. Admittedly I’m bad about going into a book blindly without doing too much research, because I don’t want any spoilers. Also, since trying to start reading again, I find I’m having a hard time rating books. I’m not sure what justifies the top rating of 5 at this point. I don’t fee like I’ve read a 5…

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    Books I Read – March 2022

    April 15, 2022 - By 

    I have finally (I hope) found a routine that is working pretty well for reading listening to audio books. Something made me look at the eBooks available for my local pubic library and then I noticed audio books. I ended up checking out this first one and have found listening to them while I get ready for work in the morning and trying to make sure I get through an hour each day seems to be a habit, I’m enjoying and can stick with. I’ll Be There (But I’ll Be Wearing Sweatpants): Finding Unfiltered, Real-Life Friendships in This Crazy, Chaotic…

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    Monthly Digest – March 2022

    April 11, 2022 - By 

    Here we are nearly halfway through April and I realized I hadn’t written my monthly digest for March. So here we are… LIFE Happenings We celebrated Alex’s birthday. Still can’t believe my baby is 18! Did a few rounds of physical therapy for my right shoulder and arm. https://acameraandacookbook.com/week-8-9-2022/ Week 10 Loving the weather right now. Not ready for it to get really hot though. Happy I’ve started listening to Audio books. I’ve got a couple from March I still need to write about. Excited that Auburn baseball is doing so well. Dreading nothing in April that I can think…

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    What I Watched on YouTube on the Regular (Spring 22)

    April 10, 2022 - By 

    In 2021, I did quarterly posts about the channels I had been watching. Fall 2020 |  Summer 2021 |  Winter/Spring 2021 |  Fall 2021 I found there’s a core set of channels I watch on a regular basis. As soon as a new video comes out, I watch it. Today I decided to share the channels I watch like TV Shows and then throughout the year, I will share new channels I’m watching or favorite videos, etc. Travel Kara and Nate [2.98M subscribers – 829 Videos] – Kara and Nate are quite popular and for good reason. Their videography and editing is on…

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    Currently::April 2022

    April 7, 2022 - By 

    /getting/ Finally, getting my house back in order after being on vacation. So much to deal with after having to buy 8 days worth of clothes and we ended up not using everything we bought, so I’ve got to return a bunch of stuff to Walmart. Unpacking bags that never got opened during vacation…Read about that here. /going/ Hmmm…I guess this weekend I’ll be going to an AU baseball game (nothing new there) and a bridal shower/lunch for Drew’s best friend’s fiance. /planning/ We just booked another cruise for July. The deals for Carnival VIFP (Very Important Fun Person) members…