Outside my window… it’s raining. I am thinking… about what needs to be done before I leave Wednesday afternoon. I am thankful for… Drew is… excited to have made the Junior High Track team. Alex is… excited to have won both the Pack Pinewood Derby and the District Pinewood Derby this past weekend. From the… Read More »
Today was Alex’s first Pinewood Derby that he got to participate in. He’s watched his brother do it for many years. We set the bar kind of high considering he won the Pack Race and the District Race! ooops! Who knew his car would be so good?
Outside my window… beautiful spring-like weather. I am thinking… of Toomer’s Trees and all the time, effort, and money being put into trying to save them. All because of an idiot! Read about it here. I am thankful for… all the well-educated folks here in Auburn and all of the U.S. that are helping to… Read More »
Over the years I’ve seen various other bloggers work towards completing 101 tasks in 1001 days. Although, I already have a bucket list, many of the tasks on my bucket list are things I’m sure I’ll never do in my life time. However with this 101 in 1001, I’ve tried to think of tasks/goals that… Read More »
This afternoon was busy. First we started off at Plainsman Park for the 1st baseball game of the season. I just had my point & shoot, so I didn’t get any great pics of the game. I did however manage to get some good pics of Aubie. From there, Drew and I went his den… Read More »
I’ve been wanting to update on what’s been going on. I’m enjoying so much doing the 365 Project, but this blog wasn’t meant to be mainly a photography blog. Although, this blog has turned into much more that I had originally planned, which was to chronicle the lives of my family, the good, the bad,… Read More »
So today is Drew’s birthday and yes, he is a teenager! I’m not sure if I start feeling light-headed when I think of that, because it makes me feel old or because it seems like yesterday, I couldn’t wait to meet our first born. The other day, I had kind of this out of body… Read More »
Just a quick shot of Drew before he started to eat his strawberry shortcake. The weekend was a bit busier than I had anticipated and I didn’t get a chance to make his cake, so while we were at Publix picking up shrimp for his birthday dinner, I let him pick out a dessert. I… Read More »
Today was the celebration. Very moving. Took lots of pics. I couldn’t decide which pic to use. Nothing really jumped out at me so I made a collage. See all of them here.
I’m not sure I can find the words to express the sadness that the Auburn Family are experiencing because of the impending death of the Toomer’s Oak Trees. These are the times when we realize the role of tree service springfield il. For those of you who are unaware of what I’m speaking of I’ll… Read More »
This season has been nothing less than remarkable and amazing. I agree with Coach Chizik in saying that to try and describe it would “cheapen it.” As Auburn Alum and die-hard fans, Rob and I go into every football season hoping and praying that Auburn plays well and goes to good bowl game. After the… Read More »
**Yes, another picture of Daisy. I just can’t help myself. She is so photogenic and doesn’t mind the camera, unlike Rosie who would practically run away when she saw me get my camera out.** Daisy is adjusting nicely still. We’ve quickly learned some of her tendencies, which has helped us to know how she may… Read More »
Meet the newest edition to our family. This beautiful Pembroke Welsh Corgi is Daisy. Some of you may recognize her if you read Tracy’s blog. I “met” her when I started doing the Mommytography project. She commented on my header, which you’ll notice has a Corgi on it. I responded in saying that we were… Read More »
What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before? Went to Oakland Cemetery for a PhotoWalk Did you keep your new years’ resolutions and will you make more for next year? I didn’t write any down this year. One of the main ones was to read 1 book a month, which I will… Read More »
I just went through my flickr pics and picked a random pic from each month for this past year. January February March April May June July August September October November December
One of my goals this year was to read 1 book a month. Here is a list of what I read… January Picara by Pat MacEnulty February Season of Water and Ice by Donald Lystra March How Full is Your Bucket? by Tom Rath Our Iceberg Is Melting by John Kotter April The Heart of… Read More »
I did this blog review in the past and here’s what you do….Post the first sentence of the first post of each month. January I have a box of old T-shirts that the boys have grown out of that I just couldn’t bare to throw or give away. February I’ve had this post about half… Read More »
On Christmas Eve, Rob’s Dad and Step-Mom arrived. I decided to do a nice meal and make it something a little more traditional. So I made a homemade marinaded/injected for a ham with green beans and pecan praline sweet potatoes. It was SO yum! Christmas morning after Santa dropped by! Opening presents Drew with his… Read More »
There are about a 100 recipe ideas I have had lately from blog reading and watching the Food Network. I decided today for my list, I’ll tell you 10 of them. 1. Graham Cracker Bark 2. Christmas Pretzel Rods 3. Chocolate Turtle Cookies 4. Frozen Brownie Sundaes 5. Baked Apples 6. Honey Baked Ham 7.… Read More »
With Christmas approaching I thought I would post this pics I scanned on one of my scanning sprees. I wished I had more pictures of me with Santa and you never know, the more I go through old pics from Grandmother’s house, I may come up with more. How priceless is this one? Me, I… Read More »