Planning a “Getting Away From It All” Vacation

By | July 31, 2023

Many people think that the desire to “get away from it all” means that something is inherently wrong in your daily life, but that’s not true at all. Of course, this could be a reason, but you’d be surprised how nourishing a break from your conventional schedule can be in general. It might be that… Read More »

Watching on YouTube (June & July 23)

By | July 28, 2023

So last month I decided I would alternate my Watching & Listening posts and YouTube posts each month. So today I’m sharing some of the YouTube highlights from June & July. Hannah’s Happy Home [242K subscribers – 520 videos] – Home – Hannah shares videos all things home; decorating, renovating, organizing, and cleaning. I enjoy… Read More »

Monthly Digest – July 2023

By | July 27, 2023

LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 26 Week 27 Week 28 & 29 We were on our trip. Week 30 is happening now. 🙂 Loving just having down time at home. Work is super stressful right now, so I’m NOT loving that. Happy we had a great trip to New… Read More »

Week 27::2023

By | July 22, 2023

Playing catch up after being gone nearly 2 weeks on vacay and man, does life slap you in the face when coming back to reality. Here’s July 3rd-9th highlights. Tuesday 4th of July Party Thursday Day at Six Flags Got my first tomatoes off the vine finally! Friday Rob and I headed out to the… Read More »

4th of July 2023 Party

By | July 21, 2023

4th of July this year was on a Tuesday and we all had to work on Monday, which was a total bummer. However, we made the best of it. Rob’s Mom and Step Dad threw a big shindig. Rob made Jambalaya over the fire the Drew made. Lots of homemade ice cream Caitlyn’s beautiful dessert… Read More »

Week 26::2023

By | July 7, 2023

Last week’s highlights (June 26th-July 2nd, 2023)… It’s been a good week besides it being so dang hot. Monday Back to work. Beautiful day outside… Thursday My department had a little going away party for one of our staff members. Saturday Saturday was Lake Day with friends, so we got up and loaded the car… Read More »

4 Enjoyable Things To Do In Japan

By | July 5, 2023

Japan is the right blend of activity and calmness, offering you a variety of unforgettable moments. It’s a hotspot for many tourists with research revealing that over 100,000 people from the U.S. visited last year alone. There are plenty of things to see and do when visiting Japan, and it will likely take several visits… Read More »

Monthly Digest – June 2023

By | June 30, 2023

LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 22 Week 23 Week 24 Week 25 – Texas Trip Loving some new podcasts that I’ll share at some point. Happy to finally have all the details booked for our trip in July. Just finished that last night! It’s been a bit of a… Read More »

Weekend Highlights

By | June 29, 2023

I got back from Texas on Wednesday, but has already put in for time off on Thursday and Friday as well. Thursday to recover and Friday to take Rob for another epidural. When I got home I was excited to see Rob had installed our new smart lock and new handle. Here’s the outside…we really… Read More »

Week 25::2023 – Texas Trip

By | June 28, 2023

On Saturday, the 17th I flew to DFW, rented a car, and drove a little over an hour to my sister’s house in Weatherford, TX. My sister was due to have a baby the week of June 16th. However, Baby Lu came a month early, so I had to adjust my plans for a visit.… Read More »

Week 24::2023

By | June 26, 2023

I’m a week behind because I was in Texas the beginning of last week. So this is actually the week before last happenings… (June 12-18th, 2023) Monday Saw this in a neighbor’s yard. Tuesday Garden is really growing! Alex and his girlfriend made this lego set he had gotten for Christmas. Wednesday Eye doctor time… Read More »

3 Strategies To Mitigate Risk In Your Food Business

By | June 22, 2023

Financial risk is a big concern in business management. Although having the requisite knowledge is necessary, it is not enough to know only the theoretical part of the business. From juggling daily responsibilities like processing payments to beating the competition, your mission is safeguarding financial stability. This step is still essential even when running a… Read More »

Ways To Satisfy Your Family at Dinner

By | June 20, 2023

Satisfying your family at dinner time can be challenging especially if you have growing boys like I did. You might have fussy children or simply run out of inspiration when you have a busy work schedule. Either way, you do not need to stress or make your life difficult when trying to satisfy the family… Read More »

Desert Trip – Day 1

By | June 20, 2023

Today I’m continuing to share about our Desert trip… The next day (Monday) even though it felt like we went to bed at 2 or 3 am because we went from central time to pacific time, we got up at a decent hour. We wanted to start exploring before it got really hot. We had… Read More »

Desert Trip – Day 0

By | June 17, 2023

Now that I’m done recapping our cruise, I’m going to jump into our most recent big trip. On Easter Sunday, we went to church and then had lunch at our house, before jumping in the car and heading to the airport. Travel days I often label Day “0” in case you’re wondering. Phoenix here we… Read More »

Week 23::2023

By | June 13, 2023

Here’s last week’s happenings… (June 5-11th, 2023) Monday So many lovely things growing in my little container garden… Tomatoes on the way (hopefully!) Tuesday Nasturtiums are really pretty right now. My sister keeps me updated with cute pics of my new niece. She is looking so little still, but oh so cute! Wednesday Time for… Read More »

Visit to Choctafaula – Auburn, AL

By | June 12, 2023

Chocotafaula is an agritourism focused farm located in Auburn, AL that was founded in 2020. However, it just recently opened to the public for the wagon ride, petting zoo, and other fun! I highly recommend this for anyone that enjoys animals! Check out this post to learn more about it!

Carnival Glory:Day 13 & 14:Days at Sea

By | June 10, 2023

Finally posting about our last 2 days on our back to back cruise on the Carnival Glory. As our ship made its way back over to New Orleans, we just did lot of relaxing. And eating… Enjoying our last days of not having to cook! We wanted to go play mini-golf. However, the ship’s shipment… Read More »

Wedding::Family & Couple

By | June 9, 2023

Here are for another quick set of wedding pics! I know you’re so excited! 😉 These are family pics (mainly Drew’s side of the family) as well as pictures of Drew and Caitlyn in front of church, in downtown, and on Samford Lawn on campus. Here’s my mother-in-law with all of my nieces and nephews… Read More »