“Cliched” Travel Experiences that are Worth the Hype

By | June 8, 2023

Travel cliches often get a bad reputation, frequently labeled as overdone or prosaic. However, they are popular for a reason, offering unique experiences that are quintessential to a location’s essence. While discovering hidden gems, like when you get to Travel in Croatia, can provide a sense of accomplishment and exclusivity, indulging in cliched experiences can… Read More »

Monthly Digest – May 2023

By | June 8, 2023

LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 18 Week 19 Week 20 Week 21 Loving These Jalapeno Stuffed Olives. They have these at Walmart. Happy I got a lot accomplished these last couple weeks while Rob was out of town. Excited Rob is coming home soon after being gone for 2… Read More »

Carnival Glory:Day 12:Nassau

By | June 7, 2023

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… Read More »

Week 22::2023

By | June 6, 2023

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… Read More »

Prime Purchases – May 2023

By | June 5, 2023

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… Read More »

How to Host a Chinese Buffet to Remember

By | June 4, 2023

The Chinese palate sets itself apart from most other cuisines with its unique combinations of flavors and cooking techniques. With options ranging from sweet to savory and mixtures of both, the Chinese eating style offers something for everyone. Traditionally in China, meals are served individually, leaving diners to pick and choose what and how much… Read More »

Week 21::2023

By | June 2, 2023

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… Read More »

Watching on YouTube (May 23)

By | May 26, 2023

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]… Read More »

Wedding::Ceremony

By | May 25, 2023

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… Read More »

Week 20::2023

By | May 23, 2023

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… Read More »

Wedding::Bridal Party

By | May 19, 2023

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… Read More »

Week 19::2023

By | May 18, 2023

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… Read More »

Leaving my church after 26 years

By | May 10, 2023

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… Read More »

Wedding::Getting Ready

By | May 9, 2023

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… Read More »

Week 18::2023

By | May 8, 2023

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… Read More »

Carnival Glory:Day 11:Freeport

By | May 5, 2023

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. Those who will be travelling to the Bahamas should also Visit Pig Island to make your… Read More »

Monthly Digest – April 2023

By | May 3, 2023

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… Read More »

Week 17::2023

By | May 1, 2023

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… Read More »

Week 15 & 16::2023

By | April 27, 2023

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… Read More »