• Travel

    Desert Trip – Day 3

    August 8, 2023 - By 

    Today I’m continuing to share about desert trip. If you missed the first few posts, check those out too (Day 0, Day 1, Day 2) And by the way, I have shared many of the latitude and longitude coordinates with links directly to that location on Google maps for anyone curious where each photo was taken. Highlights of this day include: Grand Canyon – Historic Route 66 – Hoover Dam – Vegas! Day 3 we woke up early and got showers and packed. We headed over to the market and grabbed some breakfast. This was the quickest way to sustenance…

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    Desert Trip – Day 2

    August 1, 2023 - By 

    Today I’m continuing to share about our Desert trip. If you missed my previous posts about this trip, you can go here>>> Day 0   Day 1 So on Tuesday, we got up, packed, and had breakfast at the hotel. We headed to north towards the Grand Canyon. We stopped at Black Canyon Visitor center, which was a great idea. The retired couple that works there were full of great advice. We also got some maps. The views on the way… Not sure if other people do this, but when we’re in a beautiful spot we’ll sometimes pull over (in a safe…

  • Life

    Week 29-30:2023

    August 1, 2023 - By 

    Here’s a run down of happenings from July 20-30… I got these while in New Jersey at Trader Joe’s. So yummy! I picked one of these up somewhere along our trip and found it to be really good. My new favorite sparkling water for sure! This week back after vacay I really got back to cooking, but then after several nights of cooking I’m back to being burnt out with it. With that being said, when we got back from our trip, Rob was pretty sick. Caitlyn and Drew were so sweet to bring soup over for us that weekend.…

  • Tech & Entertainment

    Watching on YouTube (June & July 23)

    July 28, 2023 - By 

    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 watching her clean and organize as it often gives me motivation to get up and do the same! But First, Coffee [1.05M subscribers – 586 videos] – Home – Kallie shares great life hacks, organization, productivity, and motivation, motherhood, simple DIYs, and frugal shopping. Liz…

  • Life

    Monthly Digest – July 2023

    July 27, 2023 - By 

    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 Jersey/New York and the cruise. Excited Meh! I’m honestly not excited about anything about it right now. Reminiscing With us being in NYC part of our trip, I’ve been thinking a lot about our previous trip to NYC in 2019. We also went to New…

  • Life

    Week 27::2023

    July 22, 2023 - By 

    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 airport to fly to New Jersey, which I’ll write about at some point!

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    4th of July 2023 Party

    July 21, 2023 - By 

    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 creation just like her mom used to make. Gramma and the newest grandchild Drew and his newest cousin Lots of fun on the water slide. Fireworks in the front yard to end the day. More pics from the day here>>>4th of July 2023 How did…

  • Life

    Week 26::2023

    July 7, 2023 - By 

    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 and headed up. We made a stop for lunch at The Burritos Corner Mexican Grill. I got the Bistec a la Mexicana. Yummy! Such a beautiful day. Really hot, which made for a warm lake. Luckily cold pockets in the lake still showed up here…

  • Tech & Entertainment

    Watching & Listening – June 23

    July 3, 2023 - By 

    I think what I’ve decided to do is to alternate YouTube post and Watching & Listening post every month. So since I did a YouTube post in May , its time to do a Watching & Listening post. You can also follow along with what I’m watching on the TV Time app. Jump to: Movies  |  TV Shows  |  Podcasts  |  Music Movies Take Care of Maya (Netflix) Reality (MaxTV)

  • Life

    Monthly Digest – June 2023

    June 30, 2023 - By 

    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 struggle. Excited to see tomatoes starting to ripen. Hoping the bugs don’t get to them first! Reminiscing End of June (connected with 4th of July) is often when we take a short and sometimes long family trip. Sometimes we go with extended family. I’m just…

  • Life

    Weekend Highlights

    June 29, 2023 - By 

    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 need to replace the entire door. I have never been a fan of the red, but I guess haven’t cared that much since I’ve never painted it. And the inside Friday morning, I took Rob to the pain center for another neck epidural. Then, we…

  • Travel

    Week 25::2023 – Texas Trip

    June 28, 2023 - By 

    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. Luckily nothing was set in stone with my trip so I was able to do it over a holiday (Juneteenth) weekend. I’ve taken solo trips to Texas before but this was the first time to rent a car on my own. I will say I…

  • Life

    Week 24::2023

    June 26, 2023 - By 

    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 for Alex. Thursday The side of my left foot hurts after I’ve been standing/walking for really long periods of time. Doc sent me for X-rays of my feet to see what it might be. Such an x-ray may have embraced advancements like an ai radiology…

  • Travel

    Desert Trip – Day 1

    June 20, 2023 - By 

    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 breakfast at the hotel and ventured over to South Mountain Park. We saw this interesting place on the way and stopped, because we were obsessed with cacti! Rob grabbed this cute selfie of us at Scorpion Gulch. We had wanted to explore Mormon Trail. However,…

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    Desert Trip – Day 0

    June 17, 2023 - By 

    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 come! We were late taking off because of maintenance issues on the original plane, but the sunset I got to witness made up for it! The plane wasn’t very full, which was nice. Rob and I had a seat between us as the rows sandwiching…

  • Life

    Week 23::2023

    June 13, 2023 - By 

    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 my eye check and a new prescription Thursday Rob got home around dinner time. We ending up eating dinner at MK’s Asian because he didn’t have any Asian food while in Texas. Friday Alex had left Rob a little welcome home gift that he brought…

  • Life

    Visit to Choctafaula – Auburn, AL

    June 12, 2023 - By 

    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!

  • Travel

    Carnival Glory:Day 13 & 14:Days at Sea

    June 10, 2023 - By 

    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 of golf balls didn’t come into the latest port, so they didn’t have any. If only we were able to grab that used golf simulator for sale, then at least we would still be able to play golf while aboard the ship. Rob was always…

  • Life

    Wedding::Family & Couple

    June 9, 2023 - By 

    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 from my sis-in-law who lives here in Auburn. Rob’s parents (mom and step dad on left); (step mom and dad on right). Here’s something to trip your brain up. mom and dad of course were married, but also step mom and step dad used to…

  • Life

    Monthly Digest – May 2023

    June 8, 2023 - By 

    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 weeks. Reminiscing A coworker was talking about his camping trip coming up in the Pensacola area and reminded me of our trip 2013 to Pensacola, FL with the cub scouts. Social had dinner with my friend Rebecca at Hamilton’s in Ogletree. Work Memories Got word…