• 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…

  • Travel

    Carnival Glory:Day 12:Nassau

    June 7, 2023 - By 

    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 off the ship and walk around since we had a few hours. Walking around View of the ships as we walked away from them (our ship is behind the Carnival Dream). We knew we wanted to walk over to the Queen’s Staircase often referred to…

  • Life

    Week 22::2023

    June 6, 2023 - By 

    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 meal lately especially since Rob is gone. Tuesday About every other week, I make a big batch of taco meat to use different ways. I have been craving enchiritos (burrito/enchilada), so I got these Carb Balance Flour Tortillas and made these. They were so good!…

  • Life

    Prime Purchases – May 2023

    June 5, 2023 - By 

    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 been debating on what to include. I’ve actually bought a lot on Amazon since November. Home Rechargeable Lighter – Love not having to buy the plastic ones and throw away after its all gone. Smart Plugs – Always needing more smart plugs Bowl Holders –…

  • Life

    Week 21::2023

    June 2, 2023 - By 

    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 a bit. Turns out to be a bulging disk. He was lucky enough to get into the pain center to get an epidural last minute before he heads to Texas for a couple weeks. That afternoon we headed up to Atlanta for a Braves game…

  • Tech & Entertainment

    Watching on YouTube (May 23)

    May 26, 2023 - By 

    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] – lifestyle – A 20 something California girl navigating life in New York City. Just discovered her, but she seems to be quirky and fun. Do It On a Dime [2.23M subscribers – 955 videos] – lifestyle – Kathryn is on a mission to lead…

  • Life

    Wedding::Ceremony

    May 25, 2023 - By 

    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 when seeing his bride. The most beautiful ugly cry I’ve ever seen.

  • Life

    Week 20::2023

    May 23, 2023 - By 

    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 is doing well! She’s so little! Wednesday Drew and Caitlyn came over and brought my mother’s day gift, which is this gorgeous plant and pot. That same afternoon, an architect friend of ours came over to look at our deck and draw up a plan…

  • Life

    Wedding::Bridal Party

    May 19, 2023 - By 

    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 – Getting Ready Week 8 – Wedding Week

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    Week 19::2023

    May 18, 2023 - By 

    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 so yummy. During finals week, these little squishy ‘stress’ tigers got hidden throughout the library. I found one that never got found. I left it there. Thursday These 2 came over and made stir fry for dinner. They made enough for an army! I had…

  • Life

    Leaving my church after 26 years

    May 10, 2023 - By 

    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 going on. The United Methodist Church (UMC) is experiencing a major transition across the nation and the globe, resulting in a significant number of churches disaffiliating from the denomination. The central issue causing division revolves around human sexuality. The Book of Discipline, or rule book…

  • Life

    Wedding::Getting Ready

    May 9, 2023 - By 

    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 to get done. Today’s post is many of the “getting ready” pictures. Condo -AirBnB where the Bridal party stayed Wed-Sunday. Hair & Makeup Samford Lawn – Robe and house shoe pics Bridal suite pics at Church Groom room at church The next set of pics…

  • Life

    Week 18::2023

    May 8, 2023 - By 

    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 be to live through. Really last week didn’t have anything major that I’m remembering… Kayleigh just looked so cute on top of the stairs. I went with Rob to the Friday night baseball game. We ended up taking 2 out of 3 from #1 LSU!…

  • Travel

    Carnival Glory:Day 11:Freeport

    May 5, 2023 - By 

    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. We had never been to Freeport before, so we were excited to rent a car and see as much as we could during our day there. We rented Inland Rental Car. location Freeport is the main city on Grand Bahama, an island in the northwest Bahamas off the Florida coast. It’s best known for the oceanfront Lucaya district with beaches, resorts,…

  • Life

    Monthly Digest – April 2023

    May 3, 2023 - By 

    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 Santenello – videos about a world the media fails to capture Tay BeepBoop – eccentric designer and DIYer Happy I’m happy to feeling a little better. Excited Not sure I’m excited about anything right now. Reminiscing about our trip to the dessert. I’ll share about…

  • Life

    Week 17::2023

    May 1, 2023 - By 

    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 very, very sad. I’ll share more later. Tuesday We’re in the last couple weeks of the semester, which means I’m ramping up and getting ready for the next semester. My current students sent in their requested summer work schedules, so I now I have to…