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    Acid Reflux?

    October 2, 2020 - By 

    I mentioned in a couple posts recently about having an Endoscopy done. I never really went into all the details, so I’m going to do that here. Maybe 10 years ago (maybe longer), I started having acid reflux. My dr. prescribed something for it, but said I shouldn’t stay on but a couple months because its not good to be on that type of med for that long. So I did as he said. I honestly don’t remember if it helped. Over the last 5 years maybe, I have had it so bad that when I swallow food it feels…

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    Memories of the Month {9.2020}

    October 1, 2020 - By 

    This month I was happy about: Things feeling a little more normal with college football starting and activities like soccer and scouts ramping back up for fall. Also glad we’ve been blessed with some cooler days. This month I was sad about: Not sad about much or that I can remember, which is good! Here’s my rating system for entertainment: ♥ ♥ = Love it! A must read/see! ♥ = Really good! Highly recommend. ✓ ✓ = Good, not great ✓ = Not much to talk about X = Awful. Total waste of time Movies I watched were: The Lost…

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    What’s Up Wednesday ~ September 2020

    September 30, 2020 - By 

    Today I’m linking up with Shay and Sheaffer for What’s Up Wednesday. What We’re Eating I feel like this is almost the same answer as last month, but its true. I think I burnt myself out all these months being home and preparing/cooking lunch and dinner. I can’t seem to get back to meal planning and when I have a half done meal plan I don’t stick with it. However, I have managed to make some yummy food, but didn’t write down how I did it. I made a chili soup, kind of just a more soupy version of chili…

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    Last Day in New York

    September 29, 2020 - By 

    This will be my last post about our New York/Ontario trip. If you’d like to read the other posts from this trip click here>>> New York/Ontario Trip On our last day in New York, we got up and decided to explore Buffalo some more before heading back to Rochester to catch our flight home. We went to Canalside which is pretty area that runs along the Buffalo River. There were lots of people there kayaking and enjoying the beautiful day. The “World’s Largest Rubber Duck” found a home on the Buffalo River for a few days, which obviously was quite…

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    September Monthly Musings-Fall & Halloween

    September 25, 2020 - By 

    Today I’m sharing Monthly Musings for September. My favorite Fall tradition? My favorite things about fall is decorating as well as all the fall candles. And of course cheering on our Auburn Tigers. My favorite Halloween tradition? I am just not a big fan of Halloween itself. My kids always enjoyed dressing up and really enjoyed giving out candy more than trick or treating itself. I was a Pinterest mom before there was Pinterest! LOL! What will Halloween look like for this year for you and your family? If trick or treating is allowed, I’m sure Alex will put a…

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    Niagara Falls and Beyond

    September 22, 2020 - By 

    If you missed my first post where we traveled to Toronto, Ontario, Canada from Rochester, NY and our adventures that day check this post out first >>> Toronto, Ontario, Canada We got up the next morning and wanted a nice breakfast. We wound up going to Evviva, which was a trendy little spot, where we enjoyed a couple breakfast sandwiches, OJ, and of course, a bottle of Canada Dry. From there, we walked the city and then drove the city before making our way over to Niagra Falls for the rest of the day. Here’s some more pics of the…

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    The Weekly [9.13-19.2020]

    September 21, 2020 - By 

    iPHONE PICS & GOINGS ON Last Sunday Rob, Kayleigh, and I rode out to where our Boy Scout troop will start meeting. With COVID our troop has had very little activity. We could have met at a public park, but we have seen some much COVID shaming and strangers posting pictures of kids not wearing masks. We didn’t want to have to deal with any thing like that, so we are lucky to find a private outdoor area where we don’t have to worry about being judged. Anyway, this was the sunset view we saw as we left that night.…

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    The Weekly [9.6-12.2020]

    September 18, 2020 - By 

    My brain…is just. I dunno. I thought I posted this, but apparently didn’t! Here’s my weekly post from last week. iPHONE PICS & GOINGS ON Saturday Drew came over and hung out with us and watch baseball and football with Rob. Caitlyn ended up coming over for dinner and Rob made his Chicken & Sausage Bowties. I also pulled out the wine we got on our day trip to St. Augustine because I promised Drew we’d not drink it without him. I finally got a bag of soil so I could start lettuce and spinach seeds like this. Growing Salad…

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    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    September 15, 2020 - By 

    Today I’m continuing to talk about what we did on our Rochester, NY trip. This was our 3rd day. However, we got up ate breakfast at the hotel and drove about 3 hours across the border to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Yeah, so I love old bridges and I always take pictures of them. There’s usually nothing special about them, just interesting landmarks. This was taken in Gasport, NY at 43°11’43.518″ N 78°35’38.208″ W New York apples are so good! There was pretty long line to cross over the border at Queenston Bridge, but it moved decently fast. We were starting…

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    Graduation Party with the Fam

    September 10, 2020 - By 

    I’m continuing on with posts about Drew’s graduation weekend. This should be the final post from that fun weekend. Saturday we were up bright and early to get to Jordan-Hare. When we were done there we went home to change clothes and load up the cars to head out to Beauregard, where my in-laws hosted the family party for Drew. Friday night the water slide was delivered. Rob’s mom and step dad as well as his sister and our nieces did a great job of setting up and decorating for the party. Drew and I went to get the chicken…

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    The Weekly [8.31-9.5.2020]

    September 8, 2020 - By 

    Another week down. This last week the weather teased us a bit with a couple mornings/evenings that weren’t so humid and we felt a tinge of coolness in the air. I cannot wait for real fall weather! iPHONE PICS & GOINGS ON Rob and I celebrated our 23rd wedding anniversary, by going out to our favorite steak restaurant in town, Big Mike’s. I love this sour beer. Drew is working for Alabama Rural Ministry (ARM) as a communications intern. He’s also helping with construction jobs when they don’t have enough volunteers. He gets to work along side another Drew, who…

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    Growing Salad Greens in a Bag of Soil

    September 5, 2020 - By 

    Today I’m sharing with you a simple way to grow your own salad greens in a bag of soil. Anyone can do this. All you need is seeds of advanced plants, a clear Rubbermaid (like) container), and a bag of soil that fits on top of the container. For this method you just spread seeds thickly and when they get to be a couple inches long you can do a cut and continue to let grow. You just cut a few leaves off each plant and they will continue to produce. This is actually the 2nd bag I planted. You…

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    Currently – September 2020

    September 2, 2020 - By 

    September is one of my favorite months. Beginning of fall, back to school (back in the day when I was a student), cooler weather (hopefully), college football (hopefully), and my birthday month! It’s time for another currently post, so here we go! I am really /appreciating/ being able to work from home most weeks. It has been really stressful, trying to get all my new student workers trained and up to speed and these last couple weeks dealing with 34% of my student work force being exposed to COVID. 25% of our staff being exposed to students who were exposed.…

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    Auburn University Graduation Festivities

    September 1, 2020 - By 

    I wasn’t sure what call this post, because it wasn’t technically a commencement for Drew. However, its as a close as we’re gonna get to a ceremony. He got all dressed up (for pics mainly) and wore his cap and gown. We got to go into the stadium and he got his name up on the big screen in Jordan Hare stadium, which does not happen during a normal commencement. Watch as he soaks it all in and gets to the center where they call his name. No one to greet him or give him a folder with the Auburn…

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    Memories of the Month {8.2020}

    August 31, 2020 - By 

    This month I was happy about: Drew graduating even if there wasn’t a true commencement (post coming soon). This month I was sad about: just how badly people treat people. (case in point – scroll down to the Thoughts section) Here’s my rating system: ♥ ♥ = Love it! A must read/see! ♥ = Really good! Highly recommend. ✓ ✓ = Good, not great ✓ = Not much to talk about X = Awful. Total waste of time Movies I watched were: Didn’t watch any. Although, I really do wanna watch The Lost Husband. TV Shows I watched were: One…

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    Graduation Party

    August 28, 2020 - By 

    For those that may not have seen recent posts, my older son, Drew graduated from Auburn University earlier this month with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration (Marketing). I’m finally able to sit down and start writing these graduation weekend posts! The first party was Friday night we had a come and go (physical distance – but not really) party out in the front yard of our house for anyone wishing to come by and wish Drew congratulations. It was hot, but we survived. Here’s the set up. For food, since COVID we just did prepackaged snacks as you…

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    What’s Up Wednesday ~ August 2020

    August 26, 2020 - By 

    Another month done. I’m ready for cooler weather and football. I’m just praying nothing happens and they don’t cancel SEC football this fall. We’re ready to kick off Sept. 26th! I sure hope the temps start getting cooler. Anyway, I’m once again linking up with Shay and Sheaffer for What’s Up Wednesday to recap some goings-on from August. What We’re Eating Honestly this last month, I’ve slacked on my menu planning. I had the hopes of just trying to use up stuff in the freezer, which I’ve done a little bit. I need to just take an inventory of what…

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    The Weekly [8.16-22.2020]

    August 24, 2020 - By 

    iPHONE PICS & GOINGS ON Last Sunday we went over to the in-law’s so Rob could help his step dad with our truck that is over there. Alex and I hung out. We brought Kayleigh, because she always has fun hanging out with the dogs there. Here she is with Katara.   Big Boy was laying in the barn and for a second I thought he was dead because he was laying so still. I walked over and saw that he was breathing and right after I took this pic he rolled over and looked at me. Saturday, Rob and…

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    The Weekly [8.9-15.2020]

    August 17, 2020 - By 

    iPHONE PICS & GOINGS ON Alex started school on Monday traditionally! Here he is before he drove off to school. I was finally able to get a pic of Kayleigh with the Snapchat filter. Since Drew moved out, Alex was able to move over into his larger bedroom. No pics of that yet. I’ll show pics once he finished organizing stuff. So with Alex moving out of his room, that opened up the room for Rob to make an office as well as have an empty room for guests to stay in. We went shopping Saturday to get desk. Here…

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    The Weekly [8.2-8.2020]

    August 13, 2020 - By 

    So I’m a few days behind posting my Weekly post, which usually comes out Sundays or Mondays, but this last weekend was busy with all the grad stuff. I’ll post about that as soon as work slows down. iPHONE PICS & GOINGS ON I took my nieces shopping for a back to school outfit and they love their Starbucks! Just keepin’ it real, folks. My office is a rat hole right now. I’ll get it clean…not soon enough! This kind of mess gets under my skin, but I just don’t have the energy or the time to clean it up.…