Last Day in New York

By | September 29, 2020

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… Read More »

September Monthly Musings-Fall & Halloween

By | September 25, 2020

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… Read More »

Niagara Falls and Beyond

By | September 22, 2020

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… Read More »

The Weekly [9.13-19.2020]

By | September 21, 2020

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… Read More »

The Weekly [9.6-12.2020]

By | September 18, 2020

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… Read More »

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

By | September 15, 2020

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… Read More »

Graduation Party with the Fam

By | September 10, 2020

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… Read More »

The Weekly [8.31-9.5.2020]

By | September 8, 2020

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… Read More »

Preparing for the Worst on a Road Trip

By | September 8, 2020

Road trips require lots of careful planning, as there are loads of things to remember. You’ve got the obvious concerns – like planning your route and figuring out where to stay. However, there are plenty of other considerations that you can’t forget. Below, you’ll see a few ideas and tips to ensure that your road… Read More »

Growing Salad Greens in a Bag of Soil

By | September 5, 2020

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… Read More »

Currently – September 2020

By | September 2, 2020

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… Read More »

Auburn University Graduation Festivities

By | September 1, 2020

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… Read More »

Memories of the Month {8.2020}

By | August 31, 2020

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… Read More »

Graduation Party

By | August 28, 2020

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… Read More »

What’s Up Wednesday ~ August 2020

By | August 26, 2020

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… Read More »

The Weekly [8.16-22.2020]

By | August 24, 2020

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… Read More »

The Weekly [8.9-15.2020]

By | August 17, 2020

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… Read More »

The Weekly [8.2-8.2020]

By | August 13, 2020

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… Read More »

Rochester, NY | Trip Report Day 2

By | August 11, 2020

Today I’m sharing with you our Day 2 of our Rochester, NY trip. That morning I dropped Rob off at his training and headed on over to the Erie Canal. We were there the night before, but it was getting dark. So I was anxious to see it more in the daytime. That morning it… Read More »