Carnival Mardi Gras 2023 – Day 5 Amber Cove, DR

By | February 2, 2024

We’re continuing our Christmas Cruise posts. Today I’m sharing about our time in the Dominican Republic, which is one of Rob’s and my favorite ports. Carnival docks at their port called Amber Cove, but the nearest ‘real’ town in Puerta Plata. That morning we had breakfast in formal dining and then met up with the… Read More »

Monthly Digest::1.2024

By | February 1, 2024

LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Loving I have had the calendar plugin on my blog for years, but this year I decided to make more use of it. I went through and added drafts for all the posts I want to write… Read More »

Wednesday Hodgepodge 1.31.2024

By | January 31, 2024

1. January 29th is National Puzzle Day. Do you enjoy puzzles? What kind (crossword, jigsaw, sudoku, etc)? How often do you work a puzzle? I like puzzles ok. My younger son and I really enjoyed puzzles during the COVID shutdown. There are several puzzle apps that I enjoy: Cube Block, Figgerits, and Cross Math just… Read More »

2024::Jan 21-27

By | January 29, 2024

Looking back at my pics from last week, I didn’t take nearly as many. It was also a pretty chill week and no sporting events. + Went to Mexican for Drew’s birthday, and Alex got this really cool looking meal. I still need to ask him again what it was called. It looked so good.… Read More »

Wednesday Hodgepodge 1.24.24

By | January 24, 2024

1. Do you have a word for the year (WOTY)? If so, and you’d like to share, please share. How do you decide on a word? If you don’t have a word are you still on the hunt for one for 2024? I did the word of the year once, I believe. Every year I’m… Read More »

2024::Jan 14-20

By | January 22, 2024

+ 17 degrees a couple days last week. Seriously?!?!? + on my walk one day this bird on sat on the trashcan and didn’t move while I walked by so I turned around and snapped this pic of him. + I made stuffed bell peppers – Keto style – and the were so good! +… Read More »

Carnival Mardi Gras 2023 – Day 2 & 3

By | January 21, 2024

Day 2 and 3 on our cruise were both days at sea. If you missed the 1st post from this cruise, it’s here>>>>Carnival Mardi Gras 2023 – Day 0 & 1 The weather surrounding us was making for some very windy, rough seas. Luckily none of were feeling sick. It just meant the Lido and… Read More »

Carnival Mardi Gras 2023 – Day 0 & 1

By | January 19, 2024

Last fall Rob and I were entertaining the idea of a trip around Christmas. I mean we get 2 weeks off at Christmas and we knew Alex never got to go on a cruise since the one we cancelled. We ended up choosing one and pitching it to Alex and his girlfriend, Madison. They were… Read More »

2024::Jan 7-13

By | January 16, 2024

+ men’s basketball game + I found my favorite dressing at Walmart – Chik-fil-a’s Creamy Salsa! + Dinner at Walk-On’s. I had Catfish Atchafalaya (blackened fillets, crawfish étouffée, grilled shrimp, and rice) + Lots of cleaning of my office. Also not pictured is my of office closet that I did a major purge of. I’m… Read More »

Share Our Lives: Intro & Jobs

By | January 10, 2024

Today I’m linking up with all the ladies (Joanne, Dara, Adrienne, Jen, and Sarah) from what used to be the link up called “Not Just a Mom.” However, this year they renamed it “Share Our Lives.” Today we’re introducing ourselves and sharing about our current/previous jobs. So to start off, I’m Lysha – (pronounced like… Read More »

2024::Jan 1-6

By | January 7, 2024

I debated on continuing my weekly summary posts. I decided to continue sharing them, but looking back at my some weekly posts from years ago, I decided to try to get back to a more abbreviated layout. So here is the 1st one for 2024!! One of my Christmas gifts from my Amazon list was… Read More »

Monthly Digest – December 2023

By | January 5, 2024

LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 48 Week 49 Week 50 Week 51-52 Loving the holidays Happy getting to spend so much time with the boys and their girls Excited for a new year and a new start Reminiscing about the holidays. Social Rob and I went to a NYE… Read More »

Week 51-52:2023 (Christmas)

By | January 3, 2024

Finishing up my 2023 Weekly highlight posts. Here we are for Week 51 (Dec. 18-24) and Week 52 (Dec. 25-31)! On Dec. 15th we headed down to Florida to get on a cruise ship, so I’ll be writing separate posts about that week soon. Here’s a pic that makes me laugh. This was when were… Read More »

Memories, Dreams, and Reflections 2023

By | December 31, 2023

As another year passes, I like to end the year with this Memories, Dreams, and Reflections post. It’s always fun looking back through all my pictures to find ones that go with each prompt. Wishing everyone a happy new year! 1. Me! 2. I Love You Love this family of mine. This is from our… Read More »

Travel Summary 2023

By | December 30, 2023

As part of my year end recap, I thought it would be fun to do a separate post for our travels. We didn’t travel as many time as last year, but I feel like some of these trips this year were more epic. January Rob with the Boy Scout Troop on their annual Ski Trip.… Read More »

New York 2023: Day 12

By | December 17, 2023

Here we are for the LAST post from our NYC trip. This is another day there and then flying home. Another morning to see if we could be on TV at Fox and Friends! Here we are with Janis Dean. They were featuring a Teqball team, which was really cool to watch. Looked like lots… Read More »