• Life

    Christmas Weekend 2021

    January 14, 2022 - By 

    Playing a little catch up as the last couple weeks have been busy. Here’s my post talk about our lovely Christmas weekend. Christmas Eve’s weather was beautiful. After a couple errands, Rob and I sat outside for a bit that afternoon while Christmas Eve dinner cooked. Kayleigh enjoyed it too. Christmas Eve dinner included Ham, Hash Brown Casserole, Green Beans, King’s Hawaiian Sweet Rolls , and salad with Romaine Lettuce, Slice apples, pecans, and raspberry vinaigrette. From there it was off to the Christmas Eve service, which is always so special. Rob was upstairs in the balcony doing media. Alex…

  • Life

    Week 50-51-52 [2021]

    January 12, 2022 - By 

    Playing catch up from the last three weeks of the 2021 (December 13, 2021-January 2, 2022) Rob and I went to the Men’s Basketball game. Fun game! Friday the 17th we went with Rob’s sister and her family and some of their friends to a Christmas walk in the Woods at Kreher Preserve & Nature Center Here’s my niece afterwards. Sunday the 19th, we went and saw Voctave in concert at our church. If you ever have the opportunity see them, I highly recommend it! They’ve performed at our church 3 times and we’ve been seen them all three times!…

  • Life

    Memories, Dreams, and Reflections 2021

    December 31, 2021 - By 

    So I did this post back in 2011 and I also did it last year! I love writing posts like this at the end of each year. It gives me the opportunity to go through and think about the last year. I got the idea from Ashley’s blog, which is no longer updated. See the bottom of the post for the ‘rules.’ 1. Me! A work selfie 2. I Love You This is a picture from Easter with the peeps that I love so much. 3. Still Laughing… Kayleigh got a barcode on her back which was kind of funny.…

  • Life - Travel

    The Cruise that Never Happened

    December 30, 2021 - By 

    Back in November, Rob and I were bouncing ideas around about what to do with our 2 weeks off at Christmas. A trip to Texas or Baton Rouge to see family? A trip to the beach or the mountains? A cruise? Me: “a cruise? yes please!” After some research we found the one we wanted to book. We bounced the idea around with our family and we read about the fact we’d have to sometimes wear masks inside. Ok, yeah. We can handle that. Our rule of thumb is if we can get a cruise for less than $100/day per…

  • Life

    Monthly Digest – December 2021

    December 29, 2021 - By 

    LIFE Happenings its been a crazy month! Week 48 & 49 [2021] Loving time off work. Happy for this time of year to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Excited about leaving for the cruise on Christmas Day. Disappointments cancelling our cruise. Dreading getting back to real life after the holidays. Reminiscing about our Christmas Cruise 2016. Social had a ‘normal’ Christmas minus Rob’s sister and her family due to the C-word. Work Memories hardly any applications for student worker positions for Spring semester, which is bad since I have 170 hours to get covered. Will have to do another round…

  • Photography

    iSpy Photo Challenge 2022

    December 28, 2021 - By 

    Here’s to another year of iSpy! Let’s continue to look for the marvelous in the mundane. This is a time to keep photography more at the for front of your mind. Look at things differently. We will continue to list of 5 words to “iSpy” and photograph. Each week you will challenge yourself to see life through your lens. Don’t let those special moments slip by. Have your camera or phone near by and ready. At the end of each week, we will post new photos and come back here on the following Saturday and comment/link-up. We want to share…

  • Photography

    iSpy #51

    December 25, 2021 - By 

    Merry Christmas yall! Hope everyone is enjoying time with loved ones and eating lots of good food today. The next three pictures are collages of my quarterly pics from iSpy this year. – Backyard – Front of House – You (Selfie) So for those of you who have participated this year, did yall enjoy the quarterly pictures? Want to keep doing those in 2022? What about doing a few monthly shots like this? Have an suggestions for monthly or quarterly shots? – Your Choice – Your Choice Sleeping beauty You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to…

  • Photography

    iSpy #50

    December 18, 2021 - By 

    color: pink One of the weirdest ornaments I’ve ever received. I got it during an ornament swap many many years ago, back when I used to teach. package I wished I would have gotten a picture from the other day when I had 10 or 11 packages on my stoop, but I didn’t think about it. So here’s the day I got stuff from Target. starts with S S is for Santa! the end End of the game! your choice Opening Rolos for more pretzel bites! You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter I’d love…

  • Life

    Week 48 & 49 [2021]

    December 14, 2021 - By 

    Man, I can’t believe we’ve only got a few more weeks in the year! Here’s the run down for Nov. 29-Dec. 12, 2021. Still finding tomatoes in the garden! Alex has been enjoying doing puzzles in front of the tv. We went to the tree farm and it started pouring down when we got there. We waited it out and ended up getting a tree! Our tradition is to go eat Chinese afterwards. On top of Christmas decorating, shopping, baking, and all that go with this season, we’re preparing for our cruise.

  • Photography

    iSpy #49

    December 11, 2021 - By 

    sparkles starts with J J is for Jewelry. These are all my Christmas earrings that I put on my earring rack just for this month. lit Christmas tree is lit, of course! used I had a difficult time figuring out what to capture for used, but as I was going through and making peanut butter crackers for these I captured the ‘used’ sleeves of Ritz crackers. your choice The other day I got up and noticed this beautiful sunset and went outside to get this shot. You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter I’d love…

  • Life

    Monthly Digest – November 2021

    December 7, 2021 - By 

    I’m really behind with this post, but I didn’t just not want to post it. LIFE Happenings Week 44 Week 45 Week 46 & 47 Loving that we got the shelving done in our kitchen! Happy with the way Auburn played against Bama. What an epic game! We still didn’t win, but we played our hearts out. Excited that we’re in the holiday season. Although, it can be stressful and there are parts I could do without, I always look forward to time off. Reminiscing About previous Thanksgivings… This is from 2013 in Florida. Social Not sure I’ve talked about…

  • Tech & Entertainment

    What I Watched on YouTube – Fall 2021

    December 4, 2021 - By 

    These last few months (September/October/November) I’ve been finding myself watching more YouTube. I love reality TV, and that’s pretty much what YouTube is. So no wonder I love it so much! Travel Kara and Nate The Endless Adventure Hiking Homemade Wanderlust Julia Sheehan JeniferJourneys Darwin on the Trail Becca “Little Skittle” Lifestyle Eamon & Bec Michel Janse The Wads Mr. Kate Shelby Church Vlogs Shelby Church Monica Church Seattle Real Estate Monica Church Isabel Paige Kaylah Stroup Morgan Yates Vlog Morgan Yates Shea Whitney Misc Daily Dose Vlog Creations Living on a Dime to Grow Rich Neisha Love It KenDBerryMD…

  • Photography

    iSpy #48

    December 4, 2021 - By 

    starts with U Katniss likes to sleep under the tree in front of where I park. red Holly bushes outside my office small building Target Bullseye’s Section find sweet Pecan Pie bites leftover from Thanksgiving. So yummy! your choice I’m amazed that a couple of my tomato plants have survived the night or tow of 30 degree temps. I don’t think these will end up surviving because most pollinators are gone. You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter I’d love you to join along with us next week! Challenge yourself this week to step out…

  • Life

    Currently – December 2021

    December 1, 2021 - By 

    Y’all how is it December?!?! I’m still in disbelief that were in the midst of the Advent season. Here’s my Currently post for December. decorating This last weekend Alex and I pulled down all the Christmas bins. I decorated. We will get our Christmas tree this weekend, but I’m happy to have this part done. Here’s a few pics from the living room. feeling I’m feeling relieved. A new requirement for high school seniors to graduate is to fill out the FAFSA because apparently last year millions of dollars were not used. Today is the deadline…at least for Alex’s high…

  • Life

    Week 46 & 47 [2021]

    November 30, 2021 - By 

    The week before Thanksgiving wasn’t too crazy. Look at this adorable Gnome I got from Walmart dot com by accident. Put it in my cart on the Walmart app and when I went to put my pickup order in I accidentally pressed buy from both carts or something. I realized it a few minutes after getting the confirmation email. A snapchat from Caitlyn of her and Drew at the AU Men’s Basket ball game. Buster and Kayleigh playing How cute is Buster?!?! Last Monday Rob and I were going to meet for lunch. I had a few minutes to spare…

  • Photography

    iSpy #47

    November 29, 2021 - By 

    Hey guys! For all of those who celebrated Thanksgiving this last week, you can probably understand why I’m just now getting this post up. Regardless, I hope everyone had a great week. festivities I made a Thanksgiving punch for the Thanksgiving Festivities. food I always order my groceries for pick up at Walmart. I accidentally ordered 2 lbs of jalapenos instead of 1/4 of a pound. I didn’t want them to go to waste, so one night last week I cut them up, some into halves for stuffed jalapenos and the rest chopped to add to pico de galo or…

  • Photography

    iSpy #46

    November 20, 2021 - By 

    house – (fall or current season) quarterly pic brown stitch architectural your choice You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter I’d love you to join along with us next week! Challenge yourself this week to step out of your comfort zone. Get low, go high, change your angle, get close, back up. Do something different with your shots this week! A couple simple guidelines.. 1. Anyone can participate. 2. Since this challenge is meant to help you expand your eye for photography, try to take five new photos this week for the challenge. Or do…

  • Recipes

    Thanksgiving Recipe Round-Up

    November 19, 2021 - By 

    If you’re like me you’re busy planning what you’re going bring or serve for Thanksgiving. I thought it would be fun to gather up some Thanksgiving recipes. What are your go to Thanksgiving recipes? Appetizers Spinach Artichoke Dip Thanksgiving Charcuterie Boards Spicy Bacon Wrapped Pineapple Bites 15 Minute Candied Spiced Nuts Crockpot Honey Garlic Lil’ Smokies Pinwheels Pumpkin Bread Spinach Artichoke Dip Meats Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey Apple Cranberry Glazed Turkey Breast The Best Oven Roasted Thanksgiving Turkey Ever Tony Chachere’s Deep Fried Turkey Creole Deep Fried Turkey Bayou Deep Fried Turkey Honey Baked Ham Roasted Ham with Spicy Pineapple Glaze…

  • Life

    Week 45 [2021] Kitchen Project Done!

    November 18, 2021 - By 

    This last week I was happy to finally finish up this wall in our breakfast area that’s attached to the kitchen. If you remember, back in January we got this new sideboard table and when we moved the old microwave stand we discovered lots of wall issues! Here is how it’s looked since then. Look at that nasty crack. We didn’t know that the back of the drawer looked like that until we decided to change it. And hoo boy, we’re glad that we did. Till Labor Day Weekend when my FIL came over to help with several house projects…

  • Recipes

    Cajun Gravy (Copycat Popeye’s)

    November 17, 2021 - By 

    Tired of that powdered gravy mix? This recipe takes just a little bit of time to make, but it is SO worth it. This is a Cajun Gravy Copycat Popeye’s recipes and it is amazing! Servings: Plenty Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 30 minutes Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 2 tablespoons minced green bell pepper 1/4 cup ground beef 1/4 cup ground pork 2 cups water 1 (14 ounce) can broth (I use beef broth usually) 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons milk 2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar 1 teaspoon granulated sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1/2…