• Photography

    iSpy #45

    November 13, 2021 - By 

    selfie quarterly pic starts with letter H H is for Happy birthday to my coworker Mrs. Patti! paper My favorite note paper. trim These leaves are trimmed with green. 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…

  • Dinner - Recipes

    Honey Baked Ham

    November 10, 2021 - By 

    Many years ago, I decided to start a new tradition. I’ve probably talked about this before, but I finally have a half way decent photo to share. Anyway, on Christmas Eve we always go to church that afternoon or evening and then the boys would come home and open their 1st gift which was always Christmas PJ’s. They did that till Drew told me he didn’t like that tradition anymore and didn’t want Christmas PJs. For a year or two after that I got Alex PJ’s and just got Drew a t-shirt of some kind. Then, when I felt like…

  • Life

    Week 44 [2021]

    November 8, 2021 - By 

    Happy November! Just 2 full weeks until Thanksgiving week! Do you have your turkey yet? The Braves won the World Series! So exciting! We had really hoped they’d win Sunday night when they were still home, but they ended up losing that game and then having to fly back to Houston. One day I was backing out about to head to work and noticed Alex had a flat tire. Katniss kept Alex’s bed warm one evening when he was hanging out with a friend. Thursday Rob and I went out with some coworkers of his at Amsterdam. I got the…

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    iSpy #44

    November 6, 2021 - By 

    vintage I believe this is my Grandmother’s bracelet that I think it quite a vintage style. seasonal These flowers are seasonal. They bloom every fall and I think they are so pretty. I think these are Camellias. zigzag My Grandmother’s pinking sheers create a zigzag pattern. collect I collected more tomatoes just this week. Hard to believe I’m still getting them in November! your choice I love the fuzz on these okra buds. 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…

  • Life

    Week 43 [2021]

    November 1, 2021 - By 

    How is October over already!?!?! I know many folks will be pulling out their Christmas decor soon. We don’t do that, but I will switch out all the Halloween themed decor for just fall decor. Here’s what happened for Week 43 (October 25-31, 2021)! On Tuesday, on my way home I noticed the protestors downtown, but couldn’t get a shot until I had passed them. Here they are in my rear view mirror. They were protesting the Auburn University vaccine mandate. Thursday was my day to give myself a shot of Ozempic shot on my own. As you can see…

  • Photography

    iSpy #43

    October 30, 2021 - By 

    scary This is the frat house across from where I work. They recently tore the front of the house down and completely rebuilt it. They decorated it for Halloween. mend I struuuugled with this one. In fact, I almost left it blank, but then I thought about my Grandmother and how she used to ‘mend’ some clothes that had holes. So here’s my sewing machine. starts with G G is for Gloomy! Friday it was pretty gloomy and cold. spiral I didn’t think this one would be that difficult but it proved to be especially because I didn’t have any…

  • Life

    Monthly Digest – October 2021

    October 28, 2021 - By 

    LIFE Happenings Rob and Drew went to the Braves vs Dodgers NLCS Game Loving the cooler temps lately! Happy that Auburn beat LSU! Excited that the Braves are playing in the World Series! Reminiscing With Alex going to homecoming his senior year just last week, I’ve been thinking back to Drew’s senior year homecoming. Social Nothing much except hanging out with folks while helping with the homecoming dinner. Work Memories Vaccines being required to keep job! Click to read the article Lesson Learned Life is full of surprises. Current Project I haven’t accomplished much this month, but I did try…

  • Life

    Homecoming 2021

    October 27, 2021 - By 

    Alex texted me on Thursday to tell me he needed to get a coat and shirt to wear to Homecoming. Wait, what? This was TWO days before the homecoming dance! Nothing like waiting to the last minute. So Friday we went out shopping and I was so worried with the supply chain issues and stores not being stocked very well, that we would have a hard time finding anything that fit. But thank goodness Belk came through and we got coat, shirt, tie, and pants. Shoe Department had the shoes he wanted and all is good! Saturday afternoon we headed…

  • Life

    Week 42 [2021]

    October 25, 2021 - By 

    Another week down! Here’s Week #42 which covers Oct. 18-24th, 2021. This last week was interesting. My blood sugar has run a tad high for the last few years. This week my doc had me try Metformin, but it made me feel terrible so I couldn’t continue that anymore. Thursday, I went to the dr to try the once a week shot called Ozempic. The nurse was like, well you have to be able to test your blood, which I’ve never done before. He showed me how to put the FreeStyle Libre 2 System on and I downloaded the app…

  • Photography

    iSpy #42

    October 23, 2021 - By 

    backyard (Fall) – quarterly pic your work place One morning this week, I noticed the sun shining on the one side of my building. I love this angle. “now hiring” I think most the U.S. is experiencing a rise in “Now Hiring” signs everywhere. heavy I couldn’t come up with anything for heavy so I looked back and found this picture from a few years ago from the Denver airport when there was a Delta fiasco. your choice My Marigolds are finally showing up! You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter I’d love you to…

  • Life

    Week 41 [2021]

    October 18, 2021 - By 

    Week 41! Can ya’ll believe its 9 weeks till Christmas? I’m not usually one that counts down, but I was just thinking about how far in the year we are already. Its crazy to think about. Here we got with Oct. 11-17th! My doc wanted me to try a new medicine for several health reasons, but the main one being slightly high blood sugar. So I started that on Monday and regretted it hours later. I felt awful! I ended up in bed all day Tuesday and I let Kayleigh get up there with me for a bit. I always…

  • Photography

    iSpy #41

    October 16, 2021 - By 

    mess My living room is currently a mess because Kayleigh loves to tear up and ‘disembowel’ her toys. patch The Engineering merit badge mystery Spiders and their webs are so mysterious to me. I also thought this picture had a mystery feel to it. funny I love how Kayleigh tilts her head like this. I came out of the bathroom and she was looking at me like that. Then she straightened her head. I wanted to get a picture so after pulling up my camera on my phone, so I stepped back into the bathroom and came back out and…

  • Life

    Week 40 [2021]

    October 11, 2021 - By 

    Week 40, yall! Can’t believe we just finished off the 1st full week of October (Oct. 4-12, 2021). How’s everyone enjoying Fall so far? We’re back to doing Weekly family Game Night. Sequence is one of our favorites. Katniss and Kayleigh have been hanging out like this more lately. They’ve always gotten along, but this is sweet. My birthday present from Rob was tickets the Ziggy Marley concert. I love Reggae. The concert was a tribute to Ziggy’s dad, Bob Marley. So good!! Rob had a conference that started Friday, so he left early Friday morning. Alex and I are…

  • Photography

    iSpy #40

    October 9, 2021 - By 

    wet It has been plenty wet around here this week. Tons of rain! numbers I really did have a hard time with this one. I walked around outside and noticed my rain gauge that showed the rain we’ve gotten this week! children’s book This is a really cool book: Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island favorite When I was initially thinking of favorite, I was thinking of posting a picture of something that is your favorite. However, Friday morning when I was going to get in my car I noticed this stick like bug. This was my favorite photo…

  • Life

    Week 39 [2021]

    October 4, 2021 - By 

    Here’s my weekly wrap up for #39 September 27 – October 3, 2021. Sitting at the doc’s office waiting to get my blood drawn. Thinking of Dad that day as it would have been his 67th birthday. Caitlyn’s mom was in town, so we did lunch along with Caitlyn and Drew the day before my birthday. We went to Tacorita’s downtown. Pretty yummy! The next day Rob and I went to Acre for lunch. This cake was free since it was my birthday. On my birthday, the fam along with Caitlyn, of course, and her mom went to Acapulco’s for…

  • Photography

    iSpy #39

    October 2, 2021 - By 

    cook outside My jungle of a backyard hair Hair from the top shadow This is an old picture (Look how little Alex was), but I wasn’t able to get a shadow pic this week. Back when this picture was taken Alex was admiring his shadow and said, “Man, mom, my muscles are getting big!” your choice This was the display at Publix. So many interesting fall pumpkins 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.…

  • Life

    Monthly Digest – September 2021

    October 1, 2021 - By 

    This isn’t the typical Monthly Digest, but instead I’m just including the happy things and I’m just going to leave it at that! ♥️ LIFE Happenings Went to an Auburn Game And a Braves Game Happy on my birthday, despite being sung to and having the waitress put whip cream on my nose and chin. Reminiscing back to just good times. This is from a soccer trip for a tournament that Drew had in Greenville, SC back in 2010. Work Memories missing a lot of it and hiring 2 new students. I’ve had so many people needing to change their…

  • Appetizers & Snacks - Lunch - Recipes

    Pinwheels Recipes – Mix & Match

    September 30, 2021 - By 

    Hey yall! Long time no recipe. I mean LOooooong time. Like years! Ouch! Dang. Well anyway, I recently made these Cajun Ranch Pinwheels for a work function and had a couple people ask about the recipe. Luckily, I had a couple pictures of them so I decided to share them along with some other pinwheel recipe options. I will try to make the other Mix and Match Options and include those pictures at some point. I have noticed several recipes lately that reminded me of these pinwheels my Granny used to make and decided these would be perfect for our…

  • Life

    Week 38 [2021]

    September 27, 2021 - By 

    Last week was #38; September 20-26, 2021! Here’s some highlights… I love cooler temps in the mornings. Look at this really cool pumpkin and acorn squash. Kind of a funny story about the pumpkin. I order nearly all my groceries from Walmart pickup. Last year I had ordered an assortment bag of pumpkins and gourds. A couple weeks ago, I thought I had ordered the same thing. However, when I opened the back of my car to get my groceries and bring them in, I see this very interesting pumpkin and I was like, well, ok! *laughing* Tuesday we went…

  • Photography

    iSpy #38

    September 25, 2021 - By 

    real life Drew came over and brought Buster. Not sure Buster was a fan of this configuration. connect These are the stairs are going on to my front door. The other day I noticed this little red ball sticking out from the bricks. I kept passing by, not getting a picture of it. Finally, I decided I had to get a pic of it. Here’s a closer look. Then, I put the phone down to get a straight on shot and here is where you see where it connects. square I was Rob’s work earlier this week and noticed this…