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    YouTube Channel Favorites – Summer 2021

    September 23, 2021 - By 

    This is my 3rd rundown of what I watched on YouTube over the summer so like June through August. What are your favorite YouTube channels? Homesteading/Gardening Whispering Willow Farm [49.3K subscribers – 254 videos] Justin Rhodes [899K subscribers – 1,979 videos] Roots and Refuge Farm [486K subscribers – 949 Videos] The Hollar Homestead[119K subscribers – 507 videos] A Good Life Farm [22.9K subscribers – 1,010 videos] Appalachia’s Homestead with Patara [228K subscribers – 1,325 Videos] The Southerner’s Northern Garden [10.6K subscribers – 65 videos] Big Family Homestead [287K subscribers – 2,174 Videos] Single Dad Homesteading [10.5K subscribers – 236 videos]…

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    Week 37 [2021]

    September 20, 2021 - By 

    Here’s another wrap up from September 13-19, 2021. I know this blog has become very stale with just boring updates of my life. However, that’s all I can muster up right now. Thank you to those of you who continue to stick with me. I mentioned last week that life has been pretty hard lately. I’ve had several nights that looked like this… I am thankful for friends who call and text me and pray for me and my family. Thanks to all of you who have been praying. We have really felt the prayers. With all that’s been going…

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    iSpy #37

    September 18, 2021 - By 

    golden hour Honestly wasn’t happy with this golden hour shot, but didn’t have a lot of time to mess with it. action item Mowing the lawn has been an ‘action item’ we needed to get done and Rob finally went out and did it. change Pocket change in my drawer at work. cell phone My iPhone 12 pro that I love so much. your choice This was a shot I tried for Golden Hour, but it didn’t really work out. Loved it though. You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter I’d love you to join…

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    Week 36 [2021]

    September 16, 2021 - By 

    Week 36 September 6-12, 2021 Hey yall! Last week was rough and its continuing on into this week. Unfortunately, I can’t go into details. I would covet your prayers for my family during this time. All this goes back to May when we had a family emergency and last week ended up having another emergency of sorts. My brain is full. Running thoughts. Uneasy stomach. Fear of the unknown. Worry. We are all consumed by what’s going on in the family. However, for my own sanity I have to take breaks from it and distract myself with TV or doing…

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    iSpy #36

    September 11, 2021 - By 

    remembrance Not the remembrance, I was going for initially. However, I sat at the light near the University Chapel the other morning and snapped this shot. This is where Rob and I got married. dainty I found this Cicada shell on my tire the other morning. heart This (sort of) heart shaped leaf in the garden caught my attention today. TV I watch TV a lot on my laptop. your choice My new plant 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…

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    Week 35 [2021]

    September 6, 2021 - By 

    Here we are for another week review post. Week 35 covers August 30-September 5, 2021. On August 30th, Rob and I celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary. We went out to lunch at Amsterdam. The next day we ended up going out to eat for dinner and called that our anniversary dinner. We ate at Bow & Arrow. So yummy! I got a couple new house plants that are kind of different. Auburn University street signs downtown Got my Bath & Body Work order! Yellow Pear Tomatoes in the in-ground garden. Love her frog legs!

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    iSpy #35

    September 4, 2021 - By 

    clip Rob got this money clip as a graduation gift. dear This was a total struggle. I found these scrapbook letters where you will find these letters D – E – A – R handmade Handmade Papier-mâché egg and baby dino starts with D D is for desk…a very messy desk right now! your choice My Coleus is growing nicely this year. 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…

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    Currently – September 2021

    September 1, 2021 - By 

    Happy September, yall! Here’s my Currently post for this month. beginning to look forward to Fall and football! I’m really hoping we have an early onset of cooler temperatures, which usually tease us a time or 2 in September or October. However, real cooler temps don’t show up till November here. ending I’m ready to end this stressful part of the semester. August is a busy time for me at work hiring and training. This year during this time I got COVID so that meant leaving my job to others, which I always hate doing. I am having to hire…

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    Week 34 [2021]

    August 30, 2021 - By 

    This post is a quick highlights for Week 34 (August 23-29, 2021), which was my week two of COVID. Even though I spent probably about half of everyday in bed, I still tried to get up and sit up in the living room and go outside to check on the garden. There have been so many spiders and their monstrous webs. They seem to find every walk way or pass through. These are some of the tomato plants that are planted in the in-ground overflow garden area. Look at my baby! These are his senior picture proofs.

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    iSpy #34

    August 28, 2021 - By 

    Ornate Love the ornate details on this earring. Spicy One of my favorite ways to spice things up, Red Pepper Flake! Roll Another baby leaf on Monty that made me think of “roll” as this baby leaf unrolls. Muted A muted TV Your Choice Sweet Katniss sitting in my lap. 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…

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    Monthly Digest – August 2021

    August 25, 2021 - By 

    LIFE Happenings Honestly right now all I can think about is this dang COVID that I have and I could probably make every answer to these COVID related. I don’t want that though. This month hasn’t been only about COVID, so I’ll write a post about that later. Loving Rob for taking care of me through all this. Happy that September is almost here and hopefully we might get some hints of cooler weather…probably not, but I’m always hopeful for it. Reminiscing Thinking back to September 2012 Carnival Dream Cruise when we went on a family cruise and took the…

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    Week 33 [2021]

    August 23, 2021 - By 

    So this is how Week 33 (August 16-22, 2021) got started…a parking ticket while at work! Lovely! Let me back up and just say this last week was…Wow so many ways to describe this last week. The weekend going into last week, I wasn’t feeling well and with the week being super important, I had no time to have this sinus infection. I had a scratchy throat, congestion, headache (face felt swollen like when you have a sinus infection), terrible body aches. Sunday night I found a bottle of antibiotics that I never took, so I decided that I would…

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    iSpy #33

    August 21, 2021 - By 

    Here’s another week of iSpy. I gathered up next week’s prompts and honestly they look dreadful! Wishing everyone the best of luck with those. stuck I’m not totally stuck in bed, but I have spent a lot of time there this week. Hashtag Covid *eyeroll* house – (summer) – quarterly pic ink starts with C C is for Cat. Here’s Katniss in an action shot, flipping from side to side. your choice Found this dude, sitting on one of my pepper plants. You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter I’d love you to join along…

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    Week 32 [2021]

    August 16, 2021 - By 

    Today’s post is showing a few quick highlights from August 9-15, 2021. This week was intercession at work, which means we’re in between semesters. Here is my work family minus our newest staff member, Cedric. Alex started his senior year! Rob and I went to eat at the new Whataburger in Opelika. It was so good! This Texas girl was so happy. It was a very full week of preparing for the new semester for me at work. Friday was my big day of training. Although only 9 of my 14 new hires were able to come due to Rush…

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    iSpy #32

    August 14, 2021 - By 

    watch My Apple Watch selfie (summer) – quarterly pic – Sadly we’re back to wearing masks at work 🙁 intersection I had taken another picture of an intersection, but I was looking through my pics and saw the cool intersection on the lines in this Nasturium leaf. Amazing! hidden Grrrr…Look at that army worm in my tomatoes. You can’t tell from the picture, but he’s hidden when you’re just looking down at the tomatoes. I didn’t see him until I bent down a little, so glad I did so I could get rid of him! your choice I couldn’t decide…

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    Week 31 [2021] Caitlyn Grad Week

    August 9, 2021 - By 

    Today I’m talking about Week 31 and boy what a week it was! August 2nd-8th, 2021. Still can’t believe its August already! This week most of what I’m sharing is about Drew’s girlfriend, Caitlyn. Tuesday – August 3rd Tuesday morning, I got up and met Caitlyn so we could take her grad pics. We got out there I pulled out my big camera and started to take a shot. “no SD card” popped up on the screen! AHGHGH! I hardly ever take my SD card out, but I did recently help Rob figure something out with another SD card and…

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    iSpy #31

    August 9, 2021 - By 

    Hey yall! Sorry for just getting this post up. We had family in town this past weekend and I just didn’t have a chance last week to get this post scheduled. Thanks for being patient with me when this happens. How did ya’ll feel about these prompt this week? bliss This girl loves going for car rides. True bliss two of a kind When I pulled these off the vine over the weekend I was excited because I thought they would be great for this “two of a kind” prompt. starts with B B is for Buses. Here you see…

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    Currently – August 2021

    August 4, 2021 - By 

    admiring I’m admiring Drew’s girlfriend, Caitlyn. So proud of her for finishing her Masters in Mental Health Counseling. She graduates this Friday! anticipating a busy weekend celebrating Caitlyn. Graduation on Friday; Party on Saturday; Church and lunch at the Hound on Sunday. I’m excited that she’s returning to my department as temporary employee until she finds a full time job. enjoying this new to me playlist called Dance Pop Hits on Apple Music spending some money on Amazon. I’ll share a list of Amazon purchases soon. I get lots of great ideas from Laura & Moriah as well as some…

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    Week 30 [2021]

    August 2, 2021 - By 

    Week 30 was July 26, 2021 through August 1, 2021. Happy August everyone! Wednesday – July 28th Caitlyn finished off her last day at the library working as Graduate Assistant. What a blessing to get to work and have your grad school paid for as well as have a stipend to pay bills with. Thursday – July 29th We have been enjoying the new Chick-fil-a. Trying to go as much as possible before the craziness that happens when all the college students move back into town. Friday – July 30th Friday, Drew called the U-Haul place to make sure everything…

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    iSpy #30

    July 31, 2021 - By 

    pieces I was looking around in my house and had this box of lego sitting there from when my nephews were at the house awhile back. So many pieces! tied This Cucamelon plant is tied around the trellis. scented Love my little Corgi car fragrance holder that my boss gave me for Christmas last year. grid Wasn’t sure what to do for grid. I love this flower pot and the grid design. your choice I love Cosmos and this one is gorgeous. You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter I’d love you to join along…