• Life

    Week 10 [2022]

    March 15, 2022 - By 

    Last week we started the week off with Alex’s 18th birthday. He wanted to go to Mikata, which is a Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse. Drew joined us of course. Drew’s girlfriend Caitlyn was on a work trip in Virginia. Anyway, we all enjoyed steak, chicken, and shrimp with fried rice and veggies. So good. Then, we went home for cake, ice cream, and presents. I know Alex isn’t looking at the camera here. He’s actually looking at Drew for some reason, but I love his smile and the way Kayleigh’s tongue is out. One of the gifts we got for him…

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    iSpy #62

    March 12, 2022 - By 

    weather – Quarterly – This week has been rainy and gloomy. opposite This was difficult. So snapped this shot of the Auburn Hotel and Conference Center on the opposite side of the road from my building. statue Here’s a statue on campus over by one of the entrances to the football stadium. This is Coach Shug Jordan (pronounced jur-dun), which the stadium is named partly after. behind the scenes Wasn’t sure what to do for this one. I snapped this picture of above the cubicle wall of one of my students at the Circulation desk. your choice This was last…

  • Life

    Week 8 & 9 [2022]

    March 7, 2022 - By 

    2 weeks ago started out with a trip to the orthopedic for my shoulder. It hurts kind of all the time now, but especially when I lift my arm out. I ended up getting a steroid injection and am now doing a few appointments of physical therapy and my favorite place. It has just been one thing another the last few months with me. I also finally got my tomato, pepper, and herb seeds started inside. I got my haircut. Here it is straightened. One night we were in Rob’s home office and he was rearranging some things to make…

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    iSpy #61

    March 5, 2022 - By 

    Window View – Quarterly Topped off There’s a dead tree leaning that has been “topped off.” On time It’s about the time for bugs to start appearing. The other day after my walk, I looked down and saw this little one on my shoulder. Starts with P P is for poinsettia. I can’t believe I’ve kept these poinsettias alive this long. Your Choice My favorite sign of spring 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…

  • Life

    Currently::March 2022

    March 2, 2022 - By 

    Hello March! Here we are for another Currently post. collecting Hmmm…new clothing items for the cruise at the end of the month. craving a vacation. So excited to have a couple trips planned this month and next! picturing myself in a tropical place with a fruity drink enjoying being away from all the hustle and bustle of life! playing Wordle. I have resisted playing this game until recently when Rob talked me through some tips and now I play it everyday. I don’t share my results on social media though. wishing for peace on Earth in all areas of conflict.…

  • Life

    Prime Purchases – Jan/Feb 2022

    March 1, 2022 - By 

    Today I decided to link up with Tanya at The Other Side of the Road. This is my purchases from Amazon for January and February. Clothes I have a couple shirts with long spaces between buttons and if you’re not sitting perfectly straight it can gap. Another one that when I lift my arm up you can see too much skin, so I got these to wear underneath so I don’t have to worry about showing skin. haha! Camisole Rob needed some new jeans. Since we don’t have a JCPenney anymore (which is where we always got his jeans), I…

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    iSpy #60

    February 26, 2022 - By 

    backyard – Quarterly across the street Corner view of the President’s mansion on campus ‘across the street’ starts with L L is for Lysha! (With my new hair cut) next This one was a struggle, so I took this pic of my tiered tray for Mardi Gra. Not a huge fan of it. It’s missing some pieces, but just haven’t had time to look for stuff to add. choose anything – Monthly – same vantage point – Bench on campus near Memorial Gardens (across from President’s mansion) Here’s January. A few very slight differences. You are invited to the Inlinkz…

  • Life

    Monthly Digest – February 2022

    February 24, 2022 - By 

    LIFE Happenings February has FLOWN by, especially because January was like an entire year. You can read my weekly summaries here: Week 5 & 6 Week 7 Loving Decided to try a different cup. I’ve been using several Auburn Tervis cups that I love, but they don’t keep ice for long. I also want to use a straw since I drink unsweet tea that is making my teeth less white. I got this Ello Beacon Vacuum Insulated Stainless Steel Tumbler. I ordered Senneny Set of 6 Straws straws separately and really like them as well. Happy Happy to be finished…

  • Tech & Entertainment

    Watching & Listening – February 2022

    February 23, 2022 - By 

    Since making my watching and listening a separate post from my Monthly summaries, I’m trying to figure how to make this not the same thing over and over again. I think at the beginning of each TV season, I’ll do an entire rundown of everything and the other months will be just what has been added or if quit something mid-season I’ll share that. Jump to:  Podcasts  |  Music TV Shows New Shows This Month The Shrink Next Door (Apple TV+) Sex and the City (HBO Max) This is Us (NBC) =========== Rewatching Parenthood (Peacock – free) =========== Podcasts Wild…

  • Life

    Week 7 [2022]

    February 22, 2022 - By 

    Another year flying by and here we are talking about the 7th week of this year already. Is it me or is time flying by faster the older I get? Scary! Last week started off with Valentine’s Day. Rob and I aren’t big into that holiday. We usually go out to eat around that day (not on that day because its crowded, restaurants have ‘special’ more expensive menus, etc). Valentine’s Day this year, we ended up going to a Women’s basketball game and then we ate at Yummi Crab, which was delicious. We got a pound of shrimp (which comes…

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    iSpy #59

    February 19, 2022 - By 

    – the sun shown Snapped this pic of Bigsby and didn’t even realize how good the sun was showing in this. Love it when that happens. plugged I have to have this adapter because I have so many USBs plugged in. rock walking I was walking on campus towards Haley Center. your choice Sign of Spring on campus 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,…

  • Life

    Valentine’s Survey

    February 17, 2022 - By 

    Hope everyone had a lovely Valentine’s Day! Rob and I went to the AU women’s basketball game and then to a new-ish restaurant that we’ve been wanting to try called Yummy Crab. I was so excited that I dove into it before taking a picture. As I reading through my Feedly feed today, I saw a fun post by Natasha and I thought I’d do it too. First Date: January 1996 I flew in to Atlanta and we he took me up to Helen, Ga where it was snowing and just absolutely dreamy. You can read more about how we…

  • Life

    Week 5 & 6 [2022]

    February 14, 2022 - By 

    Here’s what’s been happening in life for Jan. 31st-Feb. 13, 2022. Not much too exciting! Just trucking along… This is one of Alex’s new cubes that he put into a cool design. Caitlyn (Drew’s girlfriend) started her career today as an Academic Advisor just across campus from me. So proud of her. I’m supposed to have a endoscopy and esophagus stretching every year, but I have been pushing it off trying to do it less often. Especially since I haven’t had too much issue since the first time I had it done back in Fall 2020. It’s such a process…

  • Photography

    iSpy #58

    February 12, 2022 - By 

    Spot in Town – Quarterly This is taken from the corner of campus called Toomer’s corner, which faces Toomer’s Drugs. Starts with Y I’ve been racking my brain for a “Y” shot and then I saw this one. Well, duh! Last weekend was our church’s Youth Winter Retreat. Here’s a picture of Alex and his friends walking into chapel. (His very last one.) Spent This one was hard, but I thought this would be a cute shot for ‘spent.’ Bigsby was tired after playing so hard with Kayleigh. Stacked I was going to do ‘stacked’ books, but as I walked…

  • Life

    Monthly Digest – January 2022

    February 10, 2022 - By 

    LIFE Happenings Hiking Read more in my weekly posts: Week 1 & 2 Week 3 Loving This season of The Amazing Race. Happy that Alex is back to enjoying his Rubix cubes and such again. This is the new one he got with some Christmas money. Excited Auburn’s Men Basketball team ranked #1. Disappointments Upsetting that the Erasure concert I got tickets to for Christmas was completely cancelled due to some band member family issues. Dreading I hate making decisions. It stresses me out and there was a lot of that and still a lot more of that to come.…

  • Tech & Entertainment

    Watching & Listening – January 2022

    February 9, 2022 - By 

    I have always just included a list of shows/movies/podcasts/music that we enjoy on my end of month summary posts. However, this year I decided to break it out into its own post like many other bloggers do. This post took WAY too long to put together, that’s why its so late getting posted. I’m not sure I love the organization of it, so I might change that up for next month. I was thinking of grouping shows by network maybe… Yes, we watch a ton of TV, but its our favorite thing to do. It helps that we watch everything…

  • Life

    Currently::Feb 2022

    February 8, 2022 - By 

    loving this Lantana Avocado Hummus, which I get at Publix. It’s a bit spicy and so so good! making plans for a trip to St. Louis in April with Rob as he will be attending a conference there. taking hmm…this one’s hard. I’ve been taking forever to write my “Watching and Listening” post for Jan. I decided to separate the entertainment part out of my Monthly Digest that I do at the end of every month. Hope to get both of those posts ups soon! EDIT –> Watching & Listening Jan. 2022 wanting to feel better. I try really hard…

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    iSpy #57

    February 5, 2022 - By 

    plant – quarterly chaos – This is NOT how this drawer normally looks. That could be dangerous! No this is what I sometimes do when I’m unloading the dishwasher. I take the 2 silverware baskets and dump them into my silverware drawer and then organize from there. In my mind, I think its faster, but I don’t think its really faster to just pull them out and place in the right slot. Weird things my brain tells me sometimes. love covered Salad covered in my southwest dressing (a mixture of ranch dressing and salsa). your choice This is on the…

  • Life

    Week 4 [2022]

    January 31, 2022 - By 

    Here’s a few pics from this last week…January 24-30, 2022 One day this week, I got to work early and snapped this shot as I walked in. I got a text from Drew saying he wanted a poster of the mock up Sports Illustrated cover that has been circulating on social media since we went #1. We have plotters at work so here it is printing. On Tuesday, we celebrated Drew’s birthday, since Rob was still supposed to quarantine on his birthday. Got to have lunch with one of my former students since he’s moved back to Auburn. Love when…

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    iSpy #56

    January 29, 2022 - By 

    On Your Plate – Quarterly I went to lunch with one of my former student workers who just moved back to Auburn for grad school. We ate at Burgerfi. Hanging Saw these really cool flowers hanging so beautifully as I walked in the Memorial Gardens on campus. Starts with A Love avocados! Pile This was not what I was originally thinking after making this a prompt, but this is the only pile around right now. This was after, I think, we used nearly every dish we had when we celebrated Drew’s birthday. Cake plates, salad bowls, etc! Choose Anything –…