• Life

    2024:: Aug 12 – 18

    Pretty chill week. Not a lot of photos to share at least… + Kayleigh just chillin’ + Rob was gone at the end of the week and so were Drew & Cailtyn, so I went over and took care of Bigsby + Airfyer veggies and pork chops for the win!!

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    2024::August 5 – 11

    Still playing catch up…story of my life 🙂 + Yaki bowl, which is a Mongolian grill, finally opened and it is so good! Alex, Rob, and I went the day we got back from our cruise. + Lots of veggies harvested from the garden when we got back! + And pretty flowers + Rob and I went to visit our new nephew (bottom R) and the 2nd newest nephew (bottom L).

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    2024::July 29 – Aug 4

    All the highlights for this week come from our cruise… + Here I am with my sister and oldest niece at Mr. Sancho’s in Cozumel + I loved getting to hang out with my youngest niece + Rob and I at formal night + Rob and Lu walking + We liked the Red Frog Pub More about this trip later.

  • Life

    Monthly Digest::7.2024

    LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 27 Week 28 Week 29 – We were in San Fran…I’ll be posting about that trip as soon as I can go through all the photos. Week 30 July 22-28 Loving watching the Olympics. Go USA!! Happy to be getting on a cruise this week with extended family! Excited about getting to hand out with my niece and family on the cruise. Reminiscing about previous cruises. Social Had dinner with my friend Rebecca. Work Memories Pretty chill month at work, which is nice. Current Project Cleaning my messy house…

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    2024::July 22-28

    + Drew & Caitlyn were in Boston, so we went over everyday to hang out with their dog, feed and walk him + My garden is doing pretty well, considering I’m not doing much with it. + Kayleigh living her best relaxed life + Trying out some new shoes that I ended up returning bc they just weren’t that comfortable, especially for the price!

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    2024::July 8-14

    Doing a little catch up in between vacations. Here’s week 28 highlights. + Dinner with our ‘adopted’ Army son, before he heads off to his next training location. + This cute little lizard hides on the walk way and often pops out and startles me. + Celebrated Rob’s birthday with some Italian. + Happy to report Katniss was located in my neighbor’s yard. Not sure what happened, but glad she’s home…hoping she doesn’t disappear again. + Love this color of tomatoes.

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    2024:: July 1-7

    Yeah, I feel like posting these weekly updates, my life is pretty boring. It is what it is though, right! + Kayleigh bringing me one of very dilapidated babies. + Next 3 pics across are from the garden. Love seeing these pops of colors. + Drew and Caitlyn came over on 4th of July for a little bit and Bigsby and Kayleigh got to play. Besides that 4th of July was pretty boring. I wasn’t feeling great so I was glad to just be home all day and not do anything. + Sadly, this is the last picture of Katniss…

  • Tech & Entertainment

    Watching & Listening – May/June 24

    Here we are for another Watching and Listening post sharing from May & June! Jump to: Movies  |  TV Shows  |  Podcasts  |  Music Movies Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV) What Jennifer Did (Netflix) The Choice (Plex) Endless Love (Netflix) If you grew up watching Family Ties or you’re a big fan of the Back to the Future movies, I highly recommend watching Still: A Michael J Fox Movie. This movie (documentary) was so well done. It was interesting to learn about Mike’s entrance into Hollywood. What Jennifer Did is a true crime movie (documentary) about the…

  • Life

    Memorial Day 2024

    This year we were able to continue to tradition of Memorial Day Weekend at the lake. Here’s a few highlights and lots of pics… Rob and I got to the lake Friday and everyone else was at Niffer’s at the Lake for dinner. We had learned that Drew and Caitlyn had set up their new tent and would have room for Rob to stay in there with them. I was going be sleeping in the house this time because of my shoulder. We got all of our stuff unpacked. Mind you, I still can’t do much with my left arm,…

  • Life

    Monthly Digest::6.2024

    LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 23 Week 24 Week 25 Week 26 Loving my air fryer again. I feel like when you get small appliances like an air fryer, you go through phases of using it. It gets put away and you just kind of forget about it. I started using again for pork chops and that has just rejuvenated my love for it. Happy that I’m finally seeing some fruiting from the garden. Excited to get some stuff accomplished (haircut, eye appointment) Reminiscing about Drew’s graduation trip in 2016. Such a epic trip…

  • Life

    2024:: June 24-30

    + Pretty Zinnia and lady bug in the garden + Kayleigh wanted to go with me (always), so I let her go with me to pick up groceries + Summer in Auburn means Camp War Eagle, which is the freshman/parent camp where they learn about Auburn more and schedule their classes for fall + Beer from Alabama – really good + Got my hair cut. I had been waiting since Rob has been putting my hair up in a ponytail until about a month ago. I’m finally able to sit on the couch, prop my left elbow up, and pull…

  • Life

    2024::June 17-23

    + Our dining room table that was Rob’s gramma’s is always dressed. She always had the table pad and a table cloth on it. So it has hardly any imperfections on it. When we need to wash the table cloth, we pull the table pad off and let it ‘air out’ 🙂 + On Sunday lunch, my mother-in-law brought 2 of our nephews and a niece that she was babysitting. + Friday, Caitlyn and I did lunch at Hey Day Market. We both got tacos from Wild Child. Pretty good, but pricey!! + Eye appointments for me and Alex on…

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    2024::June 10-16

    + I love these Nasturiums. + Saturday late afternoon, we went over to Drew and Caitlyn’s house for an early Father’s Day dinner. Here’s Drew outside grilling. + My dinner that night…yummy! + They gave Rob a sports trivia game, which we played after dinner. Fun times!! + Sunday, Drew and Caitlyn came over to help prep Father’s Day dinner for Rob’s step-dad AKA Grandpa. Here’s Drew putting the charcuterie board together. + Final product!! + Fried shrimp, hush puppies, and fries for Father’s Day. I didn’t get any pics of the 2 dad’s that day, but regardless, we had…

  • Life

    2024::June 3-9

    + Rob and I ate at a newish restaurant called Conquistador. So good!! + Pretty eggs from my in-laws + Alex came over and we cooked lunch together! + Our former preacher who we call BC is moving to Fort Walton Beach, so we went to a going away party for him. + Kayleigh made me laugh so hard. Rob had tossed a piece of popcorn and it went up underneath the tv stand. Here she is trying to get to it with her short little legs.

  • Life

    Monthly Digest::5.2024

    LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 18 Week 19 Week 20 Week 21 Loving Recently I Shazamed a song on the radio the other day. It’s Beautiful Things by Benson Boone and now I’m obsessed with this song and actually his work in general. Happy to be making progress with my shoulder. Excited No more sling as of the 15th of this month. Disappointments Auburn baseball didn’t make it to post season. Reminiscing about our traditions of Memorial Day weekend at Lake Martin.

  • Life

    2024::May 27-June 2

    + Car wash – I’ve gotten some terrible sap from the tree that is draping over the driveway. + BeReal from Alex and his girlfriend. + Kayleigh’s sleeping positions crack me up. + We’re finishing up a bunch of shows and 2 of my favs are over for good. This pic I saw after watching the Series Finale for Young Sheldon. Also sad that The Good Doctor is over. All good things must come to an end. + I saw this comment on a political post about all the stuff going on with Trump. I had to screen shot it…

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    2024::May 20-26

    + On Tuesday nights, Opelika has Summer Swing. Each week a different band performs and the OHS band sells hot dogs and burgers. We went to see Kidd Blue and brought some chicken fingers from Foosackley’s and enjoyed an hour of music and food. + I don’t know why I keep adding my photos of pizza and salad. + My flowers in my container garden are blooming. + Samford Hall is just so beautiful. The Friday before Memorial Day weekend, I walked downtown to meet up with a former student worker of mine who just graduated for lunch. I always…

  • Life

    2024::May 13-19

    + AHS grad party for our friends’ youngest son + Monday night, Rob was out of town for work so I went to Drew and Caitlyn’s house for dinner. Then we played Exploding Kittens + Last week in the sling!! + Kayleigh loves to play in the mud *eyeroll* + Thai food for the win! We love Savanh Kitchen in Auburn + Rob made what he called ‘redneck breakfast.’ I had promised to eat whatever he made. It was Conecuh smoked sausage and ramen noodles (without the broth).

  • Tech & Entertainment

    Watching & Listening – Mar/Apr 24

    Still playing catch up. Here’s my Watching & Listening post for March and April 2024! Jump to: Movies  |  TV Shows  |  Podcasts  |  Music Movies Irish Wish (Netflix) Benchwarmers (Netflix) The Hill (Netflix) A Mile In His Shoes (Netflix) Your Place or Mine (Netflix) Irish Wish – Cute rom-com with Lindsay Lohan, but the premise was a bit annoying. Benchwarmers – Baseball movie – Hated this, but Rob loved it. The Hill – Baseball movie with Dennis Quaid – Loved it – tear jerker. A Mile in His Shoes – Baseball movie – true story – loved it! Your…

  • Life

    2024::May 6-12

    + Rob and I went to the Employee Recognition ceremony. This year it was at the Gogue for the 1st time. Rob got his 10 year pin. (not my photo) + This week we also had these northern lights, which I actually didn’t get to see. So this is not my photo, but I wanted to remember it. + These mini-salads are so easy and good. The brand is Taylor Farms. I get them at Walmart, but I’m sure you can find them at other stores. They’re a salad kit for 1 person. I love the Caesar, Nashville Hot, and…