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    Watching & Listening – May/June 25

    June 28, 2025 - By 

    Over the past couple of months, I’ve dipped into everything from emotional docuseries and twisty dramas to podcasts that made me laugh, cry, and question what’s real. Whether I was winding down with a cozy show, diving into a mind-bending story, or just letting a podcast play while I cleaned the kitchen, here’s what’s been on my screen (and in my ears) lately. Some hits, some surprises—definitely a few I can’t stop thinking about. Jump to:   Movies  |  TV Shows  |  YouTube  |  Podcasts  |  Music Movies/Docuseries Nonna’s (Netflix) A Deadly American Marriage (Netflix) Sherri Panini: Caught in a…

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    Week 23 & 24: 2025

    June 20, 2025 - By 

    Another two weeks down. There was a lot that went on in the last 2 weeks from conference ending that Rob was in charge of to the determination of what trip was going to be taken. Of course, some LA time. If you missed the last weekly post, you can find it here. June 2 Snapped this on my afternoon walk through of the building. This is from the added on Mell building that was built on to the front of the library looking out at the original facade front of the library. June 4 This day was the last…

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    Monthly Digest::5.2025

    June 6, 2025 - By 

    Time to sum up another month. Here we are for May already! LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 19 & 20 Week 21 & 22 Loving the weather lately. It hasn’t been super hot here and I’m loving it! Happy So happy my Cologuard came back negative. No colonoscopy for me!! PTL!! Excited to hopefully get the ball rolling on more projects in the backyard. Reminiscing This from 2003 when Drew was in Kindergarten, with his best friend at the time Austin. They are both Daddy’s now with kids just a few month apart. Crazy!…

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    Week 21 & 22: 2025

    June 5, 2025 - By 

    If you missed the last weekly post, you can find it here. May 23 I’m never alone… May 24 Memorial Day Weekend was different this year. We made the decision not to camp at the lake, but instead just go up on Saturday. It’s always a good time at the lake. It was LA’s first time. Kayleigh even enjoyed getting in the water Such a great day! I love getting to see ‘firsts’ of LA’s. May 23 A few days later we decided to check out Waldo’s Chicken and Beer. Pretty good My boss has an unhealthy fear of Big…

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    Week 19 & 20: 2025

    May 27, 2025 - By 

    If you missed the last weekly post, you can find it here. It’s a good one!! May 5 LA turned 3 months today and her mom went back to work after 12 weeks off. That evening Rob and I went to Montgomery to see 2 of our preachers get ordained as deacons. The 2nd and 4th guy from the left. This is our clergy team from our church. These guys are awesome! May 6 Alex has been telling us for a while that the restaurant he worked at was going to be closing it’s doors soon. We wanted to go…

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    Watching & Listening – March/April 25

    May 15, 2025 - By 

    Jump to:   Movies  |  TV Shows  |  YouTube  |  Podcasts  |  Music Movies/Documentaries Quiet on Set (Max) A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read (Max) Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer (Netflix) Quiet on Set is an Investigation Discovery documentary that takes a look at accounts of a problematic working environment at Nickelodeon including the heartbreaking story of Drake Bell. I had started watching this several month ago, but was so bothered by it, I quit watching. Then Drew told me I should watch it because it did include the interview with Drake Bell. My boys…

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    Week 17 & 18: 2025

    May 8, 2025 - By 

    Here we are for another biweekly post. This was a busy couple weeks, so buckle up for a long post. 🙂 I just can’t seem to get in a groove of writing this bi-weekly life update posts. Maybe I need to go back to weekly…I dunno… April 21 Rob’s cousin and her fiance were in town for the week. She wanted home made Covatels (pasta) while she was in town, so we had those at our house on Monday night. Here’s everyone except me and Rob and his mom and step Dad. We sat at the breakfast table. April 24…

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    Monthly Digest::4.2025

    May 2, 2025 - By 

    March has come to an end so here we are for another Monthly Digest… LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 13 & 14 Week 15 & 16 Week 17 & 18 Loving being home with no company to just chill and get back to normal life. Happy any chance I get to spend with this little one. Her little arm wrapped around mine just killed me when I saw this picture. So sweet. Excited We got to go Vegas in April. I’ll hopefully be sharing about that in the next few weeks. Reminiscing I’ve been…

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    Week 15 & 16: 2025

    April 22, 2025 - By 

    Time for another bi-weekly rundown. April 7 The week of the April 6-12th we were in Vegas. I’ll write more about this later. For now here a picture of the resort we stayed in for the first part of the week in Henderson while Rob was at his conference. If you follow me on instagram, you may have seen I shared some photos during that week. It’s also on a highlight now if you’re interested. April 13 When we got home from Vegas, Rob was pretty sure he had COVID and he was right. Luckily, he was only down a…

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    Week 13 & 14: 2025

    April 7, 2025 - By 

    Time for another BiWeekly Update… March 25 The fog one morning this morning was so beautiful March 25 Caitlyn and I saw Mama Mia! at the Gogue. So good! Such a cute story. Basically a young woman who is getting married reads her single mom’s diary to find out who her mom dated around the time she would have been conceived. She invites those guys to her wedding without her mom knowing. Again really cute. Highly recommend! March 27 The other day I noticed this dispersion (light [wavelengths] bend at slightly different angles) on the wall in our entryway. So…

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    Monthly Digest::3.2025

    April 3, 2025 - By 

    March has come to an end so here we are for another Monthly Digest… LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 9 & 10 Week 11 & 12 Loving Auburn Basketball Happy anytime I get with L.A. Excited and completely anxiety ridden about the basketball game on Saturday night. Reminiscing In planning our trip to Vegas, I’ve been thinking back to our last time there. Desert Trip Social Dinner and a show (on 2 different nights) with my friend, Rebecca. As well as a seeing Mama Mia! with my daughter in law. Work Memories Strategic Plans…

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    Week 11 & 12: 2025

    March 31, 2025 - By 

    Quick rundown of happenings lately…. March 12 New scoreboard at Jordan Hare Stadium going up. View from the parking deck near my building. March 14 Katniss getting up from one of her favorite spots, which is in the guest bedroom. L.A.’s parents went to another baseball game, so I got to hang with her. March 15 L.A. attended her 1st baseball game and it was a great game too! March 18 More L.A. time!! March 19 Stopped by the church before heading up to the lake with a couple of friends March 19 Dinner at Niffer’s at the Lake March…

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    Watching & Listening – Jan/Feb 25

    March 14, 2025 - By 

    Today I’m sharing what I’ve been watching so far this year. I decided for 2025 I will do these every other month and include my YouTube watching in this post as well. Jump to:   Movies  |  TV Shows  |  YouTube  |  Podcasts  |  Music Movies/Documentaries Jailbreak: Love on the Run (Netflix) American Murder: Gabby Petito (Netflix) The Forge (Netflix) Jailbreak: Love on the Run tells the story of an Alabama correction officer that falls in love with a man awaiting trial for murder and risks it all to help him escape. Really interesting, especially since its something that happened…

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    Monthly Digest::2.2025

    March 3, 2025 - By 

    LIFE Happenings Grand baby came into the world! As many visits that we’re allowed. AU Baseball AU Basketball Week 5 & 6 Week 7 & 8 Loving Life as LyLy (Grandmother to L.A.) Happy Happy to get some really pretty photos of L.A. for her newborn photo shoot. Leading up to it, I was so nervous. I did so much research. When we first got started it was going terribly. She was awake and the lighting wasn’t good. I was like these are gonna be terrible. We finally got her to sleep and ended up moving to another area in…

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    Week 7 & 8: 2025

    March 1, 2025 - By 

    Here’s a quick rundown of the happenings for Feb. 10-23. February 10 – Yesterday at church they put a rose on the alter for the birth of our Granddaughter and we got to bring it home. Got to see L.A. at home the day after she came home. Alex brought his girlfriend over to meet L.A. Feb. 13 – Rob took this picture of the newly renovated baseball stadium. Feb. 14 – I have some sweet students. One of my students left this note on my screen on Valentine’s Day. Feb. 15 – I got to spend some quality time…

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    Week 5 & 6: 2025

    February 20, 2025 - By 

    Here’s another biweekly post of some of the happenings… Jan. 29 – Another gorgeous sunset Feb. 2 – We went over to the Auburn University baseball stadium. It was a beautiful day and they were having a preseason scrimmage. We also wanted to checkout the stadium renovations. Dinner at Walk-On’s and what we found out the next day was that they closed permanently that night! so sad. I’m also mad I didn’t get my favorite meal there since it was my last opportunity to do so. Feb. 5 – Visiting L.A. in the NICU in Montgomery on her birthday. Read…

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    Monthly Digest::1.2025

    February 1, 2025 - By 

    LIFE Happenings Cruise Snow days AU Basketball AU Gymnastics Week 1 & 2 Week 3 & 4 Loving The Apple TV+ show SHRINKiNG with Harrison Ford and Jason Segel. Happy that January is over?!?!? Excited for Granddaughter to be here this month! Work Memories The never ending cycle of training thanks to having to cancel our big training day because of an unnecessary snow day. Current Project Trying to get caught up with blog posts. Getting house clean and organized again. Drew is going to be a dad very soon. Alex has been coming to Sunday lunches and I just…

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    Week 3 & 4: 2025

    January 28, 2025 - By 

    Jan. 20 – MLK Day! We went to lunch with Caitlyn at Yaki Bowl. So yum! Jan. 21 – Snow Day #1! Work from home *eye roll* Over at Drew & Caitlyn’s house Meanwhile at my house… Katniss wasn’t sure what to think. So cold…this helped warm the house up. Jan. 22 – Snow Day #2! Work from home *eye roll* Jan. 23 – Snow Day#3! In office work day even though university was closed. Roads still icy in places Top of the deck at my building It was Drew’s birthday and he wanted to go to Baumhower’s. It ended…

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    Week 1 & 2: 2025

    January 14, 2025 - By 

    Here’s my weekly post. This is covering the 1st two weeks of the January. Jan. 10 – Everything was cancelled for this day, because it was a day we were supposed to have ice. This was the extent of the ice! Even though the university was closed, I still had to go to work. My boss is so awesome. He bought us pizza. Jan. 13 – Went to Rob’s office to help him move into his new space. Jan. 14 – Always love seeing rival school buses roll into the hotel across the street from my work. Rob and I…