• 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…

  • Photography

    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 8 [2021]

    March 1, 2021 - By 

    Here’s a run down of last week! It was a pretty busy and productive week. Monday Drew and Caitlyn and Buster came over. Drew and Rob made plans for the weekend. Tuesday Got my COVID shot #2! Got kind of a weird headache minutes after the injection. They do ask us to wait in the holding area for 15 minutes to make sure you don’t have a serious reaction. By the time my 15 minutes was up the headache was quite dull, so I went on with my day. These are the current signs on campus. Carpet was installed! No…

  • Life

    Sentence a Day – February 2021

    February 28, 2021 - By 

    It’s time again for another Sentence a Day. Last month, I stuck with an actual sentence. This time I just wrote what I wanted to write, so this month’s a little more lengthy. 1 – Monday – Alex at home till the 10th bc of COVID exposure. He started Webex classes and staying quarantined to his room. He’s got a sore throat and headache. 2 – Tuesday – Took Alex to AU Medical for 2nd test. I totally thought it was going to come back negative as my thinking was that he has something vital. However we got a call…

  • Photography

    iSpy #8

    February 27, 2021 - By 

    Happy Saturday everyone! Welcome back to another fun iSpy photo challenge! This week when thinking about the prompts were you thinking outside the box or did you go with what is easy? I know I often don’t have time to really get out and find the perfect most creative shot. I try to at least get out of my comfort zone for at least 1 prompt. weather – It’s been pretty beautiful here this week. I took this after a doctor’s appointment this week. Such a pretty view. key Tried to think a little differently about ‘key’ I sometimes leave…

  • Life

    Memories of the Month {2.2021}

    February 26, 2021 - By 

    This month I was happy about: Just still loving being able to work from home the majority of the time. I know this will end in the coming months, so I’m relishing in it while I can. This month I was sad about: This month has been pretty stressful. My anxiety has been probably as worse as it’s ever been. I’m finding it harder to be out in public or in certain situations and I know it’s because of COVID. I’m not sure I want to try some anxiety meds, but I might ask my doctor. Here’s my rating system…

  • Life

    What’s Up Wednesday ~ February 2021

    February 24, 2021 - By 

    It’s once a gain rolling down to the end of another month! The older I get the more time flies…That’s kinda scary! Today I’m linking up with Shay and Sheaffer for What’s Up Wednesday. What We’re Eating I found more steaks in the back of the freezer earlier this month and since it was cold and dreary outside, I encouraged Rob to try cooking them inside instead of out on the grill. I guess some of you folks call that a BBQ. Down here in the south we BBQ is a meat you eat not a way of cooking. Anyway,…

  • Travel

    Weekend in North Alabama

    February 23, 2021 - By 

    I’ve been sharing with you the little adventure Rob and I had up to North Alabama. I wanted to pull it all together in one place and include some other details of the trip. Oneonta Friday night, we stopped in Oneonta because I had been looking for places to eat. Swamp Tails looked right up our alley. Family owned Cajun cuisine, yes please! UPDATE: Swamp Tails is now closed 🙁 We started the meal with Boudreaux’s Boudin Balls. Best I’ve had outside of Louisiana. I had the Catfish Plate. Rob had Shrimp Po Boy with a side of Crawfish Etouffee.…

  • Life

    Week 7 [2021]

    February 22, 2021 - By 

    Hey ya’ll! Last week I mentioned I was thinking of renaming my “The Weekly” posts. I had thought about calling them “Life Lately” or something like that. But for now I think I’m just going to use the Week # and the year. Simple and to the point. And who knows I may end up changing it again. Monday Rob and Drew have been so anxious to see how many season tickets people would be allowed to purchase. We got an email a couple weeks ago that they would only allowed 20% capacity, which is really total overkill in my…

  • Photography

    iSpy #7

    February 20, 2021 - By 

    Progress This is going to be the new Rane Culinary Science Center that is being built catty corner to the building where I work on campus. Sign Picture of a Picture – Here’s a pic of my Granddad that is in the original frame, which hangs in my office. Selfie Photographer’s Choice I had to take Kayleigh back to the vet for a 2nd ear treatment. We usually don’t let her ride in the car like this because it’s really unsafe, but I couldn’t get to her dog crate to put it in the car…Long story, I’ll tell you later.…

  • Travel

    Natural Bridge Park – Alabama

    February 16, 2021 - By 

    Here we are again for another Travel Tuesday post! We’re continuing to explore a little bit of North Alabama with some time in Huntsville and Cullman. For this post we ventured out to Natural Bridge Park which is about an hour drive from Cullman. County Rd 314 Natural Bridge, AL The Natural Bridge formation, which dates back about 200 million years, is 60 ft (18.3 m) high and 148 feet (45 m) long. It’s composed of sandstone and iron ore, which are both sedimentary rock. This bridge is the longest natural bridge east of the Rocky Mountains in North America.…

  • Life

    The Weekly [1.25-2.14.2021]

    February 15, 2021 - By 

    I’ve really done a bad job of keeping up with my ‘the weekly’ posts lately. I’m thinking about changing what they’re called because they’ve kind of morphed from what these posts are supposed to be. Plus when I went to start this post, I thought I was a week behind. Turns out, I’m 3 weeks behind. *eyeroll!* So let’s jump back to the week of Jan. 25th… Rob helped me set up my new phone and I’m still getting used to the way a 12 works differently than a 7. This was the week Rob was having really bad muscle…

  • Photography

    iSpy #6

    February 13, 2021 - By 

    Messy My desk at home, which has gotten all too messy. It’s kind of starting to drive me crazy. Writing I decided to pull out an old journal that I have of my Grandmother’s. I may have to spend some time and reread it. Glass I had some different ideas for glass and ended up taking a picture of this glass candle jar. I thought it was pretty with the light of the candle. Alive This is Poison Ivy or Virginia Creeper (I think). Even though it’s red, it’s still alive…unfortunately. Its so invasive. Photographer’s Choice I had to pick…

  • Travel

    Ave Maria Grotto in Cullman, AL

    February 9, 2021 - By 

    Today I’m continuing on with another old travel post. After leaving Huntsville we needed to head home, but wanted to make the most of our day. We drove over to Cullman, AL, which is about an hour south of Huntsville. We have been to Cullman several times, but have never stopped to see the Ave Maria Grotto. If you’re ever in Cullman, this is a must see! 4 acres in an old quarry on the grounds of St. Bernard Abbey covered in 125 miniature reproductions of some of the most famous religious structures in the world like the St. Peter’s…

  • Photography

    iSpy #5

    February 6, 2021 - By 

    Hey yall! How was your week? I’m curious how many of you work on this through out the week or how many of you like me end up doing it last minutes? If life were back to normal and I was out and about more I think it would be easier to do it through out the week. However with COVID, I’m stuck at home and am not out much especially this week with my house full of COVID! Collection This is just part of my seed collection Yellow Baby Dutch Yellow Potatoes Tiny – I had lots of ideas…

  • Life

    Memories of the Month {1.2021}

    February 4, 2021 - By 

    This month I was happy about: good medical news. This month I was sad about: family members getting COVID. Here’s my rating system for entertainment: ♥ ♥ = Love it! A must read/see! ♥ = Really good! Highly recommend. ✓ ✓ = Good, not great ✓ = Not much to talk about X = Awful. Total waste of time   Movies I watched were: Don’t think I watched any movies TV Shows I watched were: Brothers and Sisters (ABC App) ♥ ♥ finished the show. So sad it’s over. Southern Charm (Bravo App) finished Season 7 ♥ ♥ The Good…

  • Life

    Currently – February 2021

    February 3, 2021 - By 

    /loving/ I had to send some stuff back that I got for Christmas and while looking at these to get to replace them, I found this super cute shirt. It’s really soft and comfy. I want it in all the colors and varieties. Womens Vneck Casual Comfort Cotton Blouses /reading/ I got a book called The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms for Christmas and did good reading it for a few days, but then it was time to get back to work and all my holiday routines went out the window. I’m going to…