• Life

    Week 35 & 36:2023

    September 11, 2023 - By 

    Last week, I was working hard on finishing and posting the last 2 Desert Trip posts, which you can find here if you missed them >>>> Day 6 / Day 7. So here we are catching up with the last 2 weekly posts (Aug. 28-Sept. 3 & Sept. 4-10, 2023) On August 30th, Rob and I celebrated 26 years of marriage! We went out to the Waverly Local for dinner and drinks. On Sunday, Caitlyn celebrated her 27th birthday. We went over to her Drew’s house so Rob could see their backyard they’ve been working on. We hung out before…

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    Desert Trip – Day 6

    September 7, 2023 - By 

    Today I’m continuing to share my trip journals from our Desert trip. If you missed my previous posts from our Desert trip check those out >>>> Desert Trip On this day, we loafed around our hotel room and figured out where we wanted to go after checking out. We drove down towards the North end of the strip passed the Strat (which is far as went by foot). We go to see Circus Circus where my Granddad used to stay and several more wedding chapels. Our first stop was Fremont Street Experience (FSE). This is an area is a pedestrian…

  • Travel

    Desert Trip – Day 5

    September 1, 2023 - By 

    Here we are for another trip journal. This is another day in Vegas. If you missed my previous posts from our Desert trip check those out >>>> Desert Trip That morning we woke up and decided to try one of the restaurants in our hotel. Food was really good. I had the Chilaquiles for the first time and Rob had the Best Eggs Benedict. After that we explored the Palazzo and Venetian shopping areas. Just amazing that as you’re shopping your surrounded by the man-made canals that wind through these resort areas. Really fun candy/dessert shop. Really cool view from…

  • Tech & Entertainment

    Watching & Listening – July & August 23

    August 31, 2023 - By 

    Hello! It’s time for another watching and listening post, where I share what I’ve been watching and listening to the last 2 months. Last month I wrote about my recent YouTube obsessions: YouTube – June & July 23 Oh, we finally pulled the plug on “old” cable. We have add AT&T Uverse for years, but they continued to go up and up on price. They were trying to price us out of it, because they really don’t want to support it anymore. We finally made the switch to Direct TV stream, so we’ve joined the 21st century and are streaming…

  • Life

    Monthly Digest – August 2023

    August 30, 2023 - By 

    Here we are for another end of month post. Everything from the good and the bad talked about here! LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 32 Week 32 Week 33 Week 34 Loving I’m loving the No Sugar Added Klondike Ice Cream Bars. Yummy! I try to only eat 1 or 2 a week, but it’s hard when I know they’re in the freezer. Happy to be done with the our candidate search for the position that we had open in my department. We recently made the offer and it was accepted. This person should…

  • Life

    Week 34:2023

    August 28, 2023 - By 

    I can’t believe we’re in the last week of August already! Here’s my highlights from August 21-27th. Actually not a ton to share from last week. Rob was a Walk to Emmaus serving and my mother-in-law and I both were back and forth. We went up Friday night and spent the night and served on Saturday. Just exhausting! Sunday our family lunch was pizza on Cauliflower crust. Monday night I made Fajita sheet meal I also made Keto Sausage Egg & Cheese bites. I bagged 5 in a bag to take with me each day for breakfast. Yummy! Beautiful flowers…

  • Life

    Wedding::Reception Part 1

    August 25, 2023 - By 

    It’s been awhile since I’ve posted more professional pics from the wedding and there’s still so much to share. We’re into the reception now. Grand entrances Welcome & Toasts while people finished dinner First Dances We danced to Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden. Then the party really got started and that band hit the stage. The Bride and Groom wanted pictures with everyone, so they did a fast photo, where the band played 1 song and Drew and Caitlyn ran from table to table and got pictures with each table group. Here’s a few of those pics… From there…

  • Travel

    Desert Trip – Day 4

    August 23, 2023 - By 

    Today I’m sharing about our 1st full day in Vegas. We got up and ended up walking quite a ways to Firefly* on Flamingo for lunch. While we ate lunch, we discussed what show we were going to see that night. Continue reading to find out who we ended up seeing. I got Sangria We had several tapas. This is the Chicken Skewers, which were yummy. We walked back over to the strip and made our way down. Checking out the Flamingo… And the flamingo exhibit. The iconic Caesar’s Palace. Inside the Mirage Outside the Mirage I spy our hotel!…

  • Life

    Week 33:2023

    August 22, 2023 - By 

    Hello! Another week down. Here’s the highlights from week 33 (August 12-20, 2023)! I had someone recently ask about our church search and I’ve been meaning to update yall. So we visited several churches. I think there was only one Methodist church we never went to mainly because we wanted a church that had multiple services (that offers both traditional and contemporary) options as well as Sunday school. We think we have found our new church home. It’s in Opelika, which is the neighboring town; about 15 minutes from our house. Trinity disaffiliated and our now Global Methodist. We have…

  • Life

    Week 32:2023

    August 18, 2023 - By 

    Here we are for another weekly post. (August 7th-13th, 2023) I use Walmart pickup. I was so excited to see on the app recently where they give you the option to not have them put everything in bags. So I ended up ordering these and I really like them. So easy to bring inside and unload. The weekend before school started we went and heard the marching band play through all their stand tunes. It always gets us so excited for football. Drew, Caitlyn, and Bigsby came. We also brought Kayleigh. We finally got our hands on some of this…

  • Life

    Week 31::2023

    August 11, 2023 - By 

    Happy Friday! Here’s last week’s highlights (July 31-August 6, 2023)! Monday, Rob and I had lunch with Alex at the Savahn Thai Kitchen. Always enjoy my time with that boy. I have really been struggling with sleeping some nights. Maybe products from TopShelfBc might help. Last Tuesday I ended up having to go into work later because I was just so dead when the alarm went off. I made myself breakfast before heading into work. I’m in a search committee chair for an open position that I supervise in my department. My 1st time chairing a search committee. Last week,…

  • Travel

    Desert Trip – Day 3

    August 8, 2023 - By 

    Today I’m continuing to share about desert trip. If you missed the first few posts, check those out too (Day 0, Day 1, Day 2) And by the way, I have shared many of the latitude and longitude coordinates with links directly to that location on Google maps for anyone curious where each photo was taken. Highlights of this day include: Grand Canyon – Historic Route 66 – Hoover Dam – Vegas! Day 3 we woke up early and got showers and packed. We headed over to the market and grabbed some breakfast. This was the quickest way to sustenance…

  • Travel

    Desert Trip – Day 2

    August 1, 2023 - By 

    Today I’m continuing to share about our Desert trip. If you missed my previous posts about this trip, you can go here>>> Day 0   Day 1 So on Tuesday, we got up, packed, and had breakfast at the hotel. We headed to north towards the Grand Canyon. We stopped at Black Canyon Visitor center, which was a great idea. The retired couple that works there were full of great advice. We also got some maps. The views on the way… Not sure if other people do this, but when we’re in a beautiful spot we’ll sometimes pull over (in a safe…

  • Life

    Week 29-30:2023

    August 1, 2023 - By 

    Here’s a run down of happenings from July 20-30… I got these while in New Jersey at Trader Joe’s. So yummy! I picked one of these up somewhere along our trip and found it to be really good. My new favorite sparkling water for sure! This week back after vacay I really got back to cooking, but then after several nights of cooking I’m back to being burnt out with it. With that being said, when we got back from our trip, Rob was pretty sick. Caitlyn and Drew were so sweet to bring soup over for us that weekend.…

  • Tech & Entertainment

    Watching on YouTube (June & July 23)

    July 28, 2023 - By 

    So last month I decided I would alternate my Watching & Listening posts and YouTube posts each month. So today I’m sharing some of the YouTube highlights from June & July. Hannah’s Happy Home [242K subscribers – 520 videos] – Home – Hannah shares videos all things home; decorating, renovating, organizing, and cleaning. I enjoy watching her clean and organize as it often gives me motivation to get up and do the same! But First, Coffee [1.05M subscribers – 586 videos] – Home – Kallie shares great life hacks, organization, productivity, and motivation, motherhood, simple DIYs, and frugal shopping. Liz…

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    Monthly Digest – July 2023

    July 27, 2023 - By 

    LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 26 Week 27 Week 28 & 29 We were on our trip. Week 30 is happening now. 🙂 Loving just having down time at home. Work is super stressful right now, so I’m NOT loving that. Happy we had a great trip to New Jersey/New York and the cruise. Excited Meh! I’m honestly not excited about anything about it right now. Reminiscing With us being in NYC part of our trip, I’ve been thinking a lot about our previous trip to NYC in 2019. We also went to New…

  • Life

    Week 27::2023

    July 22, 2023 - By 

    Playing catch up after being gone nearly 2 weeks on vacay and man, does life slap you in the face when coming back to reality. Here’s July 3rd-9th highlights. Tuesday 4th of July Party Thursday Day at Six Flags Got my first tomatoes off the vine finally! Friday Rob and I headed out to the airport to fly to New Jersey, which I’ll write about at some point!

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    4th of July 2023 Party

    July 21, 2023 - By 

    4th of July this year was on a Tuesday and we all had to work on Monday, which was a total bummer. However, we made the best of it. Rob’s Mom and Step Dad threw a big shindig. Rob made Jambalaya over the fire the Drew made. Lots of homemade ice cream Caitlyn’s beautiful dessert creation just like her mom used to make. Gramma and the newest grandchild Drew and his newest cousin Lots of fun on the water slide. Fireworks in the front yard to end the day. More pics from the day here>>>4th of July 2023 How did…

  • Life

    Week 26::2023

    July 7, 2023 - By 

    Last week’s highlights (June 26th-July 2nd, 2023)… It’s been a good week besides it being so dang hot. Monday Back to work. Beautiful day outside… Thursday My department had a little going away party for one of our staff members. Saturday Saturday was Lake Day with friends, so we got up and loaded the car and headed up. We made a stop for lunch at The Burritos Corner Mexican Grill. I got the Bistec a la Mexicana. Yummy! Such a beautiful day. Really hot, which made for a warm lake. Luckily cold pockets in the lake still showed up here…

  • Tech & Entertainment

    Watching & Listening – June 23

    July 3, 2023 - By 

    I think what I’ve decided to do is to alternate YouTube post and Watching & Listening post every month. So since I did a YouTube post in May , its time to do a Watching & Listening post. You can also follow along with what I’m watching on the TV Time app. Jump to: Movies  |  TV Shows  |  Podcasts  |  Music Movies Take Care of Maya (Netflix) Reality (MaxTV)