• Life

    Week 1::2023

    January 17, 2023 - By 

    I have wanted to get back to writing weekly posts for quite awhile now. I just haven’t been able to put that routine back into place. As mentioned before, I’ve been super occupied with wedding planning and life in general, so I haven’t been able to sit down and think about how I want to write these each week. I’ve also wanted to set long and short term goals, but honestly I can’t really wrap my brain around all that till after this wedding. So for now here are the highlights of the 1st week (Jan. 1-9th). We started the…

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    October 2022 Monthly Musings-Thanksgiving Prep

    October 27, 2022 - By 

    Today I’m linking up for Monthly Musings for October with Patty & Holly. 1. Do you host Thanksgiving or go somewhere else? I typically do not host. We either go to my mother-in-law’s or my sister-in-law’s depending on who’s in town. Sometimes my in-laws go visit other family for Thanksgiving. This is a pic of my sis-in-law’s kitchen from last year. 2. What dishes do you make or contribute? Everyone always wants me to make my Praline Sweet Potatoes. A couple years ago no one was bringing dressing or gravy so I decided to try a new dressing. This Andouille…

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    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.…

  • 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 –…

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    Week 3 [2022]

    January 26, 2022 - By 

    January has been the longest ever!! Ugh! This last week (January 17-23, 2022) was aggravating. It started off great. Alex and Rob got back on Monday from the ski trip in Gatlinburg. We knew going in this was a risky trip and many folks would come back and end up sick. On Tuesday we got report of a few of the boys testing positive for COVID. On Wednesday, Rob was feeling like he had a cold. We had a funeral to go that day. We kept our distance and wore our masks. It was outside so that made us feel…

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    iSpy #55

    January 22, 2022 - By 

    Hey yall! Sorry about the mess up with last week’s link up. I entered the wrong dates, but updated it now and you can actually go back and still add your until Monday (I believe.) Work Space – Quarterly – I don’t have a current picture of my work space right now. I have been home not feeling well the last couple days, so I hope to come back early next week and add this shot. EDIT: I got a picture the Monday after this was post went live. Enclosed Walked around the house looking for things that are “enclosed.”…

  • Life

    Week 1 & 2 [2022]

    January 21, 2022 - By 

    This year already has had some ups and downs. This is a busy time of year for me with the beginning of the semester, and here I am trying to play catch up already. Here is Week 1 & 2 posts for January 3 – 16, 2022. Jan. 3rd was first day back for the new year and luckily we had a full week of intercession before it was time to train new students for the semester. Monday and Tuesday that week were great and then Tuesday evening my face started looking very red and itchy. Without going into the…

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    iSpy #54

    January 15, 2022 - By 

    Selfie (Quarterly shot) Outfit (Quarterly shot) – This makes me look really tall, just because my camera was low. — new shirt for Christmas — cardigan that I think I got last year for Christmas — Nikes that I got a few months ago Starts with Z Z is for Zipper, of course! Between While walking on campus yesterday, I saw a couple hammocks hung between 2 trees. your choice Since I didn’t plant a winter garden this year, I was excited to see this Purple Curly Kale planted in the planters on campus bordered with flowers. You are invited…

  • Life

    Christmas Weekend 2021

    January 14, 2022 - By 

    Playing a little catch up as the last couple weeks have been busy. Here’s my post talk about our lovely Christmas weekend. Christmas Eve’s weather was beautiful. After a couple errands, Rob and I sat outside for a bit that afternoon while Christmas Eve dinner cooked. Kayleigh enjoyed it too. Christmas Eve dinner included Ham, Hash Brown Casserole, Green Beans, King’s Hawaiian Sweet Rolls , and salad with Romaine Lettuce, Slice apples, pecans, and raspberry vinaigrette. From there it was off to the Christmas Eve service, which is always so special. Rob was upstairs in the balcony doing media. Alex…

  • Life

    Week 50-51-52 [2021]

    January 12, 2022 - By 

    Playing catch up from the last three weeks of the 2021 (December 13, 2021-January 2, 2022) Rob and I went to the Men’s Basketball game. Fun game! Friday the 17th we went with Rob’s sister and her family and some of their friends to a Christmas walk in the Woods at Kreher Preserve & Nature Center Here’s my niece afterwards. Sunday the 19th, we went and saw Voctave in concert at our church. If you ever have the opportunity see them, I highly recommend it! They’ve performed at our church 3 times and we’ve been seen them all three times!…

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    iSpy #53

    January 8, 2022 - By 

    Hey yall! Thanks for all the suggestions for this year’s iSpy Challenge. I’ve made a list and am working on the schedule for the year. If you didn’t get to chime in, please do and keep those prompt suggestions coming. check(ed) This is a photo I took while walking on campus as I “check(ed)” walking off my to do list for the day. 😉 different I went plant shopping today and saw these really cool spotted plants called Begonia Maculata. I went back and forth trying to decide if I wanted to get it. I ended up getting it, so…

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    Currently::Jan 2022

    January 5, 2022 - By 

    Happy New Year everyone! I forgot to tell ya’ll that in my 1st post of this year. So here we are in 2022. Can’t believe it! anticipating I’m really trying not to anticipate. Anticipation often causes me stress and anxiety and worry that I don’t need. organizing my thoughts and my goals for the year. reading I started the A Chapter a Day (Reading the Bible in three years plan) on the Bible app. I also follow an Auburn author on Instagram, Betsy Lowery. She’s also on FB. Anyway, she just published a new book called Love Ever Green, which…

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    iSpy #52

    January 1, 2022 - By 

    Needles Pine needles Color: black Great These Monster cookies are so great if you like cookies with tons of ingredients. Starts with R “Rocko” the reindeer Corgi your choice Love this doggo! 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, back up. Do something different with your shots this week! A couple simple guidelines.. 1. Anyone can participate. 2. Since this challenge is meant to help…

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    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…

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    Sentence a Day – January 2021

    February 2, 2021 - By 

    This last year several of my blogging buddies have been doing a post called Sentence a Day where you write down a sentence to sum up your day. Now I love how Leslie from Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After says “one run-on sentence a day.” If only I had known we could cheat like that 😉 I have a feeling like mine may be more like that for February! 1 – Drew tested positive for COVID and Caitlyn started January symptoms later in the day. 2 – Nice lazy day of bowl game watching and lots of…

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    What’s Up Wednesday ~ January 2021

    February 1, 2021 - By 

    Yall, I don’t know even know what happened last week. I realized over the weekend that today is the yesterday of January which means I should have written and posted this post last Wednesday! Ooops!! Linking up with Shay and Sheaffer for What’s Up Wednesday. What We’re Eating Earlier in January, Rob cooked some steaks out on the grill and tried the Bobby Flay method and they were really yummy. We also did some New Orleans BBQ Shrimp. I did a new stir-fry in sheet pan with fried rice that was the best I’ve ever made. I need to try…

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    January 2021 Monthly Musings-All About Love

    January 31, 2021 - By 

    Today I’m linking up for Monthly Musings for December with Patty & Holly. 1. How do I show love? What is my love language? I show my love through actions, gift giving, and service. My love language is service. Doing the dishes or doing something around the house are my favorite! 2. Any fun Valentine traditions? Rob and I really don’t any Valentine’s Day traditions. We play each Valentine’s day by ear depending on what day of the week it hits on or what else is going on. 3. Favorite Valentine Memory/ies? This one is pretty funny>>>Valentine’s Gift Gone Wrong…

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    iSpy #4

    January 30, 2021 - By 

    Hey yall! It’s iSpy Saturday again. Before I get into my pics for the week, I wanted to let you know that for the iSpy prompts, I have added them to the side bar, which you’ll see over there >>>>> You may have to scroll down to see it. If you’re your phone scroll all the way down to the bottom to see it. So I will update that either on Saturdays or maybe Sundays for the new week. Hope you find that helpful. So here’s what I came up with this week! New – My new phone! I finally…

  • Recipes

    Pumpkin Bread

    January 29, 2021 - By 

    Growing up my Granny, my Mom’s mom, was the best cook in my family. She always had banana nut bread or pumpkin bread stocked up in the freezer and any time I was walking out the door, she’d tell me to stop by the freezer and grab some bread to bring home. Ugh! How I miss her and her cooking! I’ve been making her Banana Nut bread for years. It’s really my favorite, but this last fall I had made a Fall Food Bucket List and this Pumpkin Bread was on there! Servings: Depends on what type of pan you…