• Travel

    New York 2023: Day 10

    December 6, 2023 - By 

    I feel like I’m in a mad dash to get so much done before Christmas…actually the week before Christmas! Anyone else feeling the same way? Anyway, here we are for another cruise/NYC post. If you missed the other posts from this trip you can look here>>>New York 2023 Trip. So on Day 10, it was our day to disembark from the Carnival Venezia for the last time. We had a long wait to get off the ship. I believe it was because since this was a 4 day cruise, most people were carrying all their luggage on and off the…

  • Travel

    New York 2023:Day 8

    November 16, 2023 - By 

    Here we are for another cruise post. Today I’m sharing about our day in Bermuda. If you missed the other posts from this trip you can look here>>>New York 2023 Trip. We got up early and packed for our day out. Then went to eat breakfast as the ship finished pulling in to port. It was the day of towel animal explosion on the lido deck. Rob got a coke while we waited to disembark. Our first order of business was to figure the best way to get over to Hamilton, which is the capital of Bermuda. We had made…

  • Travel

    New York 2023:Day 7 & 9

    November 13, 2023 - By 

    Here we are back for the Cruise part of our NY trip. This was kind of a 3 part trip and I’ve struggled with how to title these posts. If you missed the other posts from this trip you can look here>>>New York 2023 Trip. So today I’m talking about our 2 days at sea that sandwiched our day in Bermuda. Hoping to learn more about Bermuda…ended up being an hour of them just telling us about all the places to spend money that were right there at the port. They even discouraged leaving that port area (because there wouldn’t…

  • Travel

    New York 2023:Day 6

    October 25, 2023 - By 

    Here we are for another travel journal post. Day 6 of our New York trip. In case you missed other posts from this trip, they’re listed here. Day 6 was the last breakfast for Rob’s conference and then we got a tour of Montclair State University since that is where the conference was being hosted. It was a lengthy tour, but I always enjoy seeing other campuses. Once we were done with the tour, we hopped in the car and drove Rob’s coworker back to the airport so he could catch our flight. Then we drove around to the rental…

  • Travel

    New York 2023:Day 5

    October 13, 2023 - By 

    Here we are for Day 5 of our New York/New Jersey trip. See all the posts from this trip here. On day 5 I decided to venture out for a little day trip while Rob was at his conference. I watched a few YouTube videos ahead of time and determined Frenchtown and Lambertville, NJ were cute little towns that I should go see. Frenchtown, NJ Frenchtown is a borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It is located along the banks of the Delaware River on the Hunterdon Plateau, 32 miles (51 km) northwest of the state capital of Trenton. As…

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    New York 2023:Day 3 & 4

    September 27, 2023 - By 

    Day 3 of our New York Trip was actually our 1st full day in New Jersey. That morning we got gas and quickly figured out that NJ is a state that you can’t pump your own gas. After a quick google search when writing this post, August of this year it’s actually the ONLY state where you can’t pump your own gas. source First stop was to drive over to Montville, NJ to drive by Rob’s grandparents old house and his great uncle’s old stomping grounds to take a few pictures. Then, we made a trip over to Wegmans in…

  • Travel

    New York 2023:Day 2

    September 23, 2023 - By 

    Here we are for another travel journal. Today continuing on with our New York trip. If you missed Day 1, you can read about that here >>> Day 1 Here’s all about our 2nd day! We had planned on breakfast at a spot called the Big Tomato, but when we drove over there we saw the sign on the door that said “Cash Only” so we left. From there Rob found an Italian bakery not too far away, so we indulge in some amazing. After pasta the night before and then this yumminess…I was killing my normal eating routine, but…

  • Travel

    New York 2023:Day 0 & 1

    September 20, 2023 - By 

    Hey yall! Here we are with another trip’s travel journal and I’ve debated on what to title these since it’s a series. I just take too many pics I want to share and have too many details. Anyway, this trip is a New York/New Jersey trip with a cruise from Manhattan thrown in there. It was a 12 day trip in total. Let’s go ahead and jump in! Day 0 is our travel day. We worked on Friday and headed to the Atlanta airport right after work. Our normal routine when we fly is stop at PF Chang’s for a…

  • 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

    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,…

  • 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.…

  • Life

    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!

  • 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…

  • Life

    Monthly Digest – July 2022

    August 9, 2022 - By 

    Here’s another monthly digest. LIFE Happenings lots and lots of traveling and wedding planning. Loving Virgin River Season 4. Happy All the travels Excited that Drew & Caitlyn have a date and the venue booked for their wedding! Reminiscing about our first trip to the mountains for the 4th. Read about that here. Social I honestly think we were just too busy to be social. Work Memories Interviews the day after being gone for two weeks, but gotta get students hired. Lesson Learned in the Bahamas you drive on the right side of the road in the normal American driver’s…

  • Travel

    4th of July Trip 2022

    August 8, 2022 - By 

    Today I’m sharing with you our trip to the mountains for the 4th of July this year. We stayed about 3 miles north of the GA/NC border. Here’s a link to the cabin we stayed at >>> Evolve Vacation Rentals. Here are the highlights of our trip. Here the boys are on the ground level floor playing pool. Bigsby had a big day of travel so he was chillin’ not to far from Drew & Caitlyn. We started a hike at Piney Knob – The Grape Smuggler, which is a 2.1-mile inner loop trail. Lunch at Chophouse On top of…

  • Photography

    iSpy #78 – 82

    July 2, 2022 - By 

    sparkle Sparkly cupcake toppers from an engagement party we went to wet Rain on the sunroof rounded Rounded Sudafed package and rounded Tylenol…I’ve had a cold this passed weekend. banana I actually had to pull from the archives for this one, because we’re packing for the 4th trip and I actually packed the bananas we had. your choice I love sunflowers. 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…

  • Life

    Week 30 [2021]

    August 2, 2021 - By 

    Week 30 was July 26, 2021 through August 1, 2021. Happy August everyone! Wednesday – July 28th Caitlyn finished off her last day at the library working as Graduate Assistant. What a blessing to get to work and have your grad school paid for as well as have a stipend to pay bills with. Thursday – July 29th We have been enjoying the new Chick-fil-a. Trying to go as much as possible before the craziness that happens when all the college students move back into town. Friday – July 30th Friday, Drew called the U-Haul place to make sure everything…

  • Photography

    iSpy #30

    July 31, 2021 - By 

    pieces I was looking around in my house and had this box of lego sitting there from when my nephews were at the house awhile back. So many pieces! tied This Cucamelon plant is tied around the trellis. scented Love my little Corgi car fragrance holder that my boss gave me for Christmas last year. grid Wasn’t sure what to do for grid. I love this flower pot and the grid design. your choice I love Cosmos and this one is gorgeous. You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter I’d love you to join along…

  • Life

    Monthly Digest – July 2021

    July 28, 2021 - By 

    WOW! We are over half way done with 2021! How can it be?!?! I have wanted to revamp some of my posts and consolidate, so I’m starting with the WUW (What’s Up Wednesday) and my Monthly Memories posts that I have done off and on for years. I’ve decided to kind of consolidate the 2 posts and call them Monthly Digest. Let me know what ya’ll think! LIFE Happenings Started the month off with our summer vacation. Loving This playlist: Happy Hits on Apple Music Happy Our Chick-fil-a closest to our house has been closed for a couple years while…