• Life

    Week 29 [2021]

    July 26, 2021 - By 

    I had discontinued doing these Weekly update posts because since I was doing the Sentence-A-Day posts at the end of month, I felt like it was kind of repetitive. However, I have a hard time keeping up with the sentences and just felt that wasn’t the best way to share what goes on. I’m going to be going through an catching up with my weekly posts, because I like to be able to refer back to them. So today I’m starting with last week’s post which was for July 19-25, 2021. Monday – July 19th Drew actually started his job…

  • Photography

    iSpy #29

    July 24, 2021 - By 

    backyard (Summer) Here’s my jungle of a backyard, weeds and all! road sign I was a slacker this week and didn’t have a chance to get a picture of road sign. I looked through my archives and found this one. Kind of cool name for a street. strip (no, not that kind!) I had no idea what to do for strip. I thought of strips of tape. A few years ago I had an obsession with Washi tape. So I got this shot of strips of Washi tape. lazy day This week didn’t have many lazy days, but Kayleigh is…

  • Travel

    North Georgia Mountain Trip 2021

    July 20, 2021 - By 

    The Wednesday before the 4th of July Rob and I got off work, loaded up the car, and we along with Alex made our way up to the North Georgia Mountains for a few days. Traffic was frustrating for the 1st hour or so. They skies were gorgeous though. We stayed in a cabin in Ellijay, GA. (rental info) We loved all the outdoor seating with outdoor speakers as well as all the outside activities; bumper pool table, darts, hook and ring, etc. My favorite were the hammock chairs and now I totally want some at home, just not sure…

  • Life

    Week 28 [2021]

    July 19, 2021 - By 

    Every week that flies by I just can’t believe how fast time seems to go by. I saw this quote recently and just loved it. It was a bit of comfort for those time when I feel like time is just slipping though my fingers so quickly. Today I’m sharing life’s happenings for Week 28, which is July 12-18, 2021 Monday – July 12th This bar area in the kitchen is such a clutter magnet. Tuesday – July 13th Rob and I ate lunch downtown. While I walking back to work this guy was eating lunch as I came around…

  • Photography

    iSpy #28

    July 17, 2021 - By 

    torn Torn toilet paper. Don’t you hate the beginning of TP when it gets like this. newsprint I was at work at went over to the newspaper section at work and I thought this one was different. connected I had another picture for this one, but as I was eating these Sugar Snap Peas I popped one open and saw that the peas were attached. curved This Zen garden rake is curved. your choice – I thought this was funny. I took a picture of her but the phone down at her level and she kept looking up at me.…

  • Life

    Week 27 [2021]

    July 12, 2021 - By 

    Week 27 started with us finishing off our vacation on July 5, 2021 and ended July 11, 2021 Monday – July 5th When we got back into town from vacation, we unloaded the car and drove out to Beauregard to see Rob’s sister, Jill and her fam. Here’s a pic of the Grandparents (Rob’s Mom and Step Dad) with all the Grands! 2 + 6 + 1 Free piggy back rides? Saturday – July 7th Little tomato harvest Look at this really cool squash that I will use for fall decor if it doesn’t go bad before then. Sunday –…

  • Photography

    iSpy #27

    July 9, 2021 - By 

    loud Fireworks are loud! cup I love Tervis cups, especially ones that remind me of ‘AUsome’ Auburn football games! floating These tomatoes kind of look like they are floating open Beautiful open flowers your choice I’ll be posting my trip entry soon, but this picture with the roasting marshmellow over the fire was pretty cool. 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…

  • Life

    Currently – July 2021

    July 9, 2021 - By 

    I kept seeing everyone’s Currently post and I was like “Yeah, I did that post already. Turns out I was thinking of my June Currently post” *eye roll* /eating/ I have mentioned numerous time over the last several months that I’m just in a food slump. Not in the mood to cook or really eat for that matter. I just get tired of always thinking about what to eat and I’m never really in the mood to cook. So I decided to give Blue Apron a try. I get my first shipment next Friday. I hope to share the meals…

  • Photography

    iSpy #26

    July 6, 2021 - By 

    Sorry for the delay in getting this up. I just couldn’t bring myself to pull out the laptop on vacation. So here’s what I shot for this week’s prompts all of which I took during our vacation. rocky bird I got a bunch of pictures of birds, most of which weren’t good. I got these 2 pictures while on top of Brasstown Bald, the tallest point in Georgia. natural starts with M M is for Mountains! your choice This is another gorgeous shot from top of Bell Mountain from the other side of the mountain from the pic above. You…

  • Life

    Week 26 [2021]

    July 5, 2021 - By 

    Week 26, which means we’re officially half way done with the year! This week is June 28-July 4, 2021. Early in the week there wasn’t too much excitement, well except for Tuesday night when Drew and Caitlyn showed up at like 8pm or something to tell us the good news. Drew got a big boy job! So exciting. No pics to show of that occasion. Wednesday we headed out for vacation>>>North Georgia Mountain Trip Sunday – July 4th While we were still out of town Drew and Caitlyn who couldn’t come with us due to conflicting schedule, they were able…

  • Life

    Memories of the Month {7.2020}

    July 31, 2020 - By 

    This month I was happy about: getting slicer tomatoes to fully ripe! Just so exciting! This month I was sad about: having terrible poison ivy. I talked about that here. This year I’m going to rate the books & movies. Here’s my rating system: ♥ ♥ = 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 we watched any movies. TV Shows I watched were: The Baker and the Beauty (ABC) ♥…

  • Life

    My Lil’ Container Garden – Summer 2020

    July 30, 2020 - By 

    I’m honestly not even sure where to start with this garden post, since I haven’t done a great job of documenting it here all along. I know I’ve mentioned it a lot the last few months. To start off I’d like to say that this garden would not have been a thing if it weren’t for Jess at Roots & Refuge Farm and her Youtube channel. I started watching her about a year and half ago, I think it was when another Youtuber/Blogger friend, Constance from Cosmopolitan Cornbread mentioned her. Jess and her hubby who she lovingly calls ‘Sweet Miah’…

  • Life

    What’s Up Wednesday ~ July 2020

    July 29, 2020 - By 

    Today I’m linking up with Shay and Sheaffer for What’s Up Wednesday. What We’re Eating I made these Spicy Bacon Wrapped Pineapple Bites. What a nice yummy, easy treat to make! One of my go tos over this time of COVID has been the Frontera Fajitas. Super easy and good! What I’m Reminiscing About I’ve been thinking about when life was ‘normal.’ I am so over everything being up in the air and things getting canceled/postponed. What I’m Loving I am relishing the last few weeks with Andrew living under my roof. I’m enjoying any little bit of time we…

  • Travel

    St. Simons Island Trip – Part 2

    July 28, 2020 - By 

    Last week I shared the 1st part of our St. Trip with you. Click to read that>>>>St. Simons Island Trip-Part 1 Today’s post covers the 2nd half of the trip from Wednesday through Saturday when we head home. Wednesday So after a pretty tiring day in Savannah, on Wednesday we decided to stick around St. Simons. Rob and I ventured out while the boys stayed back at the condo. We stopped by Gascoigne Bluff Park. As you can see this is another gorgeous spot with Live Oaks and Spanish Moss. What you don’t see in the pic is the 9…

  • Life

    The Weekly [7.19-25.2020]

    July 27, 2020 - By 

    What a day it’s been already! Up at the crack of dawn to take Drew’s Graduation pics. It started off at 70° and was 80° by the time we were done. Doesn’t sound that bad, but it was 60% humidity, so I was dripping sweat by the time were done. I’ll post some of those pics later. I started interviewing for my student work force in my department last week, and those are continuing on this week. The last few weeks at the end and the beginning of each semester is really busy for me with interviewing, hiring, training and…

  • Thinking of a trip to St. Simons Island Trip soon? Check out this post to see what to do not only in St. Simons but what day trips you can take from there!
    Travel

    St. Simons Island Trip – Part 1

    July 21, 2020 - By 

    Saturday Earlier this summer we were itching for a change of scenery and decided to take a week off and go on a vacation. With Drew starting classes right before the 4th of July, we determined that the week before that would be good. This ended up being Drew’s graduation trip. No, it’s not NYC, but it was better than nothing! We got up early Saturday morning and headed over to St. Simons Island, Georgia. We stopped in Dawson, GA at Mark’s Melon Patch (8580 Albany Highway Dawson, Georgia 39842) for some peaches. I enjoyed their Sunflowers and Zinnias so…

  • Life

    The Weekly [7.12-18.2020]

    July 20, 2020 - By 

    PICS & GOINGS ON These got sent out this week! It is getting real and coming fast. I planted some Marigold seeds kind of late, but love that some of them are starting to bloom. Not sure what kind of bugs are camped out on them. So for those of you who’ve never gardened before or maybe have never heard that you can find bugs in the dark with a black light much easier, well it’s true. I only found this one very large worm; not sure what kind it is, and one tiny slug on another pepper plant. With…

  • Appetizers & Snacks - Pork - Recipes

    Spicy Bacon Wrapped Pineapple Bites

    July 13, 2020 - By 

    I recently wrote about being burnt out with all the same recipes. I’ve been on a quest to find and tweak new recipes. Today I have a great one for ya! Get this! Spicy Bacon Wrapped Pineapple Bites! If you’re not too into Spicy or it bothers your stomach, feel free to leave out the cayenne. You can sub in some Soy Sauce for a little savoriness or just make them sweet. These are such an easy and delicious recipe that you can whip up in no time! Servings: 6 Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 25 minutes Ingredients: 1…

  • Life

    The Weekly [7.5-11.2020]

    July 12, 2020 - By 

    PICS & GOINGS ON Here’s Katniss hanging out on the deck stairs, which comes down from our bedroom. Here’s the house right before they started installing gutters that’s they extension cord is running in the yard. Here’s the after – Nasty old awning gone is probably the biggest different you can see. And Kayleigh is just the cutest and this is one evening before the bugs got so terribly bad that even the Citronella candles don’t help. Alex often fills this cup up with Goldfish or something and eats in the playroom. Well, apparently he left it on the couch,…

  • Mexican - Recipes

    Frontera Fajita Sauce

    July 6, 2020 - By 

    Today I wanted to share with you a new to me food product that is so good! I’m usually not a fan of ready made sauces like this, but decided to give it a try. My boys love fajitas, but I find it a chore to marinade meat ahead of time and fire up the grill. All this means we don’t ever have fajitas at home! And that’s why I decided to give Frontera Fajita Sauce a shot. We all love it! So easy and so delicious! Servings: 4-6 Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 15 minutes Ingredients: 1 yellow…