• Life

    Week 22::2023

    June 6, 2023 - By 

    Here’s last week’s Weekly highlights (May 29th-June 4th, 2023). If you missed Week 21, its here. Monday Alex went with his girlfriend and her church to New Orleans for a mission trip. I enjoyed following their trip through their BeReal posts. Eating lots of healthy peanut butter on Ezekial bread with banana. My go to meal lately especially since Rob is gone. Tuesday About every other week, I make a big batch of taco meat to use different ways. I have been craving enchiritos (burrito/enchilada), so I got these Carb Balance Flour Tortillas and made these. They were so good!…

  • Travel

    Omaha, Nebraska Trip::Part 5

    August 5, 2022 - By 

    This is the last Omaha post! In this post, we woke up in Mount Vernon, IL and made our way home. About 25 miles south of Mount Vernon on I-57 in Benton, IL we passed this George Harrison Commemorative Mural, which I had read about on Atlas Obscura. I just snapped this from the highway, but you can pull off to get a picture in front of it. Our first stop was in Land Between the Lakes. which is located in Kentucky and Tennessee between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake. This was designated a U.S. national recreation area in 1963…

  • Travel

    Omaha, Nebraska Trip::Part 4

    August 3, 2022 - By 

    Continuing on with another Omaha post. Wednesday After the loss Tuesday night, we had to determine how long we were going to take to get home, what route we were going to take, what cities we wanted to be sure to go through, etc! Our plan for that day was to drive to Des Moines, IA, St. Louis, MO, and spend the night in Mt. Vernon, IL. We pulled off to check out an old Danish Windmill in Elkhorn, IA. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a windmill like this in person and for sure, not this close up. There’s…

  • Travel

    Omaha, Nebraska Trip::Part 3

    August 2, 2022 - By 

    Monday Auburn had a 1 o’clock game, so we got up and headed downtown and walked to the team hotel for Tiger Walk. In downtown Omaha they have an area called Pioneer Courage Park full of beautiful sculptures. Here we are in our seats before the game started. Auburn beat Stanford, which was so exciting. I was so happy for Rob that he finally got to an Auburn win at the CWS and that they lived to play another game. After the game, I honestly don’t remember what we did after that…I’m thinking we went back and ate leftovers at…

  • Life - Travel

    Omaha, Nebraska Trip::Part 2

    July 29, 2022 - By 

    Sunday Here we are for another travel post. This one shares Day 2 of our trip to Omaha, NE mainly to watch Auburn play in the Men’s College World Series. In case you miss my Part 1 post>>>Part 1 We checked out of our hotel that morning, because we had an VRBO booked for the next couple of days. We ate some breakfast at the hotel and then headed out for the day. Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge is a 3,000-foot footbridge across the Missouri River between Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska that opened in September 2008. On the bridge…

  • Travel

    Omaha, Nebraska Trip::Part 1

    July 28, 2022 - By 

    A few weeks ago on a Monday night when Auburn played Oregon State in the 3rd and final game of the series to determine who was going to the Men’s College World Series we didn’t have any plans to go to Omaha. However, Rob looked at me during that game and said, you know if we when we’re going to have to discuss going. After the win, Drew and Caitlyn came over and we started looking at hotels and thinking about if we could take off work that quickly. We’d have to leave by Friday afternoon to get there by…

  • Life

    Monthly Digest – June 2022

    June 30, 2022 - By 

    Here we are again….another monthly digest. How was June for you? If I had to sum it up in one word I would says Sweaty! It is just so hot and humid. LIFE Happenings Rob and I along with his brother Nick took a road trip to Omaha for the College World Series. Going through pics for that post now. I babysat for 2 full weekends over at my sis-in-law’s house. Here I am with the youngest this past weekend. Loving all my new Apple Watch bands. I need to take some pics of the new ones. I’m kind of…

  • Photography

    iSpy #77

    June 25, 2022 - By 

    Hey everyone! Hope everyone is having a great Saturday. I am back from Omaha and the road trip back. I’ll have a post up about that soon. I am actually fighting a cold now, so that’s fun. Here are my takes on this week’s iSpy all from Omaha! Event College World Series – This was during the Star Spangled Banner with both teams; Auburn and Stanford Outfit – Quarterly – My outfits last week were Auburn tshirts and shorts, visors and sunglasses. So hot!! Played These teams played in the College World Series. Starts with U U is for Unique.…

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    iSpy #76

    June 20, 2022 - By 

    Hey, yall! Sorry I’m late getting this posted. I’m in Omaha, Nebraska watching the Auburn Tigers play in the College World Series and this is really the first opportunity to sit down and pull my lap top out. It’s hot here, but thankfully not humid and after the games I’m zonked! Anyway, hope everyone is having a great week! Front Yard – Quarterly – Didn’t get to snap this before we left. Spicy Peppers that got pulled off while walking in my sis-in-law’s garden Inside Looking down inside a bag of dark chocolate covered pecans from Thrive Market. Textured I…

  • Photography

    iSpy #75

    June 11, 2022 - By 

    Weather – Quarterly Sharpen At the eye doctor to see if we need to ‘sharpen’ my eyesight any. By accident These potatoes got forgotten about and have sprouted by accident. Starts with N N is for nose. Thought this was a cute shot of Kaleigh on top of the stairs. Your Choice 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…

  • Photography

    iSpy #74

    June 4, 2022 - By 

    Window View – Quarterly Happy This is after Bigs got to run in his new backyard and was just so happy! Near By The food at the party was near by. Loud This one was difficult and just as I was walking around thinking about what was loud…She barked, so there ya go! Your Choice I got this new set of markers at work and of course I had to make a rainbow with them. 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…

  • Life

    Sentence a Day – June 2021

    July 4, 2021 - By 

    1 / Tuesday – Met Rob and Alex for lunch at Beyond the Wok. Neighborhood turkey – Not sure where this turkey lives or if he just hangs out in our neighborhood. He shows up every few weeks and just struts around. 2 / Wednesday – First time PT for Alex this morning. 3 / Thursday – This morning while heading into work, I noticed this squirrel had a huge piece of food. Looked like a piece of a bun. This picture doesn’t do this justice. I couldn’t get close enough. 4 / Friday – Alex got his 1st vaccine.…

  • Life

    Memories of the Month {6.2021}

    July 2, 2021 - By 

    This month I was happy about: good new from Drew, which I talk about later in the post! This month I was sad about: I have been sad about a family member that is going through a tough time, but things seem to be a bit better as of now. I decided to change my rating system to the simple stars rating that are pretty self explanatory. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Movies I watched were: 2 Hearts (Netflix) – ★ ★ ★ – really slow moving Safe Haven (Netflix) – rewatched ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ TV Shows I…

  • Life

    What’s Up Wednesday ~ June 2021

    June 30, 2021 - By 

    Today I’m linking up with Shay and Sheaffer for What’s Up Wednesday. What We’re Eating Still not a lot of cooking, but I made a Chicken and Broccoli One Pot Pasta meal while Rob was out of town and it was so good! What I’m Reminiscing About Just thinking back to all the great travels that usually happen end of June most years, like our trip to the West Coast back in 2016. What I’m Loving Drew, Alex, and I played

  • Photography

    iSpy #25

    June 26, 2021 - By 

    How is everyone doing this week? It’s been a whirlwind week, but really good. I am home alone this weekend, so Friday night I went out to snap a few shots for this week’s iSpy. – hardware Rob’s screwdriver drawer in his toolbox. – stairs I remembered these stairs on the outside of Samford Hall and thought they make for a cool pic. – stick A furring stick holding up a tomato plant. They’re starting to blush! – purple Alysum – your choice Loved this angle of the Samford clock through the trees You are invited to the Inlinkz link…

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    iSpy #24

    June 19, 2021 - By 

    advertising Bulletin Board in the Foyer of my work (AU Library). It gets emptied off at the end of every semester so it’s not as full as it will be. delicious Instant Pot Honey Garlic Tenderloin with wild rice and green beans animal A horse on my in-law’s farm. starts with V V is for view from the library parking deck looking at the library where I work. your choice 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…

  • Tech & Entertainment

    YouTube Channel Favorites – Winter/Spring 2021

    June 18, 2021 - By 

    Its time to do another round of what I’ve been watching on YouTube. I shared my YouTube Channel Favorites for Fall 2020. Many of these are the same channels that I watched back in the fall, but I’ve included a new favorite video that’s been posted this spring as well as updated their subscribers and number of videos. Homesteading/Gardening Roots and Refuge Farm [461K subscribers – 876 Videos] – This is still my all time favorite homesteading channel and overall channel. They are moving from Central Arkansas to South Carolina from 7 acres to 27 acres. Here’s where they announce…

  • Photography

    iSpy #23

    June 12, 2021 - By 

    page I love golden pages of the Bible. waiting All week I’ve been trying to figure out how to photography this one. On the way back I just missed getting over the train tracks before getting stopped. I thought it was a perfect illustration of waiting. triangle My unique picture of triangles! pink I was trying to find something pink other than my Cosmos that I’m obsessed with. I love these tree magnets that I have. I love the pink in this one. your choice Kayleigh put her bone in my shoe. Here is she trying to get it out!…

  • Life

    Currently – June 2021

    June 8, 2021 - By 

    I’m working hard to get caught up on all my end of month/beginning of the month posts. I just can’t seem to get in a good routine of blogging. And if I’m being totally honest, I’m in a blogging rut. I honestly need a break, but when I take a break that makes me feel so behind and this is my memory book. Such a conundrum! 😀 celebrating Not wearing a mask as of June 1st! Hallelujah! collecting Ideas for our 4th of July trip to the North Georgia Mountains like we used to do. Here’s some posts: 2010 /…

  • Photography

    iSpy #22

    June 5, 2021 - By 

    floral print orange I love orange! I didn’t love orange until I transferred to Auburn. Some orange things on my desk at work. starts with F Food fork your choice Interesting sky at the lake Photos shot with my iPhone 12 Pro. 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…