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    Monthly Digest::10.2025

    November 5, 2025 - By 

    The past few weeks have been packed with travels, celebrations, and a few big life shifts. It’s been a lot, in the best way, and I’m finally sitting down to catch my breath and share a bit of it. LIFE Happenings 19 day vacation… Halloween party Run down of late September, early October: Week 39 & 40 Loving the memories from our vacation, which was so good!! Happy to have been able to mark such a huge thing off my Bucket List – transiting the Panama Canal. Excited to share about our trip. I have 1,000s of photos to go…

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    Sentence a Day – October 2025

    November 3, 2025 - By 

    Time for another Sentence of the Day post, already!! October opened with a swirl of planning and a few emotional curve balls. From birthday gifts and travel prep to spontaneous moments with loved ones, each day carried was different…sometimes chaotic, often grounding, always full of life.

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    Halloween Party 2025

    October 30, 2025 - By 

    Some traditions just get better with time. Last weekend marked the 3rd annual Halloween party at Drew and Caitlyn’s, and it was every bit as festive, cozy, and joyfully chaotic as we’ve come to expect. Between the costumesand cornhole, the evening stitched together laughter, friendly competition, and a few new rituals that promise to carry forward.

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    Monthly Digest::9.2025

    October 1, 2025 - By 

    September has been a swirl of preparation, celebration, and reflection. From backyard transformations to concert nights, work milestones to family shifts. As we inch closer to a long-awaited vacation, there’s a sense of movement, both outward and inward. This chapter captures the hum of everyday life, the bittersweet turns, and the quiet joys that make it all feel real. LIFE Happenings Back yard prep, LA time, getting ready for our vacation, Auburn football, and more! Week 35 & 36 Week 37 & 38 Week 39 & 40 Happy To be making progress with our backyard project. Excited to be headed…

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    Watching & Listening – July/August 25

    August 27, 2025 - By 

    Some of you may have seen this post earlier, but it got posted by accident…Here’s the finished version 🙂 August’s watchlist was a mix of mystery, nostalgia, and emotional chaos—from cruise ship disappearances to road trip mishaps and coastal family drama. Here’s what pulled me in (and what made me roll my eyes).

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    Monthly Digest::7.2025

    August 8, 2025 - By 

    July 2025 has been a blend of sunshine, milestones, and those quiet moments that sneak up on you. Rob’s 50th was a highlight, the backyard dream is edging closer to reality, and July brought its share of good meals and social snapshots. Work’s humming along and I’ve been neck-deep in blog tweaks. As August begins, the school-year memories resurface—fuzzy backpacks, early bus stop waves—and the house, though quieter, still holds echoes of those days. Let’s catch up.

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    Monthly Digest::6.2025

    July 3, 2025 - By 

    LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 23 & 24 Week 25 & 26 Loving that I have gotten back into meal planning. Happy when she’s around… Excited to celebrate Rob’s 50th birthday next week. Reminiscing We’ve been talking about what we’re doing for 4th of July next year since its a big one for our country. 250 years!! Its made me think about our 4th of July during Drew’s high school graduation trip in the Pacific Northwest. That day in 2016 we explored Mount St. Helen’s as well as Lava Canyon and the Ape Caves.…

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    Watching & Listening – May/June 25

    June 28, 2025 - By 

    Over the past couple of months, I’ve dipped into everything from emotional docuseries and twisty dramas to podcasts that made me laugh, cry, and question what’s real. Whether I was winding down with a cozy show, diving into a mind-bending story, or just letting a podcast play while I cleaned the kitchen, here’s what’s been on my screen (and in my ears) lately. Some hits, some surprises—definitely a few I can’t stop thinking about. Jump to:   Movies  |  TV Shows  |  YouTube  |  Podcasts  |  Music Movies/Docuseries Nonna’s (Netflix) A Deadly American Marriage (Netflix) Sherri Panini: Caught in a…

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    Monthly Digest::5.2025

    June 6, 2025 - By 

    Time to sum up another month. Here we are for May already! LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 19 & 20 Week 21 & 22 Loving the weather lately. It hasn’t been super hot here and I’m loving it! Happy So happy my Cologuard came back negative. No colonoscopy for me!! PTL!! Excited to hopefully get the ball rolling on more projects in the backyard. Reminiscing This from 2003 when Drew was in Kindergarten, with his best friend at the time Austin. They are both Daddy’s now with kids just a few month apart. Crazy!…

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    Watching & Listening – March/April 25

    May 15, 2025 - By 

    Jump to:   Movies  |  TV Shows  |  YouTube  |  Podcasts  |  Music Movies/Documentaries Quiet on Set (Max) A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read (Max) Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer (Netflix) Quiet on Set is an Investigation Discovery documentary that takes a look at accounts of a problematic working environment at Nickelodeon including the heartbreaking story of Drake Bell. I had started watching this several month ago, but was so bothered by it, I quit watching. Then Drew told me I should watch it because it did include the interview with Drake Bell. My boys…

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    May is Fibromyalgia Awareness Month

    May 5, 2025 - By 

    If you weren’t aware I have fibromyalgia. Unfortunately fibromyalgia effects me. Every. Single. Day. This post is informational. I’m not asking for sympathy or whatever. I’m asking you to read it and understand what a glimmer of what it’s like to have fibro. After a full night of sleep, I wake up nearly just as tired as when I went to bed. When I finally will myself to get out of the bed, every muscle in my body is screaming at me in pain. On good days the more I move, my muscles start to feel a little better. Often…

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    Monthly Digest::4.2025

    May 2, 2025 - By 

    March has come to an end so here we are for another Monthly Digest… LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 13 & 14 Week 15 & 16 Week 17 & 18 Loving being home with no company to just chill and get back to normal life. Happy any chance I get to spend with this little one. Her little arm wrapped around mine just killed me when I saw this picture. So sweet. Excited We got to go Vegas in April. I’ll hopefully be sharing about that in the next few weeks. Reminiscing I’ve been…

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    Monthly Digest::3.2025

    April 3, 2025 - By 

    March has come to an end so here we are for another Monthly Digest… LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 9 & 10 Week 11 & 12 Loving Auburn Basketball Happy anytime I get with L.A. Excited and completely anxiety ridden about the basketball game on Saturday night. Reminiscing In planning our trip to Vegas, I’ve been thinking back to our last time there. Desert Trip Social Dinner and a show (on 2 different nights) with my friend, Rebecca. As well as a seeing Mama Mia! with my daughter in law. Work Memories Strategic Plans…

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    Watching & Listening – Jan/Feb 25

    March 14, 2025 - By 

    Today I’m sharing what I’ve been watching so far this year. I decided for 2025 I will do these every other month and include my YouTube watching in this post as well. Jump to:   Movies  |  TV Shows  |  YouTube  |  Podcasts  |  Music Movies/Documentaries Jailbreak: Love on the Run (Netflix) American Murder: Gabby Petito (Netflix) The Forge (Netflix) Jailbreak: Love on the Run tells the story of an Alabama correction officer that falls in love with a man awaiting trial for murder and risks it all to help him escape. Really interesting, especially since its something that happened…

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    Monthly Digest::2.2025

    March 3, 2025 - By 

    LIFE Happenings Grand baby came into the world! As many visits that we’re allowed. AU Baseball AU Basketball Week 5 & 6 Week 7 & 8 Loving Life as LyLy (Grandmother to L.A.) Happy Happy to get some really pretty photos of L.A. for her newborn photo shoot. Leading up to it, I was so nervous. I did so much research. When we first got started it was going terribly. She was awake and the lighting wasn’t good. I was like these are gonna be terrible. We finally got her to sleep and ended up moving to another area in…

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    Monthly Digest::1.2025

    February 1, 2025 - By 

    LIFE Happenings Cruise Snow days AU Basketball AU Gymnastics Week 1 & 2 Week 3 & 4 Loving The Apple TV+ show SHRINKiNG with Harrison Ford and Jason Segel. Happy that January is over?!?!? Excited for Granddaughter to be here this month! Work Memories The never ending cycle of training thanks to having to cancel our big training day because of an unnecessary snow day. Current Project Trying to get caught up with blog posts. Getting house clean and organized again. Drew is going to be a dad very soon. Alex has been coming to Sunday lunches and I just…

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    Monthly Digest::12.2024

    January 17, 2025 - By 

    LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 49 Week 50 Week 51 Loving these Electric Salt & Pepper shakers that Alex got me for Christmas. Happy we might get snow next week. Excited that Auburn Men’s Basketball is #1 right now. Reminiscing Every December, especially on the 26th I remember my Dad. (posts about that) Social We had dinner with Rob’s men’s group and their wives at Fratelli’s this year. Work Memories We learned that our coworker Patti is retiring in January. That means I’ll be the only female in the office for at least a…

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    Memories, Dreams, and Reflections 2024

    December 30, 2024 - By 

    Here’s some memories, dreams, and reflections from 2024. See the bottom of the post for the ‘rules.’ This year I posted the Link Up post early. It’s here if you’d like to share your Memories, Dreams, and Reflections 2024. 1. Me! 2. I Love You Just a quick meal out for some ramen with my love 3. Still Laughing… I was lost on this prompt, but I do love this photo of us laughing at Christmas. I think we were laughing because when he picked her up she laid back in such a funny way. 4. Winter Wonderland Yeah, kind…