• Life

    May is Fibromyalgia Awareness Month

    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

    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

    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…

  • Tech & Entertainment

    Watching & Listening – Jan/Feb 25

    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

    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

    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

    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…

  • Life - Photography

    Memories, Dreams, and Reflections 2024

    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…

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    2024::December 16-22

    + Our yard (after) being cleared. I may try to write a post about this and share more photos. + Rob’s Dad and step mom got in to town on Saturday, Dec 21st. This is a photo of our normal Sunday lunch along with Randy and Pam. + On Saturday, we took Randy and Pam to the restaurant that Alex works at as part of their Christmas present and so they could see Alex in his element. He always treats us to an appetizer or 2 and dessert. This time he sent out a dessert tray. + On Saturday afternoon,…

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    2024::December 9-15

    + This week we were in full-fledged get ready for Christmas mode. I made sausage balls. + My car rolled over to 275,000 miles! + Rob and I went out to eat to celebrate his promotion to a manager position. + I made lots of Christmas treats. + The Christmas tree was looking and smelling awesome! + This is a before photo of our yard that we had cleared (underbrush and some trees).

  • Life - Photography

    Memories, Dreams, and Reflections (Link-Up)

    Back in 2011, one of my favorite blogs (no longer online) shared an end of year post that I just loved, so I decided to do it that year. I started sharing this post again in 2020 and have done it ever since. Last year several people expressed wanting to share their year through this post. With that info, I decided this year that I would share the blank version early in case anyone else wanted to do it. I’ve started gathering photos for my 2024 edition. Here are the ‘rules’ of this post The beauty of Memories, Dreams and…

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    2024::December 2-8

    + Saturday we went to get our Christmas tree. Tradition of this picture makes my heart happy. Need to go do a collage of them here through the years. + Rob and I at the Christmas tree farm + Alex and I standing next to the tree we got. + Earlier in the week Rob and I went to the Gogue for “Ain’t Too Proud” which is the story of the Temptations. Really good! + After getting our tree on Saturday, we continued with our tradition of stopping for Chinese food. Santa and his family were there too! + Sunday…

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    Monthly Digest::11.2024

    LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 44 Week 45 Week 46 & 47 Week 48 Loving that the show Yellowstone is back on, but also sad that it’s almost over. Happy for the Christmas season. Excited that AU basketball season has started as well as getting my house decorated. Reminiscing back to 2010 when Drew had a soccer tourney in Greenville, SC. (post here) Social Rob is way more social than me and that’s ok. Work Memories Pretty chill month at work. Interviewing for Spring this week. Lesson Learned I had something for this… Current…

  • Life - Travel

    2024:: November 25-December 1

    Last Tuesday after work, we headed towards Texas, planning to spend the night in Shreveport to break up the trip since its a 12 hour drive. We ended up having a delay when Google Maps told us to take a detour near Selma. We went over some railroad tracks and ended up going over a pot hole that gave us a flat tire. There was another car that had pulled over who had also gotten a flat tire. Long story short, God paved the way for us to get our tire switched to the spare and got a new tire…

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    2024:: November 11-24

    Hey yall! Happy Thanksgiving week! Today I decided to combine the 11-17 & 18-24, because the first week only had a couple pictures. So here’s what’s been going on…. + Saturday (the 23rd) Auburn Univ had a huge win to beat Texas A&M. I screened show the celebration at Toomer’s corner from the webcam. (Why Rolling Toomer’s Corner is Special / Rolling Toomer’s Corner) + I have have been waiting for the pack and play to go on sale. Remember, we’re having a granddaughter in February. My sister has this Pack and Play. She loves it and I like that…

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    Watching & Listening – Sept/Oct 24

    Here we are for what I’ve been watching and listening to… Jump to: Movies  |  TV Shows  |  Podcasts  |  Music Movies No Movies TV Shows Into the Fire (Netlix) Matlock (CBS) 30 for 30: Lance Armstrong (Netflix) American Monster (Max) Sugar (Apple TV+) =========== Podcasts No Podcasts =========== Music TV Time app (I think you have to have an account to see my profile.

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    2024:: November 4-10

    + I’m going to share about Caitlyn’s baby shower soon, but late last week, I made some Gluten Free mini-pies for that. + Saturday night, we brought the crib/mini crib and mattress over to Drew and Caitlyn’s house and they put the mini-crib together. + Sunday, we had the great opportunity to go with Drew & Caitlyn to a 4d Ultrasound. It was so sweet and I was moved to tears. Even though we didn’t get to see her face because she was turned and had her legs and hands in front of her face. + Tuesday was voting day…

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    Monthly Digest::10.2024

    Here we are for another Monthly Digest. October has come and gone. LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 40 Week 41 Week 42 Week 43 Loving My new bedroom suite and the new mattress and even got new bedding. So cozy. I forgot that we have a West Point Stevens outlet about 30 minutes from us and they have killer deals. Happy that the temperatures are cooling off a bit. Excited for Caitlyn’s baby shower this weekend. Reminiscing back to my baby shower when I was pregnant with Alex. I didn’t have a shower for…

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    2024::October 28-Nov 3

    + We went to the Men’s basketball game exhibition game on Friday night. Big win and seeing good things for our team. + Wednesday afternoon I had to run to Big Lots and the sunset was gorgeous. + Sunday night, dinner at Walk-Ons with Rob discussing the big week ahead. + Wednesday night, Drew and I went to see Straight No Chaser at the Gogue. + One night, I was at Walmart late getting some stuff for Caitlyn’s baby shower. I found this book that goes with her shower theme; “Cutie Pie” and I had to get it.

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    Halloween Party 2024 & a Gender Reveal!

    Here we are for my post about Drew & Caitlyn’s 2nd Annual Halloween Party. This one was extra special because it was also their baby’s gender reveal! I’ll cut straight to the news we were all dying to know. The parents to be actually already knew, but shared with us in the cutest way. The party’s theme was “A Baby Is Brewing” Watch my video to see before scrolling down. The boys getting the fire going. Costumes Drew is the Holiday Armadillo and Caitlyn is Pregnant Rachel; both from different Friends episodes. Rob couldn’t make it to the party, as…