• Life

    2024::Mar 17-24

    March 25, 2024 - By 

    I realized last week, that my weekly posts were Sunday to Saturday, but I really like to have Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in one posts, so I’m going back to having these posts Monday to Sunday for anyone that noticed… So before I jump into last week’s highlights, I gotta say. I’m 2 weeks away from surgery and the pain is getting worse by the day. I’m not sure how much I’m going to be able to blog from here on out. I am trying to finish up with a series that will run after surgery to give me time…

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    2024::Mar 10-16

    March 18, 2024 - By 

    Here’s highlights from last week… + Drew’s dog, Bigsby, spent the day at our house on Monday, because he had fertilized their yard. + Monday later afternoon was my back/neck MRI. They played music through the headphones. It was 8 songs that I laid there trying to be perfectly still. + Kayleigh girl’s favorite thing. Taking a walk. + Friday Rob went to Nashville for the Men’s Basketball SEC Tournament + He also made it over to the Auburn Baseball game that happened to be in Nashville as well vs. Vandy. What amazing scheduling! + Katniss kept me company while…

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    Share Our Lives: 5 Items You Can’t Live Without

    March 11, 2024 - By 

    Here we are for another Share Our Lives post. Today we’re sharing 5 things you can’t live without. I tried thinking about things I use everyday. Most of these are just creature comforts and honestly I could live without them, but they make life easier/better. So here they are in no particular order. My laptop – MacBook Pro My cell phone – I keep up with so much stuff. Photos, taking my meds, lots of health stuff actually, my calendar, my journal. My house shoes – so cozy and comfy My car – Honda Pilot – She’s old and has…

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    2024::Mar 3-9

    March 10, 2024 - By 

    + I have over 30 Apple Watch Bands…Yeah, I’m kind of addicted. I guess I should have put that on my recent post that asked what I collected! Haha! So I used to just have them in a bag, but wanted a way to organize them. I got this case for them and I love it. + Last week was Spring Break so it was a nice quiet week. I walked over to the student center on campus to see the new Aubie statue. + The flowers, especially the Tulips on campus are gorgeous! + Alex celebrated his 20th birthday…

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    2024::Feb 25-Mar 2

    March 3, 2024 - By 

    + Thursday, Rob and I went to the last women’s home game, so it was Senior Day. It was an exciting win over the Mississippi State Bulldogs. + The Mississippi State Bulldogs bus was outside AU hotel across the street from my building. + I cleaned out the snack drawer in the fridge and now I have room for all the strawberries we just got. + One day last week, when I was out for my walk the sky was looking scary. I kept an eye on my weather app to make sure there wasn’t any lightening near by. +…

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    Monthly Digest::2.2024

    February 29, 2024 - By 

    Happy Leap Day, yall! Here we are for February’s Monthly Digest. Another month gone in the blink of an eye. LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Loving My new laptop set up at work Happy The weather has been pretty nice lately. Excited For Survivor and Amazing Race to be starting soon. Disappointments Bummed about having to have surgery on my left shoulder (trying to wait till May). Reminiscing Drew & Caitlyn celebrated 1 year wedding anniversary earlier this week and I just still can’t get over what…

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    Watching & Listening – Jan/Feb 24

    February 27, 2024 - By 

    Here we are for another Watching & Listening post. I use the app TV Time app to help me keep up with everything I’m watching, because I really do watch a lot of TV. It seems though you have to have a profile to see other’s profile, which is a bummer. Jump to: Movies  |  TV Shows  |  Podcasts  |  Music Movies Queenpins (Netflix) Blindsided (Max) The Florida Project (Netflix) Happiness for Beginners (Netflix) Moneyball (Netflix) Rookie of the Year (Max) 42 (max) Eight Men Out (Pluto TV) Queenpins Loosely based on a true story of 2 women who get…

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    2024::Feb 18-24

    February 26, 2024 - By 

    Here’s a few highlights from last week! + Tuesday – Drew came over to visit me. He invited me to go to the baseball game with him. + This TENS unit has been such a big help with my back, neck, and shoulder pain lately. + Monday – Back to the orthopedic dr to get my shoulder MRI results. Not good news. I have a tear in rotator cuff and bicep tendon. So I need surgery. Trying to wait till May, so that I can hold my niece when we go Texas in April. It’s a long recovery – 6…

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    2024::Feb 11-17

    February 19, 2024 - By 

    + Valentines Day and Ash Wednesday on the same day! Easter is going to be early this year! Church for Ash Wednesday. + Rob and I went out for Valentine’s Day on Tuesday night. + After church on Wednesday, Rob and I went watch AU kick Bama’s tail. Aubie wore his pink suit for Valentine’s Day. + Friday night I started planting seeds (for under grow lights) until after Easter (last freeze). + Work + Lots of dr’s appointments and MRI on shoulder. + My new laptop set up at work to help my neck pain…hopefully.

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    Samford Hall Clock Tower Tour

    February 16, 2024 - By 

    With all the bad that comes out of social media, there are good things that come from it too. This story starts off with a random message from one of my former student workers, Jordan. It was just part of her insta story one day, asking if anyone could help her finish her Auburn Bucket List. She asked, “Does anyone know how I can get up to the Samford Clock Tower for my birthday?” I happen to be sitting in my living room across from Rob. Due to Rob’s job, he knows a lot of people on campus. I asked…

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    Wednesday Hodgepodge 2.14.2024

    February 14, 2024 - By 

    1. What does love mean to you? Love is a choice you have to make everyday. Love is a verb, not a noun. Love is showing up…even when you don’t feel like it. Love is putting others before yourself. 2. Is love blind? I’m not sure, but what I do know is… I think people can be attractive not just in the way they look. I’ve seen the most attractive people, but then they either open their mouth to speak or their actions completely change how I see them. Yet you may have someone who’s not all that good looking,…

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    2024::Feb 4-10

    February 13, 2024 - By 

    + Sunday night – dinner at Walk-Ons with Rob. I love their Jalapeno Jack burger (I get it without the bun and sub a fries for vegetable. + Wednesday night – Auburn Men’s Basketball game vs our arch rival, Alabama. Fun game and we ended up beating them quite nicely. + Hanging with one of my former students in the Samford Hall tower. I’m going to share more about this in another post, so I can share more pictures. + Tuesday night – Rob and I had a date night. Chick-fil-a and a show at the Gogue; My Fair Lady.…

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    Share Our Lives – How I Met My Hubby

    February 12, 2024 - By 

    It’s time for another Share Our Lives post. Today we’re sharing about how we met our significant other, which I’ve actually written about in several posts. You can start reading about here>>> Beginning. However, if you’re not interested in the long story, to sum it up in 3 words; We met online! I don’t have a ton of pics of us from then, because you know back in the 1990’s, we didn’t carry cameras around with us like we do now. 🙂 ~~~~~~~~~~~ Feel free to jump in with the link up on one of these blogs: Joanne / Dara…

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    Wednesday Hodgepodge 2.7.2024

    February 7, 2024 - By 

    1. Something you’ve waited for recently? Waiting for TV shows to come back on, since the strike. Most of my shows will start back this month or next. 2. What’s something you loved to do as a child? Growing up I loved to ride my bike and to swing on the porch swing in my front yard. 3. Something you learned from a grandparent? Well, my grandparents raised me, so really learned a lot from them. My granddad taught me to be generous. He was such a generous man, who loved Christmas so much. He taught me a love for…

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    2024::Jan 28-Feb 3

    February 6, 2024 - By 

    + Monday night – Women’s Basketball game – final score Auburn 67 / Georgia 49 – Fun game! Especially loved watching their coach + I mentioned before but Alex was on his restaurant’s social media. + Friday night – Auburn gymnastics quad meet against Temple, Fisk, and Talledega. Not surprising we won big! + Reading “Hello Stranger” – really good so far! + Just me

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    Monthly Digest::1.2024

    February 1, 2024 - By 

    LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Loving I have had the calendar plugin on my blog for years, but this year I decided to make more use of it. I went through and added drafts for all the posts I want to write this month. Each week, I look at what I have drafts for, for that week and it helps me ensure I get those posts written and scheduled/posted. Happy Ugh…Not sure there’s one thing in particular I’m happy about really. Excited to plan our trips this…

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    Wednesday Hodgepodge 1.31.2024

    January 31, 2024 - By 

    1. January 29th is National Puzzle Day. Do you enjoy puzzles? What kind (crossword, jigsaw, sudoku, etc)? How often do you work a puzzle? I like puzzles ok. My younger son and I really enjoyed puzzles during the COVID shutdown. There are several puzzle apps that I enjoy: Cube Block, Figgerits, and Cross Math just to name a few. 2. Something you currently find ‘puzzling’? Maybe not so much puzzling, but I’m curious to know why Auburn University just fired a winning Women’s Tennis Coach earlier this week along with one of the assistants. I don’t follow tennis, but I…

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    2024::Jan 21-27

    January 29, 2024 - By 

    Looking back at my pics from last week, I didn’t take nearly as many. It was also a pretty chill week and no sporting events. + Went to Mexican for Drew’s birthday, and Alex got this really cool looking meal. I still need to ask him again what it was called. It looked so good. + One day when I was at home for lunch, I went to let Kayleigh in and realized she was muddy. She is such a tom boy. 🙂 + Drew turned 26 and we all shared the margarita tower. + Before Christmas Rob had bought…

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    Wednesday Hodgepodge 1.24.24

    January 24, 2024 - By 

    1. Do you have a word for the year (WOTY)? If so, and you’d like to share, please share. How do you decide on a word? If you don’t have a word are you still on the hunt for one for 2024? I did the word of the year once, I believe. Every year I’m like I’m going to choose a word and every year I feel like it’s the same thing, so I don’t do it. 2. January 23rd is National Pie Day…will you celebrate? Do you like pie? What’s your favorite? I do like pie, but it’s not…

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    2024::Jan 14-20

    January 22, 2024 - By 

    + 17 degrees a couple days last week. Seriously?!?!? + on my walk one day this bird on sat on the trashcan and didn’t move while I walked by so I turned around and snapped this pic of him. + I made stuffed bell peppers – Keto style – and the were so good! + Kayleigh is just cute + another Auburn University Gymnastics meet Friday night. This time with Rob. + Taziki’s Greek Salad with Caitlyn on our monthly lunch date. + These are markers, pens, and pencils I’m going through. I think I might have a light addiction…