+ men’s basketball game + I found my favorite dressing at Walmart – Chik-fil-a’s Creamy Salsa! + Dinner at Walk-On’s. I had Catfish Atchafalaya (blackened fillets, crawfish étouffée, grilled shrimp, and rice) + Lots of cleaning of my office. Also not pictured is my of office closet that I did a major purge of. I’m still working on it, but I have so much more room in there now. + Sunday lunch that I made for in-laws + Good ole Samford Hall + Work dinner with Rob and folks from a company he works closely with at Vintage 2298, were…
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Here is a quick rundown of a few memorable things I’ve been watching and listening to the last couple months! TV Time app (which I’m not sure if you have to have an account to see my profile or what…) Jump to: Movies | TV Shows | Podcasts | Music Movies Holiday Affair (Amazon Prime) #Xmas (Hallmark) Holiday Affair Charming seasonal clerk sees beautiful a woman in a fraudulent shopping scheme during the busy Christmas season. However, he later discovers that she is a war widow and single mother, he ends up taking pity on her and doesn’t turn her…
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Today I’m linking up with all the ladies (Joanne, Dara, Adrienne, Jen, and Sarah) from what used to be the link up called “Not Just a Mom.” However, this year they renamed it “Share Our Lives.” Today we’re introducing ourselves and sharing about our current/previous jobs. So to start off, I’m Lysha – (pronounced like Lisa with the shhhh sound). I’m a 48 year old Texas girl, who has lived in Alabama since 1996. I moved to Auburn to be with my boyfriend at the time, who is now my husband. We’ve been married nearly 27 years. We have 2…
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I debated on continuing my weekly summary posts. I decided to continue sharing them, but looking back at my some weekly posts from years ago, I decided to try to get back to a more abbreviated layout. So here is the 1st one for 2024!! One of my Christmas gifts from my Amazon list was this Bento container that I used to bring my breakfast in to work. I like it. I just wish the stackable snapped together. Another Christmas gift that I’ve been enjoying are my new cat/dog socks from Trey. I love fun socks. I find so much…
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LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 48 Week 49 Week 50 Week 51-52 Loving the holidays Happy getting to spend so much time with the boys and their girls Excited for a new year and a new start Reminiscing about the holidays. Social Rob and I went to a NYE party with our old Sunday School class. Work Memories not much of anything special really Lesson Learned 4 grown adults can coexist in a 205 square foot cabin happily. Current Project Trying to figure out what I want to change about blogging for this new…
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Finishing up my 2023 Weekly highlight posts. Here we are for Week 51 (Dec. 18-24) and Week 52 (Dec. 25-31)! On Dec. 15th we headed down to Florida to get on a cruise ship, so I’ll be writing separate posts about that week soon. Here’s a pic that makes me laugh. This was when were in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The kids acting like our popperazzi. We got back to Auburn on Dec. 23rd and quickly began to unpack and wash clothes. Rob’s Dad and Step Mom (Randy & Pam) got into town that day and were actually staying with…
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As another year passes, I like to end the year with this Memories, Dreams, and Reflections post. It’s always fun looking back through all my pictures to find ones that go with each prompt. Wishing everyone a happy new year! 1. Me! 2. I Love You Love this family of mine. This is from our recent cruise. The first post about this cruise is here>>>Carnival Mardi Gras 2023 – Day 0 & 1 3. Still Laughing… In March, we went to the Savannah Banana game in Montgomery. It’s a lot of fun. They do a tour and I highly recommend…
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Highlights for Week 50 11-15, 2023 Our neighbor behind us cut down some trees that were covering their backyard, but they were actually in our yard. We were ok with it. We saw Sandi Patty at the Gogue. After years of working at the university, we finally got invited to the President’s Christmas party. We had a lovely time. Such a beautiful home and event space. Chocolate chip bars for the two parties this week Bible Study Christmas party at my new church 🙂 Ending this weekly highlight a little early for the holidays! I’ve got a couple posts scheduled…
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Here we are for another highlight post for week Dec. 4-10 2023 Old couches New couches…They very much look the same, but they are different brands. We’re just happy to have firmer couches that aren’t so dilapidated. We got our yard smoothed out and resodded. To God be the Glory! What a beautiful sunset I got to see one night when I was out getting some shopping done. Every year at my work holiday lunch, they draw names for door prizes. In the 12 years, I’ve been here I’ve never won. I finally won!! I picked out this pretty tree.…
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Another week down (Nov. 27-Dec 3, 2023) and how are we so close to the end of the year?!?!? This is not deja vu or a picture from a month ago. Yes, we had to have more of our yard dug up…luckily only dirt this time and not driveway. Our water main had a leak in it. I’m thankful we hadn’t had our yard fixed and resodded yet. We saw Mean Girls at the Gogue. It was pretty good. Saturday, we went and got our tree. Drew and Caitlyn also got a tree. It was supposed to be monsooning that…
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LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 44 Week 45-46 Week 47 Loving the cooler weather. Happy for this time of year…I guess. More on that below… Excited to go on our cruise in December! Reminiscing This is the time of year to think back to previous Thanksgivings and Christmases. Social In November, we went to some friends’ house for our bible study and fellowship. Work Memories My boss is moving to another position in the library, which is a total bummer. He will still oversee our department and if I decide to apply for his…
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Here we are for our weekly highlights for Thanksgiving Week (Nov 20-26, 2023). Basketball game with Rob. Got to see one of my student workers dance during a timeout as she is a Tiger Paw. Thanksgiving Day Snacks to get us by till dinner. What a spread! My kids and their other halves and their little cousin Drew is so good with his cousins. Lots of work and fun in the kitchen! Alex made from scratch a pumpkin cheese cake and that was the best cheesecake I’ve ever tasted! Love that he’s sharing his chef skills with us. He also…
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Here we are for my weekly rundown of Week 45 & 46 (Nov 6-12 & 13-19, 2023) Got all my pottery back I worked an Walk to Emmaus Christian retreat over that weekend. When I got back on Saturday, even though I was exhausted, we went to Piccolo to watch our friend, Matthew Kaminski (Atlanta Brave’s Organist) play jazz. New tables in some of the study room. Not a great picture, but one you can see is down like a normal table and hte other one is tilted up so that you can write on it New boots I also…
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Here we are for another weekly highlights for Week 44 – Oct. 30-Nov 5, 2023 With Rob being out of town I got a lot done. I organized our extra closet in our bedroom. Before: After: My current favorite candle I sat down the other day and felt something on my arm and ended up finding this guy, who I think must have landed on my when I was outside. I ended up putting him a jar and letting him go outside. The fall colors are just amazing right now. On Halloween, I made a Keto friendly pumpkin bread. I…
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Week 43…(Oct. 23-29, 2023) Just a few highlights from last week to share… Work share board – A coworker of mine puts a new theme for anyone in our department to add to. Last week, we “Added a Cat.” Here’s mine: Friday on the way home, I saw these guys flying overhead, which was a practice for the flyover on Saturday. I love living in a college town! We had Bigsby on Friday since they were getting ready for the party. I took him for a walk/run. I blogged about the Halloween Party>>>2023 Saturday, Rob and I went to the…
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Drew and Caitlyn threw Halloween Party the Friday before Halloween. I did kind of a bad job taking pictures, like I didn’t even get a picture of them together. Oh well… Anyway, the party was great! Good punch Every detail thought of…If you can’t tell these are their wedding photos that Caitlyn put a filter on to make people look like zombies. All gluten free food Fun games…Corn hole and Washers Pumpkin carving contest…We brought pumpkins already carved and everyone voted. Drew’s Sailor Aubie Rob’s step dad won with this eagle cut out. Good costumes Both sets of grandparents went…
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Happy November!! These months just continue to fly by. LIFE Happenings Here’s my weekly posts to catch you up. Week 39 Week 40 & 41 Week 42 Loving I am loving my slipper house shoes. I got these a few months ago and there just so soft and cozy. Happy that the weather is cooler. Excited to be getting back into a better workout routine since the weather is tolerable now. Reminiscing about previous Halloweens Social Bible study on Wednesday nights and Sunday school Work Memories Had to have students sign an agreement about cell phone use while at the…
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Hello! It’s time for another watching and listening post, where I share what I’ve been watching and listening to the last 2 months. Last month I wrote about my recent YouTube obsessions: YouTube – August & September 23 Find me on my favorite TV Watching app: TV Time app Jump to: Movies | TV Shows | Podcasts | Music Movies no movies… TV Shows Shows Season 5 of Virgin River (Netflix) – This is one my favorite shows on Netflix over the years. Can’t wait for the next the last 2 episodes to come out at some point. Murdaugh Murders…
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Week 42…(Oct. 16-22, 2023) Here’s a few highlights from last week… I love that they lay next to each other. Before we had the new driveway put in…You can read about that here. Saturday I had to go to Wetumpka for a training. I snapped this picture while driving through Tallassee on my way home. Sunday we went on a family walk with our dogs at new to us park in Auburn. Isn’t funny how new things come to your city and you don’t know for years? I also added the Halloween pieces to the fall decor. What were your…
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So in my last weekly post, I referred to a “low” and all has been resolved with this so I can talk about it now. You know, owning a house is great until you have a major issue occur. Last year we had some drainage issues and we had a roto rooter type company come out and they ended up finding a broken line that goes out to the sewer. Some how they were able to clear it enough where our plumber told us, its good for now. You might be able to have it cleared a time or two…