• Travel

    Spring Break 2021

    April 20, 2021 - By 

    For Spring Break we usually drive down to Florida to visit with Rob’s Grandparents and take in some Spring Training games. Our old son, Drew and Rob are the real baseball fans of the family. This year with Drew not being able to take off work and knowing that Alex could pretty much care less to go to baseball game and the fact that Sunday of Spring Break was Alex’s birthday, we decided to let him invite a friend and to go to amusements parks. We decided that we would try to attend games within about an hour of Tampa,…

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    A Day at SeaWorld – Orlando, Florida

    April 14, 2021 - By 

    Today, I’m continuing to discuss our Spring Break Trip. This is the 3rd full day of our trip. To have an idea on what to do during your Spring Break, see this here. On Tuesday, we got up earlier so we could drive over to Orlando for our day at SeaWorld! When planning the trip, we had originally thought we would have a day at the water park associated with Busch Gardens, Adventure Island. However we looked at the weather for that week and it was going to be lows in the 50s at night and highs in low 70s…

  • Life

    Sentence a Day – March 2021

    April 8, 2021 - By 

    Here’s my March Sentence a Day…maybe more like a paragraph a day depending on the day! 1 / Monday – In the office this week. Pretty chill day. Rob sent me flowers “just because” which was really sweet. Being that I’ve just been mentally exhausted and just really emotionally over so many things. It was a nice pick me up. 2 / Tuesday – Rainy morning makes for a hard morning. Not wanting to get out of bed, especially when going into the office. 3 / Wednesday – Rob and I ate lunch at Which Wich for Wicked Wednesday. So…

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    Week 13 [2021]

    April 6, 2021 - By 

    Here’s this last weeks summary in pics. Week 13 is March 29-April 4, 2021. I was looking at my seedlings and saw this little curly Q and just couldn’t help but take a picture of it. Nature is amazing! And Kayleigh just has the funniest expressions. She tilts her head sometimes when she’s listening intently. Cracks me up. Pumpkin flower Messy work hair Date night at Hamilton’s Downtown. Here’s dessert – Irish Cream Crème Brûlée. We also had the Fried Green Tomatoes and Shrimp, which we have loved in the past. Wasn’t great this time. Don’t need to get it…

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    Memories of the Month {3.2021}

    April 4, 2021 - By 

    This month I was happy about: Spring break was great! This month I was sad about: After we visited Rob’s Gramma while we were down in Florida, she has a hospice nurse coming in. Here’s my rating system for entertainment: ♥ ♥ = Love it! A must read/see! ♥ = Really good! Highly recommend. ✓ ✓ = Good, not great ✓ = Not much to talk about X = Awful. Total waste of time Movies I watched were: No movies TV Shows I watched were: Ginny & Georgia (Netflix) ✓ Can watch here and there. No a show I’m able…

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    Busch Gardens – Tampa, FL

    April 2, 2021 - By 

    While in Florida for Spring Break, we did something a little different this year. We let Alex bring a friend and we went to some amusement parks! Alex loves roller coasters, and what better way to spend his 17th birthday than to be at Busch Gardens for almost more than 11 hours! That Sunday they were open 10am-9pm. We got there just a bit after 10am. Let me just say Busch Gardens is NOT Disney. There weren’t many people to help us. If so, then why not check over here to find the best gardening and landscaping services to assist…

  • Life

    What’s Up Wednesday ~ March 2021

    March 31, 2021 - By 

    Another month over with and I’m racing to get my end of the month posts done. I’m in the office this week, which means I’m exhausted when I get home, so I don’t feel like blogging after work, and last week was crazy so I’m a bit behind. Such is life! Today I’m linking up with Shay and Sheaffer for What’s Up Wednesday. What We’re Eating Honestly yall! I am a bit burnt out with cooking right now. I have managed to throw some pasta in the instant pot. Rob recently cooked porkloin on the grill, which was tasty. I…

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    iSpy #12

    March 27, 2021 - By 

    spring? – Anyone in the South knows that Spring equals pollen. Check out this video I found… folded – My Granddog came over the other morning. Buster is Caitlyn’s dog and he’s so fun to have around. I love this pic of him sleeping with his paw folded under his chin. open – Flowers around here are beginning to open up! alone – I noticed this moth on our kitchen door the other night. He looked so alone on the big dark class door. your choice – Hopefully you’re not grossed out by worms, but it rained a lot at…

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    iSpy #11

    March 20, 2021 - By 

    puzzle(d) – My puzzled look… journal – this is a journal I’ve had on my wishlist for awhile. Rob got it for me for the new year. I haven’t started using it because I want it to be the ‘right’ thing. The pages are not lined, which is playing into my decision. abstract – I had planned to take an abstract photo, but I was at work for a bit and remembered these crazy looking, abstract chairs. Aren’t they unique? path – path between shelves at work your choice – This is a pic of Rob on our hike last…

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    iSpy #10

    March 13, 2021 - By 

    Hey yall! Hope everyone is doing well. I am recovering from a busy vacay full of theme parks and spring training games. However, I did manage to pull off getting all my pics taken this week. In fact, as always I took way too many pics. So this post will be a sneak peek of our vacation. I’ll be working on the post for the vacay this week. texture – I’m not a Phillies fan, but I am a fan of Matt Joyce! I didn’t even think of using one of these shots through the net until I started looking…

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    iSpy #9

    March 6, 2021 - By 

    scrambled – I initially had another idea for scrambled, but when I had some apples last week that needed to be used I ended up making Apple Bread and thought it would interesting to try and get an action shot of scrambling eggs. sparkle The frost on Alex’s car was sparkling in the morning as the sun shined down on it. It was in the 40’s in the morning and in the upper 70’s that afternoon. kitchen object I got a new set of whisks the other day. I don’t know what it is about new kitchen tools, but I…

  • Life

    Currently – March 2021

    March 3, 2021 - By 

    /choosing/ Joy or at least trying really hard for it! I’ll never forget the post from Ashley about Choosing Joy that has stuck with me>>>Choose Joy. /imagining/ Dare I say, a world without COVID?!?! Life around here, is in some ways are returning to ‘normal.’ My work place is almost entirely back to normal. In person classes and most everyone is back at work full time. My department isn’t quite there yet, but I think we will be by summer May or June. Unfortunately sports has not embraced ‘normalcy’ yet. Super restricted at all events on campus. I’m ready for…